20 million years ago Auckland and the rest of Zealandia (The Ancient Continent Of New Zealand) had almost disappeared by getting stretched and thinned by tectonic forces. (An Motion Of Earth)
Auckland’s identity was helped by our volcanoes, they caused our land to rise from the sea around 16 million years ago, when the Waitakere Volcano rose from the seafloor and erupted which caused it to emerge through the waves of the sea and brought back land to the west. The Auckland volcano also erupted that caused most of the other land to rise back up from the sea. Auckland’s volcano, “Rangitoto”, located in Rangitoto Islands is known as our landmark volcano which last erupted about 600 years ago and is called the youngest volcano in New Zealand, even though it hasn’t affected our landscape and land it still is part of Auckland’s identity.
Currently kiwi scientists monitored our 53 volcanoes in Auckland and came to the conclusion that none of our volcanoes are currently active. Scientists also expect another eruption in Auckland but they aren’t very sure on when and where, but they predict that it will be a volcano that isn't known very well. Why did we build a city around 53 volcanoes? This gave us four advantages of fertile volcanic soil to plant food and plants, height advantage, source of basalt and scoria to build buildings, alot of kaimoana (Seafood) to eat.
In conclusion, our volcanoes in Auckland really helped us to have everything we needed to survive which includes food, land, source of material and plants.
Introduction:
The City of Nagano is known for its local food and mostly Soba (Wheat Noodles). There are also lots of places to explore in the city like the Togakushi Shrine, and their famous Onsen (hot springs).
Population:
Currently Nagano has more than 370 thousand people living in the city, but in the Nagano Prefecture they have more than 2 million people living in the Prefecture.
Religion:
Most of the people in Nagano are Shinto which is the main belief of Japan since it has been the longest religion known there, some of the people in the city are Buddhist and some people are of other religions like Christian or Catholic.
What Is It Famous For?
Nagano is known for its Ski Resorts and the best places are Togakushi Ski Resort, Iizuna Resort and Hakuba Cortina Ski Resort. The city is also known for its native Snow Monkeys (Macaca Fuscata) that have lived in Japan for about 300,000 years, and you can spot them at tourist spots as they live near them.
Important Locations:
The City and Prefecture has lots of Important Locations like the Togakushi Ninja Museum, The Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park, Matsumoto Castle, The Hakuba Valley, and Karuizawa.
References:
https://wikitravel.org/en/Nagano_(prefecture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagano_Prefecture
Introduction:
After Morning Interval, our teacher told us that he had a little surprise for the class and he pulled up a balloon pack out of a shelf, he then advised us to pump it with the given pump that the pack came with.
The Garbage Pump:
The pump was pretty bad, but luckily our teacher brought a second pack which got a better pump than the first one. While everyone was pumping their balloons, our teacher pulled up a video saying instructions to make a balloon dog.
The Twist:
After everyone pumped their balloons, we all started to follow the video’s instructions and one of the moves was to make a lock twist. A locktwist is when you pinch the balloon and twist the balloon. Most in my class didn’t know how to do the locktwist, so we just helped each other.
The Torso And Tail:
After making the locktwist the video that our teacher put on the TV said to make the torso of the dog, and the instructions to make it was to twist the balloon twice then pull it together which also forms a little tail.
The Finished Product:
After most of my classmates were finished, we started to play around with the balloon dogs. Our teacher had an idea to record us making them for our Manaiakalani Film to represent our school and class.
What is Mitey?
Mitey is an organization (a group of people) that helps people with mental illness like depression, anxiety etc. John Kirwan chose a balloon dog for his logo because depressed people were called the Black Dog.
Introduction:
My City is Cagayan De Oro, it is known for its crazy places such as Seven Seas, The Limketkai Mall and many more. My City has a lot more stuff to explore and buy which includes local products and stores.
Important Locations:
My city has a lot of Important Places/Locations which includes Laguindingan Airport, The Camp Patag (Military Base), The El Salvador Statue Of Jesus.
What Is It Known For?
My City is best known for the Legend of Oro, the legend says that a man fed a fish named Oro and when it was big and heavy enough he dumped it into the ocean to support the city’s ground. The city was later named Cagayan De Oro to honor the fish.
Religion:
Most of my city is Catholic, some are Christian and some are even Hindu or Muslim. Cagayan De Oro has many more religions which include Tribal, Native, Taoism etc. But my city still struggles with being to respect other religions.
History:
During the American-Phillipine War period my city could not fight the wars due to my city’s poverty, so no one could support the soldiers and buy more armor and gear to fight with. The Generals made the soldiers fight with armor and weapons that could not even last for a month.
Towns And City:
My city was founded in 1626 and towns were made in the 1800’s. In the late 1900’s, malls were finished building and more houses were built. The National Heroes were made statues in the public park and the cities were done.
Introduction:
On the 17th Of March, our school celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day. We first got ready for the Mass at the canopy and after the Mass we changed into our P.E Uniforms.
Start:
After that, we lined up in our houses at the Canopy ready for our Principal to call our names. The people in my team were Julio, Jaden etc. Our team name is the Leprechauns, after we got settled into our teams we went to our first Activity.
First Activity:
Our team first went to Room 8’s Activity which Ms George held, her activity/game was that you tie legs with another person on the team and you race with the other team, the first team that has everyone finish wins.
Second Activity:
After our first activity, My team went to play Room 7’s Activity which was Golden Child. The objective for the Taniwha team was to hit the bucket and our team was to round around the pillars without being stopped.
Third Activity:
After the Golden Child Game, we played Numbers which was held by Ms Kyle, if she says 3, the number of people will come on to the court and play some Basketball, the team with the most points wins.
Fourth Activity:
We did Sister Evalesi’s Bowling Game which was our fourth activity, the objective is to throw a ball onto the pins. If you succeed to get atleast one down then you get one point.
Last Activity:
Our last activity was racing and sprinting with Ms Agnew, the objective is to sprint to the cone and jump 5 times after doing that you sprint back to your starting line.
The End:
After all the activities were finished, we were given Ice Blocks/Popsicles to give our Principal some time to count the points, The team that won was Tipperary by 120+ Points. After that our class regrouped and played some board games to cool down.
Introduction
The Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis Larvatus) is a species of monkey with big noses, and they communicate through it whenever other Monkeys need to be alert.
Diet and Habitat
These guys munch through unripe fruits and seeds. They mostly live in the Jungles of Borneo and can find them near swamps, coastal mangroves, a place with shallow water and trees planted in the water where you can also find Crocodiles lurking in the water.
Weight, Height and more
The males can be up to 50 pounds whilst the females can go up to 40-45 pounds, both can grow up to 24-28 inches, their animal group is Harem.
Predators and Population
Their natural predators are crocodiles, leopards, and eagles. There are about 7000-7300 Proboscis Monkeys left in the whole world.
