Term 4 reflection-podcast
The hardest part of making our podcast was definitely the editing on garage band. Mainly adding the background music to the interviews. Whereas the recording of the interviews was quite easy.
The part I enjoyed most about the podcast was designing our podcast logo and coming up with our podcast name. It was fun because we got to be creative and put a little bit of ourselves in the logo.
Our podcast relates to kaitiakitanga in many different ways. We talk about how to help sea animals have a better life and cleaning up the ocean.
3 tips to make a better podcast:
If you use voice memos you need to film in a quest space because it picks up a lot of noise
If you have background music on your interviews and are using garage band make sure to turn down the gain so you it’s not too loud during the interview
plan out your questions for your interview and make sure they are answerable and make sure they are open ended
Concrete poetry
How to write concrete poetry:
Concrete poetry is also known as shape poetry. A concrete poem describes a person object or animal. The cool thing about it is that your poem is in the shape of the thing that your poem is about! A concrete poem can use full sentences and it doesn’t need to rhyme. You will usually find alliteration or similes (comparing things with like or as)in the poem. You can also choose to add imagery and metaphors(a direct comparison between 2 things).
Here is my Christmas concrete poem:
Limericks week 3
A limerick poem always has 5 lines. The first second and fifth line always rhymes (rhyme scheme; AABBA). Limericks are usually a bit silly or funny. They are made for you to laugh or smile at when you read them. When read aloud or even in your head there is a little beat inside the poem.
This is my limerick poem:
A giant green hairy mouse
Now lives in my house
I thought there was one
But it had only begun
Because it turns out, he had a spouse
STEAM-week 2
This is my podcast outline
Introduction
- Visual: sunrise on the beach
- siena “welcome to the sea besties podcast”
- Introduce ourselves/our names
- Introduce the topic ‘sea life protection’
Segment 1:
impacts that humans have on sea life
- Visual: underwater by coral reef.
- Talk about the problems they face because of humans.
- How we can get rid of the problems we cause our sea life.
Segment 2:
Rubbish/littering problems
- Visual:dolphins doing tricks.
- How your rubbish ends up in the ocean.
- What species get affected by the rubbish problems.
- Alternatives to plastic and other non-reusable materials.
- Picking up after yourself and others.
Segment 3:
Pollution
- Visual: A beach on a tropical island
- How the ocean can get polluted; boats, rubbish trucks and factories
- How the sea life can be affected by pollution
- How we can reduce ocean pollution
Conclusion:
Visual: sunset on the beach
- Thanks for listening
- We hope you have learnt a lot from this podcast
- Make sure to use the tips we gave you to make our oceans a better home for our sea life!Introduction
- Visual: sunrise on the beach
- siena “welcome to the sea besties podcast”
- Introduce ourselves/our names
- Introduce the topic ‘sea life protection’
Segment 1:
impacts that humans have on sea life
- Visual: underwater by coral reef.
- Talk about the problems they face because of humans.
- How we can get rid of the problems we cause our sea life.
Segment 2:
Rubbish/littering problems
- Visual:dolphins doing tricks.
- How your rubbish ends up in the ocean.
- What species get affected by the rubbish problems.
- Alternatives to plastic and other non-reusable materials.
- Picking up after yourself and others.
Segment 3:
Pollution
- Visual: A beach on a tropical island
- How the ocean can get polluted; boats, rubbish trucks and factories
- How the sea life can be affected by pollution
- How we can reduce ocean pollution
Conclusion:
Visual: sunset on the beach
- Thanks for listening
- We hope you have learnt a lot from this podcast
- Make sure to use the tips we gave you to make our oceans a better home for our sea life!
And this is my podcast storyboard
Acrostic poems
Did you know the first types of acrostic poems started in Ancient Greece? Since then there have been lots of different types of acrostic poems. The first one (the main type of acrostic poem that everyone knows) is simply just called ‘acrostic’. It is the poem that the start of each word/phrase forms a message or word. The second type is similar to the acrostic one. It’s called ‘The Telestich’. Instead of the first word spelling a message/word it is the last letter that makes the message. And the final one I’m explaining is ‘The Mesostic’. This one uses the middle of a word or a sentence to form a message/ word in the middle.
Here are 2 different types of acrostic poems I did(the first is ‘acrostic and the second is ‘The Telestich’)
F lashing colours everywhere, then fading into darkness
I ncredible show of lights,lighting up the sky
R emarkable sight to see, up in the starry night
E nchanting to look at
W ondeful feeling inside of you
O n many holidays and celebrations
R rally loud when close by
K ids love them
S tanning in awe at the amazing sight, high up in the night
Cinquain poetry
There are 2 ways of writing a cinquain poem. The first on is using syllables. The first line has 2 syllables, the second 4, the third 6, the fourth 8 and the last, back to 2. The other type of a cinquain poem is just using words. The first line is one word (usually the subject), the second line is 2 words(adjectives to describe the topic), the third line is 3 word (verbs usually ending in ‘ing’), the fourth line has four words (a phrase to show emotion about the topic) and the fifth and final line had one word(synonym of the first word/topic)
Here is a cinquain poem I made about nature:
Week 1 Term 4 STEAM- podcast
My group:
Milan — blogger, designer
Scarlett— recorder, co designer
Siena— organiser, researcher
Our Podcast Name:
Sea Beasties
Our Podcast Logo:
We chose this logo because it fits in with our sea life theme and the animals represent the three people in the group. We chose these animals because we found them really cute and went perfectly with our background. We also liked how they were in a circle and and would look good under the sun rays and in the middle of the coral.
Our Podcast Theme:
Sea-life protection
Week 5 STEAM-TGS weather
TGS weather report
for my weather report I chose to do the temperature of TGS throughout the week. Here is the graph that I made:
Week 4 STEAM – Water cycle
My life as a raindrop:
Firstly I flow through the grate in the dam. The eels and fish that live in the dam can’t get through this. When I enter the treatment plant aluminium sulphate is added to us. This makes the dirt stick together so that it can be removed. When the dirt particles stick together they form a big particle called a floc. The floc and sludge then go to landfill. Then we enter the sand filter where floc, giardia and cryptosporidium are trapped. Further down the pipe chlorine is added to kill the bacteria in us that could make people terribly sick. Lastly fluoride is added to me, so is lime. This lime is added to reduce my acidity.
This is how I get to your house!:
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