Where In The World.....?

The Brumbies were given a number of names of rugby-playing nations of the world. These were some of the nations that are recognised by the world governing body of Rugby Union, the International Rugby Board (IRB), as member unions but did not qualify for RWC 2011. We divided them up amongst our team. I was given the nations listed below:

Hong Kong, Cayman Island and Chile. This is what I found -

1. Chile

2. The Continent for Chile is South America.

3. The Capital city for Chile is Santiago.

4. Estimated total population in early 2011: 17,000,000. Two thirds of the population is concentrated in the central zone.

5. The Sports Chile Plays

1. Hong Kong

This is where hong Kong Is Located In.

3. The Capital City of Hong Kong is Victoria.

4. The population of Hong Kong is 7,122,508 (July 2011 est.)

5. Hong Kongs National sports.

1.Cayman

2. This is where cayman island is located in.

3. The Capital City of Cayman Island Is George Town.

4.the population of Cayman Island is 51,384 (July 2011 est.)

5.Residents of the Cayman Islands keep active! Some of the most popular competition sports are soccer, cricket, basketball, sailing, rugby, tennis, floor hockey and squash.

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I have been learing about the rugby world cup and about the countries that are entering the compition


I have decided to study Chile for our Immersion task.

Where The Heck Is Onehunga?

Different Auckland town centres have adopted Rugby teams from countries that

qualified for the World Cup.

I found out information about :

The location in Auckland;

Something special about this place;

A 'potted' history of the place;

If it has it's own symbol of some sort.

(If we couldn't find a symbol we chose a picture that told more about the place).

Onehunga is in the south east of Auckland city. It is 8kms from the city centre.

Jellicoe Park, a short walk from the town centre, is a good place to start and a truly unique drawcard. There are museums, an historic home, swimming pools and wonderful gardens to enjoy. And then there's the beautiful Manakau Harbour to enjoy, right on Onehunga's doorstep.

From its earliest beginnings Onehunga, one of the oldest settlements in the region, has occupied a special place in Auckland's history.

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL

We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.

For this unit we are in one of four teams: Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers. My team is Brumbies
There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.

I'm excited for the Rugby World Cup to see who my team, Samoa, is going to compete with.

Limerick-''Nonsense Poems'' Edward Lear

The hairy old man had an Ox

He sold to get out of his Box

He lived in the House

Just to find his Mouse

That hairy old man with an Ox

If I was a wizard
I’d use a spell to get me FOOD.

If I was a wizard
I’d snap my fingers to become a cool DUDE.

If I was a wizard
I would use my wand to get all GOLD.

If I was a wizard
I would do a special spell to get rid of all the MOULD.

If I was a wizard
I’d help the police to find the most wanted CRIMINAL.

World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (www). His invention changed everyone's life in the fields of communication, finding and sharing information.

Tim was Born June 8 1955 in London, England. Tim Berners-Lee graduated from Queens College at Oxford University in 1976. There he invented his very first computer with a soldering iron.

From 1981-1984 Tim was the director for Image Computer Systems and in 1989 he started at CERN which is in Switzerland where he began is proposal for the world wide web. In 1990 he had completed his design on the world wide web and in 1995 he recieved a "Kilby Young Innovator" award the Kilby Awards Foundation. In July 1996 he was awarded a Dintinguished Fellowship of the British Computer Society.

He is living his EXTREME life with his family.

The www. has made communication child's play. Tim Berners-Lee invention helps us find and share information. He made these things faster and better and it has become instant. Tim Berners Lee's invention has changed people’s way of thinking.

http://www.thocp.net/biographies/berners_lee.html

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/berners-lee.htm

Inventors of the Inventions

Karl Benz first car he invented was very different from our cars now. His car had 2 wheels at the back,1 in the front, no roof, no hood, a handle instead of a steering wheel and a 2.5 horsepower engine.

But our cars now are Bigger,Better, Stronger, Faster.It now has a roof, a hood, engine’s with more horsepower, an real steering wheel and it has four wheels.