For STEAM Term 3, Olivia, Isla, Giada and I made NZ in a Minecraft world. We each created a NZ landmark, native tree, and native animal. We worked hard in making them as realistic as possible. We hope that we captured a NZ feeling in our special world! Something that I would change if I had another chance to do this is definitely making my landmark smaller! I made: Landmark – The Beehive. Tree – Kōwhai. Animal – Fairy Penguin. Olivia made: Landmark – The Ohakune Carrot. Tree – Kāuri. Animal – Fantail. Isla made: Landmark – The Skytower. Tree – Rimū. Animal – Kiwi. Giada made: Landmark – The L&P Bottle. Tree – Tawa. Animal – Tūī. Here are some photos of our world:
Here are my answers from the questions from the slide.
What NZ identity features did we include? The Beehive, Kōwhai tree, Fairy Penguin, The Ohakune Carrot, Kāuri tree, Fantail, The Skytower, Rimū tree, Kiwi, The L&P Bottle, Tawa tree, Tūī.
What did I learn about Aotearoa during this project? I learned that NZ is special and has many different native trees.
What digital skills did I use? I used Minecraft, so I used digital building skills.
What would I do differently next time? Something that I would change if I had another chance to do this is definitely making my landmark smaller!
How well did we work together? We worked together really well, though sometimes the others were a little annoying.
During the school holidays, I went to the Circus! It was amazing. There were so many different acts. My favourite one was probably the act called ‘The Human Cannonball’! It was when a man got shot out of a cannon from one side of the tent to the other(and it was a really big tent)! But there were many other acts as well, including an act with gigantic bubbles! My whole family(Mum, Dad, Brother, Sister)went there, and we all enjoyed it. There were food carts outside the circus tent so you could buy food to eat during the show(including candy floss!), but my family didn’t get any. That didn’t matter, though, because we were too distracted by all the different acts to care about food. Although it cost a lot, going to the Circus was definitely worth the money!
What was in Eunice’s World: Eunice’s world was a Kaitiakitanga Game. There were questions and aquariums, and even a gift shop! I really enjoyed it.
What I learned from Eunice’s World:
1. Not to stomp on turtle eggs.
2. To ride on electric trains instead of fossil-fuelled ones.
3. Not to overfish.
My favourite thing in Eunice’s World: My favourite thing was definitely the gift shop. There were so many cool gifts! I really wanted to get something from it, but we had to leave them alone for other people. There were cool shells, amazing gemstones, and more! There was even a cake!
Eunice’s Rating:
Out of ten, I give Eunice:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I gave Eunice 9 stars because her world was awesome, but I wasn’t allowed to take things and eat the cake.
This is a photo of my Amazing Underwater Experience. It shows people the beauty of the Sea, therefore encouraging them to stop littering in the Ocean and start protecting marine life. I am proud of it because it is really beautiful. This is a photo of my bee enclosure. It shows how bees pollinate flowers and help them to grow and reproduce. It makes me proud because it was hard to make. This is a photo of my turtle enclosure. There are a mother and a father turtle there. There are also some turtle eggs, that will soon hatch into a baby turtle. It shows the turtle life cycle. It makes me proud because I really like turtles.
The first step to make a Concrete Poem is to draw an outline of the topic you have chosen(best to draw in pencil). Next you write in the shape your poem. It does not have to rhyme, but it can. (Optional: erase the outline of your topic.) Here is my example:
It was easy to make the bee enclosure. All I had to do was make a tree and grow some flowers on the ground.
It was hard to make the Cherry Blossom forest since I had to grow the trees, and it took SO LONG. In the end I had to increase the random tick speed to 100, and that worked really well.
My next step is to make a Kaitiakitanga Questionnaire to teach people to be a Kaitiaki.
Things that have been hard: It was hard finding animals that are in New Zealand, and I had to change a few enclosures. The hardest enclosure to make was probably the tropical fish aquarium since I had to cover the whole ground with sand, and that was annoying.
Things that have been easy: It was really easy to make the Zoo ‘building’, because all I had to do for it was make a roof and some glass walls for the enclosures. The easiest enclosure to build was definitely the frog enclosure since all I had to do was dig a small hole, pour water in it, put some lily pads on top, and add some mangrove roots.
My next steps: I’m going to make a Cherry Blossom Forest and add bees in it to make honey so people can get some free honey.
What it is:
Kaitiakitanga means “Guardians of the Earth”. Māori people believe that there is a deep kinship between humans and nature. They believe that we should take care of our environment. One reason is that trees produce oxygen to breathe. Another is that we need to keep water clean and safe so we can stay hydrated. Those are some reasons why, so take care!
How to show Kaitiakitanga:
1: Use and dispose of harmful materials properly. 2: Don’t dump waste in rivers, lakes, and oceans. 3: Don’t overuse fertilisers.
4: Join a beach, stream, or wetland cleanup team. 5: Don’t litter, especially these items: Motor oil, Pesticides, Leftover paints or paint cans, Mothballs, Flea collars, Household cleaners, and a number of medicines.
This is a photo of my bee enclosure. It shows how bees pollinate flowers and help them to grow and reproduce. It makes me proud because it was hard to make.
This is a photo of my turtle enclosure. There are a mother and a father turtle there. There are also some turtle eggs, that will soon hatch into a baby turtle. It shows the turtle life cycle. It makes me proud because I really like turtles.
Things that have been hard: It was hard finding animals that are in New Zealand, and I had to change a few enclosures. The hardest enclosure to make was probably the tropical fish aquarium since I had to cover the whole ground with sand, and that was annoying.
