Olympic Comparison

We did a google drawing about where we compared what we knew, to the athletes that are in the Olympics. In Run, Jump, Throw Andy teaches us about what Olympic Athletes do in certain events, I put two examples: Long Jump and Sprinting. We also did this DLO, (digital learning object) to show what we needed to work on for our Run, Jump, Throw activities.

Olympic spirit - Current events

This is a DLO we did of a current event. For this one it was about the Olympic race. Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino showed good sportsmanship in the race because they helped each other when one of them fell, instead of just continuing the race to win a medal. Even though they came last, both of them got put into the finals, sadly Abbey can't race in the finals because she had a torn ACL and strained MCL. They showed to be good role models and good sports from what they did in the 5000 M(meter or 5 kilometer) race.

Should host countries have to spend so much money

We have been learning to consider both sides of an argument so that we can make an informed opinion. Mrs Anderson asked us to think about each sides view. To make our informed opinion, we had to look at both sides and then form our opinion about the subject. My DLO shows the possible reasons on why people chose whatever opinion they chose. My DLO also shows the opinion I made on, should host countries have to spend so much.

NZ olympic logo

This is an Olympic logo for NZ 2016 (if the Olympics were held NZ). It had to represent the Olympics and New Zealand (of course). This is my logo design, I used two NZ ferns, Olympic rings that are glowing, rectangles and a piece of flame. It represents NZ with it's ferns, the Olympic flame and the Olympic rings represent the Olympics.

Winter learning journey

This is a image showing all of the students that participated in the winter learning journey. We had to complete activities about the ancient Olympics to score points, commenting also gives points. The top 3 bloggers are #1 AJ, #2 Daniel and #3 Nesi.

Fraidon and Harry The olympics and us diet

This is a google presentation of the inquiry group we were working with Mr Wong and my partner for this was with Fraidon. We didn't need to do attributing images and on our last day, Mr Wong told all of us to finish Challenge 7.

Day 6 Activity 1

Activity 1: For all Olympic opening and closing ceremonies, the athletes from each country must wear a special uniform. The uniforms change each year. Look at the 3 pictures posted below. They are pictures of the uniforms that our New Zealand Olympic teams wore in 2012, 2008 and 2004. For this activity, you are asked to rank the uniforms from best (#1) to worst (#3). On your blog post your rankings and provide a brief explanation of why you ranked the uniforms in that order.

I would rank the uniforms #1 2012 #2 2004 #3 2008.

I chose 2012 as 1st because it has the NZ and Olympic symbols on it.

2004 as 2nd since it has the colors and the symbol of NZ.

2008 as 3rd since it has the NZ symbol but some of it's colors don't relate to NZ.

1. New Zealand Team Uniform – London Olympics 2012

2. New Zealand Olympic Team Uniform – Athens Olympics 2004

3. New Zealand Team Uniform – Beijing Olympics 2008

Day 5 Activity 1

Activity 1: Some Olympic athletes become famous not because they win but because they have an amazing attitude and great determination. They are sometimes called ‘underdogs.’ One of the most famous ‘underdogs’ in Olympic history was a man named Michael Edwards. He was a ski jumper from England who competed in the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary, Canada. Although he came last in the event, he never gave up. Recently, a movie has been made about his life. It is called “Eddie the Eagle.”  For this activity, watch the trailer for Eddie the Eagle and then post a summary of the movie on your blog. What is the movie about?

This trailer was about a man called Eddie (in the movie) who wanted to be an athlete when he was a child for instance he tried holding his breath in the bath tub, a weightlifter, runner, etc. Each time he failed and one time he almost died. Later on he went back to compete even after all those things that had happened to him, he still didn't give up he was determined to accomplish his dream.

Day 3 Activity 1

Activity 1: Visit the website for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Click on the name of the one of the sports that is listed on the main page. If possible, choose one that you have never heard of before and read about it. After reading about the sport, post a short description of it on your blog. The post must include:

1. The name of the sport
2. The aim of the sport
3. Two rules for the sport

Canoe Slalom is the name. The aim is to complete a 250 meter white water course in canoes or kayaks, passing through gates and avoiding obstacles in the shortest time possible. Two of the rules are: most courses are 80-120 seconds long but it can go up to 200 depending on the ability of the opposition, water turbulence, difficulty of course and level of competition. The second rule is: if the competitor's boat, body or paddle touches any pole of the gate, it will result in 2 seconds being added to your time.

Day 2 Bonus

Bonus: It is time to get creative! For this bonus activity you are asked to design a simple logo for the next Summer Olympic Games. They will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020. The Olympic committee in Japan has already created four possible options for the logo (see below) but I think that you can create something even more interesting and attractive! 

To create a logo I would suggest that you use the Design Mantic website. Click on the Design Mantic link. It will bring you to the homepage for the site. Enter ‘Tokyo 2020’ into the ‘Company Name’ box and select ‘Sport & Fitness’ from the drop down menu in the  ‘Industry’ box. From there you can create your own logo. When your logo is finished, copy and paste it onto your blog along with a short explanation of your design.
Here is my logo for Tokyo 2020, it represents an athlete holding the torch about to light it on the cauldron. It is called the Olympic flame. The shape on the top was the only shape I could find that was cauldron like.

Day 2 Activity 2

Activity: New Zealand is also known for many famous landmarks, including the SkyTower and the Harbour Bridge. In your blog list 3 famous landmarks in New Zealand. Along with the name of each landmark provide a brief description of it. Where is the landmark located? In your opinion, why is it famous?

1: Wai-O-Tapu. Is located in Waiotapu which is south of Rotorua. Wai-O-Tapu is a place where there is a mue pool, a geyser (called Lady Knox) that erupts up to 10-20 meters and multi coloured pools.
I think it is famous because of the wonderful landscape that was shaped by volcanic activity around 1000 years ago.

2: Waitomo Caves. It is located in Waitomo. Waitomo caves are just around two hours south of auckland. In my opinion it is famous because of the fact that it is a solutional cave system which I like and a village which is interesting.

3: Sky tower. The Sky tower is in Auckland. The sky tower is the tallest man made structure in NZ, from there you can spot volcanoes, landmarks, etc. You can also dine in one of three restaurants or cafes and also see the view. In my opinion I think it is because it is the tallest man-made structure in NZ and allows views of the city.

Day 1 Bonus

Activity: During the ancient Olympic Games, men were allowed to compete but women were not. In fact, women were often forbidden from even watching the games. In your opinion, is this a fair rule? Why or why not? On your blog please tell us what you think about this interesting rule.

In my opinion having a rule where women cannot compete is not fair, because they should also have a chance at winning something but also not being able to watch the games is just crazy! It doesn't matter what colour we are what gender we are, we are all humans. So in my opinion no, it is not fair

Day 1 Activity 2

For this activity I had to post three interesting facts about Milo Kroton.

1: When Milo was a child he had a young bull calf which he lifted every day on his shoulders and carried it around for a little bit for four years by that time it had grown into a bull.

2: One day Milo killed and ate the entire bull in a day.

3: One day he was tied in a competition against someone, because his opponent kept running until Milo was exhausted.

Day 1 Activity 1

For activity one, it said if I was alive during the first olympics which one would I chose. Out of: running, wrestling, boxing, pankration, horse racing or pentathlon. I chose wrestling, because running would be running a lot (more info in the link). Boxing and pankration are a bit too violent, someone could break a bone or lose something like their life while in wrestling you can just admit defeat and quit. Pentathlon was running, long jump, discus, javelin and wrestling. I didn't chose that one because I would be wrestling and doing four more activities if I chose that. I didn't chose horse racing because you can get a serious injury which can probably happen in wrestling as well, but sometimes in horse racing you can die in it while you can avoid fate by quitting. Unless you stay in for too long.