Why I Made My Building The Way I Did

I made a light roof so that in an earthquake it won't collapse.  I put corner beams in because I found out that they are stronger than beams that go across a ceiling.  I used studs and dwangs because it helps to hold up the house, and I think that all houses should have a certain amount of them inside their walls.

Team Proof

We worked together to make a model of a two-story house that should be able to survive an earthquake.  We put the shock absorbers on the bottom so that that house wouldn't shake as much but still be able to stand.  We rounded the corners of the windows because we found out that it is safer to do it this way.  We pretended that the cardboard represented the wood that would go on the outside of the building because wood is more flexible during an earthquake.

Learning about Christchurch

In an earthquake a house should be lightweight.We made our house out of thin card, a few layers of tissue paper, straws, cellotape, glue, oasis and flute board.We thought our house would stay intact with minimal damage because research shows that you can try to earthquake proof a house but it will never be 100% successful.

Our storyboard shows the earth and its layers, Pangea, where New Zealand sits on the plates, the ring of fire, Alpine fault line and Christchurch.

Our storyboard

This is the first time we have attempted sharing information in the form of a storyboard.  This is our one based on why New Zealand has earthquakes.

Can Christchurch be rebuilt?

Kenote

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What's the story behind earthquakes

Earthquakes

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Earthquake proof building

Our earthquake proof building is made of a metal frame which is cross braced for extra strength and has rubber pads to absorb the shockwaves of the earthquake.

 

Lego House

 In Room 6 we had to construct an Earthquake Proof building for our Hot Learning. This is our Building made out of Lego. We had a certain amount of time to construct our own miniature building using different materials.

How to build an earthquake proof building

WHY WE BUILT IT THE WAY WE DID.

We tried to keep our model normal without changing the look of it, so we made a different structure and ground base.

For the base we have rubber shock absorbers that go with the motion of the movement. They can go up, down, left and right, this way the building will go with whatever way the earthquake throws or jolts it.

The structure is made up of a series of triangles. These are designed to make the structure of the building stronger than straight pillars.

In the top and bottom corners of the building are concrete triangle blocks, which are designed to hold the building in place. the lower corners, as well as the top, make the building tough.

Frisbee Golf

One of our PE units has been based around Frisbees.  We have been putting our skills into practise by playing Frisbee Golf.

Frisbee golf

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Interschool Swimming Sports

On Friday 17 June, 17 of our swimmers represented our school at the Interschool Swimming sports.  Despite being a small team, we managed to earn a number of placings in our races.  Well done to us!!!

Interschool swimming sports large

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HOT Learning

This is a safety procedure of what to do in a earthquake.

Completed Icon and Brand Art

We promised to share our completed pieces....so here they are!!!Nz art

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Reciprocal Reading

We've started our next reading focus - Reciprocal Reading.  We get to work in mixed groups and practise the skills of predicting, clarifying, questioning and summarising.  We share our thinking on a google.doc so that other groups can see what we've been up to.