The Moa

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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...

That's all for today, I hope you enjoyed reading my blog. I actually kind of enjoy researching about different topics every week.  Stay tuned for my next blog.

Wetlands

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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.

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.

Three Legends

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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. 

 

That's all for today, See you next time

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!

1. Highlight (in yellow), the suffixes in all the underlined words above.

2. One of the underlined words also has a prefix. Which word is that? 

3. 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

1. Red Cabbage

2. Beaker

3. Bunsen Burner

4. Pipette

5. Sodium Hydroxide

6. Hydrochloride acid

7. Test Tubes

8. Paper towel

9. Test tube rack

10. Water

11. floor cleaner

12. dish washing liquid

13. vinegar

Steps

1. Chop up the red cabbage into small pieces. Place in a beaker and cover with a small amount of water.

2. Bring the solution to the boil using a Bunsen burner and then turn off the heat. Let it sit to cool down.

3. Pour the cabbage water through a paper towel into a beaker. The dark purple liquid in the jar is the pH indicator liquid.

4. Suck up the indicator into a pipette.

5. 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.

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:

1. citric acid

2. baking soda

3. Raro

4. icing sugar

5. ice cream stick

6. spoon

7. 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

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...

That's all for today, Hope you guys have a nice lock down. BYE!!

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....

That's all for today, BYE!!!

Chilli Tasting Experiment

 Aim: To see which is the best way to cool down the hot chilli taste in your mouth when eating chilli.

Hypothesis: I think that by using  milk I will be able to remove the hot chilli taste from my mouth.

Equipment: 

1. Milk
2. Water
3. Coca cola
4. Tasting cup
5. Chilli

Method:

1. You will need to work in a group of three up to five for this experiment. Each person in the group will use one of the drinks with the chilli,You will then swap results in your group so that everyone has the same results.
2. Each member of the group needs to have their own tasting cup. This will be used for putting the different liquids in as we cool off the chilli in our mouths.
3. Place a piece of chilli in your mouth.
4. You will drink the liquid that you have in your cup. As you do this you will complete a results chart.

You will recording the following using yes or no

• The effectiveness of the liquid immediately
• The effectiveness of the liquid after 3 minutes. 

Chilli Tasting Results

Record : Yes or No

	Immediately	After 3 minutes
Milk	No	No
Water	No	No
Coca Cola	No	No

Summary and results:

The milk did not work immediately. After 3 minutes it had a small effect.

The coke had a small effect immediately. Coke had no effect after 3 minutes.

The water did no work immediately. The water did not stop the chilli after 3 minutes.

 

Coclusion:

Milk could be a solution when eating spicy foods — literally. That's because milk helps your mouth handle capsaicin, an oily chemical compound in chili peppers. Capsaicin binds to a receptor in the tongue and creates a burning sensation. ... Casein protein found in milk can also bind to the capsaicin and wash it away.