Reflection-podcast

What was easy/hard?

The easiest thing for me was making the blogs and the process. I also found the part when we record the script was quite easy.

“The hardest part was making the script and gathering the information needed. Another thing I also struggles on was finding someone to interview because everyone was busy or had already been interviewed.”

 

which task do you enjoy the most?

 

“I liked recording the script the most, and interviewing people.
I liked to see other people’s view on Kaitiakitanga and how they’re learning about it in their steam workshops.”

 

how does your podcast relate to Kaitiakitanga ?

 

”We talked about Kaitiakitanga through insects and how they help our environment, specifically through the giant wēta. Because they are such great companions in helping the environment/us.”

 

tips to make a better podcast for the future.

 

“Tip one is make a script for what you want to say but add some improv to add a little spice”

“Tip two is to always practice your script a few times before you record your final recording.”

“Tip three is to research your topic and if you find a fact, find another source to confirm if it’s true,”

“Tip four is to make an even amount of text for each of you so it’s fair.”

“Tip five is that you make sure that you always do your work and don’t go off task.”

“Tip six is to find a way to back up your ideas, for example if you say something about dragonflies and how they’re very mean to their own species, back that text up with a fact about dragonflies that connects to their personality”

“Tip seven is to change the way you might think of things into another perspective. Eg when some people I are talking about their opinion in something, don’t argue with them think through what they said and Find a way to connect your opinion to there.

 

“Tip eight is to not go off topic eg when you talk about elephants then a few episodes later talk about the smallest bird in the world)

 

 

Our podcast outline/script (melody and Amy-Paige week2/3)

In week 2/3 miss wang’s podcast group. Me and melody are working together on a podcast and we made a script/story outline. Here it is:

 

Introduction

  •  Scene 1- a forest
  • Narrator (melody): “welcome to our podcast,
  • Narrator and script writer: “”green speak””,
  • narrator: today we will be discussing about the concept of Kaitiakitanga through insects and how to help their environment”
  • Narrator: My name’s melody. I will be the podcast host.
  • Script writer (Amy-paige): , and I’m Amy-paige, I’m the script writer.
  • Narrator: We will be hosting this podcast together 😀
  • Narrator=N Script writer=S

Segment 1 : introducing Kaitiakitanga.

  • Scene 2 – something that represents the Māori culture

Maybe in the words of:

  • “Have you ever thought about how you can support the environment through Kaitiakitanga?”
  • “If you’re familiar with the concept ,have you ever applied it to your environment?”
  • “If you’re not so sure about what Kaitiakitanga is, this podcast is perfect for you! We will dive deep  into the meaning of Kaitiakitanga and show you how you can imply it to your surroundings though insects!.”

Paragraph/full version:

N:“What is Kaitiakitanga?”

N:”If you’re familiar with the concept ,have you ever applied it to your environment?”

N:”Have you ever thought about how you can support the environment through Kaitiakitanga?”

S:”If you’re not so sure about what Kaitiakitanga is or you want to learn more about it, this podcast is perfect for you!”

N: “We will dive deep into the meaning of Kaitiakitanga and show you how you can imply it to your surroundings through insects, especially the giant weta!”

Segment 2: insects and how they help kaitiakitanga

  • Giant weta
  • Scene 3- a giant wēta

N:”Giant weta play an important role in maintaining the health of our environment and helping it in lots of different ways.”

S:”For example, recycling dead matter like leaves and rotting wood, the Giant weta is a great decomposer.”

N:”The giant wēta contributes a lot in the breaking down of matter.This decomposition process enriches the earth, supporting the ecosystem.”

N:”Moreover, Giant wēta are an important food source for many animals, from birds to mammals.”

S:”Their presence and also insects,is a key indicator of environmental health.”

S:”Giant wētas and insects give so much for the ecosystem, we have to recognize the threats that many insects face today.”

N:”Habitat loss, climate change, pesticides, and pollution are increasingly impacting their numbers and diversity.”

N:”When ecosystems are altered or destroyed, insects lose the habitats they need for survival.”

  •  Segment 3: interviewing

Scene 4: a giant wēta 

Questions:

  1. N “ Jacob our first question is what are some ways that you can apply kaitiakitanga to your environment?”
  1. N “ our next question is. Do you have any native species around your area? If so What are they? And how can you protect them?
  1. S “thirdly,would or could you recycle more waste than you are right now if you wanted to?”
  1. N “Is your area free from rubbish if yes, do you clean it?”
  1. S: “Have you performed kaitiakitanga in your environment before?
  1. N “How can you help your native animals and the community?”
  1. S “How is kaitiakitanga important to you?”
  1. S “Do you have a compost bin, if so do you know what you can recycle into soil?”
  1. N “If you find some rubbish at your local beach/park/where you normally go,do you pick it up?”
  1. N “Have you participated in a community event for kaitiakitanga? eg. cleaning up rubbish, helping people recycle waste, and maintaining a rubbish free beach?

Both”Thank you Jacob for your time!”

Segment 4 ending/conclusion:

scene- beautiful landscape

S:”Animals are important to the environment, if animals are gone, then the ecosystem would fall! unable to sustain itself.”

N:“We as the future generation of humans need to find out how to stop polluting the Earth and help it overcome the challenges.”

Both:”We hope this podcast has inspired you to take care of the environment.”

Both:”Thank you:)”

 

Introduction

  •  Scene 1-
  • Narrator (melody): “welcome to our podcast,
  • Narrator and script writer: “”green speak””,
  • narrator: today we will be discussing about the concept of Kaitiakitanga through insects and how to help their environment”
  • Narrator: My name’s melody. I will be the podcast host.
  • Script writer (Amy-paige): , and I’m Amy-paige, I’m the script writer.
  • Narrator: We will be hosting this podcast together 😀
  • Narrator=N Script writer=S

Segment 1 : introducing Kaitiakitanga.

  • Scene 2 

Maybe in the words of:

  • “Have you ever thought about how you can support the environment through Kaitiakitanga?”
  • “If you’re familiar with the concept ,have you ever applied it to your environment?”
  • “If you’re not so sure about what Kaitiakitanga is, this podcast is perfect for you! We will dive deep  into the meaning of Kaitiakitanga and show you how you can imply it to your surroundings though insects!.”

Paragraph/full version:

N:“What is Kaitiakitanga?”

N:”If you’re familiar with the concept ,have you ever applied it to your environment?”

N:”Have you ever thought about how you can support the environment through Kaitiakitanga?”

S:”If you’re not so sure about what Kaitiakitanga is or you want to learn more about it, this podcast is perfect for you!”

N: “We will dive deep into the meaning of Kaitiakitanga and show you how you can imply it to your surroundings through insects, especially the giant weta!”

Segment 2: insects and how they help kaitiakitanga

  • Giant weta
  • Scene 3- 

N:”Giant weta play an important role in maintaining the health of our environment and helping it in lots of different ways.”

S:”For example, recycling dead matter like leaves and rotting wood, the Giant weta is a great decomposer.”

N:”The giant wēta contributes a lot in the breaking down of matter.This decomposition process enriches the earth, supporting the ecosystem.”

N:”Moreover, Giant wēta are an important food source for many animals, from birds to mammals.”

S:”Their presence and also insects,is a key indicator of environmental health.”

S:”Giant wētas and insects give so much for the ecosystem, we have to recognize the threats that many insects face today.”

N:”Habitat loss, climate change, pesticides, and pollution are increasingly impacting their numbers and diversity.”

N:”When ecosystems are altered or destroyed, insects lose the habitats they need for survival.”

  •  Segment 3: interviewing

Scene 4: 

Interviewing Jacob

Questions:

  1. N “ Jacob our first question is what are some ways that you can apply kaitiakitanga to your environment?”
  1. N “ our next question is. Do you have any native species around your area? If so What are they? And how can you protect them?
  1. S “thirdly,would or could you recycle more waste than you are right now if you wanted to?”
  1. N “Is your area free from rubbish if yes, do you clean it?”
  1. S: “Have you performed kaitiakitanga in your environment before?
  1. N “How can you help your native animals and the community?”
  1. S “How is kaitiakitanga important to you?”
  1. S “Do you have a compost bin, if so do you know what you can recycle into soil?”
  1. N “If you find some rubbish at your local beach/park/where you normally go,do you pick it up?”
  1. N “Have you participated in a community event for kaitiakitanga? eg. cleaning up rubbish, helping people recycle waste, and maintaining a rubbish free beach?

Both”Thank you Jacob for your time!”

Segment 4 ending/conclusion:

S:”Animals are important to the environment, if animals are gone, then the ecosystem would fall! unable to sustain itself.”

N:“We as the future generation of humans need to find out how to stop polluting the Earth and help it overcome the challenges.”

Both:”We hope this podcast has inspired you to take care of the environment.”

Both:”Thank you:)”

 

Podcasts -week 1

This week in Miss Wang’s STEAM group. (Podcasts) I’m in a group with melody. And our podcast name is GREEN SPEAK.

My responsibility is as a script writer and as an interviewer. As a script writer I make sure that when we have to get text ideas for questions or for presentations i make sure my group is on task and I will mostly do the writing. As an interviewer I question people and ask for their opinion on what they think about insects and Kaitiakitanga

Melody’s responsibility is as the podcast host and as the interviewer as well. She talks about most of the topics and introduces the podcast. And as a interviewer she questions other people and sees other peoples side and of how they see and think they should help insects and Kaitiakitanga

 

here is our logo:

We made it on ibis paint

 

here is how we got the idea of our logo

Before this current logo we had a different logo, in that logo there was much more detail and different colours. But today, since our teacher told us about the 3 main types of logos. We decided to redesign our logo and simplify it. We only kept the most important parts of our past logo, for example the leaf was on the last logo but upgraded. We tried to simplify the logo but also made sure that others can easily tell what this logo is about, at first glance.

The green in our logo, symbolises the green in green speak, but also implies on nature and all types of animals that live in nature. The microphone symbolises a podcast and the word “speak” in our group name. Speak also is for how we talk about the fact that we talk about nature, animals, Kaitiakitanga and how to help the environment.

 

 

Life cycle of a mantis

A few weeks ago my class and I made a 3d life cycle on an insect, I selected the mantis for my cycle. You may be wondering how we made a 3d life cycle, well we used tinker card. The life cycles of a mantis is..

1. Soft egg

2. hard egg

3. nymph

4. adult mantis

here is a link to my tinkercard creation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The body parts of insects

the body parts of insects wk 9 – Amy-paige

 

 

Q&A

1.

Q. What are the similarities and differences between the cicada and wēta

A. The similarities are that they’re both insects, they both have the following; head, antennae, thorax, legs. The differences is that cicada has compound eyes and wings and the wēta doesn’t.  The next is that a wēta has an exoskeleton and spiracles, meanwhile a the cicada does NOT

2.

Q. How do you think the differences affect the way the insects live, move or defend themselves?

A. Yes, I think since cicadas has wings (the wēta doesn’t) it’ll be easier for them to run/fly away from predators. Cicadas also have compound eyes which lets them visually Perceive the world around them, so they can see if anyone/anything is sneaking up on them. I also think that since the wēta has a exoskeleton which gives them the advantage of providing protection against predators.

 

3.

Q. Can you name other insects that have these characteristics?

A. A cricket is somewhat has similar characteristics to a wēta.

 

4.

Q. The wētā interactive has a label for spiracles, but the cicada interactive does not. Does this mean that wētā don’t have spiracles? How do you know?

A. The wēta has spiracles because it has a label on “spiracles” so they have it.

Roles of insects

A few weeks ago we went into groups for this activity. I was in a group with amirah, Evelyn kn, ceaser and prabhjeet. We worked on a slide on the 5 roles of insects (what they do) . The 5 roles are that insects pollinate plants, insects decompose waste and organic matter, insects control pest populations, insects are an important food source and that insects are inspiring. I wrote 5 reasons about “insects control pest populations”  1 reason is that some insects can be predators that hunt other insects. Another reason is that insects can protects and kill pests, killing pests can help you crops, gardens etc. And that’s what we did 🙂

Movie world

A few weeks ago my parents and I went to Australia. We went to movie world and went on this ride called DC: rivals. That roller coaster had a really steep drop. But we had to wait in line for 2 hours!!!  It was so exhausting and boring! When we finally got at the ride, I was so scared. When we were going down the steep drop I felt like I was dying. The next day we came back and went on the superman ride, it was kinda scary because it goes from 0km- 100km (per hour) but it was still very fun.