Summer learning Journey day 19!

Hey bloggers, I'm back!

Today is the second to last day of the Summer Learning Journey which means that there is only 1 more day until it finishes! Overall, I think I did pretty good at the Summer Learning Journey also kind o made me do more of studying than playing around on my phone. I think that this years Summer Learning Journey was great and the activities were very interesting anyways, here is the first activity!

New Zealand is home to so many beautiful, unique and, sometimes, endangered animals and habitats. The Forest & Bird organisation is working really hard to protect vulnerable animals and places in NZ. They are doing everything that they can to raise money and to raise awareness so that everyone knows about these issues. These are called ‘campaigns.’ Check out the Forest & Bird campaigns site to learn more about them.

Imagine, that you have been hired by Forest & Bird New Zealand to work on one of their campaigns. It is your job to come up with a catchy slogan for the campaign. A slogan is a short phrase or sentence that is used to advertise something. Check out examples of common slogans and logos below.

    

On your blog, tell us which campaign you have chosen to support and provide us with a slogan for that campaign.

Here is the second activity!

Over the past few decades some of New Zealand’s beaches have become dumping grounds for waste and rubbish. Almost 80% of this waste is made up of plastic items. Yikes!

Some companies in New Zealand have heard about the problem and agreed to cut down on their use of plastic. Countdown supermarkets, for example, have announced that they will stop giving out plastic bags to customers.  What do you think of this idea? What do your friends and family think? Is it a good idea or not?

For this activity, please ask one member of your family and/or a friend what they think about Countdown’s decision to go ‘plastic bag free.’

On your blog, tell us what they think about Countdown’s decision to stop using plastic bags.

I asked my mum about what she thinks and this what she said: I think it is a good idea because we need to stop using so many plastic bags and we need to keep our city clean.

This is what I think: I think that it is a good idea because then that way we will stop using so many plastic materials which is good but the thing is that plastic materials take a very long time to get um, you know like break down. I don't know which word to use but you know what I mean?

Anyways, here is the last activity!

While much of our programme has focused on New Zealand, it is important that we also consider the environment in other places as well. One of the most unusual and spectacular sites to visit outside of New Zealand is called Machu Picchu. It is an ancient city that was built high up in the mountains in the country of Peru in South America. You have to take a train and/or walk through a series of mountains and valleys to reach it.

    

Over the past few decades millions of tourists have made the trek to Machu Picchu. Unfortunately, this has damaged the area and the local government has decided to restrict the number of visitors to the site each year. This decision has upset a lot of tourists who really want to see Machu Picchu but aren’t allowed to go. And from the photo's of Machu Picchu, it looks like a spectacular place and I think that people should be allowed to visit Machu Picchu.

On your blog, tell us what you think about the government’s decision to restrict the number of tourists able to visit this special site. Is it fair? Be sure to tell us why you feel the way that you do. I think that it is kind of unfair because people pay so much to go there are see Machu Picchu but then they relize that the government is going to let them go there are see it.