Textiles

For our final product in textiles we were asked to create an item that could be part of recycle, Reuse and Re purpose. We were also given a slideshow to make into our own with our project, I decided to make A pillow from a T-shirt. Here is my slideshow that I created with all my information on how I made it, what I did to make it, and how I got along with my project.

Sherbert

For the last week of term we were able to create homemade sherbert. It was a long awaited experiment from our class, so Mr finally agreed to let us.


Ingredients:Baking soda, Icing Sugar, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Raro ( To taste). 

Method:

1.Add 1 teaspoon amounts of citric acid and tartaric acid.

2. add two teaspoons of baking soda and icing sugar. 

3. add as much raro as you desire and taste, add more ingredients if needed to perfect taste

Results
The sherbert tasted really good, even though I needed to add a little more icing sugar to the mixture to make it perfect. It was really fun to make, but a big mess with a lot of people.

Kiwi Baker

This term for Home Economics we have been doing Kiwi Baker. Kiwi Baker was a unit where we made baked goods and learnt more about cooking, it was a really fun unit to be in and I am glad that I am doing it next semester. We were asked to answer some questions about the unit and what we made for our final product.

What did you make? 
We made Oreo and Chocolate chip cookies
What did you like about what you made?
I liked how it gave us options to make something that we never really made or would have on a daily basis.
Did you make any changes to the recipe you used?
Yes, we changed how much flour we needed because we needed more than what the instructions had said.
What were the key skills that you learnt?
I learnt that to bake in a group communication is a big key, you need to talk to your group to figure out how to make it, and if we got what we needed.
Did you enjoy the kiwi baker unit?Give some reasons.
I liked it because we made a lot of different baked goods that I wouldn't ever try to make, it let me branch out my tastes and made me learn new things that I didn't really know earlier before the year had started.

Simple Sugars

This week for Science, we have been working on food and digestion. Our first experiment was about how to figure out if something has simple sugar inside of it. The test is called Benedict's Test

Aim: To Test a sample of food to determine whether it contains simple sugars
Equipment: Bunsen Burner, Test tube tongs, Benedict's Solution, A sample of food.

Method:
1. Place about 2 mL of the sample into a test tube and then add 5 drops of benedict's Solution.

2. Heat with a bunsen burner until it changes colour, do not boil.

Conclusion: The colour of the liquid changed from blue to an orangy red hue. The sample we used was an apple.

Social Studies

L.O:Understand how the New Zealand government is structured and how people can have a say.

In New Zealand there are three different types of governments, Legislative, Executive, Judicial. A legislative type of government is mainly a type of government that makes laws in our countries. Executives finalize the laws and make big decisions about our countries. A Judicial government also finalizes the laws, and figure out how they work and what the punishment could be.

This term for social studies we learned about the different types of government some of the different types of government are communism, dictatorship and democracy. We were then asked to learn about a certain country and the government style in that country. I chose communism in North Korea because it seemed interesting and I wanted to learn about it. Communism is a very weird type of government because everyone shares the same amount of money, everyone is employed, and everyone is educated.  We were then asked to create a presentation about what we learned about the system of government. This is my presentation about Communism in North Korea. 

Dissecting A Cow's Eye

Aim: To see the different parts of the eye and to understand what each part is.

Equipment: Cow Eye, Scalpel, Tweezers, Scissors, A Tray, Newspaper, Gloves

Method:

1. set up your newspaper and tray so then the surface you are working on is covered if anything spills. Make sure to wear gloves so then nothing goes on your hands

2. cut the fat and muscle off the eye until you can see the cornea, which is a huge black circle that is protruding from the eye.

3. carefully cut the cornea with the scalpel and face it away from you. black and clear liquid will ooze out so don't aim it at you.

4. after all the liquid is out cut the eye in half so there is a back and a front. 

5. from there you can see the different parts of the eye, you can pull out the lens, which is a clear hard part which focuses light into your eye. You can see the Retina which is a metallic blue coloured part of your eye. 

Results
The experiment was a little gross because it was very graphic but it was cool to see the different parts of the eye. I learnt that the eye is a pretty complicated part of your body.

Would you every do this?

Telephone Cups

This term we have been learning about energy. One of our experiments were about cup telephones. The first thing we did was cut some string and tie the ends so then it would fit in the cup. Then we were given a cup to colour in with ink markers. I decided to make mine a gradient with purple and blue. I then added black dots in the middle and then connected my cup with Ashanti's. We tried out the telephone cups and they worked, we just had to pull the string. 

Aim: To make a Cup Telephone

Equipment:
Styrofoam Cup
String
Colouring pens

Method:
1. Cut a long piece of string and tie the ends in a double knot.
2. Cut a little hole in the bottom of the styrofoam cup and put the string inside. 
3. Decorate the cup
4. pull the string so then it is tight 
5. You can try it out.

It was a really fun experiment to do because it was fun to see what we could say to each other.