Thursday, 24 July 2014

C.E Reading - Article Comprehension

Article Comprehension: Article link here

1.What are androids?
2.Name the three robots Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro has created for the 'Android: What is Human' exhibition? What are their respective roles?
3.Why are androids more difficult to build then normal robots?

Comprehension Questions:

1.They are practically robots who look like humans. Like if you see the wax people in museums and stuff thats basically them with a robot interior. Sometimes they talk and act like humans and have a mind of its own like these robots in the article.
2.Kodomo, Otano and a smaller bot named Telenoid who is very small.
3. To me they are more difficult to build because of they way they look (Very realistic). And also the way they are wired and because they are within the "skin" of the the wax or something like that.

Tuesday, 22 July 2014

C.E Reading - Comprehension Questions

Comprehension Questions:
1.Who was responsible for making Nathan's hot dog contest famous? How many hot dogs did he eat?
2.How many years has Joey Chestnut won the contest prior to this year? What significant event occurred before the contest began?
3.What happened in the women's contest?

Answers:
1. The main reason was because Japan's Takeru Kobayashi ate 50 hot dogs in a total of 12 minutes!, This making the contest more famous than it was originally. Also he ate a total of 61 hot dogs but felt like he ate 69.
2. Seven years and Nesile Ricasa had agreed to marry him on national television
3.Miki Sudo ate 34 Hot Dogs


Monday, 21 July 2014

Bali Inquiry


This is a kind of ceremony almost. It is called a Canang Sari and it is an "offering" to the gods. This is sent to Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa as thanks for the peace in the world.



The School in Bali is called "The green school". The have one the greenest school on earth award in 2012.




They eat dead skin of your feet and toes which makes your feet feel soft. the fish are called Garra Rufa.




Batik is using fabric designs and wax to make patterns and so on.




The Saraswati Temple is dedicated to a Hindu goddess called Saraswati.

Thursday, 3 July 2014

Term 2 PMI Chart


Positive
Minus
Interesting
Did squash this term and it was really fun :)
Didn’t get into the AIMS Games for anything.
I achieved my T.I.S Stars band in the final day of the term.
Got Coaches choice this term for hockey.
I didn’t do that good in the cross country this term.
My student conference went better than expected.
FIFA 2014 Started this term in brazil!!! :D
I got the last man standing one day and couldn’t use my laptop.
With the last man standing thing that I got I had to use my laptop so I was really practically useless.
I played hockey this term for my winter sport and got into the B team when I thought I was gonna get into the C

I am the youngest in the class which is pretty cool to me.

Wednesday, 2 July 2014

TELItime - Caveman Article

Questions:
1. How long ago did researchers say there was ancient turd in Spain?
2. Where did they find the traces of ancient turd?
3. What did all samples have a trace off?
4. When they did more tests what did they find that was unusual in the turd?
5. Who thinks the neanderthals ate differently to the climate changes etc?
6. What do the neanderthals use as tools that were quite unusual?
7. What are neanderthals close cousins to?

Answers:

1. 50,000
2. Southern Spain
3. Traces of meat
4. Plants, such as tubers, berries, and nuts.
5. Anaira Sistiaga
6. Neanderthal teeth
7. Homo sapiens




SC:

- Use at least 3 of the 7 servants
- Questions must make sense
- Question MUST have a question mark.