Month: August 2025

Today’s inquiry learning activity took place at a trip to the Auckland Museum. The reason was because we were learning about making wise choices when a volcanic eruption happens. The main point of the challenge was that, me and my group had 30 seconds to pack everything that we would need in order to survive a volcanic eruption. The items that were there to pack were, toys, can of food, hole punch, torch, can opener,  pan, gloves, cat, muesli bar, cat food, goggles, bottle of water, tea towel, first aid kit, mask and colouring book. The goal was to evacute safely along with the items we need, and to survive the volcanic eruption in 30 seconds.

I found this activity pretty challenging and interesting because when me and my group attended this challenge, we practically packed every single item that was there.

Our challenge was to become a palaeontologist who uncovered a rare dinosaur egg fossil. We used Adobe Express to reimagine what a real find might look like. After a quick research challenge about habitat we used that information to create our image. My partner and I found the skeleton of a Pterodactyl. One interesting fact I found about the Pterodactyl is that its wings are not actually covered with feathers its actually covered with its skin. This task was fun because we could collaborate with each other but not only learning about dinosaurs, Fossils but it can show us how important it was back then and it shows that we can change everyone’s perspectives through Fossils.

LI: To create a DLO that tells Mary Annings story from her perspective story.

Last week on Friday LS2 did some resaurh on a lady named Mary Anning and could make a DLO/kahoot etc. Something I learnt was that she first found her first ever bone when she was 12.

LI: Use AI to create a movie about an extinct dinosaur. Consisit of the habitats, diet, predators, and protection. This week for Inquiry I created an AI movie about a dinosaur known as the Pachycephalasauras.

I started my task with using notes from a previous reasearch project I had made the day before. I used them to make the AI start the video in time order, I made the notes in time order on purpose. It started with the habitat (where the din0saur lives) I asked the AI to create a video of the Pachysauras to walk through the habitats they live in.

Next, I asked for another video, as the AI I use is only capable of creating 6 second videos without pro. I asked for a video of the dinosaur eating some plants for the diet, as the Pachysauras is a herbivor. It gave me a very realistic video due to the prompt.

For the last part of my blog I created a final video of the Pachysauras fighting off potential threats with the skull of it. (My dinosaur is known for headbutting)

LI: to research questions about your dinosaur including their habitat, diet, predators, and protection.

Our challenge was to create a DLO that tells others about the dinosaur we found when we excavated our dinosaur eggs. My partner and I found the skeleton of a Pachycephalosaurus.

And one fact about the Pachycephalosaurus is that the predator for the Pachycephalosaurus was the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Something I found interesting was that the Pachycephalosaurus was a “Herbivore” ( “Herbivore” means “ An animal / dinosaur only eats plants”.)

LI: To use our knowledge about dinosaurs in creative ways

For our Dinosaur Inquiry, LS2 were tasked to make a dinosaur video by using Hailuo AI.

I created a Brachiosaurus fighting a T rex by stomping at it and my video is only 9 seconds long.

LI: To create a DLO that tells Mary Annings story from her perspective story.

Before we take part in our own dinosaur dig LS2 were challenged to capture the story behind Mary Anning, a pioneering fossil hunter and paleontologist during the early 19th century

Something I learnt from this task was that Mary Anning’s first fossil was a rare dinosaur and she found it at the age of 12 with her brother.