Summer Learning Journey//Creativity +//Day 5//Week 3

DAY 5: CREATIVITY +


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?

For this activity please watch this video about the Pasifika Aquabots competition that was held in Nelson. The students had to navigate their Aquabots around a swimming pool, collecting things and visiting different ‘islands.’

On your blog, tell us whether you would like to join an Underwater Robotics team at your school. Why or why not?

On the video it shows a bunch of kids controlling their robots underwater and it is cool and it looks like it takes a lot of hard work to modify. I would like to join a underwater robotics team in my school one day. But my question is how do they get their robots to movie underwater cause I don't know how to do that. It would be challenging to do that I don't even know how to make my robot move without even breaking. 

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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!

For this activity we would like to know about your favourite game. It can be a board game, a card game, a game that you play outside with friends (e.g., rugby) or a quiet game that you play by yourself.

On your blog, tell us about your favourite game. What is it called? How do you play it?

My favourite game is "Overwatch" it's a game on Playstation 4. This game has it's own origin story and each character has a interesting background.This game is a game I enjoy playing because it's design,Character and you can play with friends and also meet New People. 




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:

Taitusi Taufa

A J Hackett

Mana Vautier

Madame C. J. Walker

Te Rangi Hīroa

Mae Jemison

For this activity, choose one person and read all about them.

On your blog, provide us with:

The name of the person
A description of the work they do/have done
An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others.

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein the man who discovered the equation "E=mc2" . He moved to the US after been targeted by the NAZI Party. Einstein was born on March,14,1879 Inside the town of Ulm which is in Wurttemberg and Wurttemberg is in Germany. He was borned into a Jewish Family. On 1880 Einstein family moved to Munich where his Dad a salesmen founded a company called "Elektrotechnische Fabrik J" with his brother. The Einsteins were Non-Observant Jews. Einstein attended a Catholic School until the age of ten. At a age of 16 he did one of his first known experiment and that's travelling alongside a beam of light.