LAST DAY AT ENRICH!!! (FOREVER)

Today was my last day at Enrich forever because I am year 6 and today was the second last of Enrich for the year but I have school camp next week so I miss Enrich.

I Don't want to leave :( :( :(

Today I finished ZAP FOREVER.
He Is done he hates hot, cold, being touched on the tail and the dark.
He likes his head moving and being patted.
He can also be moved.

Robot dog/project Zap

Today Connor and I finished Project ZAP the robot dog He has some more features since the last video we made so he is more life like.

These are the steps we made Zap in:
1.0 Very bad movements and keeps jamming.
1.5 Improved movements and no jamming.
2.0 Added sound fx.
3.5 More sound fx and old ones improved.
4.0 Display images.
4.8 Even more sound fx and images
5.0 Added pat sensor and wheels
5.5 Fixed jamming wheels
6.0 New temperature light sensors

This is 6.0

So far today

Today I did a workshop about Hurricane Sandy, we watched a bit about it on the One news site and then we thought about what were the problems, the benefits, the facts and the solutions to the problems.

We also did some typing lessons on a site. Well not me, I did it on word because I am already doing typing lessons at home and the lessons don't match and there are none the same as I am working on. I am working on capital letters for D,A,F,R and E.

Passion Time

Today for passion time I did more on the Robot dog who I call Barf which means to spew.
I thought of using a light sensor to make it hate dark but also in the dark a light turns on to make it light to make him happy again.
I also have a temperature sensor, so if you can can you please give us some ideas on what to use it for that would be great.
I didn't get much done because I had to tidy up the robots.

The robot hasn't changed at all but we have already done the programing for the light sensors and got the new controller for the light and temperature sensors and the light.

Enrich Day

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We got the hammer this far over the line.

Cute robot dog

Today I made a robot dog.
The versions:

 1.0 Very bad movements and keeps jamming.
 1.5 Improved movements and no jamming.
 2.0 Added sound fx.
 3.5 More sound fx.
 4.0 Display images.
 4.8 even more sound fx and images.

 Still to come...

 5.0 added patting and wheels.
 And possibly more.







Current Robot.

Today

Today we got showed some more traps but most of the time we were also thinking how to improve these traps.
Now after this blog post I am going to improve my program for the LEGO NXT robots.
The program at the moment makes it spin a little bit of LEGO and turns when it is near a wall but otherwise it keeps moving forward.

DEAD POSSUM

Today I went to Seaward Bush to check the possum traps. We only caught 1 possum in the trap but it happened to be the trap that I set was the one with possum in it. We also checked the wax tags again but most of them were chewed to bits by dogs.
At the end we took pictures with ourselves holding the possum.

Seaward bush

Today I went to Seaward bush and we set some traps that looks like this but blue these are called possum master traps. To set the trap you pull the lever on the back down pull a string around two rubber hooks and twist a small orange tab on the lever and it is set. Never ever touch these unless you are resetting it. We also found bite marks in the wax tags. To identify them the possum teeth are 4-5 mm wide and the rats teeth are 2mm wide.

Seward bush

Today I went to Seaward Bush just out of Invercargill. When we got there we nailed wax tabs to the trees there about ten meters apart. The wax tabs are used to find out what pests are out in the bush. They are also used to see how many are there.

We also put down the first trap in the bush it was the D.O.C. 200 which is a kill trap for rats and mustelids.

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Today at Enrich I did more on my trap project. Tim from Environment Southland came to talk to us about the pests that live there. There are mustelids, rodents and possums. He also showed us some trap that are and were used in New Zealand. One of them was the gin trap which is now illegal.
Mustelids are stoats, weasels and ferrets. Rodents are rats and mice.

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Today I made cartoon faces out of numbers. The man who had the ideas is Stu Duval. With S man and 9 guy the both have the letter T in there ears. In five o his mouth is the 5 and the o is the front eye. The 9 in 9 guy is his large eye to the tip of his nose. The 4 in miss 4 is in her mouth. The s in s man is his nose to and around his eye.

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Today I made a tessellation in a maths group at Enrich. A tessellation is a picture that interlocks with each other with no gaps or over laps. My tessellation is a kind of fish thing. I made mine black at white   

so it looks like an illusion because you see one more of than the other.Also for environment my idea was to design traps for pests and predators in Seaward Bush.

Environment Saaouthland

Today a lady came in from Environment Southland to talk to us about problems in Invercargill. One of the two was the mud in the Waihopai river is covering the river bed and the plants and fish struggling to survive and it is polluting the water.  The other problem is that in Seaward bush native birds to New Zealand were dying because of animals that have been imported from other countries have been killing them.

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This is my self reflection of term 2 2012 at Enrich.

It is to help us see what we have learnt over the term

and what we need to wok on for next term.

I have also done a key competency sheet which also shows how I think I am doing in my blogging and in managing my time to get the independent tasks done at enrich.

Who am I ?

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This is my first pick for the day It is called who am I?

For this I had to go on the internet and search up the clues given in the text but some like Leonardo I just knew.

Model of giftedness

This is Gagne's model of giftedness, it explains how gifted people develop a talent.

When you develop a talent there is a lot of chance involved.

There is chance in whether you are born gifted if the environment is right and if you are intrapersonal which means you really know yourself.

P4C

Today I did P4C about when you should use violence in different situations.

Here are the different situations that we talked about and if you should use violence or not.

Would you use violence if you were being bulled at school.

Would you use violence if a gang at school bulled you and your friends.

Would you use violence if another country was attacking your country.

I decided that the only time violence is okay is when it is used in self-defence.

Passion time

This year instead of a passion projects we are trilling passion time for one and half hours every day on a Thursday.For passion time I am doing green screening and movie magic.

The movie I am making is magic show.

The reason I am doing green screening is because I have a lot fun doing movies and I want to try and make my movies better.

P4C

Today I did P4C witch stands for philosophy for children.

The p4c I did today was about if you should lie or not.

Here are some situations.

Would you lie if you had a cookie before dinner time and your mother asked if you had had a cookie before dinner?

Would you lie to get someone you hate into trouble?

Would you lie to get someone out of trouble?

In certain situations, I guess it is okay to tell a lie.

Reflection wheel

Today I did a learning wheel to show what I have learnt, wondered, felt, used and tried during term 1.

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Hi Robert,

I really enjoyed watching your face this week as you told me you had completed the most of your must dos and picks that you had ever done. Your time management skills have definately improved! You have had a great attitude towards the tasks you are set, I have been impressed! Keep up the great work Robert.

Alana

This week I have done a multiple intelligence sheet.

I have