Coloured Fire

In Science, we have done an experiment and our aim was to see a Coloured Fire.

Equipment:

Heat mat

Bunsen Burner

Sticks

Beaker

Sodium chloride

Strontium Chloride

Potassium Chloride

Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate

Copper Sulfate 

Copper Chloride

Method:

1. Set up the bunsen burner.

2. Prepare a beaker with 50mL water.

3. Dip one end of sticks into the water to moisten it.

4. Dip the wetted stick into the elements. Coat the stick completely.

5. Put the sticks on the flame and then you'll see the result.

Film Techniques || GIF

In English, we are now studying Visual Text and today we are searching for different kind of movies and we have to choose one scene of that movie in order to make a GIF.

Tracking In (Dolly)

Tracking In (Dolly) is shot with a camera. In tracking in dolly is a shot that moves towards from the subjects. In this case, Coraline is the subject of the camera.

Over the shoulder.

Over the Shoulder shot is a camera shot that is taken from behind one person and facing another. The shoulder and the back of one character are facing the audience. It's commonly used when two people are talking.

POV/High Angle

POV/High Angle, this camera angle is used to make the other character vulnerable and POV stands for Point of View.

Evidence of your testing

In P.E we have done 8 fitness, and we have to choose 2 fitness that we want to focus on and improve.
We also have two decide what exercise we wanted to do in able to improve the 2 fitness we want to focus on. The 2 goals I want to improve is my agility and my muscular endurance.

For my agility pre-test, I did it in 24.8sec and my goal is to do just in 20 secs or 22 secs. For the muscular endurance we did a sit up and I just did 17 times and my goal is to do more than 20.

Oil of Wintergreen

Yesterday in Science we did an experiment sadly we didn't get an outcome we want.

What we attempted;

Equipment:

Beaker

Tripod

Gauze mat

Measuring cylinder

Test Tube

Heat mat

Test tube Tongs

Dropper

Method:

1. Weight 0.25 grams of salicylic acid into 10-15 cm test tube. This weight does not need to be recorded.

2. Add 2.0mL of methanol to the test tube and swirl until the solid dissolves.

3. Slowly add 10 drops of sulfuric acid.

4. Place the test tube in hot water bath and secure by using a utility clamp and heat for 15 minutes.

5. Cool the test tube in running water.

6. Smell the contents by wafting( wave a hand over the tip of the test tube to direct andy fumes) and record any observations.

What happened?

The liquid in the test tube was bubbling but it didn't end the way we wanted.

What should it look like?

It should look like a crystal.

What could we change/try?

We could change the amount of salicylic acid.

Return to PE

1. How are you feeling about being back?
I feel so-so because I am excited to see my friends but at the same time I want to stay at home.

2. What are somethings that you did for exercise/activity during a lockdown?
I did some exercise like jumping jack, burpees, squat, and leg exercise.

3. Any work for PE completed? Why or Why not?
-Yes, I did some questions.

Oscar and Nate's DNA Adventure || WFH

 Made in Taiwan

Oscar and Nathan’s excellent adventure

The programme traces the traditions made by Oscar and Nate to find where their ancestors migrated from.  Nate is from New Zealand and Oscar is from Samoa.  Oscar and Nate used DNA to show who their ancestors were who journeyed across the Pacific. Scientists at Oxford University use DNA to identify a person’s clan mother and father.  The Polynesian who navigated their way across the Pacific used stars to navigate by; Oscar and Nate are using their genes to go backwards in time. 

Nate’s family are from Mahia on the east coast of New Zealand’s north island and he went back there to open the results from the DNA test, where they were shared onto the marae.  According to the scientists, Nate’s clan mother was from East Eurasia and America (not from England as she thought).  Nate’s father is Maori.  

The next stop on their journey was 3000 km away in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.  According to the scientists who study DNA, three-quarters of Maori and Cook Islanders trace the same ancestry.  Oscar and Nate went to the spot from where, according to local traditions, waka like the takitimu set out to New Zealand some 700 years ago.  The languages between the two cultures are very similar and Oscar says that it is just like having an older brother. Their “origin” stories – how they explain where they came from - are very similar too.  

Arriving in Samoa it was Oscar’s turn to open his envelope revealing his DNA results.  His family appeared nervous, unsure of what the science would show.  Samoans can Pacific their ancestry back 12,000 years.   

On the next leg of their journey, the pair arrived in Vanuatu and found another means of tracing the routes of their migration: resemblances.  The Lapita peoples journeyed across the Pacific thousands of years ago, leaving behind the pottery which they made.  The pottery showed that the Lapita people transferred their tattooing skills to pottery.  Carbon dating allows scientists to accurately date when the pottery was made.  An archaeological dig showed that skeletons were well preserved in their graves.  For Oscar and Nate, the dig seemed tapu (welcomed) but for the people of Vanuatu, excavating the graves is a way of understanding their history.

The last stage in their journey took them to Taiwan.  Again they were amazed at how similar they looked in appearance to the indigenous coastal people of Taiwan, like Niwa who showed them around.  In a museum dedicated to pre-history, Oscar and Nate could see the patterns between the people, for examples in the facial moko.  Even some of the words used were similar.  The yam, taro and coconut all came from here and were taken across the Pacific by early voyagers.  Taiwan was the beginning of their journey story.

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DNA journey similar England

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Trace Rarotonga welcomed share

The Voyage

In Social Studies I have to answer questions about The Voyage Out.

Page 1. Where did many choose to go instead of NZ and why?
Most people who left Europe in the 19th century chose to go to North America. The reason is that it's much shorter and much cheaper, it also because of the passage to New Zealand is much risky for shipwreck and illness. It took 75 days or more for the journey.

Page 2. How would people feel on the day they left?
People felt unhappy on the day they left, passengers are not ready to get on a boat as they were leaving their native land and their love ones. No one ever felt happy on that day they could never do anything but cry.

Page2. What did they do for entertainment and distraction?
For such a long journey, everyone felt the boredom but it was relieved by such reading a novel and seeing dolphins in the oceans. For passenger books and games help them past the time.

Page 3. Describe the conditions in steerage.
The condition in steerage is really horrible. Passengers in steerage slept in tiers of bunks, bunk space was cramped. Many people are in so small place, they were provided with mattress but not beddings.

Page 4. What were some of the issues people face in storms, with food and hygiene?
Some passengers on one vessel were half-drowned in their beds during storms while in steerage the beds were almost soaking wet. Live pigs and poultry were killed in a regular period manner to pride fresh meat for the cabin passengers and so fresh milk was served. While steerage passengers survived on salt and preservative meats, ship's biscuit, flour, oatmeal and dried potatoes. Steerage passengers were only each allowed 3.4 litres of water a day. It's hard to keep hygienic because of the lack of freshwater and saltwater are not good for washing.

Page 5. What were some of the sickness you got on board?
Children are the more likely to get sick, children are more vulnerable to diseases such as scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough and measles.