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Friday, April 5, 2019

Maths Buddy Tutorial



WALT:

Make  a screencastify of Maths Buddy showing what it is and how to use it.

REFLECTION

The hardest part for  me was trying to find a quite place to record.
The part I liked the most would have to be actually doing he tasks.

Hope you enjoyed!!!

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Ahipara beach education day.


EQUIPMENT THAT WE USED:

We all pace round and round the concrete ramp trying to find the perfect spot to stand and observe, just to be told that we need to stand on the grass to be able to see and understand everything about the first piece of equipment, the kneeboard. The kneeboards can only fit one lifeguard and one other patient with them at a time. Whereas the IRB (Inflatable Rescue Boats) can hold two lifeguards and up to four patients. The IRB’s have spare oars because Who knows maybe when they are going to save someone that's near rocks, they can’t go too close to the rocks as they may pop the boat. So they have to use them or to reach out to the patient and pull them towards the boat and pull them up.


THE HARDEST PART:

The first thing we had to do was try to run in the water without tripping over and face planting.
This was going to definitely be tricky, I said in my head one hundred times over and over. We had to lift our legs up and over at the height of just above our waist.
Straight away as we ran into the water in this particularly weird way I tripped and face planted and had sand all over my face and body, somehow it even was all in my hair from roots to tips.

Monday, April 1, 2019

Report Writing Bottlenose Dolphin






Report writing


Elly Broughton


The scientific name for bottlenose dolphins are “tursiops”.
HABITAT:


Bottlenose dolphin are only really found in more temperate and tropical waters. They are normally found around 20 miles offshore in harbor’s bays and lagoons. I myself have only ever seen bottlenose dolphin in warmer waters for example in between Hohaura and Rangiputa. I have also seen a few pods of these dolphins in Fiji.






PREDATORS:


The main predators to Bottlenose dolphins are different types of sharks and orcas. The main types of sharks are tiger, dusky and bull sharks. Orcas are also really high on their predator list and you wouldn’t really think so as orcas are just larger dolphins.


they are very fast animals but can still be overtaken easily and captured by their threats.



DIET-PREY:


These dolphins never chew their food with there teeth. They have big throats and it allows them to swallow their kai in one piece. They really like crustaceans, shrimp and squid. Occasionally they munch on king fish and smaller fish. Adult bottlenoses usually eat between fifteen and thirty pounds a day. These dolphins are really fast and strong swimmers and can easily catch their prey but their predators can also still catch them.





BREEDING:


Female dolphins are pregnant for up to twelve months.


They only give birth to a single calf once every three years. These calves are not born head first but tail first to ensure the calf does not drown. The female normally becomes pregnant when she is six to thirteen years old and will give birth in spring and summer. Dolphins can live up to the age of forty which gives them plenty of time to reproduce.








POPULATION:





There is a large amount of dolphins left, approximately six hundred thousand. They are very safe and are nowhere near extinction or becoming endangered.


You will see these dolphin for a long time and will not have to worry about them.






UNIQUE FEATURES:





These unique dolphins have the best mouth as they are curved mouths making it look like they are always smiling. They have very smooth and rubbery textured skin with the mixture of black, white and gray all over there bodies. They have exactly two hundred and fifty teeth if they are all there and healthy.











WEIGHT:


The common bottlenose dolphins weigh around 150 kgs to 160 kgs. However, the Indo pacific bottlenose weighs around 290 kgs. Calf bottlenose are born as heavy as 14 to 18 kgs. Males are scientifically born larger and heavier. The fully grown bottlenose are around half the size of an.








LENGTH:





The common bottlenose are measured at two to four metres long. Where as the Indo pacific bottlenose are measured at two point six metres long. The Burrunan


Bottlenose how ever are two point three to two point eight metres long. these are some of the longest dolphins in the world.