Passion Projects 1.1

Today in passion projects me and Joel were making things out of origami. The first thing that I made out of the origami paper was a ninja star (Shuriken) after that I attempted to make a parrot it didn't really turn out as I hoped it would then Mrs Buenaventura came and checked up on us she thought the parrot was a seahorse. Next I tried making a wolf it actually worked out really well then I put some detail on four of them. In total I made nine wolves two parrots a squirrel and two flowers. For the Maths Craft day we were thinking of making a zoo and a icosahedron.

Passion Projects

Today we had our second day of Passion Projects well actually we started the projects on Monday 12th of November, the passion project I am doing is Maths Craft. It is where we do multiple things that is to do with maths like Menger sponge, Mobius Strip, Origami and String Art so on and so on they all have maths in the making of all of them. In the after noon  I tried doing one of the flexagons but unfortunately I messed it up by cutting all the pieces and I should have asked a teacher if we cut it all the way or not. 

I have learnt to make the octohegon and the cube. I used twelve sonobe pieces to make the octohegon and six sonobe pieces to make the cube.

Gin Wigmore

In Music this term we are doing projects on New Zealand musicians first Mrs Richardson would go on to the wheel of  fortune and there would be a wheel full of New Zealand artists.
The artist I got was Gin Wigmore she is a singer and a song writer  her actual name is Virginia Claire Wigmore she was born on June 6 1986 in Auckland. For this project we had to do some research about them the things I found out about her was really amazing apart from the part when she was sixteen her farther past away from cancer. The type of genres that she plays are Blues Rock, Pop Rock and Alternative Rock she also wrote the song Hallelujah in tribute to her father. She was also the person who wrote the song tomorrow. 

Hunt for the Wilder People

In English we are learning to think critically to identify and describe the key aspects of a visual text. Well first off we are doing critical thinking and film study about the movie Hunt for the wilder people some of the things we are doing is things about some of the characters such as Ricky Baker (main character), Uncle Hector, Aunt Bella, Paula Hall (Child Welfare). 

Mu Torere

In class Mr Rzoska our Tech teacher told us our new project and the drawing process of the Mu Torere  a mu torere is a Maori board game they played before the British came to New Zealand. In the drawing process of the mu torere is the problem (brief) the n we have to do the research about the mu torere then after that we have to come up with four concepts about it. Next we have to have the final design of the Mu torere after that we have to do a formal drawing (Plan) about the sizes, how much wood you will need to make it with then it is the mock up and after that we make the mu torere we should make sure that we evaluate every step of the way of the making of the mu torere. Here is a picture of a Mu Torere.

Raising Seeds

Aim: To Look at the different growing conditions and how these affect the growth of seeds


Method:

We worked in groups of 3-4 students
Potting mix was put into the cups.
The cups were planted with radish seeds.
Each cup had a different growing conditions:
Cup 1 - normal
Cup 2 - clear cellophane
Cup 3 - over watered
Cup 4 - Under watered or green cellophane

The plants grew in their cups for 10 days before they were measured.

Findings:

Plant growing condition	Height after 10 days (mm)
Normal	35mm
Green cellophane	60mm
Clear cellophane	30mm
Over water	0mm

The normal seedling was planted in normal potting mix and grew to a height of 35mm.

The green cellophane seedling was planted in normal potting mix, covered in green cellophane and watered. It grew to a height of 60mm. The clear cellophane seedling was planted in normal potting mix and grew to a height of 30mm. The over watered seedling was planted in normal potting mix, the water could not drain out the bottom of the pot and it grew to a height of 0mm.

Conclusion:

From the pictures and evidence we can conclude that:

The seedling height was:

1.35

2.0

3.60

4.30

The best growing conditions were:

1. Green cellophane it grew to 60mm.

2.The too much water did not grow at all.

3.The normal planted radish grew to 35mm.

4.The clear plastic cellophane grew to 30mm.

therefore the seedling with Green cellophane  conditions grew to a height of 60mm.

Photos:

Traditional Tales

In English we have been learning Traditional tales such as Aladdin, Ali Baba, Sina and the Eel, The Turtle and the Shark etc.

The categories for the traditional tales are Greek, Maori, Fairy tales, Arabian nights, Fables, Folk tales, non greek, Non maorietc. My first tale the first cateagorie I chose was a non Maori and non Greek tale so I decided to learn more about my culture so I did Samoan Myths and Legends. The first tale I did was about Sina and the Eel and the next one I did was about the Turtle and the Shark. One person in my class asked m if I could help hi with his Norse Mythology project it was called the Yggdrasil it was the world tree that holds the different worlds. 

If you want to know more about the Yggdrasil go Joel Gillespie

Making My Three Piece Puzzle

   We didn't really do any research about the three piece puzzle but the teacher did show us what the Three piece puzzle looked like.

We each got a photocopy from the teacher and copied down onto the other two of the drawings of timber.

We all got three blocks of timber and drew the lines on to it.

The first thing we did was on a plan we drew lines in the shape of the timber then we made small center lines in the middle on the sides. Once we made the lines we had to measure out three shapes the first shape was a capital T a lowercase t and a minus -. Once I finished the measuring I shaded the shapes. The teacher demonstrated one of them with the drills he said to drill four holes in the minus shape and then use a chisel to smooth it out all I need to do now is to use the ban saw to cut out the two T's.

  

Transport in Plants

Aim:To observe xylem tissue and prove that they transport water up the plant.

Equipment: One stick of celery with the leaves still attached, a retort stand, boss head and clamp, a petri dish, water, food colouring, a knife or scalpel.

Method: 1. Make a cut across the base of the celery stalk to expose a new section of the stem.

2. Fill the petri dish with water and add a few drops of food colouring.

3. Place the celery stalk in the petri dish and gently clamp it in place using the retort stand, boss head and clamp.

4. Leave the stalk undistributed for 24 hours.

5. Remove the stalk and clamp from the petri dish. Cut the stem about 1/3 of the way up the stem.

Refraction

Aim: To investigate how light is affected by changing the substance it is travelling through.

Equipment: Ray Box, Power Source, Glass or Perspex Block, Single-Slit ray slide.

Method: Collect the equipment from your teacher, and set them up to produce a single beam of light.

1. Place the glass block in the shaded area below.
2. Place your ray box at the top of the page and shine the beam so it travels along the 10 degree line to the centre of the protractor (this is your angle of incidence,i).
3. Read the angle the light leaves the glass block at (this is your angle of refraction, r).
4. Continue the investigation so you can complete the table opposite.

Bouncing Light

Aim:To investigate how light behaves when in hits a plane (flat) mirror.

Method:
1.Collect a ray box, power supply and single slit ray slide from your teacher, and set them up to produce a single beam of light.

2. Place a plane mirror on the diagram of the protractor as 
described below.

3 Vary the angle of incidence and record the angle of reflection in results table.


The results for the Angle of Reflection seems to be the same as the Angle of Incidence they were.

I really liked this experiment because we got to test light beams. here are the results for the experiment.

The reading I did today

Today I read all types of things the first thing I read was cats cafe the thing I liked about this story was that people in Taiwan were the first people to create a cat cafe. Then I got moved to level two because I didn't answer the questions right and I got moved down and then I read the desert it told me about special plants and animals that live in the desert.
 

Static Image Commentary

In English we have been learning about static Image. The static image must be about the book abomination my idea is when Martha's mother says this quote "ASK & YE SHALL RECEIVE" and for the drawing I am doing a cross and Martha holding the cross. Here is my commentary that I have done.

Static Image Commentary    

My static image portrays the idea of Martha confronting  one of her mother’s
favourite sayings which is if you ask you shall receive but if you find out that later
in the book she asked for something but she did not receive what she asked for.
 Martha never received what she asked for such as being able to listen to pop music or
having normal clothes,
lollies or bringing friends home.

The visual elements I have included an image of  hand holding a cross.
The hand represents Martha and the cross is showing that she asked for something
and she received god’s love to succeed in what she believes.
Throughout the book Martha never gave up on her beliefs and knew God
was always there for her.  Her faith in God was important to her.

The colours I have used is red to represent passion for what she believes is right.
Yellow represents the youth which god stores upon her and the happiness she gets
when she made a new friend called Scott. God answered her prayers. I also used blue  
it shows her loyalty to Scott, her parents and her sister Mary. She was loyal to
Abomination too as she always took care of him. I also used the colour brown as it
shows her sense of responsibility as Martha wanted to do the right thing.

The quotation I have chosen is ‘Ask and you shall receive’ and the words are
relevant because to when you ask God for something  and if you are strong and
faithful, you will receive it. Martha asked for a friend and she received Scott who
helped change her life for the better.

By Vale

By Vale

In English

In English I was watching one video about cooking with Ann Reardon this video is sutible for any age it is giving information on how to make a giant mars bar. I really recommend this to anyone who wants to make a giant mars bar to share with their family.

What I read in English and the purpose.

Today in English for sustained silent reading I chose to read 'Black Panther who is the Black Panther by Jesse J. Holland'. This book is going good so far the author's purpose is to entertain the audience and also tot inform them who is Black Panther the audience this book is sutible for is teens and young adults.
 Who is BLACK PANTHER?

Matariki Research

Task one: Matariki Piktochart

Task two: The style of music is Maori and it is about the word Aotearoa the people who  perform this is people all over New Zealand coming to one place. The singers of this song is Stan Walker, Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika.

The thing I like about the music video Aotearoa is that it is based on it's name and people all over the world coming together to put the name together.

The thing I like about the video is that it incorporates nature into the video.

This song is about the Maori language week and it was inspired by the Maori song "POI E" released in 1984 by the Patea Maori club. some of the lyrics in English is No matter if your near or far we come from the land of god no matter where you belong we'll fight for your freedom.

I don't know of any other Maori Musicals.

Task 3:
This type of story is a nonfiction.
This story was written for people any age.
The main idea was to inform people about the seven stars of matariki. 
The thing I have liked about this story is when the the eldest brother catches the women and sends them far far away.
The story i would preform is the seven stars of matariki and I would preform it with a huge group of people.
I am not one hundred percent sure on what it would look like.

The brass experimnt

In this experiment we were using a ball and ring that are made out of brass. The ring fitted through the ball.

We heated the ball first over a flame and tried to put it through the ring. The ball had expanded so it did not fit through the ring. We then cooled the ball in cold water.

Then we heated the ring - it expanded, so then the ball fitted through. We cooled the ring in cold water. 

Then we heated the cold ball and the cold ring together. They expanded equally so the result was that the ball still fitted through the ring.

Leaf Experiment (chromatography).

Today we did an experiment that involves leaf's and we used a grinned mixture from the leaf that turned liquid. The aim was to take the pigments out of the leaf our first attempt worked very well because of the type of leaf.

Our class did this the day before so me and Josh I and Jnaya did this today we used a sample from Mr Guy and another from Sammy and Natasha. The sample we got from Mr Guy worked very well and it moved slowly up the paper, the one we got from Sammy and Natasha didn't work very well but it did move up a bit.

Before you can do this experiment you should pick as many leaves minimum 2-4 maximum 4-10 the grind the leaves till you get a liquid form of the leaves then put it in a smaller test tube. Once you have put it into a smaller test tube then you put it into a test tube rack and leave it out over night. 

METHOD:

1. Get the leaf mixture you made the day before and get another test tube rack and place it on a high table (so little ones can't reach).
2. Then you get two boiling test tubes and place them into the test tube rack.
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Water Filtering Experiment

Title: Water Filtering Experiment 

Introduction:
I am doing this experiment to clean dirty from mud. The goal of the experiment is to find the best way to get the clean water using the gear provided.

Equipment:

• Conical Flask
• Funnel
•  Paper Towels 
• Two Plastic Cups
• A Cut Out Of The Bottom Of a Water Bottle
• Tripod
• Beaker
• Water bottle with the bottom cut out

METHOD:

1. Get all the materials
2. set up equipment

     a) Cut the bottom of a large or small water bottle
     b) Get a bit of A thin or thick material and cover the bottom of the water bottle.
      c) tie it very tight with some rope and then push the middle of the material down a bit but not to much
       d) get the beaker and place under the bottle but before that put the bottle on a tripod then put the beaker underneath the tripod
       e) if you got clear water and it spills on the table you need to use the paper towels to clean it up.

    Conclusions/observations:
At first it didn't work very well but once we started changing the design we started making a lot of good progress. The things we changed was instead of the paper towels we used the material and we emptied the other paper towels that was with the cotton balls and then put it in the rubbish. I really liked the experiment because you had to think and the teach didn't have to tell you what to 
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BACTERIA

What is bacteria?
Bacteria is a sort of germ that can kill you but there are two different types of bacteria.

What does Bacteria need to survive?
Oxygen, food, Neutral Environment, A sort of Temperature, Moisture and Time.

Give three examples of how we avoid spreading bacteria?
1.Make sure all food is covered or stored in correctly. Do Not Leave Out Longer than two hours.

2.  Food is Left to cool prior to going into the fridge to avoid condensation.

3. Preserve Foods with Vinegar, Salt, Lemon affects the growth. Clean surfaces with antibacterial spray.

4. What does cross contamination mean?
The  process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance or object to another, with harmful effect.

Draw a Thermometer