Ideas:
Acrylic colour i want to use: Clear
Picture and words
Outside shape: rounded square
How we made it: First we printed the actual sign and then we got to making the circuit. We souldered a bunch of wires together and then the circuit was made! Then we havd to test the LEDS and see if they were the right way around. Then we made the box with more clear or blue acrylic.
we made truffle in cooking and they tasted like chocolate biscuts they looked like a chocolate ball coverd in coconut
Today in cooking we made chocolate truffles
They tasted very good and they were chocolatey and sweet, they were very bussin
They looked brown with coconut on top and they were the size of a very small gold ball.
Self Saucing Chocolate Dessert in a Mug
3 T Flour
3 T Sugar
1½ T Cocoa Powder
½ t Baking Powder
3 T Milk
2½ T Butter melted
¼ t Vanilla
Topping
1½ T Brown Sugar
1 t Cocoa Powder
3 T Hot Water
Method
In a small bowl add flour, sugar cocoa powder and baking powder. Stir together
Add to this the milk, butter and vanilla. Mix until fully combined
Pour half into each of 2 ramekins or microwave proof mugs. (leave room to rise!)
Sprinkle topping evenly over surface
Carefully pour over the hot water. Make sure it is evenly spread
Cook in the microwave for 1½ min. Remove carefully once cooked
Serve with ice cream, custard or a dessert sauce
Kia Ora!
Throughout three weeks, we had a project in science and math, to do with circuits, voltage, resistance, current
Aim: What is the aim of this project? our aim was to calculate voltage and current, and find the area in the floor plan we chose
Method: What template did you pick and how many bulbs? What rooms did you give your house? Add a picture here. I have 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a lounge, a kitchen and a garage. I chose house plan a, the amount of bulbs i put was 7, and they are spreadout in my house
Results: Show your calculations for Area and Voltage + Current (Ohm’s Law), link to images/screenshots if you can. I have three pathways for circuits, and my total area is 174ms
The voltage of pathway one is 200V with one lightbulb
Pathway two, each of my lightbulbs is 66.67V, because I have three lightbulbs
Pathway three is the same as pathway two
Discussion: What do the terms voltage, current, resistance mean? How did you do the calculations? What do your calculations tell you about circuits and houses? Do the calculations make sense?
Voltage is the amount of energy given by the “source” or battery.
Current is the rate of flow by electrons.
Resistance is about pushing back, if you change the resistance on your light bulb the more resistance the slower the electrons.
The way I found the voltage was by doing this:
Conclusion: Did you enjoy the project? Would you do anything differently if you were to do it again? Different house or Number of bulbs? Yes, I thought it was interesting but difficult, and I would do something differently, use house plan C :D
Social media madness
Tired!!! Physical therapy in the morning, I’m done for the day. As soon as Madison is home from girl scouts, I’m hoping I can sleep!
Me and my boo at the movies, too cute.
You look so happy! Great pic.
You should have called me if you needed something.
I’m single and I’m gonna love it. Fred and I are getting divorced. He put a restraining order on me, he needs help.
Thank you, everyone. I’ll be okay.
Working hard trying to stack that paper, money status all day baby. I’m a young entrepreneur trying to make me some dollars.
Yea, sometimes I think I should get up earlier… then I roll over in my bed and think “Yea, better not.”
New phone, inbox for the number.
I can’t do this anymore, I can’t take it!
Seems to stupid to be real… skeptical.
Oh my gosh! Ryan just pooped and peed on the potty.
Voltage definition (V): How much energy the electrons are carrying, measured in volts
Voltage rule: In a series the voltage is split between components, In a parallel the voltage is the same everywhere else
Current definition (I): How quickly the electrons move (flow), measured in amps
Current rule: In series current is the same everywhere, In parallel current is split between pathways
Resistance definition (R): Used to slow/resist flow of electrons, measured in ohms
Resistance slows down the current by slowing the electons (electricity being carried around the circuit)
With resistence:
Parallel:
Series:
What is the difference and series circuit: In all series circuits all electrons pass through one path, in a parallel circuit the electrons split ways and go down to the different branches
What is voltage and current: Voltage comes from the battery, it changes the speed of the electrons travelling, current is like the flow of the electrons
Explain why a string of christmas tree lights would be parallel not series? Because the electrons need to split to different branches
Kia Ora everyone
In wananga for maori language week we did this task called "kei te pehea koe" heres our finished product
Open Steak Sandwich Serves 4
Beef Schnitzel- trimmed, about 1cm thickness (can be shredded & marinated before cooking)
Oil (for cooking meat)
4 Bread rolls or 1 ciabatta loaf, cut into 4 pieces
Mayonnaise
Sauces - own choice eg Tomato, BBQ, Sweet Chilli
Lettuce, Spinach or Mesclun salad leaves
Tomatoes, sliced
Red Onion rings
Cheese slices
Avocado
1. Quickly pan fry the meat over a medium high heat until just cooked, turning once during cooking. Allow to rest for 5 minutes. Serve as a piece or shredded
2. Cut rolls or ciabatta loaf pieces in half. These can be warmed or toasted if desired.
Spread the tops and the bottoms of the bread with mayonnaise and /or sauces chosen
3. Top half the bread with lettuce etc, tomato slices, steak and any other ingredients
4. Cover with the remaining bread pieces
5. Serve
Nutrients
List each food in the recipe and the nutrients they provide. Include this in your Blog Post
Questions: Static Electricity
1: What are the three particles that make up everything? Which ones have positive and negative charge?
1 answer: Electrons: negative, Protons: positive, Neutrons: nonw
2: Objects want to be electricity neautral, what does this mean
2 answer: They want to be balanced/have the same amount of negative and positive electricity
3: When you rub an two insulators you get a static shock, so what is an insulator and a conducter?
3 answer: It passes electrons onto you, it has built up electrons
4: what is an example of static electricity?
4 answer: tramponline, car door
Question one: They have been on the cay for forty-eight days
Question two: He gives him fresh water and tears his shirt to make a cloth, and wets the shirt with ocean water to put on Timothys head
Question three: Because he is confident and willing, and wants to help Timothy
Question four: Because Timothy caught Malaria and didn't fully recover, and won't fully recover, so Phillip needs to step up to do the work on the island
Question five: Because now that he can appreciate his personality without his "black/ugly" face
Task: What a Langosta could be used for on a Cay, how would you use it to survive
Langosta:
food is the first obvious way
hydration, in the video the guy drunk from the claw things
Task: write a paragraph explaining why it would be difficult to live on a Cay
Why it would be difficult to live on a cay:
It wouldn't be recourseful at all, with their not being many food sources or water sources, one of the only things that would be easy to be obtained and eaten is seafood
What were my skills like before we started the unit?
I had never played volleyball before so I had no knowledge on anything to do
What are your skills like now?
I have improved a lot, considering I hadn't played before
What specific skills can you now use in a game?
Serving and receiving, I like them the best and have improved on them the most
What is the hardest thing about playing volleyball?
Receiving the ball can actually sometimes be difficult, as a netball player my instinct is to catch it but with volleyball you can't catch/hold the ball
What did you like most about volleyball?
Improving my skills and being able to see a difference from where I started to where I am now
Intro: What are we learning about?
Types of Energy , Energy Transformations
8 types of energy:
Heat: produced by movement of particles quickly (the sun)
Kinetic: allows anything to move (a car)
Sound: vibrating particles cause sound (bell sounds from microwave)
Light: from x-rays to visible light (when and x-ray uses light for your bones)
Electric: found in everything that uses electricity (light bulb)
Elastic potential: found in stretched things (a rubber band being flung)
Chemical potential: found in fuels or foods (any food)
Gravitational: found in objects high off the ground (dropping your phone)
Energy can not be created or destroyed, it just moves from one type to another: Transformation
Pontoon Bridge
Intro: Pontoon bridges are ones that are easily taken down and put back together to cross rivers in the wars, the soldiers needed them because swimming through lots of rivers would tire them
Why are these bridges created?
They were used very frequently to cross rivers in the civil war
How are they built?
They're connected with planks and ropes
How are they reusable?
Because they would take the bridges down and use it in another river
What does the schooner look like?
A schooner is a sailing boat with big white sails on it, It has fore-and-aft sails on it,, it has an overall length of 131 feet and a waterline length of at least 30,, a typical prairie schooner weighed about 1,300 pounds when empty
If I was standing on the deck of a Schooner, I would see the water, and it was be close because the deck is very low down, I also think that the noise that it would make while it cut through the water would be calming, as it looks like a calming sailing boat,,
Start a new slide deck and save it in your WGA folder. Add the screenshot of your strengths to a page so that you can refer back to them.
German U-Boats! (3 facts)
The "u" in U-boats, stands for undersea boat, as it is actually a submarine
U-boats had the job of attacking enemy vessels from under water
Gernan U-boats racked up a total of 12,850,815 tons of sinking ships
Video explaining U-Boats!
Convention and Conduction are passing on heat energy (heat transfer), when they have heat the energy/particles are moving fast and faster
When an object is heated up, the particles in it start moving faster as they gain energy, These particles also try to spread out as the gaps between particles gets bigger
If an object is heated from one end, the particles can transfer heat along, this is CONDUCTION!
Objects which are bad at passing on heat are thermal insulators, an example of this is a blanket, and jackets, what they do is they create a layer trapping heat
Examples of a thermal conductor (can pass on heat) is a stoves and pans
Examples of convection (heated stuff rises, cold stuff sinks) is hot air balloon, soup in a pot
Experiment: when we light the teabag on fire they get hot and spread out and they are less dense, which means its light and that means its going up, then they get cold so the particles compact and they get more dense making the bag heavy and fall down
That is convection
This term we have been learning about up cycling and reusing worn jeans. Our task was to make a project out of these worn jeans and use as much of the jean as we can. I decided to make a Tote Bag with embroidery on in. Here it is!
I am very proud of it but I could've done better!
Topic: Matariki (Maori New Year) should be a public holiday.
I agree with this statement and here is why. Matariki is a thing a lot of Maori people are passionate about and a lot of Maori people spend time celebrating, and it would make them and most of Aotearoa happy to have a day off to celebrate a meaningful event. Also, it would make New Zealanders realise how important Matariki is by making it a public holiday.
Topic: English is the most important subject to learn in school!
I disagree with this statement and here is why.
I disagree with this statement because well, when you go to school for six hours everyday, are you learning English for all of those hours? No. We learn other subjects too, because they're all as important as English. Although English is important, there are others like maths and science that are important.
So again, I disagree and I don't think that English is the most important subject to learn in school.
Distillation is the scientific experiment used to show the processes of evaporation and condensation. Evaporation is when a liquid turns into a gas.
*Using coke instead of salt water
I think that classic coke will have the most sugar.
Results
It didn't take long to burn but after it was all burned away there was burnt sugar left after. Our group got coke zero to burn so there wasn't sugar left but other chemicals that have been added to make it taste like coke, but there was way less of the burnt mixture left than with the groups that used normal coke. In the boiling tube, there wasn't much in it but it was impressive to see how much water it could make.
So basically the heat from the experiment tube was so hot that it made the coke evaporate and slowly form drops because it became cold that dripped into the test tube and the droplets were the condensation water things.
This week we are learning about debates so we can get a better understanding before we do our big one in the Tieke kahui!
Describing terms that relate to a debate!
Debate: Argue about/discuss a subject or problem, especially in a formal way.
Pro vs Con: The pros and cons are its advantages or disadvantages/proposition and opposition.
Proposition: Pros.
Opposition: Cons.
Order of debate: Each speaker only gets a specific amount of time that they are allowed to use to get their argument across.
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Health games
Today I worked with Malia and Vanshika. They were really fun people to play the games against and I would've played with them again.
What IP skills did you use today? Did you use any warm fuzzies? I did use warm fuzzies to Malia, because she was really good at both games we played (connect four & UNO) The IP skills I used Verbal and Non Verbal communication. How did it help with the success/lack of success, of the activity? Verbal communication helped so I could determine how to play the game. Non Verbal communication helped so I could so I could point and use facial expressions during the game. I used the CARR values to stay respectful to the people I was playing with even if they won.
I would do it again, I thought the tasks were really fun. I think that the HALLISONS Behaviour Model I worked at today was level 4, here is why: I showed fair play, I cared for others, I also demonstrated good teamwork during activities.
I wasn't here on Friday so I can't continue the blog. :)
Vanshika, Brody and I have chosen the area environment to work on and we chose the problem Fossil Fuels to work on. We have come up with a few ways to "fix" this problem.
Mother Teresa Questions
1. When she was born, what name was she given? August 26th, 1910, her birth name was Agnus
2. At what age did she join the Sisters of Loreto? Mother Teresa moved to Ireland at age 18.
3. Explain her calling from God. When she was on a train ride she felt a calling from God wanting her to give up her life as a principal for the poor and become a medical worker for the poor.
4. a. Having won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, why did Mother Teresa turn down the prize winner’s banquet? She refused the prize winner's banquet, requesting that the money which would have been used to pay for such an expensive occasion, go to those who need it more.
b. What does this say about her as a person? She is a kind and compassionate woman who cares more about others than herself.
5. Write down two adjectives to describe Mother Teresa. I think the words that would describe mother Teresa are Selfless, compassionate.
6. Explain the Missionaries of Charity. She went on to spread the word about her religion.
7. When did she die? Mother Teresa died on September 5th, 1997
8. How do you think she will be remembered? As a kind, caring, compassionate person.
9. What do you believe was Mother Teresa’s purpose in life? I think her purpose was to serve God and help the poor.
Topic: The principal is the most important person in the school.
I agree with this statement and here is why. What about the students? They are super important like if there were no students there would be no job for the principal. Or, what about the teachers? If they weren't there the principal would have 100-1000 children to teach each day. So, the principal is important, but it takes more than a principal to create a school.
Today in science we are learning about Concentration and Dilution.
If there are lots of particles in a liquid, it is concentrated, but if there are not a lot of particles it is a dilute.
A concentration is how much solute has been dissolved in the solvent. We can measure somethings concentration on how dilute (weak) or concentrated (strong) it is. Dilute is when we make something weaker or less concentrated.
Our experiment today is a dilution series.
Result:
Solvent: Water (what the solute dissolves in)
Solute: Potassium Permanganate (what gets dissolved in the solvent)
Kia Ora!
Today in Science we are learning about filtering.
Filtering is separating different sized particles out of a mixture.
Not everything can be filtered, only things that are not the same size particles can be filtered.
Hypothesis: While filtering these liquids, I don't think anything will change because they are both liquids.
Method:
1. Pour approximately 50mL of copper sulfate solution into a beaker.
2. Add the same volume of sodium carbonate solution. A reaction will happen, you should see a cloudy blue precipitate form. Called copper carbonate.
3. Watch demo then fold filter paper to fit inside the funnel
4. Place the funnel with the filter paper inside of it, into the mouth of a conical flask.
5. Stir the mixture in the beaker, then carefully pour it into the funnel.
6. Observe what happened.
Equipment:
Sodium carbonate
Copper sulphate
Conical flask
Stirring Rod
200mL Beaker
Funnel
Filter paper
Observations and Discussions: Once we put both liquids together it made a cloudy blue liquid and then once we put it through the filter they switched so into Sodium sulfate + Copper carbonate
Kia Ora!
For the past few weeks in English with Miss Birch, we have been planning and then writing about our influential leaders, and why/how they are influential. I chose Jacinda Ardern, here is my writing! Enjoy.
Is Jacinda an influential leader? What makes her an influential leader? Let me tell you. But before I explain,
did you know that she had been counted the most popular leader of ten years? Jacinda is an inspiring leader.
She has made a huge impact and influence on New Zealand’s thinking.
Now, you may be wondering “what makes Jacinda an amazing leader?” Well, maybe it’s because she acted
swiftly when the Covid-19 outbreak happened, and her work was effective. Communicating the thinking
behind those actions to New Zealand's five million citizens. Maybe it’s because she's taken a 20% wage cut,
a gesture of solidarity with the many who lost their jobs throughout the lockdown. Jacinda had strong
leadership in the pandemic, which led to schools and restaurants reopening on May 14th.
That is an example of how hard she worked and how hard New Zealand worked to save New Zealand
from the pandemic
On March 15th 2019 New Zealand experienced a dreadful terrorist attack directed at the Muslim community,
in which 51-52 people lost their lives. Jacinda quickly made the gun laws tighter. After that she gave these
moving words which made New Zealand's thinking more positive. “They are us. New Zealand has been
chosen because it was safe, because we represent diversity, kindness, compassion, and home for those who
share our values. Refuge for those who need it.”
Jacinda has been vocal and passionate about climate change too. She has a desire to save the planet.
“We’re small, and our contribution to the global emissions profile is even smaller, but we are surrounded by
island nations who will feed the brunt of climate change acutely.” Jacinda said off New Zealand’s role in the
global battle against the climate crisis. “I see ourselves as having a responsibility to demonstrate that we can
and we will lead the change.” In 2018, Jacinda set out her plan to ban single use plastic bags throughout the
country, with retailers facing fines of $65,000 if they failed to do so. Jacinda has done this because she
received so many letters from school children about the issue that she had to act on it.
Jacinda inspires. She carries her difficult personal life with having a child, and a difficult work life being the
Prime Minister of New Zealand. Yet she still manages to do justice and bring New Zealand peace.
She’s accustomed to breaking glass ceilings, as she is only the third female Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Jacinda will go down in history for all of her efforts as a Prime Minister.
