Sequence Puzzle

 Today in maths we had to make our own sequence puzzles. 

To do that we had to put lines into and google drawing and then we would put circles on top of those lines and we had to put numbers into them to make sequences that went up in 3,4,5 for e.g.  

Below is a picture of the sequence puzzle. 

You can see there is blank circles that is because how ever does this puzzle has to work out what numbers go where to figure out what the sequences are. 

Spaghetti Experiment

For the last few maths lessons, we have been experimenting with spaghetti. We have been testing the strength of different amounts of spaghetti. 

We can link this to a whakatauki that is strength in numbers and so we have been testing how much weight 1-6 strands of spaghetti can hold to test if there is real strength in numbers. So we tested how much 1 strand of spaghetti could hold then 2 strands and so on and so on. Below there is a chart of the results. 

How we did the experiment is we got to desks then separated them 20cm apart then we got a strand of spaghetti and taped each end to the table. Then we got a paper cup and put two holes in the side of it and put a piece of rope through it and tied a knot in each end and bent a paper clip into a hook and put it on the sting. Then once you had that you put the cup/bucket onto the stand and put in little weights and then once it snaped the spaghetti we would weigh the weights on a scale and put it into a table and put the results into a chart. 

Michael Jackson And Boy

Michael Jackson

        1958-2009 

Who is Michael Jackson?  

Michael (Joseph) Jackson was a famous American singer, songwriter and dancer from 1958 - 2009. He was dubbed the king of pop. He is regarded worldwide as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century for his contribution to  music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life.  He was also accused of sexually abusing a family friend's child but it was worked out in court and the case was dropped. He also had very many awards like 15 Grammy awards, six Brit awards, one Golden Globe and holds 39 Guinness world records including the most successful entertainer of all time. He was also in many hall of fames for his music. His estate earned $825 million dollars he was a very wealthy man for what he did as a career.

About Michael Jackson 

He was born on the 19th of August and died on the 25th of June 2009 he was born in Gary, Indiana near Chicago he was the eighth out of ten children in the Jackson Family. Michael Jackson’s father physically abused him also mentally saying that he wasn't good enough and his nose was too big. He would also sit in a chair with a belt and hit Michael repeatedly with the belt.  He had 3 children Paris Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson ll, Michael Jackson Jr. He influenced many other artists across different genres, and through stage and video performance he popularized many complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk he is the most awarded artist in history. He is also one of the best-selling music artists of all time with an estimated 350 million records sold worldwide. 

Boy (The Movie) and Michael Jackson 

In the movie Boy, Michael Jackson is boy's personal hero he likes his dance moves and the way he sings. At the end of the movie, the song poi e comes on while the cast dances they are doing Michael Jackson's dance moves. They then start doing Maori dance movies. The background is hazy and smoky just like one of Michael Jackson's music videos Thriller. boys' dad is wearing a jacket that Michael Jackson wore in the music video. 

The picture below is from Boy the man in front is wearing the jacket from Michael Jackson's Thriller.

 The picture below this is from Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Questions

What is your favorite Michael Jackson song?

Do you like Michael Jackson?

Do you think it was a good idea to mix together Maori culture and Pop culture?

What do you think of Michael Jackson's work?

What do you think about Michael Jackson changing his skin color through surgery?