I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 7 and in 2021 I will be a year 8. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Business & Enterprise
Thursday, 11 November 2021
The Moa
Hello everyone,
Today for hurumanu 3 we are doing the same thing from last week but its about different topics. This week I have chosen to research about The Moa. I have made a poster on Canva, Here it is...
Friday, 5 November 2021
Camping Essentials
Today for Hurumanu 3 we have been reading the same book from last week but different pages. After reading those pages we had to pick a topic to research about. Last week I chose to research about wetlands, This week I have chosen to research about camping essentials.I have made a poster on Canva,Here it is..
Friday, 29 October 2021
Wetlands
Hey everyone,
Today for Hurumanu 3 we have been reading a book named Uncle Dons knows heaps of wacky stuff. After reading it we had to choose a topic to research about, I have chosen to research about Wetlands. I have also chosen to use Canva for my poster, Here it is..
To end this blog post off, I just wanted to say that I actually enjoyed researching about wetlands. While researching about Wetlands, I have learnt new information that I haven't learnt or even knew. Hope you guys have enjoyed reading my blog posts, Stay tuned for more blog posts.
Monday, 18 October 2021
Holiday Blog
A social activity I did was watch movies with my cousins.
Something physical I did was I went on an adventure with my family to Darfield to get ice cream. For intellectual I read a murder article. Something I liked was when we went to the mall and had Boba. During the holidays I was happy and I had a lot of fun hanging out with my cousins.
Monday, 20 September 2021
Three Legends
Hey everyone,
last week we have been learning about three cricket legends. Myself and Canada made a google slide about the three legends, Here is our google slide that we made.
Monday, 13 September 2021
Lock down scavenger hunt
Lockdown 2021
Government confirmed the Covid-19 variant infecting people in the North Shore was closely matched to Covid found in a recent returnee from Sydney in managed isolation.
“Now we can be fairly certain how and when the virus came into the country,” Ardern said. ↓↓
That person arrived on August 7 – meaning it was unlikely the disease had been spreading for weeks, as was earlier feared.
Five community vaccination centres in Auckland are closed today because staff have been diverted to help at Covid-19 testing centres.
Manurewa, Ōtara, Westgate, and Tamaki are open for vaccination.
The closed centres are Birkenhead, Highbrook, Pukekohe and Takanini. Almost all general practices remain open.
“Based on timelines, there are minimal missing links between this returnee and the cases in our current outbreak, and the period in which cases were in the community is relatively short.”
Yet the high number of locations visited by the community cases, and the infectiousness of the Delta strain, mean New Zealand is not out of the woods.
To Do!
Highlight (in yellow), the suffixes in all the underlined words above.
One of the underlined words also has a prefix. Which word is that?
Remembering that a compound word is made up of 2 (sometimes more) base words (e.g. grandfather; into) find 5 compound words in the text about Covid above.
i) Highbrook ii)Birkenhead iii)Timeline
iv) Outbreak v)Westgate
5. Highlight (in blue) capital/uppercase letters that begin proper nouns in the text (e.g. Auckland). Do not highlight capital/uppercase letters that begin sentences/statements/questions.
6. Highlight (in red) a quote from the Prime Minister (clue: you will spot speech/quotation marks).
7. Based on the reporting about Covid, find your own words and write 5 sentences about how this lockdown has been for you.
My lockdown was very boring because all I would do is just lie down and play Call Of Duty. Our zoom calls were different because we were usually so close but I felt sad because I wasn’t with my friends at school. But I kind of liked lockdown because I got to spend time with my family and home and get closer to each other
Acids
What makes something acid? An acid is a substance that donates hydrogen ions. Because of this, when an acid is dissolved in water
Properties of acids? Aqueous solutions of acids are electrolytes, meaning that they conduct electrical current
What is an acid? A substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkali, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.
what are 3 examples of acids?
- Hydrochloric Acid.
- Sulfuric Acid.
- Nitric Acid.
what is the most famous indicator? Moving Averages.
what does pH stand for? Power of hydrogen
How many numbers are there on pH scale? 1-14
Aim: To make red cabbage pH indicator for use on different household chemicals
Materials
Red Cabbage
Beaker
Bunsen Burner
Pipette
Sodium Hydroxide
Hydrochloride acid
Test Tubes
Paper towel
Test tube rack
Water
floor cleaner
dish washing liquid
vinegar
Steps
Chop up the red cabbage into small pieces. Place in a beaker and cover with a small amount of water.
Bring the solution to the boil using a Bunsen burner and then turn off the heat. Let it sit to cool down.
Pour the cabbage water through a paper towel into a beaker. The dark purple liquid in the jar is the pH indicator liquid.
Suck up the indicator into a pipette.
Use the cabbage indicator to test the acidity of the different household liquids by slowly putting a drop at a time into the test tube.
Thursday, 9 September 2021
Sherbet
Sherbet
10. Scrub away scuff marks on the wall.
9. Use it as an underarm deodorant.
8. Clean and unclog smelly sinks.
7. Clean your grout.
6. Add abrasive to to cleaning products.
5. deodorize you kitty litter tray.
4. clean your oven.
3. wash build up out of your hair.
2. Deodorize your carpet.
1. laundry booster
Sherbet had 2 ingredients are yum and 2 are there to make it react.
Equipment:
citric acid
baking soda
Raro
icing sugar
ice cream stick
spoon
cup
Steps
1. Add raro
2. Add citric acid
3. Add icing sugar
4. Add baking soda
5. mix it and eat it
Recipe:
1 teaspoon of powdered drink crystals (eg Raro)
1/4 teaspoon of citric acid
1 teaspoon of Icing Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda.
Findings
1. Which two ingredients in the sherbet are involved in the chemical reaction? baking soda and citric acid
2. Which ingredients are not involved? Raro and icing sugar
3. Can you think of any other chemical reactions that might happen in the kitchen? Burning toast
4. Which ingredient is an acid? Citric Acid
5. Which ingredient is a base? Baking soda
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Maths
Kia ora everyone,
Today for maths we had to answer a multiplication table and we had to roll a dice and whatever number it lands on, you have to save that number and roll again and when you roll twice you add the numbers that you got, Here is my table that wrote in my math book...
That's all for today,BYE!!!
The 'Rena' Disaster
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Today for Hurumanu 3 we had to learn about the 'Rena' disaster. We also had to answer the questions by researching on the internet. Here is what I have researched...
Friday, 13 August 2021
Gold,silver and bronze medals
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Today we have been learning about different athletes and what they have won. Here is what I have written....
Monday, 9 August 2021
Yeast
Yeast
What is Yeast? Yeast is fungy like found in the air around us. It's been around for a long time/years. It is ma made- In a bottle. There's 1000 kinds of yeast.
What is fermentation?
the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat
What affect does sugar have on yeast?
Too little sugar in dough can slow down yeast activity: Yeast is a lot like us – it loves to eat sugar. Yeast needs sugar to produce carbon dioxide – the leavening gas that causes the dough to rise.
What are 3 foods that have yeast?
Breads, muffins, croissants, and other baked goods usually contain yeast.
Equipment:
- Spoons
- Kettle
- Bowl
- Beaker
- Cloth sieve
- Funnel
- Plastic (PET) Bottle and cap
- 500ml warm water
- 1/2 tsp active dried yeast
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1L cold water
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 tsp Ginger beer bug.
- In a large bowl, put the sugar and cream of tartar, then add the warm water.
- Stir to dissolve the sugar before adding the cold water.
- Add the ginger beer bug to the large bowl of cold water.
- Stir well and the pour into your clean bottle.
- Label you bottle with your group names.
- Place all the bottles in the class container.
- Store in a cool,dark place for 1 week before drinking.
- Make sure you open the bottle in the kitchen sink as it might over flow. Open the cap bit by bit to allow the air to escape.