Wiki Tutorial 3 - Pre Camp

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a link to your own pre camp page.

Please remember to change the title of your pre camp page by adding your pseudonym afterwards.

Wiki Tutorial 2 - Create Your Own Page

Welcome to your 2nd wiki tutorial. In this tutorial you will lear how to create your own page using an existing template.

Good Luck

Wiki Tutorial 1 - Logging On

Welcome to the first Wiki Tutorial for 2010. Watch the video above to learn how to log on to our Team One Wiki, and then explore to see what is already there.

http://teamoneredcliffs.wikispaces.com

Media Studies

So what exactly is Media Studies?

The New Zealand Curriculum defines it below.

Media studies is about the active exploration, analysis, creation, and enjoyment of the media and its products.

Media studies examines the dynamic role of the media in society, how the media constructs messages about individuals, communities, and cultures and how media products are produced, controlled, and distributed.

Through media studies students gain the knowledge and skills to conceive, plan, and design media products.

In Team One we are going to spend some time this term analysing some older NZ ads and discuss how they reflect on our identity as New Zealanders. Some of my favourites are below or follow the link to our Wiki to see a bigger collection.

Mark Inglis

Now that's mental toughness! What an inspirational story Mark told us of survival and opportunities. What messages did you take from your time with Mark?

Pablo Picasso

This famous spanish artist is probably the most famous 20th century artist. Visit the link below to see how his style changed over his lifetime.

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/genres/portraits-by-picasso.htm

Survival Stories

Welcome to Team One 2010!

Our topic this term is Survivor!

The link below has some great and true survival stories including NZ's Mark Inglis.

http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/26/eight-incredible-survival-stories/

You can also visit his own website here

http://www.markinglis.co.nz/video_gallery.html

There's more than one way to cut the hedge

What do you think of this for thinking outside the square? Not sure if OSH would be impressed but they've got themselves in the news.

Click here to read the newspaper article

Fibonacci in Nature

Well done to those clever mathematicians who have posted their findings.

Fibinacci Numbers can be found all around us. Below are some more research questions to guide your inquiry.

Where in nature can you find Fibonacci numbers appearing?
What occurences are related to flowers?
What relevant pictures can you find?
Where do spirals come into this?
Are any special names given to these spirals?
Can you explain what is going on in these situations?
What else have you discovered about this topic?

Good Luck Mr E

Fibonacci Continued

Well done to those of you that worked out 144.

The Fibonacci Sequence is; 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377,610,987, ...

How far can you work it out?

How would you write this pattern as an algebraic equation?

Research Questions:
What does the name mean?
What other names did he have?
When did he live?
What was the Liber Abaci?
How was it printed?
Why was it written?
What else can you find out about Fibonacci or his family?

Use the links below to conduct some research afterwhich you will present your findings.

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/fibonac/index.asp

http://www.mi.sanu.ac.rs/vismath/jadrbookhtml/part42.html

http://www.mathsisfun.com/pascals-triangle.html

Fibonacci Number Challenge

Medieval mathematician and businessman Fibonacci (Leonardo Pisano) posed the following problem in his treatise Liber Abaci (pub. 1202):

How many pairs of rabbits will be produced in a year, beginning with a single pair, if in every month each pair bears a new pair which becomes productive from the second month on?

Thanks to Mr Woody in Hamilton for this great idea. Chiefs and Blues are you up to the Fibonacci Challenge?

Proportions & Ratios Activity

How good are you at working out proportion and ratio questions? These are the type of questions that ask if $X allows you to buy Y amount of things then $Z will allow you to buy how many things?

Try this simple interactive activity or learning object to test and improve your skills.

Driving Test

Redcliffs TV

Well we're on our way. Team one has started work on our business venture - creating an online tv station. The creative team have started scripting their programmes, the sales and marketing team have been busy seeking customers and begin creating their ads very soon, and the production team have been creating some videos and learning about iMovie.

The technical and production team have been using a website www.animoto.com to create music style videos. It is very easy and quick to use and the results look good.

Nga Numa Quiz

Click here for full screen version

Crazy Crash Spider

Here are the first animated movies by the next famous movie directors.