How the Polynesians Navigated across the sea

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 How Polynesians Navigated across the sea

Would you be able to navigate across the ocean without a map? The polynesians way finders  navigated the ocean.  They used  clouds , Stars,birds,waves or currents and the sun and the moon.

One of the ways to navigate was stars. The Polynesians used the stars to navigate across the ocean. They used the Southern cross(a thick star) at night to know where the South was.

Then in the day when they can't use the stars anymore they used the sun to navigate. They used the sun for direction In the morning and night. Because the Sun sets In the west and the Sun rises in the east, Which meant that they could Know if they were going the right way or not. 

Another way was using clouds.  One way to navigate with clouds was, Sometimes The clouds would Reflect Islands and Lagoons. Also A big group of clouds could be above a mountain or island. 

So In conclusion The polynesians used clouds , Stars,birds,waves/currents and the sun and the moon to Navigate across the Ocean. Without using Maps , Compass etc.

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So for Hur3 we talked about how Polynesians Navigated , Without compasses or maps .... We learnt what they used and how they used it.. Here are some things they used to navigate across the ocean , Clouds,Birds,sun,moon and more. Then we got told to make explanation writing about it . So this is my explanation writing

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Schools In WW1 , DLO

 So still on The topic Of WW1 after I did A DLO about Women In WW1 next I Made A DLO about schools in WW1 . 

Schools In WW1 was very different compared to now, They didn't learn to read do maths or any other things we learn now . Instead they Made socks and Scarves for the mean in war, They got tough to prepare to go to war.. So this is my DLO of what schools where like in WW1, Hope you like it!

Women In WW1

So For the past 2 days I have been learning about Women in WW1, Then we Answered some questions about Women in WW1 and then made a DLO about them.. So here it is!  

  

Hope you Enjoyed my DLO about women in WW1 and I hope you learnt something about it today!... 

 

WW1 facts

This week our topic was WW1.. We watched videos and read story's about WW1 and then made DLO's about them.. So I decided to Do a Biteable about some facts we learnt about... So here Is my DLO about WW1.

The whale rider

The whale rider 

 

  The film's plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana (the Whale Rider, Who rode on top of a whale. The village leader should be the first-born son. Pai is originally born a twin, but her twin brother and her mother died during birth. Pai is female and so technically cannot inherit the leadership.         

After the death of his wife and despite overwhelming pressure from Koro, Pai's father refuses to assume traditional leadership or finish the waka (canoe) that he had started building for the baby son; instead, he moves to Germany to pursue a career as an artist. At one point, Paikea decides to live with her father because her grandfather says he doesn't want her. However, as they are driving away, she finds that she cannot bear to leave the sea as the whale seems to be calling her back. Pai tells her father to return her home.

 

Witi Ihimaera ,who wrote whale rider , wrote around 50 books himself.

Facts about New Zealand Dinosaurs

So Today I Did a blog post about , Facts about New Zealand Dinosaurs" So I read, listened and watched Things about New Zealand Dinosaurs. Then made a google doc about some interesting things that I thought was Interesting about New Zealand Dinosaurs. 

So here you are 8 things I think is Interesting and "I hope you do to" about New Zealand Dinosaurs. 

Facts about sloths

 I decided that I wanted to know some interesting things about sloths. So I looked on the internet and found some pretty interesting facts about sloths! Did you know about any of these facts about sloths?

Te Tiriti O waitangi Facts

Every week we watch videos about Aotearoa and new Zealand history called The Aotearoa history show. Then we write down facts about what they tell us about Aotearoa new Zealand. 

This week we watched The Aotearoa history show part 4 Te Tiriti O Waitangi. So here are some facts they we learnt about new Zealand. 


1. The Maori population in the late 1830's had dropped down to 70-80 thousand.
2. The reasons the Maori population went down was because of War and diseases.
3. The Te Tiriti O waitangi was neglected by Rats, buried in paper work dirt and other things and almost lost in a fire.
4. The British saw France as a threat because they wanted to colonise new Zealand.
5. Only 40 Rangatira people around the country signed the treaty.
6.The Maori and English treaty WEREN'T the same.
7.And lastly here are some things Maori used in war, Maori used under ground bunkers to protect there people. They used logs and barriers to stop them charging up

And there is 7 facts about Te Tiriti O waitangi did you learn anything from this?

  

Fossil Facts

So In Inquiry I posted a post about the beans growing but now we are learning about fossils. At my house I learnt how Mary Ann Mantell was the first one to find a dinosaur fossil. In Inquiry we had to make a google drawing of fossil facts. We also looked at some real fossils in real life we looked at Shark gaws and some sea shells and that kind of things. 


so here is my google drawing of fossil facts.