This afternoon we did some preparation for being interviewed by Muritai TV about what we have been doing on Mondays in the Green Room. We reflected on what we had learnt about Mantle of the Expert so far and we discussed the positives/minuses/and interesting things about this type of learning. We also came up with some key sentences about what we have learnt in our research. For homework we are going to have a go at sharing these key sentences with someone in our family.
These are the key sentences that each research group came up with this afternoon:
Group 1
Zooplankton can be different sizes some are microscopic and some are as big as jellyfish.
Plankton means wandering or drifting.
Zooplankton don’t swim very far they mainly float in the sea currents.
Krill is a type of zooplankton.
Krill is very important, nearly everything in the sea eats krill.
Zooplankton is an animal type of plankton, they eat phytoplankton and other plankton.
Group 2
Pythoplankton is a type of microscopic plant that lives in the sea.
Plankton means drifting or floating.
Phytoplankton is moved by the currents, it cannot swim on its own.
Plankton needs nutrients and sunlight to grow, just like plants on earth.
Phytoplankton breathes carbon dioxide and breathes out oxygen.
Phytoplankton make their own food, they are at the bottom of the marine food web.
Group 3
Antarctic Silverfish and the toothfish are part of the notothenioidei fish family.
Silverfish are a type of fish that can live in freezing cold waters, there blood doesn’t freeze.
Silverfish are endangered because they grow under ice sheets and the ice is melting.
Penguins are dying out because the silverfish are dying out.
Group 4
There are volcanoes and sea mountains on the sea floor.
There are different types of muds and clays on the sea floor.
There are fossils on the sea floor like phytoplankton, and zooplankton such as krill.
There are risen bits of land on the sea floor such as the Chatham Rise.
Group 5
Cores are drilled from the sea floor to find different layers.
There are different depths of ocean around New Zealand.
There is a current called the circumpolar current that comes from Antarctica and its cold.
There are currents called the tropical and subtropical current, and these are warmer.
The oceans around NZ are the Atlantic, the South Pacific, and the Tasman Sea.
Group 6
The drill pipes on boats drill into the sea floor and collect tubes of earth to study called cores.
Cores can contain rock, sediments, and fossils.
Cores have a lot of history, different layers can have different fossils.
Fossils can tell you about what was alive in different times.
Cores have different layers from different times.
The layer at the top is the newest.
The deepest layer is the oldest.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Day 5: Mid Morning: Some New Tasks
After morning tea we went into role and had a team meeting. We received an email from management asking us to include some more things in our new foyer display design. These were to include a history of the NZ COSSA company, some information about the diving work done on board The Aumoana, and finally some information about life on board The Aumoana. We reviewed our progress on our research projects and decided to spend a day focussing on these new jobs. We decided we could only afford to spend one day of time on it though! So we divided into 3 working groups to tackle these new tasks.
One group created a historical timeline for our company. They interviewed everyone about when they joined the company, put together the dates on the newspaper articles, and decided on some key moments in the history of our company. Using drama we agreed to believe that the timeline recorded the history of our fictional company.
Another group worked on researching about diving equipment and procedures for diving in Antarctica. We received another email from management reminding us that we all needed our diving certificates renewed, and that involved proving recent diving experience and having all diving equipment checked. After doing their research, this working group decided to lead the whole team in a diving equipment check and then took us all on an imagined dive in Antarctic waters.
Diving Equipment Checklist.
“Just some advice, when you put your flippers on walk backwards so you don’t trip over….my assistants Julius and Robbie have their equipment on correctly so watch them…” Max talking as he led us on a team dive and diving equipment check.
“Diving in Antarctic is very dangerous because it is below 1 degree Celsius. You need to drill two holes in the ice because a seal sometimes uses one up! There needs to be two people to help one person diving. The rescuers need to be ready in their diving equipment to dive in and rescue if they need to. They need to have an extra layer so that they’re warmer! Not like normal diving!” Write up by Max.
The third working group did some research about life on board a research vessel. They then used drama to put together a ‘filmed’ interview with 3 scientists about the work they did on the boat, the gear they had to wear, what the food was like, and what their favourite thing was about living on the boat. We agreed to believe that we were watching a filmed interview as this group performed their interview to us. Next week we will try to make a real recording of this interview.
One group created a historical timeline for our company. They interviewed everyone about when they joined the company, put together the dates on the newspaper articles, and decided on some key moments in the history of our company. Using drama we agreed to believe that the timeline recorded the history of our fictional company.
Another group worked on researching about diving equipment and procedures for diving in Antarctica. We received another email from management reminding us that we all needed our diving certificates renewed, and that involved proving recent diving experience and having all diving equipment checked. After doing their research, this working group decided to lead the whole team in a diving equipment check and then took us all on an imagined dive in Antarctic waters.
Diving Equipment Checklist.
“Just some advice, when you put your flippers on walk backwards so you don’t trip over….my assistants Julius and Robbie have their equipment on correctly so watch them…” Max talking as he led us on a team dive and diving equipment check.
“Diving in Antarctic is very dangerous because it is below 1 degree Celsius. You need to drill two holes in the ice because a seal sometimes uses one up! There needs to be two people to help one person diving. The rescuers need to be ready in their diving equipment to dive in and rescue if they need to. They need to have an extra layer so that they’re warmer! Not like normal diving!” Write up by Max.
The third working group did some research about life on board a research vessel. They then used drama to put together a ‘filmed’ interview with 3 scientists about the work they did on the boat, the gear they had to wear, what the food was like, and what their favourite thing was about living on the boat. We agreed to believe that we were watching a filmed interview as this group performed their interview to us. Next week we will try to make a real recording of this interview.
Day 5: Morning: Company Mission Statement and Key Values
This morning we talked as a group about having a mission statement for our company. We talked about Muritai School’s mission statement ‘Muritai Students will be the best that they can be’, and we identified and discussed some of the school’s key values, which included values of working well together, respecting and caring for each other, looking after the environment, and respecting things Maori.
We talked about why the school values things Maori and we had a great discussion!
“It is part of our culture”
“It is important in New Zealand”
“The Maori were here first…and we signed a Treaty”
“If we didn’t use the language in New Zealand it might become extinct”
We learnt that in New Zealand many companies value things Maori to help protect the Maori language and culture, and to honour the Treaty of Waitangi.
We brainstormed ideas for a mission statement as a whole group, worked in small groups to try and put our ideas into one sentence, and then had a small working group to pull everyone’s ideas together to come up with our final mission statement. It was a big job to get all the words just right, but we are all really pleased with what we have come up with.
NZ COSSA’S Mission Statement:
‘We explore and investigate so that the sea world around New Zealand can be protected for the future.’
Key Company Values:
• We work hard to be the best scientists we can be
• We research and give people information about the sea around New Zealand so that is can be protected.
• We do our best to look out for endangered species of fish.
• We work as a team and respect each other.
• We respect things Maori because it is part of New Zealand’s culture and the Treaty of Waitangi.
After talking about valuing things Maori in our company we talked about ways a company could reflect this value. We thought we could use the online Maori dictionary to find Maori words to express some of our key company values. We found a number of Maori words to do with protecting, cherishing, and caring for the sea environment.
Georgia suggested we email Mr Chadwick to see if he could put some of the Maori words we chose (‘tai’ meaning sea, ‘taonga’ meaning treasures/things we cherish, and ‘kaitiaki’ meaning caring and protecting for the future) into a sentence to be a part of our mission statement. We are looking forward to hearing back from him!
Some of us are also going to have a go at designing a logo for our company.
“A logo is a picture or a symbol, which represents what company it is.” Tim.
We are looking forward to seeing some designs next week.
We talked about why the school values things Maori and we had a great discussion!
“It is part of our culture”
“It is important in New Zealand”
“The Maori were here first…and we signed a Treaty”
“If we didn’t use the language in New Zealand it might become extinct”
We learnt that in New Zealand many companies value things Maori to help protect the Maori language and culture, and to honour the Treaty of Waitangi.
We brainstormed ideas for a mission statement as a whole group, worked in small groups to try and put our ideas into one sentence, and then had a small working group to pull everyone’s ideas together to come up with our final mission statement. It was a big job to get all the words just right, but we are all really pleased with what we have come up with.
NZ COSSA’S Mission Statement:
‘We explore and investigate so that the sea world around New Zealand can be protected for the future.’
Key Company Values:
• We work hard to be the best scientists we can be
• We research and give people information about the sea around New Zealand so that is can be protected.
• We do our best to look out for endangered species of fish.
• We work as a team and respect each other.
• We respect things Maori because it is part of New Zealand’s culture and the Treaty of Waitangi.
After talking about valuing things Maori in our company we talked about ways a company could reflect this value. We thought we could use the online Maori dictionary to find Maori words to express some of our key company values. We found a number of Maori words to do with protecting, cherishing, and caring for the sea environment.
Georgia suggested we email Mr Chadwick to see if he could put some of the Maori words we chose (‘tai’ meaning sea, ‘taonga’ meaning treasures/things we cherish, and ‘kaitiaki’ meaning caring and protecting for the future) into a sentence to be a part of our mission statement. We are looking forward to hearing back from him!
Some of us are also going to have a go at designing a logo for our company.
“A logo is a picture or a symbol, which represents what company it is.” Tim.
We are looking forward to seeing some designs next week.
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