Week 3, Clue 2: Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's the next clue:

I have been geeking out with a bit of language learning this week. I've been learning to speak Guarani. It's the second official language of this country.

Week 3, Clue 1: Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's clue one for week 3:

I'm in a little-visited, little-known country today. Today I'm off to visit the largest dam on the continent - it's pretty cool.

Chao!

Week 2: Clue 2 Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's week 2's second clue:

This beautiful country is full of temples. Today I'm off to visit them in search of wabi sabi.

Week 2: Clue 1 Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's week 2's first clue:

I've just arrived in this beautiful new country. Stop number 1: a trip to the onsen. Did you know this country is volcanically active?

Week 1: Clue 5 Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's week1's final clue:

The country I've been visiting this week shares a name with this bird:

Week 1: Clue 4 Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's week 1's fourth clue:

Today I visited the capital city - although it goes by a new name now, it was formerly known as Constantinople.

Week 1: Clue 3 Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's week1's third clue:

Today I've been visiting this beautiful mosque - most commonly known by it's colour.

Week 1: Clue 2 Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's week 1's second clue:

Today I've been feasting at the bazaar - so many amazing sights and sounds.

I love the food here! And the spices are beautiful.

My favourite foods so far are Pilav, Pide and Baklava! Yum!

Week 1 Discussion: Holiday Persuasion

We all love them, but what did we get up to in them? Today's topic is holidays. And persuasion.

Pick a holiday activity - it might be one that you've done or one that you want to do. Your job is to write a paragraph persuading us that this activity is the best possible thing we could do in the holidays. It doesn't have to be anything that costs money either - it could be as simple as building a blanket fort.

Persuade away...

Week 1: Clue 1 Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Here's week 1's first clue:

I've just landed in the country that straddles the border of two continents - Europe and Asia. They'd prefer to be seen as European though given their request to join the European Union.

Where in the World is Whaea Brie?

Where in the world is Whaea Brie?

Earn visas for your passport by using your detective skills to figure out where Whaea Brie is each week.

How to play:

1. Use the clues given and the internet to figure out where Whaea Brie is this week.
2. Keep the answer to your self.
3. Find evidence that proves your theory of where Whaea Brie is.
4. Email Whaea Brie your answer and your evidence.
5. Each day there will be a new clue to help you.
6. Every week Whaea Brie will be in a new location and you'll have to find her all over again.

Week 6 Discussion: Exotic Places

There are so many amazing places in the world. This week your task is to choose an amazing place that you'd love to travel to and tell us a little bit about it in your own words. Here's the catch though - it has to be somewhere unusual, unique or not well known (no Australia or America here!).

Here's mine as an example:

I'd love to travel to the Tianzi Mountains in Zhangjiajie in the Hunan Province in China. These mountains are extremely unique because the are shaped like tall spires of rock - not at all like traditional mountains. They actually look a lot like something out of Avatar. The mountains' name, Tianzi, means son of heaven and is named in honour of a Chinese ruler who lived over 800 years ago.

Discussion Week 5: Lego Bridge

In Wuppertal, Germany, local artists have decorated a bridge - Lego style! Read the article here and the provide a response in the comments. Use the question below to guide your response - but don't just answer the question - write it into a sentence like we've been practising in class.

What do you think of the bridge? Is it a worthwhile project or are there better things the money could have been spent on?
Do you think the City Council should invest money in projects like this? Or is it the responsibility of communities to fundraise such initiatives?

Week 4 Discussion: Fair Testing

Today we learnt about fair testing with the syndicate. This is important information for us as we begin the next step of our sustainability focus.

Image Credit: mpeterke

Explain your understanding of a fair test, using examples. Keywords to think about or include are: variable, control, predict, hypothesise, outcome.

Sustainable Futures

This week in Module C we watched the video Sorry (see below). This helped us to connect to the wider issue of sustainability and how what we do will affect our future generations.

Sorry Video

What was your response to this video? How did it affect you? Why did you feel this? Write a response to the video. It could be about your reaction, or it could be a poetic response, or a video response.

Learning Resources Module A Week 4

Here are some resources that will support our learning in Module A: Ko Wai Au this week:

Extension Maths Analysis Task:

Box and Whisker Graph Tutorial on Khan Academy

Welcome

Welcome to room 3. Please introduce yourself, and tell us the highlight of your first few weeks at NIS in room 3.