Current Events 11

Every animal turns one so why was Bao Bao's birthday so special?

Bao Bao's birthday is special because her brother, Tai Shan, has lived ti be able to see this milestone in Bao Bao's life. Bao Bao and Tai Shan are both Giant Pandas, and as you may know, these animals are endangered. So Bao Bao living to that age would be a very momentous occasion. Especially with the previous deaths of the five bear cubs of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. Each died within days.

How did the zookeepers celebrate it?

The zookeepers did multiple things for young Bao Bao.
Firstly, Bao Bao was given the choice of three honey dipped bamboo shoots.
Each stick had a colourfully painted labeled 'Long Life', Good Health' and 'Many Cubs'. Everyone was overjoyed to watch Bao Bao choose the 'Long Life' Bamboo shoot.

The zookeepers also made a very special tier cake for Bao Bao. The Zoo's nutrition department had decided to make a tiered cake that was crafyed for dozen of diluted apple juice and dyed various shades of pink, with beet juice. Frozen in between the slices were Bao Bao's favourite fruits, apple and pears. Flower appliqués carved from carrots and sweet potatoes adorned the top of a large number '1' carved from frozen apple juice, completed the perfect treat.

The guests were also treated with a vanilla and chocolate cake as well as tradition dandan noodles, which were a gift by the Embassy of the People's Republic of China.

What are some of the things Bao Bao has learnt during his first year? What are some of the things in store for her before she turns two?

Bao Bao has learnt to stand tall on the measuring scale and respond to her own name.
The zookeepers hope to teach her to present her paw when she needs her blood to be drawn and lie down during her monthly ultrasound.

America's Favourite Giant Panda Celebrates First Birthday

Dangerous Decibels

Today, Room 41 went to the Whare Kai to attend a session called "Dangerous Decibels". Dangerous Decibel's is a programme where we were taught about the dangers of hearing loss. 

Our teacher, Toni, took the session. 

Toni spoke about 'decibels'.

Decibels are a way of measuring sound.  

First Toni explained to us how we were able to hear sounds and what parts where included in this process. 

We were told that 85dB was the highest it can go without becoming dangerous.

Toni showed us a chart. This chart had three separate colours. On top of these colours were labels. 

Green represented activities that wouldn't harm our hearing, orange represented things that have a time limit, and red was instantaneous hearing damage.  

She asked us to put our fingers in our ears and attempt to have a normal conversation with the person beside us. She said that is what is was like to have severe hearing loss. 

One of the exercises we had to do including a tuning fork and a ping-pong ball attached to a thread. 

She asked us to hit the fork on the floor, then put it beside our ear to hear a ringing noise.

She then asked us to hit the for on the ground, and place the tip of the fork against the ping-pong ball causing it to bounce back and forth off of the fork. 

Toni then went onto show us the small hairs inside of our hears and the damage that can done to them by using pipe cleaners as an example. Vibrations pass through the hairs, allowing there to be sound.

Another exercise was where Toni asked for three volunteers. Each volunteer was giving a device that recorded the amount of decibels something was creating. Toni explained how once those hairs were damaged, they could never be repaired nor could they regrow. 

After that, we had a conversation on ways to protect our hearing and a conversation on how you can tell if your in risk of having hearing damage.

One thing I learnt was how to actually measure sound, as I never knew.

Current Events 10

How is Bounce Below different from other trampoline parks?

Bounce Below is located at an underground mining cavern, making it rather special. It is also the biggest underground trampoline park in the world.

What are some of the things visitors with experience at Bounce Below?

There is a large selection of trampolines ranging in height to fit to everyone's taste and everyone's ages. The trampolines span to about 10,000 square feet, there's even shoots and ladders. Different coloured lights have been placed around the cavern as a light source, making visitors experience even more surreal, and breath taking.

What are the two zip lines called? What is special about each one?

The two zip lines located at Zip World are called Titan and Velocity. These two zip line are about 45 minutes within each other. Velocity is around one mile long and is also 500 metres above the ground. It is also the northern hemisphere's longest and fastest zip line.
The Titan is the first zip line in the world to house four lines, allowing more than one person at a time to experience this thrill. The Titan goes at 70mph.
Zip World is also now attempting to build the worlds first underground zip line.

Mining Cavern Transforms Into World's Largest Underground Trampoline Park

Rimu Challenges

A5 - ZoeW - Rimu Tree

P6 - I have done walked the Waikareo track twice with my mother, but being me, I forgot to log in both of those times.

A2 - I was featured in two newspaper articles for my bullying poem and drawing that I did.
Annemarie Quill: Identify hurtful signs of bullying
Anti-bullying campaign launched

I'll probably be posting more tomorrow seeing how I'll finish a few challenges tomorrow.

How Māui brought fire to the world.

Homework - A6

Improve your writing skill; Complete a piece of writing and submit it for publishing in a writing competition.

I am nearly done my piece for this competition.
(Heh same contest as Hayley.)

Winter Writing Competition

I'm not gonna link my writing. It puts me off.

Homework - P6

I have been unable to complete or start many challenged this weekend due to how busy Saturday and Sunday was.

I have organised with my mother to walk the Waikareao Estuary with my Mother during the up coming weeks.