Underwater Speaker Prototype!

Our prototype is an underwater speaker that would sit on the bottom of fishing boats. The speaker would play loud Orca/killer whale sounds to scare away dolphins, sharks, whales and sea turtles from big fishing nets. This is a major problem for all sea creatures and if we don’t change now we may have no more sea life left.

Did you know recent studies show that more than 87,000 sharks, 3,400 dolphins and 1,100 sea lions over the past 25 years have died due to fishing nets. The nets are also estimated to have killed more than 380 whales and 100 sea turtles! WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW!

Our invention is an underwater speaker that plays loud Orca\killer whale sounds to scare away sharks, dolphins and a few more sea creatures. The speaker would sit under large fishing boats and play the sounds, The sound will not affect the fish as much as it will other sea creatures as they can’t exactly hear noises, as of this, the fish number caught should still be the same. Who would want to kill a graceful dolphin?

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Buddhist Temple

Room 7 went off with the

year 5’s and 6’s to

the Buddhist temple,

here’s what happened:

Firstly we  were placed into four separate

groups, 1, 2, 3 and 4. We were introduced to

the temple’s people and staff, then we went to

the wishing bell and learnt how to make a wish

with it. There was a long line to have your wish,

but it wasn’t too long of a wait.

                                                      

Secondly we huddled inside a small room.

Then the staff taught us how to hold an ink brush

and gave us a piece of paper with chinese

characters to trace over. It was a really hard grip.

Most children struggled, some of us just gave up.

After we were finished we picked up our papers

and headed to our next activity.

We walked over to another part of the temple,

before we entered we had each been each given

a flower to put in a little area with all the other flowers.

We scurried into the room and watched a video about

a prince riding on a white horse. We then wrote a wish

on a  piece of paper which was shaped as a leaf,

cloud or flower. We then each got a pin and stuck it

onto the wall.

After we were all outside in a group we learnt how to

bath the buddha. Firstly we poured water over the

right shoulder, then the left. Finally the back,

whilst doing so we were saying the 3gs and 4gs.

After we walked up a few steps and had a small break.

We each got biscuits and small cup of water to

wash it down. While we were enjoying our food

we got a tattoo which said one of the 3gs  4gs in

action

Once we had finished we scrambled inside

a few policemen came to talk to us. We got to

ask questions about what they carried around with

them on the job. One of the kids asked if they could

get handcuffed and the police replied with, “alright.”

After he got handcuffed we had to exit. It was sad to

leave but we all had a great time, we each got a horse

charm to remember the special moments we had there.

By Shreyas, Shayden, Zoe and Tony.

The Kiwi Icon

Room 7 had been working on the kiwi icon for weeks. We have worked on showing the icon  that we wanted to save the most. Mrs Swan told us,“If you could save any icon from New Zealand what would it be?” We all had to take in to account that there was so much of them that we would have to choose carefully and work out how important they are. We thought  the hardest/most stressful time was when we didn’t have the resources we needed, last week.

The How We Made The Kiwi Icon

First of all we painted the foam balls, then we waited for the paint to dry, on the second day we did a second layer and also painted the beak,The next day we put on the googly eyes. After that we made the kiwi’s base ( Home/Natural habitat ) And we put the skewers for the feet. Then, we put the skewers in the base of the habitat and it stood up! We then put the beak on and we were finished. I think that the best part was when we finished because that was when we were all relieved since we had been working for weeks


By Jake and Shreyas