Activity 1: Ministry of Inspiration [4 points]
So you might have heard of the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Health, right? They are groups of people who give advice to the government. But have you heard of the Ministry of Inspiration? It sounds like fun, doesn’t it?! Well, this is a real organisation based in Nelson, New Zealand. Their aim is to get kids thinking creatively in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts, maths and society (STEAMS).
The Ministry of Inspiration hosts many cool activities and events, including an Aquabot competition. Aquabots are underwater robots. Have you ever heard of them?
I would love to join the Aquadbot competition. It seems really fun and it would be a great chance for me to show creative I am. Also I will be a the pools and it would be fun because I love going to the pools with my family.
Activity 2: Caine’s Arcade [4 points]
Caine Monroy is a 17 year old boy who lives in Los Angeles (L.A.), California. When he was younger, he spent his summer holidays at his dad’s work - an auto parts store in downtown L.A. While his dad was working, he decided to build himself something that he had always wanted - an arcade! He built an arcade all by himself out of cardboard boxes and things that he found lying around the shop.
One day a man came into the store to buy a handle for his car and he met Caine. Caine showed him what he had made and the man was so impressed with the arcade game that he made a movie about Caine and invited all the people in L.A. to come and play the games in Caine’s Arcade!
My favourite game is Rugby.
How to play:
- Don't high tackle
- don't drop the ball
- can't be on the opposite's team side
- can't take the ball from the other side of the ruck
- don't tackle someone when they are in the air
- use your arms to tackle
- don't shoulder charge
- can't hold on to someone on the ground for too long
- no pulling hair
- don't pass it forward
- you must be behind the player before receiving the ball
- you also must be behind the kicker before kick-off or chasing to catch the ball.
How to play:
- Don't high tackle
- don't drop the ball
- can't be on the opposite's team side
- can't take the ball from the other side of the ruck
- don't tackle someone when they are in the air
- use your arms to tackle
- don't shoulder charge
- can't hold on to someone on the ground for too long
- no pulling hair
- don't pass it forward
- you must be behind the player before receiving the ball
- you also must be behind the kicker before kick-off or chasing to catch the ball.
Activity 3: Choose your own
You have now made it to the end of Week 3 and have earned the right to choose your very own scientist, technologist, or inventor who you think has changed the world. There are no right or wrong choices for this activity, so find someone who interests you and tell us about them on your blog. It could be someone from your family, church or community or someone famous that you admire.
Here are some starting points in case you get stuck:
Robert Winston. Robert is a scientist and is also a british professor. He has made a impact on others because he taught them different scientist experiements and how it works.
If you speak to Mrs Tui maybe aqua-robotics will be on the curriculum at SPX this year Christopher...Keep blogging, and commenting on others, to increase your chance of winning one of the awesome prizes and to keep up your learning over the school break!
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