Children of Blood and Bone Chapter 30 Responce

 Chapter 30 – Amari

Chaos.
Before this moment, I never truly understood the word. Chaos meant Mother’s screams before a luncheon. It meant the scramble of oloyes to their gold-lined chairs.
Now chaos surrounds me, pulsing through every breath and heartbeat. It sings as blood splatters through the air, snickers with delight as boats explode into oblivion.
A message I take from this scene is that since Amari is a princess she never know the true meaning of chaos and saw the true chaos outside the palace. Another message I take from this is that the word 'chaos' has a different meaning for different people, I may not experience a chaotic event in my life but I heard of it - when the people are panic buying necessities because of the pandemic.

Wind Racers

In Science, we have been focusing on Force and Motion and last week we made a wind racer using bamboo sticks, plastic, sellotape. 

1. Post a photo of your racer.

2. Calculate the speed of your racer.

Speed: 0.542 ms

Distance: 9 m

Time: 16s 61

V= ∆d ➗ ∆t

 = 9➗16s 61

= 0.542

3. Why did you choose your design? 

Our racer is inspired to the ship we have seen on anime and the ship called 'Thousand Sunny'

How could you have to change the design to make your racer go faster?

To make our racer go faster, we could shorter the sail a little bit.

Toning Street Art

This past few weeks in Art we have been focusing on Street Art around Christchurch. For this topic, our teacher asks us to choose street art and do some toning.

What is Tonal Drawing?

Tonal drawing varies from the bright white of a light source through grey to the deepest black. Tonal drawing is the art of gradual increase or decreases from light to dark from one part of the drawing to the other.

This is the Street Art I choose to do

This is the toning I did 

Egg Drop

 Aim: To build a structure that will prevent a raw egg from breaking when dropped from a significant height. 

Equipment: Stick, bubble wrap, foams, cotton and yarn.

Method: We wrap the egg inside the bubble wrap together with foams and cotton. We also made a cage out of sticks and foams.

Results: Luckily, the egg did not break. To be honest I didn't expect that our egg will not break because we only use a few pieces of equipment and it's not enough for the egg to be secure.

Weight:
a. Egg mass = 40g
b. Egg & lander = 82.49

82.49 x 10ms = 824.9

Children of Blood and Bone Chapter 22

 Chapter 22 - Amari

I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of them filling the narrow path. Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered where they came from, where else they might have ended up,
“Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly diviners, the laborers outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking skeleton.
This reminds me of the topic of 'slavery' I learned in my Social Studies class. The way Amari describe the condition of the laborers reminds me of African slavery happened many years ago.

Children of Blood and Bone Chapter 13

 Chapter 13 - Zѐlie

I turn back toward Amari and try to let it go. But in her eyes, I see her brother’s. I feel his hands choking me.

“I want to trust her—”
“No, you don’t.”
“Well, even if I did, I can’t. Her father ordered the Raid. Her brother burned down our village. What makes you think she’s any different?”
A message I take from this scene is that Zelie is somehow her anger is starting to go down and she is now taking her anger towards Amari's brother after what she saw in her dream, the reason of hatred to Amari was because of what the Royal did to the maji. A small part of Tzain wants to trust her

Careers Inquiry

In Social Studies we are learning about different Careers. The career I chose to research is Pathologist. I found it really interesting as I get to research more about this field and how they work and what their work like in hospitals or in the lab. Another reason why I want to be a Pathologists is that while I was searching about this career I was enjoying it. This is my inquiry for it.

FQ 1: What does my chosen Job entail? 

1. Provide a one paragraph written overview/summary of your job.

 Pathologists are doctors who diagnose and study human diseases and conditions.

They diagnose health problems by testing tissue and fluid samples taken from patients.

2. What are the working conditions like?

• may work regular business hours, or be on call if they work in hospitals
• work in hospital laboratories, private laboratories and medical schools
• work with infectious material – laboratories have strict health and safety standards to minimise risks
  
• travel throughout New Zealand and overseas to attend meetings, seminars and workshops.

3. What skills and knowledge are required for this career?

• how the human body works
• how to diagnose different diseases and illnesses
• medicines and treatments, and the effect these have
• the chemistry of the body
• anatomy and medical-surgical procedures
• current research and practices in their field.

4. What are the personal qualities that you require to do this job?

• accurate, with good attention to detail
• analytical, with problem-solving skills
• able to work well under pressure
• excellent at data analysis and interpretation
• good at communicating
• good at report writing
• be patience towards the patient

5. What are the key tasks that you will do in this job?

• analyse samples taken from patients
• diagnose diseases such as cancer and diabetes
• discover the genetic causes of disease
• provide reports and advice for medical practitioners
• research diseases to find cures and guide public health policy
• investigate deaths and perform autopsies
• monitor treatment and progression of diseases

6. How much will you earn? Salary? And what are the work hours like?

• Registrar (trainee) pathologists usually earn between $97,000 and $197,000 a year.
• Qualified pathologists working for a DBH can earn between $164,000 and $245,000.

7. What training and education is required for this career? How long does the training take and cost?

- The training takes 13-15 years

8. What pre-requisites are there to get into the training course?

• Complete the Health Sciences First Year programme at Otago University or the first year of either the Bachelor of Health Sciences or Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science at Auckland University
• complete a five-year Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) degree at Otago or Auckland Universities
• work for two years as a house officer (supervised junior doctor) in a hospital 
• Complete another five years of specialist training and examinations to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
• complete a further one or two years of specialist training and examinations to become a Joint Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

9. What subjects will you need to study in school to prepare you for this career?

• Chemistry
• Physics
• Biology
• Maths
• Health Education
• English

10. Add any interesting information about your chosen career that you may find

11. Add in an image/photo / picture that relates to your job

FQ 4: Evaluating your Job – the what and why you are interested in this career
You need to answer these questions and you are expected to write a paragraph for each.
1. Why do you think this job is important, what values does it promote?
• I think this is important as you can cure people and help others
2. Why have you chosen this career to investigate?
• I think it's nice to be a doctor since I like science and I am interested in Science
3. What qualities and skills do you already have that suit this career?
• I like doing a research project and analysing things.

4. What qualities and skills do you need to develop for this career?
• I think I have to expand my knowledge about anatomy and physiology
5. The job market is competitive, what can you do now or in the near future to out-compete others for this job.
• You need to improve your self-esteem and have faith in yourself. For your work, you have to take responsibilities and work the best you can.

FQ 6: Reflecting on the Research Process

1. What worked/went well for you during the research?

I could search for a job that interests me and find a little information about it.

2. What have you found challenging during the research?

I couldn’t find any answers for some questions especially in FQ3

3. How did you try to overcome these challenges?

Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to overcome the challenge as I couldn’t find anything.

4. If you were to do this again what would you do differently and why?

I think if I were to do this again I would search for a different career but still in the medical field. The reason why I would still look in the field is that I just like science and I want to do research and look at cells through a microscope.

Financial Literacy

In Maths we have been learning about Financial Literacy and for this week we talked about Percentages and Increases/Decreases.

Percentage
- To calculate a certain percentage of an amount, use this rule:
[percentage ➗ 100 x amount]

Eg.1 
10% of $150 = $15
(10 ➗ 100 x 150 = 15)

26% of $451= $117.26
(26 ➗ 100 x 451 = 117.26)

Eg.2 
A store has a hoodie, normal price $66, on sale for 25% off.

a) How much is the discount?
    25➗100x$66 = $16.50

b) What is the sale price?
    $66 ➖ $16.50 = $49.50

Increases/Decreases
- Often we need to increase or decrease an amount by a certain percentage (eg. discount, mark-up etc).

For these types of calculation, do the following:

1. Calculate the "percentage of" the amount (percentage ➗ 100 x amount)

2. Add it (for an increase) or subtract (for a decrease) from the original amount.

Eg.1
Increase $80 by15%
(15% ➗ 100 x 80 = 12)
($80 ➕ $12 = $92)

Circuit

What is the circuit?

A circuit is a path where electricity travels. There are two types of circuits: Series and Parallel circuit. A Series Circuit is where there is only one path for the current to flow while the parallel circuit is where the current can flow into different paths. 

What is Current in Parallel? What is the difference between the current in parallel and current in series?

Current is the movement of electrons in a circuit. It is measured using a device called an ammeter and the unit of current is an amp.  In a parallel circuit, the current is shared whereas, in a series circuit, the current is the same and isn't shared

 

                                 

Children of Blood and Bone

Chapter 9 Zelie

“Mama, are you okay?” 
Tears come to her eyes, spilling into the wrinkles of her dark skin. “It’s been so long,” she whispers. “I never thought I would feel the warmth of magic again”
…
“I feel,” she chokes through her silent sobs. “I feel like I can breathe again.”
A message I take from this scene is that Mama Agba felt amazing as she felt the magic through her veins and after 11 years since the raid her magic is now back. She felt the warmth of her magic and I can feel that she missed her magic.