Litmus paper test

Hello today in class we are doing “blind” testing with some litmus paper.

We will have 6 drops of colourless acid or base on a spotting tile.

we will then use some red and blue litmus paper to see if it is: H2O, HCl, NaOH.

The final results of each row were base, acid and base. For the left row it went neutral, neutral and acid. There were 2 each of these solutions because there were 6 slots on our spotting tile. When we dipped red litmus paper on the first slot of the right row, it turned blue, this tells us it’s a base. We dipped blue litmus paper into the one below the first slot, it turned red, so this means it’s an acid. We then used both red and blue litmus for the last solution of the row and both the litmus paper stayed their colour, this clearly means it’s neutral. For the row on the left we both dipped red and blue litmus paper on 2 of the first slots, they both stayed red and blue so this means both of them are neutral. Lastly we dipped blue litmus paper into the last solution and it turned red. So it’s an acid.

Man and Nature

Poetic figurative language is a topic we are studying at the moment. We’ve used images while writing haiku on the time of year or the weather. we have been reading Titania’s monologue from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. and have been looking at Titania’s monologue from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in further detail today. She is complaining to Oberon, her husband, about how their fights have disrupted their sport. She claims that she has “forsworn his bed and companionship,” that they are no longer together, and that ill things result “from our argument, from our division”.

Every pelting river made so proud they have overborne the “weather is wild, the waves are high, it’s foggy, and it rains so much there are floods,” it spans nations.

The crops and animals were drowned despite the farmers’ best efforts due to the floods. This abrupt change in the seasons is unjust.

Wood – Dove tail joint

The last few week in wood we have been learning how to use the equipment in class by making small projects that use most of the equipment.

the project we made this week and last week was a dove tail joint.

which is similar to what we just made but a bit harder.

The tools we used were a tenon saw, chisel, ruler, pencil, marking cadge, rudder.

Science – Neutralisation Experiment,

Hi everybody,

the past few weeks in science we have been learning about the Ph scale.

Ph scale

– indicator

shows us if something is an base or an acid

Acids

  • Hydrogen H+
  • they break down and dissolve things
  • taste sour
  • plaque aid (teeth) citrus acid (lemon,lime and orange) stomach acid

Base

  • Hydroxide ion
  • neutralise acid often used as cleaning products
  • break down + dissolve grime
  • bleach, oven cleaner, antacid tables

We mixed sodium (an base) with hydrochloride acid (an acid) .  We also added 5 drops of universal indicator to show the colours of the pH scale.

When the chemical is red it means the acid is strong.  when we make green it means it has no acid or base in it.

Athletics day

Hi today I am going to tell you about yesterday. yesterday was athletics day where you had to do some sports and dress up in your house colours.

How did athletics day go for you?

I think athletics day was good, because I did not bad but not good for shot put and discus I got in the middle of the group for both of the scores in them.

The CARR values I used were commitment, achievement and respect. The reason I used these CARR values was because I committed to doing all the activities even if I was not good at them. doing the activities till the end which is achievement. And I showed respect by being nice to the people running the activities.

 

Wood – Finger joint

Hi today I am going to tell you about what I have been doing in wood work the past few weeks.

We have been working on a finger joint to learn how to use some off the tools.

The tools we used were a tenon saw, chisel, ruler, pencil, marking cadge, rudder.

It took me 4, 50 minute classes to finish the finger joint. i had 1 1/2 class marking it our and the rest cutting it out.

 

Science – Periodic table

Hi in class today we had to make a periodic table with only the first 20.

we had to make the first 20 elements, and there are 8 columns and 4 rows.

the columns go from 1 to 8 electrons in order. for the rows each rows goes from 1 to 4 shells.

I found this activity easy to do when i figured out what element goes where.

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English – Types of governments

Today in english we have been working on finding different types of governments we had to get 10 -20 different types I found 14 of them.

We had been working on this for about 1 and a half hour.

I found the different types of government with Cayleigh but done my info graph by myself.

I did my info graph on a slide where each slide either had 3 types or 4 type of government.

I found this activity fun to do because I had to find different types of governments.

Here is the work that I did.

Wānanga – Catapult

Hi today in wananga we are making catapults.

I found this fun to do. because you had to go into groups and make something.

I thought the catapult would not work but it did.

It took us around 10 minutes to figure out how to build the catapults.

It was not that easy to make the box we had to make to put on the catapults, for the pompoms to fly.

Here is the photo of the catapult we made.

The people I was in the group with were Angel and Eduarda.

The equipment we need were-

  • 10 Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
  • Rubber Bands
  • Firing Power (marshmallows, pompoms, pencil top erasers)
  • Bottle Cap
  • plastic cups

Wānanga – Health promotion

Hi today I am writing to you about what I have done today in wānanga.

We had to write about what we would do to promote mental health.

I choose to do an eating contest where you have to eat five bowls of pasta.

The organization I chose was Youthline which helps teenagers if they need help and are available 24/7.

The eating contest is meant to make people donate in a fun and exciting way.

I found this task fun to do because I had to choose what activity for people to do.

Here is the link to Youthline