Drill gauge

In metal, we have been making a drill gauge. First one was from on tinkercad and the most recent by using an aluminium piece. I have made many holes and lines from the task given to me, we made the measurements and did the drilling and slicing. We are cutting it out using handsaws (the corners which are apart of the centrepiece, which we only need the centrepiece), so we can use it when we're using drills, getting a gauge on the sizes thus the name.

Alaskan Tsunami in comparisons to some buildings

In Chaos, I have been tasked to make a graph or in my case, a list of building heights compared to the wave of the Alaskan Tsunami in 1958

Top 10 Zombie Apocalypse Rules

 In Chaos, I was tasked with making a list of the top 10 zombie apocalypse rules. Here is my list, they are very important to know about if we do ever have to experience such a situation in the world.

The Marketing Mix - Promotion

For Business and Enterprise, my group and I named FineLine yoyos made cardboard yoyos. For the promotion of our product, we had made some advertisements on google drawings but never printed them. Fast forward to Market Day and we had sold out even without giving the people the knowledge of our product, wow! 

This is one of the advertisements we worked on, very simple but in the end, we didn't create any.

We thought that anyone would purchase our product since it is a yoyo. A simple, for all ages, toy and it is an intersex product so no sexism. This product is just so the user can have some fun, it works with any lifestyle, I think. It could be used as a stress-controlling item or something to cure boredom.

In reality, we never really did spread the word of our product we just hoped people that walked by would be interested in purchasing it. We did have some google drawings which we were planning to print and put around the school but the reality check is that most people will be doing other things like chatting and playing then inspecting adverts.

This strategy we have chosen to use does not at all really appeal to the target market, it does aim at all people but it's going for the people that are active enough to look at all stools just to see what everyone is selling.

Our business prioritised place as the area we chose to sell was close to the 'bank', the place in which people traded real money for paper money that only works with stools at the Market day. Our location wasn't super close to the 'bank but many still walked by and some purchased our product (thanks to all that bought our product). We had a good location in conclusion.

Do you think our product was worth it? Was the stool placement good and did the price seem reasonable?

I think my group and I did badly at promotion since, in the end, we did not go out of our way to promote and advertise it. I am just glad we somehow sold out and made a profit, it was amazing to know even a product you don't have faith in can sell.

Contradiction

In this slideshow for chemicals, I have shown the work of contraction with a pan with hot particles on it and three trios of ice below it. The particles were moving around and being very hot but due to the absence of a flame, they have slowed and cooled ending up bunched together. The reason for the quickened speed of the cooling is from the ice.

B&E - Reflection

 1. Was your business a success? Why/why not?

It was, because we sold all our products somehow since some were not in the best condition but it surprised me that there was one that was falling apart that sold.

2. How much profit you made/lost - if known

We made $22 dollars in profit since we spent $12 and made $34 in total.

3. 3 things you learnt from B&E 

1. would be that no matter what the product is, people will buy it (even if it is a small group of buyers)

2. Teamwork is needed to work and function as a team 

3. If you slack you will fall behind and not be able to sell a product

4. What things would you change next time?

Getting on top of the work and even though having a laugh is good, it won't get any work done. Having communication at the start and doing the work which is required from us. Toning down the joking around.

5. Highlights from the day

A highlight would be having fun hanging with mates and seeing all our products being bought.

Marketing Mix - Place

We are selling yoyos on Market day and were are planning on having our stool anywhere close to the public eye 

 Where will you be producing your product?  

We are making our yo-yo's in M5 and on the laser cutter, we are using M5 as a point where we build and stick the parts of the yo-yo together. The laser cutter is for cutting out the parts of the cardboard and we are bulking them so when we return to M5 we can create the yo-yos.

Where would a good location be for your product on Market Day?

1 think that it works really anywhere, outside inside it doesn't matter unless we really want the public eye then we will want to be somewhere that is where the people are all coming in from. Outside will be more open and aware to the public but inside is nice and easy to have set up.

Pedestrian and traffic flow (does your business rely on people walking past or is your product unique enough that people will seek you out?)

Our product is more likely to not be seen by the public due to it only being an innovated and environmental version of the yoyo so we are more relying on the public to be looking at every stall and not skipping some.

Competition - who else will be selling similar products to you on Market day? How will your product stand out?

I don't think we have competition but if we do then we're probably gonna be beaten because we don't really stand out. Hopefully, a group of people will be interested in our product and will purchase it.

I think that the yoyos will be seen eventually on the day after a bit of time and that it will stick out to more of an older audience, adults and not the youth.

Would you buy this product?

Can Experiement

 AIM: To see what happens when you put a heated can in cold water

Hypothesis: What will happen? I think the can will go cold when it enters the cold water in the ice cream container even though it was put at near boiling in the sprite can.

Conclusion: We watched the can be put on the aliment to then be heated to a close-to boiling point, later it was put in the ice cream container which had the coldest water we could put in it. It had contracted as soon as the cold water entered through the can's opening and once they both made contact and the reason is that the heat causes the water particles to be moving really fast and cold had their particles moving slow. The cold water slowed the heated water particles and changed the pressure making a sudden change which caused an implosion of the can.

The marketing Mix - Price

 In business and enterprise, we are looking at selling our product for $2, I will go into an explanation into why I am going to sell it at this price. Basically, we chose the price we did because it seemed cheap and way less than actual yo-yo's which are built out of metal and plastic.

How did you work out what price you were going to sell your product at?

We have agreed on selling it for $2 because of the fact that it is made out of sustainable cardboard, which can be disposed of. From a few sites which we have looked at, they have had been selling at the lowest price of $4.50 and $30 at most. So having at $2 which is half of the cheapest on the sites price's is a good price because it's environmentally sustainable and cheap as chips.

How will you ensure that our product is worth the price you are asking people to pay (quality control)?

 Our price is worth it because its cheap, $2! That is some cash anyone can spare, plus with how you can get rid of it so easily because it's made out of cardboard, something which can be recycled easily. Who wouldn't want something that has a small fee and is disposable?

Some real business's prices for their yo-yo's:

Toyco: cheapest: $8 / Expensive: $57

Duncan's: Cheapest: $4.50 / Expensive: $75

Amazon: Cheapest: $3 / Expensive: $42

What else will you consider when it comes to the price of your product?

The quality and size. These two important things have a relevant role in selling the product, we need it to be strong but since its cardboard then just reinforcing works and the size can be medium, the size of the palm of someone's hand.

I think the price is great and will be attracted to all the people who come to our table. It's a great deal and I think personally, it is an amazing price for something so small and has a bundle of fun that is capable of.

Ki o Rahi

 History: Based on the Purakau (legend) of Rahitutakahina and the rescue of his wife Tiarakurapakewai. The tākaro is a reflection of Tupuna storytelling at its best, as well as provides an insight into the way in which they would explain and design Tākaro to reflect their unique "world view". The Papa Tākaro (field) layout of Ki o Rahi and the way the Tākaro is played is a perfect example of this.

Two teams: Kioma and Taniwha

6 Rules of the game:

Taniwha score by hitting the Tupu with the Kī. Kīoma will have Kaitiaki (guardians) around the Tupu to stop Taniwha from hitting the Tupu.

Taniwha scores by throwing the ki by throwing it at the barrel

Kioma score by touching the 7 pous with the ki but don't need to hit all 7

Taniwha must stop Kīoma from scoring by either touching, 2 handed touches, ripping the tag or tackling them in the appropriate area.

Must be running with ki or if standing then need to pass in the 3-5 seconds

 Played 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams alternate roles of Kioma and taniwha at half or quarter  

Market Mix - Product

My group on Market Day will be planning on selling cardboard yo-yo's, we are thinking of making a profit which is decent, something that's maybe a little over in what we spent like double but over some more.

In this blog, I am exploring the product part of the Market Mix. The features of the yo-yo are that its made out of reuseable cardboard, they can be disposed of easily and they're a great time of joy to play with. It is sustainable but weaker and less durable than an actual yo-yo which is made out of plastic and metal, the size of the yo-yo is 3cm by 3cm in height and length and the width is not too sure The packaging is none, it will be sold in no casing. The materials that are being used are cardboard, hot glue gun and string which will only cost $12 due to we only need to buy the string. This is an innovated product of the yo-yo, and we only need to advertise by putting up some posters or online.

I feel that my group's product is going to make at least some type of profit, something over what we paid. The quality may not be the best since its made out of cardboard but it will be sustainable, and that is great for the environment.

 

Science/Chemicals - Particle Theory

 In chemicals, we are learning about the three states of matter, they are solid, gas and liquid. We also have looked at particles and the meaning behind what each state means, close meaning solid, a little far apart meaning liquid and a lot of space being gas. Solid stay close, Liquid will take volume but not shape and gas does not have a definite shape or volume and will take up the area it is in.

Diffusion: Movement of particles from high concentration to low concentration.

E.g. a smell which stinks or B.O. will spread but will lose its space taken up after a short amount of time

AIM: Observe the effect of temp on the speed of diffusion

Hypothesis: I thought it was going to not be that interesting and I thought the heated water would speed up the amount of space which the chemical would take up and the colder would be slower.

Method: We got two Petri dishes and filled either one with either cold or hot and then we got the chemical dropped in each, we observed the result

Observation and Explanation: We had put Potassium Permognate in two Petri dishes each have cold or warm water. The observation showed that the heat did speed up the amount of space the chemical took up, and the cold was at a slower pace. But in the end, they would take up all the space in the container.

The reason the hotter liquid had the chemical spread faster was that the particles in the heated liquid were moving faster and pushing out the chemical quicker.

9/11 timeline

Made with Visme Infographic Maker

In Chaos, I have been tasked with choosing an independent task

from a matrix and the one I have completed one of the many to choose

from, I chose 9/11 and I had the job of making a timeline. In the timeline

I have made it tell about the times and events leading to Bill Clinton 

declaring America has sustained a terror attack and will get America's 

allies of the country and itself to take down terrorism.