Reading Plus-Reflection

 

This is What I did today for Reading Plus

I found a couple of thing hard But I made it through`

Blind Taste Testing

 Aim: 

I want to find out if food taste differently wen you cant see or smell.

Research:

Eating Goat Balls

How you Taste Food

Method:

Equipment:

1. Mystery Food
2. Blindfold
3. Popsicle Stick 

Instructions

1. Wash your Hands.
2. Get your Equipment.
3. Put your Blindfold on.
4. Pinch your Nose.
5. Put your hand out.
6. Get your food and eat it.
7. Unblock your Nose 

Results: 

	First Taste	Last Taste	Food Guess
1	Sweet	Sugar	Sugar
2	Sour	Salt	Salt
3	Bitter	Baking Power	Baking Powder
4	Sour	Sherbet	Sherbet
5	Salty	Pickles	Pickles
6	Raw	Potatoes	Potatoes
7	Apple	Apple	Apple
8	Burger Rings	Burger Rings	Burger Rings
9
10
11
12

Discussion:

How do you taste food? The food Taste pretty nice.

What are the Different tastes? Pickle, Chips and Lollies.

What Are the different taste buds on your tongue? Sour and sweet.

Does smell affect your taste? yes

I learnt That if you Eat with your nose block then unblock it can affect your tasting.

   

Edible slime

Aim:

I want to find out how to make edible slime.

Method:

Equipment:

• Marshmallows 
• Ice Block stick 
• Icing sugar
• paper cup
• Microwave
• vegetable oil 

Instructions:

1. get the Equipment 
2. Melt your marshmallows in a bowl/Cup
3. add icing sugar
4. mix icing sugar and marshmallows together 
5. wait 10 min for it to cool down 
6. mix in more icing sugar with your hands add oil if needed
7. put in for 20 secs

It felt so hard and sticky it was really smooth when I added Icing sugar my slime was ductile (Stretch into long thin lines) 

How to Light a Bunsen Burner

 Aim: 

I want to find out how to Safely use a Bunsen burner  

Method:

Equipment:

Lighter 

Heat Mat

Bunsen burner Mat\

Safety Glasses b4 I come there and

Instructions:

• Get Equipment 
• Safety glasses on
• Put a Heat proof mat under the Bunsen burner before turning it at ALL TIMES
• Connect the hose to the gas tap
• Turn the collar clockwise to close the Air Hole
• Slightly light the match or lighter over the gas but do not turn on the gas tap before you light it

Results:

 

Bacteria around our school

Aim:     

I want to find out what type of bacteria are around our school.

Research: 

Method:

Equipment: 

• Cue tips cotton Bud
• Agar plates
• Marker pen
• Cellotape

Instructions

1. Get your Equipment.
2. Wash your hands.
3. Use your marker pen to write your name and the location on the lid.
4. Wet the cue tip and swab the surface.
5. Gently swab the agar plate.
6. Tape around the edges of the agar plate.
7. put the agar plate in an incubator over night.
8. Observe the plate the next day.

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Holidays

Hi Guys Welcome back to my blog today I will be letting you guys know what I did in the Holidays. In the Holidays I helped my dad cook dinner and I chilled at home watching some rugby games. I watched Wallabies vs All Blacks and the All Blacks won. 

I also went to Kaipoi River and had a swim there. It was really hot I had a Long Nice swim in the cold water it was super cold. I really Enjoyed my Holidays and it was really fun because I went beach and I got a haircut. My Dad cut my hair and I Really like it. I got my Haircut on the first week of the holidays because my dad said my hair was to long.

I enjoyed the holidays because most days it was Nice and sunny and I got to be outside playing. instead of staying outside

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Coding

 Hello guys,

Welcome back to my blog today I will be sharing what we have been doing for coding. For Coding We have been learning how to use it to make our own projects. A Couple of weeks ago we had a dance Battle we had to create a project that was a dance theme and they each got voted. Truby won the Dance Battle he had an amazing and funny project.

Here is what I did.

My Project

The Link Will take you to watch what I did

It took Quite a while for me to get use to coding but I started to get the hang of it. The hardest part for me I recon was the coding part it was quite easy to find out what type of music I would use cause I just need to find one that matched the movements but I would really like to keep doing this I think it is great because it is fun and I get to learn new things.

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Reading-Plus

 Hi guys,

Welcome back to my blog today I will be showing you how I did for reading plus today. I did really good and I am Happy for it. I archived 2 of my goals today and cant wait to achieve more in the near by future. I found that there was a bit to much noise from the other class but I pushed through it. here is how I did

There is how I did I think I did amazing and I cant wait to do more next time.

Reading-Plus

 Hello guys,

welcome back to my blog today I will be sharing with you what we did today for reading plus and how I did here is how I did. I think I need to get more combos and get higher percents like maybe 100%

here is how I did 

There is how I did my  next goal is to get more combos

Olympics-Activity

 Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to my blog today I will be showing what we did today. Today For Wannaga we did activities about the Olympics. The purpose of this was to think about the images that are important to Christchurch and to apply in the context of the Olympics games. Here is a Design that I made. We had to make our own Mascots and make it look like it is held in Christchurch

Here is a Photo of my Mascot and what shapes I made it out off

I used Squared blocks and made the arms and the legs and I used a circle for the face and I added a heart to it for caring. I decided to make the background mountains in Christchurch since we had to make the Mascot a Christchurch Mascot. 

Reading-Plus

 Hello guys

Welcome back to my blog today I will be telling you how I did for reading plus today. Today I did alright I finished 2 books with over 80% which I am happy for. Today was kinda not my day I was a bit tired and never had the right mindset but I finished it and Happy for. Here is how I did

I cant wait for next time we do reading plus 

Mentos and coke

 Aim: I want to find out how many bubbles are made when mentos are dropped in coke

Method:

Equipment

• Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite
• Mentos
• measuring Cylinder (100mL and 10mL)
• Small beaker 
• Safety glasses 
• Detergent 

Instructions

• Put safety glasses on 
• get coke and mentos or what ever kind of fizzy you are using 
• pour 20 mills of coke into 100 mil cylinder 
• add 5 mills of detergent to the coke
• Then measure how high the bubble's go

Results

	Coke	Coke Zero	Sprite
Height of Bubbles	40mL	54mL	55mL

What I learnt today is that when adding detergent it makes it stay longer and makes it go higher than normal sprite was the highest because I added lots of detergent

Reading-Plus

Hello guys,

Welcome back to my blog today I will be telling you how I did for reading plus today. Today I did really good for reading plus and I am really proud of my self I got 1 combos done and I got both books 100% again which I am happy for. here is how I did 

My gold for next time is to try get some more combos and get more higher than 80% or even 90% I am really proud of my self and cant wait till next time

Reading-Plus

 Hello guys 

welcome back to my blog today I will be telling you how I did on reading plus and the things I need to work on. Today I got 2 combos done so now I have 8 combos for 1 combo you need to read 2 books and it must be over 80% to count as a combo and I got 100% on both which I am really proud of my self for doing. here is how I did

There is how I did I am really proud of how I did and can not wait until next time. My goal for next time is to get at least 3 combos which is a challenge for me

Reading-Plus

 Hello guys

Welcome back to my blog today I will be doing my reflection on reading plus and how I did today what I found hard and what I did good. I did really good because I am almost finished with the level I am on. I found hard was really nothing I did not find anything hard today everything was just right 

I am really proud of my self and I cant wait till next time

Reading-Plus

 Hello guys

Welcome back to my blog today I will be telling you how I did today I did pretty good today to the other days. I did 2 combos and both got it 100% each of the books that I did.

I am really proud of my self for getting 100% on each 2 books and got 2 combos I am really happy that we are doing reading plus because it is helping me improve on my reading and skills

Reading plus

 Hello guys

Welcome back to my blog today I will be showing you what I did and need to work on for next time in reading plus. Here is how I did

I did 1 combo which is not that much its only 2 books. Some of the words I found a bit difficult like words that I have never heard of but I pushed through it and finished both books 100 percent

Turn milk into plasitc

Aim: I want to find out how to run milk into plastic

Method: 

Equipment:

1. Milk
2. Microwave 
3. Vinegar
4. Paper towels
5. spoon
6. Mug
7. Messing spoon
8. Pot

Instruction

• get all the equipment needed for this experiment 
• put one cup of milk in the pot or microwave
• heat the milk in the microwave or stove until it steams 
• add 4 teaspoons of vinegar 
• add the milk into the cup with the vinegar 
• stir the mixture with a spoon 
• stack 4 layers of paper towels on a surface that is safe to dump the mixture on
• scoop out the curds with out the water onto the 4 layers of paper towels
• fold the paper towels down on top of the curds and press down   
• colour, Shape and mold the dough ad like 
• put all you creations on paper towels and let them dry overnight

Reading plus

Hello guys,

Welcome back to my blog today I will be telling you guys how I went today for reading plus here is how I went I had some times when I struggled but I pushed through it and finished the book.

There is a photo of how I went. my goal is to do much more next time instead of looking at the screen.

Skittle-colours

 Aim:

I want to find out what happens when you put skittles in water.

Method:

Equipment

• Petri dish
• Skittle
• Warm Water 
• Small beaker

Instructions

1. Get your equipment.
2. Spread out the skittles around the Edge.
3. Gentally pour the warm water into the middle of the pertri dish.
4. Observer what happens.

Results:

Discussion:

Why did the colour leave the skittles?

 Skittles have coatings made out of food colouring and sugar so when water touches colour they spread apart just like skittles do in warm water. when water touches skittles is causes a reaction and make it resolve from the skittle

Why did the colours not mix?

Because the water has a stratification that causes for a reaction

Reading Plus-Hur3

 Hi guys,

Welcome back to my blog today I did reading plus and I got 2 combos witch was really good it was a bit to fast though but I pushed through it even though it was hard here is a template about how I did.

there is a Photo of how I did. I found 2 of the books quite hard because it was a bit to fast and my eyes could not stick up to it and it had lots of hard words to say but I pushed through it and got 2 combos. I was really proud of my self and I cant wait to do more.

Hockey-Things

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Welcome back to my blog today I will be telling you guys things and tips for hockey. In P.E we have been doing Hockey. What is Hockey? Hockey is a sport that was created in England in 1876.all you do in the game is a stick and ball and you try to hit in into the goal just like football but with a stick and small ball.

Here is a photo of Hockey

There is a photo of hockey

Hockey can be a really dangerous sport lots of bad things can happen like a ball going to your face or getting hit hard in ice hockey. Over the past week of doing Hockey I have found it really fun and I have learnt how to stop a hockey ball properly and also learnt how to hit it side to side.

Are you good at hockey? take a try and see if you like it. if you like it comment down below and let me know.

The Damage of the Floods

 Hi guys,

Welcome back to my blog today. I will be showing you what I have been doing for Hur. For Hur we have been learning about the floods in Canterbury and what it caused people to do for safety. In Ashburton some places and house holds were flooded and many people were asked to evacuate their houses immediately due to safety percussion. 

In Sringfield people were also asked to evacuate due to floodings in the local area and had to leave their houses. In Mandeville the sports centre and Rangiora Baptist church were  set up as evacuation centres. Heavy rains continued to cause more damage to places and floodings on roads which were quite scary for many people and forced them to stay home and do online school due to floodings around Christchurch and other places. Hows were you affected?

Here are some photos of damage that has happend in some places

There is a photo of a car almost getting filled with the water. it is really sad to see how much people have to leave their homes because of the floods with out somewhere to go.

Hands on Fire

 Aim: 

I want to find out how to set my hands on fire while being safe at all times.

Method:

Equipment

• Large Container of water
• Detergent (Liquid Soap)
• Hose
• Gas
• Lighter
• Safety glasses

Instructions 

1. Collect all the Equipment 
2. Fill the container with water 2 centre meters deep 
3. Tip a lot of the liquid soap in the container with water
4. Gently mix it around 
5. Grab the hose
6. Connect the hose to the gas tap
7. Make sure to turn on the gas plug
8. Turn on the gas and bubble it into the container with water
9. Roll up your sleeves past your elbows
10. take offs your jacket
11. Wet your hands up to your elbows with water
12. Use both hands to gab the bubbles only
13. When with bubbles in your hands take to steps forward
14. Stay away from the container of bubbles when getting your hands on fire or else it will make a big explosion
15. Light the bubbles
16. To get rid of the fire High 10 the teacher

Results

I Heard the gas burning in front of me

I saw big flames Burning in my hands

I felt the burning flames starting to heat up 

I smelt gas going in the air

Safety in the Lab

 Rules

1. You must follow the instructions given by the teacher.
2. You must not enter the lab with out permission.
3.  Report any breakages.
4. Shoes must be worn at all times when in the lab.
5. Do not eat or drink in the lab.
6. If you spill something let the teacher know.
7. Wash your hands after doing experiments.
8. A heatproof mat should always be used when heating.
9. If in doubt, ask the teacher
10. Never taste or smell chemicals.

1. Liquids do not go into the bins because it will all spill out when cleaning the bins.
2. Solids do not go down the skin because it can turn out bad.
3. Wear safety glasses when doing experiments because any chemical can explode in your face.
4. put your chair under your desk and stand at the bench when you do experiments because someone can trip over it head first to the ground.
5. bags do not go on the desk because it can catch on fire really fast.
6. Long hair should be tied back because your hair can be caught on fire or something worst can happen.
7. do not smell chemicals because you can get sick.
8. walk dont run around the lab because you can slip.
9. Do not eat or drink in the lab because on your hands you will have chemicals that you cant see and when you eat stuff the chemical will be in your stomach.

Inventing my own Instrument-HUR2

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welcome back to my blog today I will be sharing with you what I have been doing for HUR2 this week. This week we are making our own Instruments. Lots of people in my class did a guitar mixed with a piano witch looked so cool but I decided to do different from everyone else and did a guitar and a drums mixed together with symbols. Here is a photo of what I drew.

There is a photo of what I drew. I decided to do a normal guitar and just with drums until my teacher told me I should add symbols to it so I thought it would make it look more detailed and I think it looks amazing. Here is a video of a 1 in a million Instrument Video  There is a video of a marble machine that looks cool and runs by just marbles. I think the marble machine would have taken so much time to plan and test it before showing it.  

Hope you enjoyed my Invention called Drguitar

Orchestra

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Welcome back to my blog today I will be sharing with you what an Orchestra does and how it helps the band and why its important to have a orchestra. Orchestra is good for bands because it helps you tell when to stop and when to start. When having an orchestra you must keep your eyes on the orchestra because if you look away then you will not no what to do and what note you would have to do. Here is a video of an orchestra Video There is a video of an orchestra and how much better it sounds with a orchestra.

There are 4 Families of Instruments Percussion, Wood Wind, String and Brass. Here is a photo of some Instruments in those 4 families

There is a photo of percussion instruments now here is a photo of an orchestra

There is a photo of an orchestra. orchestra's mostly stand in the centre of the band so everyone can see the orchestra and so they know what there doing. If there was no orchestra in a band I think they would need a lot of practice in my opinion.

Hope you had learnt something about an orchestra and why there are always people standing in the middle with a little stick called baton. 

What is Music-HUR2

Hi guys,

Welcome back to my blog today I will be sharing what we did way back in week 2. I did not do this blog post so I am doing it now. Back in weeks 2 of the term we were working on a blog post about what is music. what is music? Well music can be made with any type of object. You can even make music out of you body parts like you hands, feet and your mouth too. 

If you are using parts of your body to make music that means it's called body percussion. If you dont know what body percussion is well I will tell you now. Body percussion is basically using parts of your body to make sound witch is music. Here is a link to a video of body percussion Link There is a link to a cool video of people doing body percussion and making music.

Here is a photo of what body percussion would be like

That is what body percussion is. Like I said body percussion is parts of your body to make music. Hope you learnt something.

Guitar HUR2

 Hello guys,

Welcome back to my blog. Today I will be sharing what I have been doing so far this term for HUR2. 

This term For HUR2 we have been learning about Music and for this weeks HUR2 we are Looking at some Guitars Because guitars are one of the common instruments. In a Band there is mostly a guitarist in the band or drummer.

Take a look at some guitars that are used in bands a lot.

There are guitars that are normally used in bands. If it is in a Rock band then that would normally use Electrical guitars. 

Here is one of the Guitarist that I have heard before.

This is Eric Clapton he is a amazing Guitarist that I have heard before.

Counting the beat STOMP

Hi guys,

Welcome back to my blog today I will be sharing what I have been doing for counting the beat hurumanu making sounds like percussion. If you dont know what percussion music is well percussion music is something that makes sound when you add force to it or hitting something it will make a beat like your hands they can both make music by clapping each other it can make music. Body percussion is when you can use parts of your body to make music like your hands, foot, head and even your legs. Here is a video on you tube that you can watch and see what body percussion is. Here is a video of the song we tried to make Video

Here is ours now

There is a video of me and my group doing the theme of pink panther. It was quite fast to learn and I really enjoyed learning how to make music using body percussion and other objects. Here is a you tube video of body percussion. Video There is a link to a very good example of body percussion. for our Theme of pink panther we used a small plastic tube, abacus, big cardboard tube and a jandal.

Hope you learnt something about body percussion make sure to check out the link above and see what you like about it or dislike.

Ukulele

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Welcome back to my blog today I will be sharing with you what I did for counting the beat. We are talking about Ukulele. There are many types of ukulele like electrical one and really small ones. Ukulele is part of the string family and it has 4 strings. Here is a photo of different types of ukulele's

There us a family of Ukulele Soprano, concert, Tenor and baritone. Those are the family for the ukulele. Ukulele is like a small guitar but at the same time its not. Ukulele have very small sound holes. Ukuleles make a really beautiful sound.

Hope you learnt something about Ukulele's.