Netiquette 📱💻

 Kia Ora Readers!

This term in our heroes ( hurumanu 1)  my class have been learning about the different types of bullying both online and face to face. I have learn't about cyber bullying which is bullying someone online and  bullying which is being mean someone repetitively. For this week in our heroes my class learnt about what netiquette means. We got set the task to finish a slideshow with tasks to do related to netiquette.

One of the tasks we got set to do was make a poster to teach someone what netiquette means. I choose to create my poster on Canva. Canva is a website you can create presentations, info graphics, posters, videos and make logos on.  Firstly I thought about what a poster would look like. Next I thought about how I can explain netiquette and then I created my poster. I hope you enjoyed my post and liked my poster and work.

How would you explain netiquette?

Here is the slideshow I completed:

 

Here is my poster:

Milk Plastic 🥛👩‍🔬

Hello Everyone!

Today in Chemistry, Science I learn't how to make milk plastic. Milk plastic is also known as casein. Bellow this small description is the process.

Aim:  I want to find out how to turn milk into plastic. 

Method:

Equipment: 

• Stove, Oven or Microwave
• Measuring cup
• Measuring spoon (tsp).
• Milk (1 cup)
• Pot or microwaveable container 
• White vinegar 
• Paper towels
• Spoon
• Mug
• Food colouring, glitter or cookie cutters (optional, for decor)

Instructions:

1. Get all equipment required 
2. Pour 1 cup of milk into a pot or microwavable container.
3. Heat the milk in the microwave or on the stove until steaming.
4. Add 4 teaspoons of white vinegar to a mug.
5. Add the hot milk to the mug with the vinegar.
6. Stir the mixture of the milk and vinegar with a spoon.
7. Stack 4 layers of papers towels on a surface that is safe to get damp. 
8. Scoop out the curds with a spoon and place them on the paper towels.
9. Fold the paper towels over the curds and press down to absorb the excess liquid.
10. Knead all the curds together into a ball of dough.
11. Colour, shape or mold the dough as you like. You can colour your dough with food colouring ( optional)
12. Put all of your creations on a paper towel and let them dry overnight.
13. Now you have your plastic!

What is caesin? What is it used for?

• Caesin is the main part of milk mostly known as protein. 
• Caesin is used in most dairy products.  It can also be used in processed food. 

Results:

Before left over night:

After left over night:

                        

                                 

What happened?

I noticed that my milk plastic shrunk after letting it stay on a paper towel over night. It became hard and grew mold onto the bottom due to leaving the plastic on the paper for longer than a night.  The colour had also changed it became a tan colour but more of a really light yellow. 

Thank you for reading my post!

Have you ever made milk plastic before?

Reading Plus progress

Hello Everyone!

Today in reading with Mr Mitchell once again we have had a reading plus lesson. This lesson I have improved in my g-rate and I-rate. Next time I'm going to work on visuals skills and try get better. I hope you enjoy this post. 

Reading Plus Progress Report
My name:	Jordan
What went well today:	Answering reading comprehension questions.
What I found difficult today:	Vocabulary
What my goal is for next time:	Work on visual skills.

 

Reading Plus progress

Hello Readers!

Today on reading plus I have mainly focused on vocabulary and visual skills. I worked really well on vocabulary and visual skills and have improved. But the thing I think I struggled a lot on today was reading comprehension questions. I think this happened because I wasn't really focusing well reading so I got a majority of them wrong. Next time I'm going to work harder on the reading part of reading plus and try to get better at answering the questions at the end. I hope you enjoyed reading my post.

What do you mostly struggle with in school?

Reading Plus Progress Report
My name:	Jordan
What went well today:	Vocabulary and visual skills
What I found difficult today:	I struggled with reading comprehension questions
What my goal is for next time:	Focus on reading the story so that I get the questions mostly correct

Reading Plus progress report

 Kia Ora Readers!

Today for reading plus I think I did really well. I have completed a  combo and have 1 story and 1 more combo to go to get to the next level. The only thing that I struggled with today was focusing because the teacher kept talking to me about my success. Next time I'm  going to do vocabulary and I hope I can improve because I'm not the best at it. Thank you for reading my post.

Reading Plus Progress Report
My name:	Jordan
What went well today:	I completed a combo
What I found difficult today:	I struggled focusing
What my goal is for next time:	Try to complete the level i'm at right now

Edible slime

 Hey Readers!

Today in Chemistry, Science we learn't how to make marshmallow edible slime. The reason why we are making this slime is because Mr Stock hasn't really been with us much, so this is our treat. The process is bellow this small description. 

Aim: I want to find out how to make edible slime.

Method:

                                  

Equipment:

• Marshmallows
• spatula or Popsicle stick
• bowl
• microwave
• icing sugar
• vegetable oil (optional)

Instructions:

1. Get all equipment
2. put the marshmallows into the bowl and put into the microwave for 10 seconds on low or more if not melted yet
3. add oil if want the slime to be softer
4. Mix well with spatula/Popsicle stick
5. add  icing sugar to marshmallow mixture and mix
6. once the mixture is cooled down add icing sugar againru and mix with hands, if still sticky 

Results

What I felt:

I felt my hands become sticky as I first touched the slime. As I kneaded some icing sugar into the slime it became very soft and relaxing. 

What I smell:

I smelt like melted marshmallows. 

 

Thank you for reading this post.

 

Skittle Colours🌈🍬

Hello Everyone!

Today in Chemistry, Science we  learnt how to do a Skittle experiment with warm water. Bellow this small description is what I learn't and the process. 

Aim: I want to find out what happens when you put skittles in water.

Method:

Equipment:

• Petri Dish
• Skittles
• Warm water
• small beaker 

Instructions:

1. Get all equipment required 
2. spread out  the Skittles around the edge 
3. gently, pour the warm water into the middle of the petri dish
4. Observe what happens.

Results:

Discussion:

Why did the colour leave the Skittle? 

Sugar coat dissolves in water.

Why did the colours not mix?

It doesn't mix due to density. 

How to be Normal - Reading task 📖

 Hey Readers!

For the past few weeks in Out-standers we have been learning about the different types of bullying and the after effects. For all of the groups we had to read a story and do some tasks related to the text. My group read a story called How to be normal, it was a about a girl called Charley she wasn't the same as others and she did things differently. Every time she would make a mistake she would get picked on by others.  

The hardest part of doing this activity for me was finding ten adjectives and putting them in alphabetical order. The easiest part of this task was finding the meaning of the words. Next time if I do a reading activity in out-standers I will work harder on adjective activities so I can improve. 

Have you ever learn't about bully's?

Here is part of my work:

What do you think?

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Why do you think we gave you this text for outstanders?

I think the teacher gave the class these stories because it is
related to what we have been learning about this term. The stories also
include a problem with one person being picked on. 

Reading Plus Progress

 Kia Ora Readers!

Today I have used reading plus. I think I have improved in my comprehension questions at the end of reading tasks. The only thing I struggled on was not getting distracted. Next time I need to focus on my own work so I can do more work. Thank you for reading my post.  

Here is my report:

Reading Plus Progress Report
My name:	Jordan
What went well today:	I have completed one combo with more than 80 percent.
What I found difficult today:	Focusing on reading.
What my goal is for next time:	I want to try my best to not get distracted.

Reading Plus Progress

 Kia Ora Readers!

Today I have used reading plus yet again. This time I have tried to improve my vocabulary because I struggle quite a lot when I do vocab. Today I think I did quite a lot of work and next time I need to slow down because I have gotten a majority of the words wrong because I don't take time to think. I hope I will improve in vocab for next time. Thank you for reading this post. 

Here is my report:

Reading Plus Progress report

 Hello Readers!

Today I have used reading plus again for reading. This time I think I have gotten better in some way. I have completed one combo. Next time I want to get my comprehension rate higher because it is 84 percent but I want it to be 90 or higher. I hope you enjoy reading this. I read about animals today because it is quite interesting to me. 

Here is my report for today:

 

Reading Plus progress 📖

Kia Ora Readers!

For the past few weeks in Reading with Mr Mitchell we have been using a reading resource called: Reading plus. It helps students improve their reading and if there already good at reading it can make them become even better. You start off by doing a reading test so the website can improve your reading from what level you're at at that moment. Reading plus isn't just about improving reading, it is also helps you with vocabulary and visual skills. I struggle quite a lot with Vocabulary and even though I have used the website to help me once, I have improved. 

In Mr Mitchell's class we had to do a reading plus progress report to see our progress throughout using reading plus. We had to tell our name, what we learn't and our goal for next time. I hope you enjoyed this blog post.

Have you used Reading plus before?

Hockey🏑

 Kia Ora Readers!

This term in p.e with Miss Bancroft we have learnt skills of different types of sports. One sport we learn't is hockey, it is played with a stick with a bottom curve and a hockey ball.  The equipment used in hockey to protect yourself is: shin guards and a mouth guard. I learnt how to score a goal, how to take control of the ball and how to pass to others without making the ball go the other direction and dribbling . . The rules of hockey are : you cannot use any other parts of your body to control the ball apart from your hands to control the stick, you cannot put the stick over your head and push don't hit. The potions of hockey are goal keeper, left and right defence, attackers and middle attack. 

Have you ever played Hockey before?

Gummy Bear Osmosis 🍬🧸🧫

Hey Readers! Today in Science we are learning how to do the gummy bear osmosis experiment. Here is what I learnt:

 Aim: I want to find out what happens to Gummy Bear when left in liquids.

Method:

Equipment:

• Gummy Bears
• Liquids- Water, salt water, sugar water.
• Electronic scale
• 4x Petri dishes 
• Marker pen

Instructions:

1. Get the equipment for experiment.
2. On the petri dish write down your name, the condition ( water, salt water, sugar water, dry).
3. Weigh the gummy bear 

Canterbury Floods News Report

Salam (Hello), 

This week in hurumanu 2 with Miss Alpers we have been researching about the Canterbury that has been happening this week. We read a article about the floods and had to write a detailed blog post about it.  Below this small blurb a shortened story about the floods. 

Met-service got a code-red warning in Canterbury which was expected to bring up to 400mm high by Monday. Springfield, the upper and lower part of Sewlyn Huts and peel forest, locals had to evacuate because of the massive floods. Kris Faafoi travelled throughout Canterbury to see the impact of  the rain and found out that about 3,000 houses were at risk of flooding. Burnham camp, three trucks and a ambulance got deployed to help with evacuations. Ashburton called the civil defence centre and locals got asked to boil their water. 30 houses in Selwyn district and spring field had been evacuated and safe. 

Later in the day the Selwyn district council called a emergency civil defence team to help with this situation. People living in Selwyn huts had been evacuated and sent to darfield recreation centre. The water supplier got shut down due to the amount of flooding spread  throughout Canterbury. Farmers begun struggling, most farmers found struggling got evacuated by a helicopter and moved to dry land. A river in Christchurch got hit and got closed due to major flooding. Around 8pm a big tide of fresh new flooding went towards town.  

Timaru also got declared of a state emergency, heavy rain showers came and concerned fellow locals. Two new people joined the civil defence team for Timaru to help people to evacuate. There were multiple road closers due to flooding and caused more people to evacuate. Fifty two schools and 24 early learning centres had been confirmed that it would be closed the next day. Many more problems had happened due to the flooding throughout Canterbury this included : trees falling, power cut outs, road closers etc.

I hope this blog post was interesting and taught you something about the big showers in Canterbury. Feel free to comment. What do you know about the Canterbury floods, were you involved in evacuating?  

Image of a flood 

Ashburton river flood

Scientific Equipment

  Kia Ora Readers this week in science we have been learning what the  equipment in science is used for.  Here is the information I learn't about:

1. Beaker:

A beaker is used for carrying liquids.

2. Bunsen Burner

A Bunsen Burner is used to light gas with fire and other liquids.

3. Gauze Mat

A gauze mat is used to protect glass when using a tripod to heat.

4. Funnel 

 A funnel is used to move liquid from a big container to a smaller container.

5 . Test tube

A test tube is used for mixing chemicals

6. Conical Flask

A Conical Flask is used to move liquid around.

7. Spatula

A spatula is used to scrap/transfer powder into chemicals.

8. Measuring Cylinder

A Measuring Cylinder is used for measuring liquids or chemicals.

9. Scissor Tongs

Scissor tongs are used to hold containers when hot. 

10. Tripod

A tripod is to support flasks and beakers when using Bunsen Burner.

11. Test Tube Tongs

Test Tube Tongs are used for  griping onto test tubes.

12. Evaporating Basin

It is used to evaporate chemicals and liquids.

13. Thermometer 

Used to find out the degrees and temperature of liquids.

 Extras:

14. Retort stand

Used to hold other equipment such as: glassware, Burette, test tubes and flask.

15. Boss head

Used to hold Florence flask or Conical flask on a resort stand.

16. Clamp

Used to hold glassware, beakers and flasks.

17. Burette

Used to add a certain amount of liquid.

18. Pipette

Used to add a accurate amount of volume from a solution. 

19. Volumetric flask

Used to add a precise amount of volume at a certain temperature.

20. Fume Cupboard

 

Used to remove airborne hazardous during experiments.

21. Mortar/pestle

Used to crush up objects/things.

22. Scalpel

Used to cut into things/disect.