Follow The Torch Day 5

It is the 5th day of the follow the torch relay and today the torch is in Macae. Macae is a small town located in the Brazilian state of Rio De Janeiro. Macae is 180 km northeast of the capital state of Rio. It's population was recorded in 2010 and they had 206,748 compared to around 46,000 people in Gisborne and it covers around 1,216 km squared. Some economic activities in Macae are tourism and fishing.

         





                                                                                










                                               







                                                                               

Follow The Torch Day 4

Today the torch is in Nova Friburgo. The weather in Nova Friburgo today is 17 degrees Celsius and partly rainy. Nova Friburgo is a town in the state of Rio De Janeiro in southeast Brazil. It is located in the mountain regions, in the center Mesoregion of the state. 126 km away from the capital of Rio the town is 846 meters above sea level.

Follow The Torch Day 2/3

I missed yesterday because I was busy doing my impact project at home so I will do it in this post as well. Yesterday the torch was in Volta Redonda. Volta Redonda the western state of Rio. It lies along the Paraiba do Sul River at 1,500 feet above sea level. The city is known for it's steel manufacturing. Volta was founded in 1941. Today the torch is in Tres Rios. Tres Rios is a small place in the region of Cartago in Costa Rica with a population of around 10,430 people and is one of the largest places in Costa Rica.






                                                                             


                                         

Olympic Torch Day 1

Right Now in 7/8 OD we are having a challenge where we need to post about every city the Olympic torch is in for the upcoming days before the Olympics start. The Olympic torch is a cone shaped aluminium object that the Olympic flame ceremonially carried to lots of different countries and an around 15,000 people gather for an evening of celebration. Right now the church is in Angra Dos Reis. Angra Dos Reis is part of Brazil's Costa Verde in the south of Rio De Janeiro. Angra's bay features 365 tropical islands with more than 2,000 beaches. Some of the islands are private for rich supermodels and media companies. Each island includes fantastic snorkeling, diving, hiking, water sports. fishing and cruising.






                                                                                

Mind Lab

On the last Thursday of Term 2, 7/8 OD traveled to the Mind Lab. We had to make stop motion animations about cyber safety and we used a programme called Monkey Jam to make the animations. We had prepared characters and a background to make our animations on. To make our animations we had to move our characters to a slightly different place every time and take a picture every time. We also programmed robots to move forwards, backwards, left, right and to stop when certain keys are pressed. We also programmed it with infra-red sensors so it moved along a black line with a white surface without a remote. I knew what to do because I had done it before with my robotics impact project group.

I enjoyed making the animation and programming the robots. I didn't dislike any party of the day.