Tag: Reading

This week we were reading “Dodinga 1858”  by Paul Mason we had to finish a response to text about the story we were reading.

Navigation

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1. The technique of looking for and locating objects on the shore to navigate is called?

 

1. a) Navigation 
2. b) Dead Reckoning
3. c) Piloting
4. d) Lighthouses

 

2.What is dead reckoning? 

 

1. a) Using objects on the shore to navigate        
2. b) Recording how far you have travelled in each direction based on a fixed point
3. c) Using the stars and Sun to decide which way to go
4. d) Making dead people decide which way to go

 

3. Using the Sun, Moon, and stars to navigate is called?

 

1. a) Celestial movement b) Global Positioning System
2. c) Celestial Navigation d) none of the above

 

4. Explain, in your own words, how you think GPS (Global Positioning Systems) work.

 

→GPS are systems that use satellites that orbit or travel around the Earth.

 

5. True or False: Submarines use high frequency radiation to navigate underwater.

 

1. a) True b) False

 

6. What are the people outside of an aircraft who help navigate planes called?

 

1. a) Pilots b) Navigators
2. c) Air Traffic Controllers d) Playstation Controllers

 

WORD	DEFINITION	YOUR OWN SENTENCE
celestial	positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy.	After sunset the celestial grew and day faded.
global	relating to the whole world worldwide.	give students a global picture of what is involved in the task
compass	an instrument containing a magnetised pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.	Walkers should be equipped with a map and compass so they don’t get lost.

 

8. Explain: Birds were released by navigators from ships to find land, but how else, do you think, navigators could use wild birds to find land?

 

→I think since parrots talk they teach it to talk and let the bird fly,it comes back and says one thing if there is land and says something else  if there’s no land and if there is land you follow the bird’s direction.

Computers Pt. 2

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1. What is the name of the inventor of the first computer?

 

1. a) Charlie Babbage 
2. b) Charles Cabbage
3. c) Charlie Cabbage
4. d) Charles Babbage

 

2. In the first electronic computers, what were the electronic switching devices called? 

 

1. a) Vacuum Cleaners        b) Transistors
2. c) Vacuum Tubes     d) Microprocessors

 

3. What is the language of 1s and 0s that computers are able to understand called?

 

1. a) English           b) Javascript
2. c) Binary Code d) None of the above

 

4. Rearrange the letters of DOG in binary code to read GOD? Put the Binary Code below

 

→ 01100111 (g). 01101111 (o) 01100100 (d) 

5. True or False: The first electronic computers cost millions of dollars.

 

1. a) True b) False

 

6. Which piece of hardware made personal computers possible, and more affordable in the 1960s?

 

1. a) CPUs b) Transistors
2. c) Vacuum Tubes d) Motherboards

 

WORD	DEFINITION	YOUR OWN SENTENCE
mechanical	a mechanical object, part, device, etc.	I own a mechanical device.
complex	consisting of many different and connected parts.	Climate change is a very complex problem.
coding	Coding is a different word for computer programming meaning how we communicate with computers and other devices. (normally computers)	They were using coding more advanced than any she’d ever seen

 

8. Explain: What do you think computers of the future will be like? What will be different from our computers now?

 

→ I think there might be a new computer  company and they will have overpriced computers that work really well and will become better than Apple and everyone will be trying to get the new computers. (Priced maybe 20 thousand – 30 thousand.)

Computers Pt. 1

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1. What is the huge network that connects computers around the world called?

 

1. a) Google 
2. b) Intranet
3. c) Internet
4. d) Bitcoin

 

2. What is “hardware”? 

 

1. a) The physical parts of a computer  b) A new game from Activision
2. c) The programs used to run a computer       d) None of the above

 

3. Which piece of hardware works as the computer’s “brain”?

 

1. a) Hard Drive           b) Modem
2. c) Microprocessor d) Keyboard & Mouse

 

4. What are some examples of output devices?

 

→Monitor screen printer and speaker headphones.

 

5. True or False: There is a computer in your family car.

 

1. a) True b) False

 

6. Which devices, starting with the letter A, are used to send signals without wires?

 

1. a) Apple b) Antennae

 

1. c) Aristocrats d) Applications

 

WORD	DEFINITION	YOUR OWN SENTENCE
network	A group of internet connected people or things.	My family and I are hooked on the network.
software	Programmes or instructions that tell the hardware what to do so the computer can operate.	My computer uses software and works together with my hardware to let my computer work.
data	facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis	For my school project we collected data on a computer and put it into facts.

 

8. Explain: What do you think life would be like with no computers?

 

→ I think it would be fine because we would still have other devices.

 

         Would you rather?

     

     Live in a world with no computers 

                         or 

                no video games?

 

I would rather live in a world with no computers rather than noo video games because we will still have other devices such as… TV’s, phones, tablets etc. And would still be able to play video games and also do important things on other devices, just not computers. Also, as a link I enjoy video games myself and would not be happy if video games didn’t exist.

 

Another reason is if we just don’t have computers I’m sure a new device would be invented to help us with important things like work and school.

 

This term we are leaning about respsonsibilty. We had to look at how others take responsibility.