Tobacco Banning

Do you think smoking is bad? I think tobacco should be people's decisions to use. This is my opinion because people have choices to make, some benefit them some don't. People choose if they want to smoke, they are also informed of the consequences that can come with smoking. On every label it explains the causes that smoking can give you, some causes are cancer, stokes, heart disease. People can choose if they want to take the consequence or not, the consequence can risk your life though. This is why I think it should be peoples decision to use tobacco.

Healthy Muffins

Texas "Makeover" Muffins

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Wholemeal flour

1/2 Cup white flour 

2 Tbsp Brown Sugar

2 Mashed bananas

1/4 Cup Unsweetened low fat yoghurt 

2 Tbsp Canola oil 

1 Egg

1 Tsp Baking Powder

1/4 Cup Chocolate Chips

Method
1. Heat oven on 180c on fan bake
2. Mix all the wet ingredients ( Banana, Yoghurt, Oil, Egg.)
3. Sift and mix all the dry ingredients ( Wholemeal Flour, White four, Brown Sugar, Baking powder, Chocolate chips.)
4. Mix the wet and dry ingredients
5. Spoon the batter halfway up your tray and bake for approximately 15 minutes, or when cooked through and browned.

Nutrient Information
Energy - 929kJ
Fat - 8.2g
Saturated Fat - 1.4g
Carbohydrates - 31.8g
Sugar - 15.8g
Sodium (Na) - 131mg

Response:
We were told by a tester that it was pretty good but it was a little undercooked, that was our fault because we wanted to get it out quickly.

Impacts of Social Media

Social Media has a negative impact on human relationships. This is my opinion because of the way it impacts people to make irrational decisions. An example is if you see a photo of a famous model or celebrity, you might ask yourself why you don't look or act like that. they might be really buff or skinny so you think that is how you should look. You might stop eating, or starta pushing yourself too far and exhaust yourself. In other words you might set your standards way too high and risk your life to try and look like an idol. It can also cause you to get things you might not want like a tattoo, or a piercing. Those things can cost you a lot of money and it might not turn out how you wished it would, it also might not suit you. Even though an idol might look amazing, that's now how you should set yourself to become. There are a lot of different ways that social media affects people, this is one of the reasons.

Group Performances.

This term for music we are doing group performances. I chose to work with Lily-Ray, Genica and lauren. Lily is playing the ukulele, Lauren is dancing and Genica and I are duetting on the piano. The song we have chosen is a million dreams from The Greatest Showman. We chose this song because we could all mix in our ideas and also play it in harmony. 

Here is the song.

I think that A million Dreams is about living your dreams, though you might have to sacrifice some other things to get to your dream. So far we are learning parts of the song that we want to play, Lauren has started with her choreography while Genica and I have sorted out what parts of the song we are playing, Lily has figured out on what she is playing too. The most challenging part is how we are going to combine all our instruments together. 

Air Pollution

The sustainability issue I have chosen is air pollution. Some causes of the issue are cars, factories and people. Cars are one of the issues because of gas, whether it be a run down car or a very sporty car they are both bad for the environment. They release smoke, toxins and other gasses because of petrol which go towards the atmosphere, causing our atmosphere to break down and allow more heat inside of Earth. People have tried to solve this issue by creating electric cars. They are run by electricity and work like any other car. An example of this is Tesla. They are an american based car company that sells electric cars that are used in everyday life. The cars are run by batteries that use electricity to run. For as long as 220-310 miles! A disadvantage is that if you overcharge the battery, like any other electronic item the battery will start to drain quicker. Another way to cut down on air pollution is to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels like coal and oil, create gas that breaks down our ozone layer, that means that we have a better chance of getting skin cancer and global warming has a chance to strike even harder.

Tulips

Today for science we were making origami tulips, everyone was making two dimensional tulips while I made a three dimensional one. We were then asked to answer questions for our flowers/plants.

The everyday name for this flower is a Tulip and the scientific name is Tulipa. Tulips are found in Turkey and Central Asia. They are native to both these countries. It is used as decoration for indoors and outdoor.


One part of the flower is the flower, it is used for reproduction and to look pretty. Another part of the plant is the leaves, The leaves are used for photosynthesis, to give colour to the flower. another part of the flower is the stem, that holds the plant together

This is the tutorial if you want to make one.

This is my tulip