Monoprinting

Hey everybody, 

During art, we have been working on our monoprinting from this past few weeks. 

There were copies of plants, leaves and flowers, we had to trace some of it from different difference copies to make our own background using a baking paper sheets. Then we had to photocopy them 2x into papers. We had to colour and for the other one is to monoprint it, we used an ink. 

Since I haven't actual tried to monoprint, so at first I had no idea how it works. I had some struggles and difficulty when halfway to completing it, but I eventually finished it.

Here's my monoprint: 

I messed up many times but this is what I did. 

Thank you for reading my blog, I'll cya later, goobye :>

Making Ginger Beer (Science)

Kia Ora,

For today, it is going to be an another experiment that we're doing in science, which is making a ginger beer. 

Aim: I want to find out how to (brew) make ginger beer. 

Research: We had to find a YouTube video on how to make alcohol, making a ginger beer and a fermentation.

Alcohol from common table sugar

Making ginger beer

Fermentation 

Method: 

Equipment: 

• Plastic cup 
• Marker 
• Powder ginger 
• Water 
• Sugar 
• Spoon 
• Lemon Juice 
• Yeast 

Instructions: 

1. Get your equipment.
2. Take a plastic cup, write your name on it. 
3. Pour half a teaspoon of a powder ginger inside the cup. 
4. Add half a cup of water into the cup. 
5. Put one tablespoon of sugar inside the cup. 
6. Mix your ingredients inside the cup with a spoon. 
7. Add 5 drops of Lemon Juice into the cup. 
8. Taste it and adjust the flavour. 
9. Add one quarter of teaspoon of yeast. 
10. Let it brew for one week. 

Results: 

I only tasted it once but not much since I didn't really like it. We waited for a couple of days and we then finally tried it. It taste sweet but with no flavour at all but the smell of it was strong and it didn't seems like it taste good. 

Discussion: 

What is a Fermentation?

A fermentation is when a yeast eats glucose (sugar), and it breathes out CO2 (Carbon dioxide - gas), then it excretes alcohol. You'll know when the gas has come off, you'll start seeing bubbles. This process is called Respiration. 

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you learn something new and goodbye:))

pH colours (Science)

Hey readers,

Today I will be talking about pH colours, another experiment we did last week. I didn't get to post it last week but here it is. 

Aim: I want to find out what the colours of pH are. 

Research: We had to add a YouTube video about pH colours. 

pH indicator 

Method: 

Equipment: 

• Acid - hydrochloric acid 
• Base - sodium hydroxide
• Test tube rack with a test tubes
• Universal indicator  

Instructions: 

1. Get your equipment ready. 
2. Add 10 drops of universal indicator into the test tube. 
3. Put different amounts of acid and base into the test tube (depends on you). 
4. Observe what happens to the colour. 

Results: 

Discussion: What are the pH colours? 

The indicators changes colours because of the different pH ranges. An indicator can only change colours when it is added with acidic or alkaline solutions. To see if a solution is acidic or alkaline, you can try to make an indicator from a red cabbage. 

Alkaline solution - Combination of base solids that dissolved in water. 

Acidic solution - More concentrations of hydrogen ions.

The range of the pH scale is from 0 to 14. 0 to 6 is acidic, 7 is neutral and 8 to 14 is alkaline. 

Thank you for reading my blog, I will be posting next time, goodbye:)

Healthy eating

Hey readers,

Today, I will be talking about a healthy menu for a week. During health, we are currently learning about foods that are healthy for us. 

Some students in our class doesn't usually eat breakfast before they go to school, we had a great discussion about how we should not skip breakfast, lunch and dinner because it is important to eat. Some people has a diet plan, they don't eat and starve themselves because they might think they're getting big, but in reality, they are just growing, foods helps us grow and have more energy, there is no limit when it comes to eating. 

There are different types of food groups, which is protein, carbs, grains , dairy, fat, vegetables and fruits. 

We had to be in pairs and we had to make a healthy menu for a week, we were looking for foods that are healthy for everyone.

   

Thank you for reading my blog, that's all for today, have a great day, goodbye:))

Maui and the sun activities

Hey everyone, 

It's going to be an another blog about Maui and the sun, but I'll be sharing you the activities I've done. 

First activity that we had to do is: 

"Imagine if Maui was unavailable to capture and slow the sun. Create an advertisement to find someone else to do the task. What skills would this person need? What would you expect them to do this job? - Also include a phone number for them to call and a bold, interesting heading to grab peoples attention.

I created a poster by using the website called Canva. I just made it simple with bold fonts, a simple background, and some information that includes a fake phone number (Do not dial this phone number as it is fake). Here's my work:

The next thing I did was to come up with an invention to help Maui that can be used to capture the sun.

I drew different symbols and just tried to add them altogether to make an invention. I added a little description explaining the design I created. I also labelled them so it won't get a little confusing. #

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you enjoy and I'll see you next time, goodbye:))

Indicators/Red cabbage (Science)

Hey everyone, 

This post will be about science, the experiment we did last week since I wasn't able to post it. There was a rotten red cabbage since our teacher left it for days. We can make colour by using Acid and Base. 

Aim: I want to find out how to change colours by using red cabbage with Acid and Base. 

Research:

Method:

Equipment: 

• Test tube 
• Red cabbage
• Beaker 
• Dropper - science
• Test tube rack 
• Stirring rod 
• Acid and Base

Instructions: 

1. Get all your equipment ready. 
2. Get a (rotten) cabbage and put it inside the beaker. 
3. Add a half of a water inside. 
4. Use the stirring rod to stir till the colour gets darker.
5. Place the test tube in the test tube rack. 
6. Add red cabbage inside the test tube by using the dropper. 
7. Use the Acid and Base ( you can add as much as you want to make a colour) inside the test tube with the rotten red cabbage inside. 
8. Make a colour. 

Results: 

 

First of all, the rotten red cabbage did smell but when we added half of a water inside it kinda fade away. At first, it was really fun making those sorts of colours but everyone got competitive when we had to make different colours, a colour that is not the basic. A mixed colour would also count. I feel like we added more Base than Acid. 

That's all for today, I hope you enjoy reading and that's all for today, goodbye:))

Diwali

Hey everyone,

Today I will be talking about Diwali. Diwali is a festival. There is no original date of Diwali, it has a different date each year and it changes, but this year it was celebrated on Thursday November 4. I made a small presentation, just some facts about Diwali. I didn't get to add a lot but so far this is what I've done.

                

Thank you for reading, I hope you learnt something new about Diwali, goodbye.