The NEW Seven Wonders of The World

So at school, on Friday 26 November, in Learning Habitat 1, we had Google Expeditions. There was four expeditions that everyone could choose from. There was Seven Wonders of The World, Sharks, Biomes and Indian Pow Wows. But unfortunately, the Indian Pow Wows got turned down because only a couple of people wanted to go and the man which brought all the Google Cardboard had to go to a school called Sancta Maria Primary School at 12:30 but the Indian Pow Wows finish at 12:40. If you don't know what Google Cardboard is I'll put a picture of what it looks like down below. I chose to do The Seven Wonders of The World. We were learning about the Seven NEW Wonders of the World.

The first wonder I explored about was the Taj Mahal in India. The Taj Mahal was made out of white marble and the Taj Mahal was finished building in 1653. Back in the olden days, a king was grief-stricken when the wife he loved out of the three wives he married died on the day of the birth of their 14th child. Because of the death of his beloved wife, the King made the Taj Mahal to shelter the tomb of his favourite wife of the three.

The second wonder I explored was the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China was made out of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood and other materials and the Great Wall of China was finished building in 1644. Back in the olden days, the Great Wall of China was built to keep out raiding parties of nomadic tribes, such as the Mongol, Turic and Xiongnu, modern-day Mongolia and Manchuria.  The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, is often considered the father of the Great Wall, but even before he united the nation in 221BC, individual states built walls to keep out invaders as early as the 7th Century.

The third wonder I explored was the Colosseum in Rome. The Colosseum was made out travertine limestone, tuff or tufo, cement, tiles, bricks and marble and the Colosseum was finished building in 80 AD. Back in the olden days, the Colosseum was used to host spectacular public entertainment events such as gladiator fights, wild animal hunts and public executions from 80 CE to 404 CE.

The fourth wonder I explored was the Chichen Itza in Mexico. Chichen Itza was entirely made out of limestone and was finished building in 1200. Chichen Itza was made as a village for people to live not a  pyramid as what I thought. I know this because I searched up on the internet just to check a little bit about Chichen Itza.

The fifth wonder I explored about was Petra in Jordan. Petra is made out of sandstone but people didn't bring the sandstone to that place the sandstone was there the whole time. Petra was carved out of the sandstone and was finished building in 312 BC. Back in the olden days, Nabatean, an ancient civilization built the famous, stone-hewn city of Petra so that the sun would illuminate their sacred places like relating to the sky spotlights.

The sixth wonder I explored was Machu Picchu in Peru. Machu Picchu was made out of heavy granite stones and was finished in the mid-15th century.Most archeologists  believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas" (a title more accurately applied to Vilcabamba), it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.

And the last wonder I explored was Christ the Redeemer in Brazil. Christ the Redeemer is made out of soapstone and reinforced concrete and was finished building in1930s or 1920s. Back in the olden days, a Catholic priest called Pedro Maria Boss was the first to suggest to build a large religious monument to honour Princess Isabel, but th project wasn't approved. The second proposal was approved and people made a week called Monument Week to attract donations and collect signatures to support the building of the statue.

Because we had five more minutes left, I looked a little bit into the coral reefs. I think this part was from the Sharks Google Expedition. What I saw was so many coral reefs and two of my favourite things about what I saw about the coral reefs was that there was a giant sea turtle statue underwater and that there was seaweed farm underwater too. Because I couldn't find a picture of a turtle made out of rock underwater, I just chose a turtle.

This the seaweed farm.

This is the turtle.

So that was my experience of the Google Expedition. I've used Google Cardboard before at GAFE which stands for Google Apps For Education but I've never been on a Google Expedition. It was so much fun learning about The Seven Wonders of the World. I gratefully thank the man, Maru who brought all the Google Cardboard so everyone in the learning habitat could have this experience. Thank you Maru! So that's all I've got to say about my incredible Google Expedition about the Seven NEW Wonders of the World. Goodbye.