| Hurumanu 1 | Sustainability and Climate Change |

This week on hurumanu 1, we are learning about sustainability as well as climate change. You presumably already know what climate change is since it is happening right now. Climate change is caused by the human activity we use different fossil fuels to help us power different things. This fossil fuels, however, is not good for our planet. They produce Co2 which is carbon dioxide, these things are produced by burning coal, oil and natural gases. We were tasked to watch videos about things that are happening due to climate change, and then make a small summary about it.

Anyway, the first video I watched tells us about how climate change is affecting our oceans, and mostly our corals. Our coral's reefs are dying due to massive amounts of carbon emissions absorbed by the ocean, the ocean absorbs most of the carbon emissions and heat created by climate change. However, we aren't only losing our coral reefs, yet we are also losing species before we even discover them.

Video: Journey into the deep ocean

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This week on Huruamnu 1 as part of our sustainability subject, we have learned about the three aspects of sustainability. There is environmental sustainability, social sustainability, and last of all economic sustainability. These three aspects are an important role in sustainability, we were also tasked into putting the definitions of these words; Bearable, equitable, and viable. Anyway, here is my learning and I hope you have learned the three aspects of sustainability. 

Sustainability: 

The three aspects of sustainability

Environmental Sustainability: Environmental sustainability is mostly about how we can maintain the living and natural resources that reside on our planet. 

Social Sustainability: Social sustainability--about creating fairness between social groups and generations. Meaning that our generation now and in the future will have access to these resources. 

Economic Sustainability: Economic sustainability means taking; using our resources at a rate that guarantees the future generations will also have access to the same resources.

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Sustainable Development: Economic development is a conducted progress that is without the excessive diminution of natural resources. 

Definition and meaning:

Bearable: Resources are shared and provided equally between social groups.

Viable: The environment must be used in a way that provides for ongoing economic needs.

Equitable: Society's use of the environment must not be destructive. 

The three pillars of sustainability

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Today on Hurumanu 1 we leaned different terms that relate to our subject, (Climate Change).  We looked at different terms and had to connect it to its definition, we then colour coded the words into red, orange, and green. Red meaning that it's getting worse, the orange is between worse and better, and green is getting better. The task that was given was pretty easy to do since we were already taught of some of the terms. 

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Today, we have researched and made a graph about a topic that we have chosen to make a graph about. My partner and I have chosen to make a graph about "which country over-fished the most", by looking at the graph above it can be seen that China over-fish the most. There are a total of 7 countries in total; China, Japan, US, South Korea, Indonesia, Peru, and the Philippines. Anyway, I hope that you have learned something about countries that over-fish. We also made a slide show, talking about our topic in more detail. 

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For the past few weeks, on our hurumanu 1. We have been working on a sustainable project of our choice. Axle and I chose to make a game board that relates to sustainability. We also took some aspects from the board game 'quelf' and mixed it in our game. In the game quelf, there are a total of five different types of cards in the game there is; showbiz, roolz, quizzle, stuntz, and scatterbrainz. These cards have different actions that we changed to relate to sustainability. 

We chose to make our game with a mix of the quelf's rules, cards, and board. Because we believe that the different cards of the game we could just change and make it relate to sustainability. Our game relates to sustainability since we changed the cards to relate to a sustainability topic. 

Hurumanu 2 | Bones | Working Hand |

During last week and this week we for the other science part of Hurumanu 2, we have been learning about the bones in our bodies and what each bone do. We have also learned how our hands work, we have made a working hand out of a paper hand, yarn strings, and some straw. 

Anyway, how do our hands work? Our hands move by the muscles in our forearm, however, only thin tendons which are holding the muscles are found directly in our hand. The tendons represent the yarn strings that we have made on our working hand, and the straws represent the bones. 

How we made a working hand: 

You will need:

• A paper hand
• Straws
• Yarn Strings
• Tape

Methods:

1. Cut out the paper hand.
2. Cut some pieces of straws mostly the same length.
3. Tape the straws into where the fingers are. 
4. Put the yarn strings inside of the straws, then tape the yarn strings at the end. 

Hurumanu 2 | Film Studies | Camera Techniques |

This week on Hurumanu 2 we have learned different types of camera shots, angles, and movements. We were tasked to make a dictionary or a photographic about the different types of camera shots, angles, and movements. I chose to make a dictionary again about these camera techniques using a slideshow to show my learning. Anyway, here is the slideshow showing my work. 

Hurumanu 2 | Film Language Dictionary |

This week on Hurumanu 2, for our film and language subject we were tasked to either make a dictionary or crosswords for the words which are below. The words below are used in films to make them realistic and appealing for audiences. Anyway, I chose to do a dictionary because I found it easier to list their definitions.

Body Language:
Body language is a type of communication by movement or position, mainly facial expressions and gestures.

Costumes: 
Costumes are used to describe details of the character's personality to the audience.

Hairstyles: 
The hairstyles are similar to the costumes, hairstyles also specify features of the character's personality.

Make-Up:
Make-up is used for 2 different parts of films, they can either be used to adjust or adapt a specific character for changes in appearance. They can also be used to enhance attributes or flaws of a character. 

Colour:
Colours are used to set the moods of a scene, there are 3 main components used in colours. The hue, saturation, and brightness.

Lighting:
Lighting is quite crucial to films because it creates a visual mood and atmosphere. 

Props:
Props are often used to make a scene more interactive, and make the story more lifelike. 

Settings:
Settings can rapidly establish a situation or mood, most films consist of the main setting and minor setting.

Dialogue: 
Dialogues can be used to either advance a plot or expose new features about a character.   

Sound Effects:
Sound effects are used to create a mood for the audience or highlight a scene. 

Music:
Music is also used to create a mood or describe a continuous scene.

Silence:
Used to create a serious environment.

Symbols:
Symbols are often an object, which is used to suggest new ideas.

Special FX:
Special FX are used to create a more realistic look for the film.

What am I learning? I am learning about film languages and film studies.

How does this show my learning? This shows my learning because I have put the definitions of film languages. 

What am I wondering as a result of this learning?