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Wednesday, 26 February 2020

Testing For Nutrients

Testing For The Nutrients 


Hypothesis: I think bread will be a complex sugar, I think the egg will be a Protein, I think the glucose/sugar/lolly will be a simple sugar, I think the apple will be a simple sugar, I think the milk will be a complex sugar.


Aim: To test if a sample of food contains protein.



Method & Result: 1&2&3
In 1 test, We tested Apple, Bread, and potato on two drops of Iodine and it just turned black because the Iodine was brown and brown means simple sugar and the black means complex sugar. Next, we tested Milk, Egg yolk, and sugar and we put two drops of Iodine and it did not turn into black so it means they all simple energy and it is fast to run out of energy. In test 3, we tested the 6 of the food we tested before and we put 5 drops of Benedict's reagent and then we boiled them, there was only 1 of testing food that did not change its color, It was bread I think that is because the bread is a complex sugar and the apple, egg yolk, milk, glucose was a positive and I don't know about the potato because its kinda turn into greeny ish. In test 3 we tried 5 drops of Sodium Hydroxide/NaOH(aq) and Copper(II) Sulfate/CuSO4(aq) on 6 of the food and 4 turned into purple wich is Glucose/sugar, egg, bread, and milk, then App and the potato didn't turn into purple, so in my belief, the purple means its complex sugar and the apple and potato are simple sugar.



Equipment:
Bread
Egg
Glucose/sugar/lolly
Apple
Milk
Potato

Discussion:

Protein
Complex
Food
Simple
no
no
Apple
yes
no
yes
Potato
no
yes
yes
Bread
no
yes
yes
Egg yolk
no
yes
no
Milk
yes
yes
no
Glucose/sugar
yes

Friday, 21 February 2020

HURUMANU 8/HEALTH - Hauora Learning Reflection

Aim: to blog about how my wellbeing and how our wellbeing works and what can happen if our part of the Hauora is not strong.

Question 1: A conclusion on what the 'Whare tape wha' is and how it illustrates Hauora?
Whare Tapa Wha is useful to understand because, without the four of the Hauora, our Hauora is not strong, so we need Hauora every day in life so that is why we study health.

Question 2: How did you participate during this lesson/Health?
I participated by having fun and learning from my human teacher and I get to work with others and we also did 10 mins of Hauora/Wellbeing for our health.

Question 3: What are your current states of Hauora/Wellbeing?


Wednesday, 19 February 2020

wonder

-Intro of wonder is: close up, a spaceman jump into the shot using slow motion shot to give the feeling we are in space.

-The intro symbol of the astronaut helmet covers his face, represents the barrier Agust put between himself.

-The music starts, slow but goes lauder that is like you are relaxing into space sleeping. The music tempo and dynamic increase to build energy in the scene, we hear a radio of the ground control talking to the astronaut.

-Next is a tracking shot as the camera moves away from the figure. It is now a boy with a helmet jumping on the bed.

-Close up shows us Auggies 'reality' or view of the world but as the camera pulls back we see the real world.

-The first narrator is  Auggie.
-The second narrator is Via (Auggie's sister)

-In 2mins building suspense as we still haven't seen the school, we don't know what is wrong but we think the hint is bad because he went thru the hospital with several 20 plastic surgeries.

-In the class part, he mentions the star wars, the symbol of Auggie wanting people to treat him normally, in the star wars universe there are lots of weird-looking people too and no one stares at them every time. In the class part. there is a message that Summer(Auggies girlfriend) said " When being given the chance between being right and being kind, choose kind"

The Nature Reserve Scene

kindness - respect others, look after others, speak nicely, include others.

Example 1 - Summer sits with August. This shows the theme of kindness because Summer left the other kids who were saying mean things to go and sit with August who looked lonely. Kindness is important to the Story overall because without it Auggie will not build confidence, make friends and feel accepted.

example 2 - Auggie shows kindness when he shows his answers with Jack this Links to the theme because Auggie sees someone in need, Jack isn't even friends yet but helps him anyway, this is important because it is the first step to enabling Auggie to make friends, being kind starts this friendship that will be important later in the film.

importance of family - through these relationships Auggie and others learn the values of trust and self-confidence, they are less alone.

example 1 - the Scene where Miranda talks about spending Christmas with the Pullmans
- Links to the theme - Miranda is happy and included by the Pullmans, she is ignored/ forgotten at home/ she realize that she misses having friends/Family, it is Important because it makes Miranda an efforts to recognize what shes lost/misses and she make to reconnect with Via and the Pullmans.

Example 2 - When the boys came to rescue jack and Auggie, It means Auggie is now included and now has friends and feelings of trust and confidence, the ultimate example of acceptance and friendship, his classmate has his back without him asking, the first time they treat him as an equal.

Being kind vs Being popular - doing the right thing even when your friends dont, others pressure you.

example 1 - Julien picks on Auggie in front of others, Auggie is an easy target, it makes Julien looks popular when the others laugh.

Links to the film - Julien chose to be popular at the expense of others, chases to bully Auggie to seem popular.

Important because it shows choosing popular has negative outcomes Julien eventually loses his friends leave school and unhappy, however, Jack, who chooses kind has lots of friends, he's happy and doesn't get kicked out for bullying.


Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Climate Change and the Future

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.



What places will be affected?
Deferent places in New Zealand, Pacific Island, Rivers, Close to the Beach.

What else do we need to think about?
Pollution.

What other places around NZ will be affected?
Places near the shore. 

What does this do to our drinking water?
Saltwater will get into peoples drinking water and bad for health.

What are the main concerns?
The sea level is getting higher.



What can we do?
  1. Buy an electric vehicle.
  2.  Electric transport.
  3.  Try to use more electricity. 

What is the one, silver bullet solution?
There is no silver bullet solution.


What is the mix of things we need to start doing?
  1.  Using solar, on buildings
  2. Keeping away from the fossil-fueled transport vehicles.  
  3. Plant more trees.
What are 3 others you can think of?
  1. Replace the trees that were cut.  
  2. Replace the vehicles that were releasing carbon dioxide into an electric vehicle.
  3.   Use fewer vehicles that release carbon dioxide.
Activities:

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint explained

Dwelling
Water
Recreation
Heating and cooling
Electricity
Transportation
Food
Waste
Air Travel
Consumption

Colour 1: for actions, they are already doing 
Colour 2: for actions that they pledge to undertake in the future

Ecological Handprint The Ecological handprint builds on the concepts from the Carbon Footprint. We will look at the positive actions of:

  1. Transportation
  2. Community
  3. Consumption
  4. Water
  5. Food
  6. Home
  7. Waste


1 Colour: For each action you are already doing 
2 Colour: For each action you would like to do in the future

Renewable energy and solar energy

Aim: To make a solar-powered oven.

Materials
  1.   Sellotape
  2. Scissors
  3. Pizza box
  4. Straw
  5. Marshmallow
  6. Biscuit
  7. Glad wrap
  8. Tinfoil
  9. Black plastic
  10. Ruler
  11. Vivid marker
  12. Newspaper
Steps:
  1. Measure the box
  2. Cut the center of the box
  3. Cover the bit you cut, with tin foil
  4. Put a piece of black plastic on the bottom of the inside of the pizza on the bottom
  5. Make a paper square that fits inside the pizza box and lays around the edge
  6. Put a marshmallow on top of a chocolate biscuit, place  it on a plastic plate and put it in the solar oven
  7. Put it in the sun to cook


Time
Temperature
0
nothing
15
nothing
30
nothing
45
nothing

Conclusion
 I have learned a lot.  I've learned how long it takes for stylophone to rot it takes thousands of years so it means that it takes the longest to break down.  Banana is also the easiest to rot out of the four it had already gone mouldy.  I'd like to finish off with I would like to do this again.




Aim: To make a presentation that investigates different renewable energy.

Section 1: Title Page

Make a title page that incorporates all renewable energy 's Hydro, Solar, Wind, and Wave.

Section 2: Definitions

Define and provide a picture of each energy type.
Hydro Energy
Image result for hydro energy
Solar Energy
Image result for solar energy
Wind Energy 
Image result for wind energy
Wave Energy
Image result for wave energy use
Section 3; Investigate each of the 4 Energy types.
( Hydro ,Solar ,Wind ,Wave ) 


  1. Type:
  2. Is it used in NZ?
  3. Other Countries that use it?
  4. How is it used to generate electricity?
  5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator? This can be done on paper and uploaded or on a drawing program on your device. I do not want any Internet images or pictures. They must be hand-drawn using a ruler and labeled.


Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

List 10 ways that renewable energy will be used in the future to replace our current activities.

Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Measuring Weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

  1. Anemometer:
  2. Beaufort wind scale:

Anemometer

MATERIALS

  1. cellotape 
  2. pencil 
  3. pin 
  4. 2 sticks 
  5. 4 cups  

STEPS

  1. cellotape the sticks to the cup.
  2.  cellotape the stick together to make a cross. 
  3. pin the cross to the rubber on the pencil.
  4.   
  5.   
  6.   
  7.   

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

  • Timekeeper ( watch)Khyle
  • Counter Christian
  • Recorder ( Chromebook or refill ) Qyn
  • Anemometer Manager ( Anemometer) Faye
  • Wind ManagerRyan

Instructions:
  • Go to the measuring place and set up your wind gauge.
  • Make sure everyone in your group is ready to start their roles.
  • Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.
  • Count the number of spins in 15 seconds.
  • Record it on your chart.

FINDINGS


Place name on school grounds                                    Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.Field20
2.Old J Block site15
3.Grass hill in quad10
4.Tennis Court gate3

  • USING A4 PAPER DRAW YOUR RESULTS ON A GRAPH.
  • TAKE A PICTURE OF THE GRAPH AND UPLOAD IT TO YOUR BLOG

WHICH IS THE WINDEST AREA AND WHY?
the windest area is field because it is a big space, so its windy.
WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY?
the calmest area is tenis court because there trees around the court.
WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE ON LAND TO BUILD A WINDMILL?
The best places for wind farms are in coastal areas, at the tops of rounded hills, open plains, and gaps in mountains - places where the wind is strong and reliable. Some are offshore.

CONCLUSION:

I learn in this subject that when the wind is fast the more spin you'll get in a minute. I Learnt how to measure the wind around the area. We didn't measure the wind outside because it was raining outside and we don't have time to measure.








Wind


Beaufort
Force
Wind Speed
(KPH)
Spins
Indicators
Terms Used in NWS Forecasts
0
0-2
0
Calm; smoke rises vertically.
Calm
1
2-5
10
Shown by direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.
Light
2
6-12
40
Wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.
Light
3
13-20
80 
Leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag.
Gentle
4
21-29
130
Raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved.
Moderate
5
30-39
190
Small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland waters.
Fresh
6
40-50
250
Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telephone wires; umbrellas used with difficulty.
Strong
7
51-61
320
Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt walking against the wind.
Strong
8
62-74
390
Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.
Gale
9
75-87
470
Slight structural damage.
Gale
10
88-101
550
Seldom experienced inland; trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs.
Whole gale
11
102-116
640
Very rarely experienced inland; accompanied by widespread damage.
Whole gale
12
117 or more
730+
Very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage.
Hurricane

Based on your findings what was the Wind Speed and the Beaufort Wind Force for each area.




Spins per minute
Wind speed ( kph)
Beaufort Scale
Field
8013-203
Old J Block site
6012-142
Grass hill
406-122
Tennis Court Gate
122-51







Wind Farm construction