Mentos and Coke (Science)

Hello everyobdy, 

Today is an another science experiment. As usual, I'll be writing the method for this experiment. 

Aim: I want to find out what happens when you drop a Mentos into Coke. 

Research: Find a simple video of a mentos and coke experiment and an extreme video of mentos and coke.

                              

Method: 

Equipment: 

• Coke, Coke no sugar, Sprite
• Mint Mentos
• Detergent - makes the bubble stop
•  Beakers
• Safety glasses
• Measuring cylinder

Instructions:

1. Get your equipment ready.
2. Put on your safety glasses.
3. Pour 30ml of coke into a measuring cylinder. 
4. Measure 10ml of detergent from a small measuring cylinder then add it with the main measuring cylinder. 
5. Add one mentos inside the measuring cylinder with the coke. 
6. Repeat this three times with coke, coke no sugar and sprite. 

Results: 

	Coke	Coke-No Sugar	Sprite
Height of Bubble	45mL	69mL	50mL

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Hur3 Shaping Up

Good day everyone, 

Today I will be talking about everything we did during shaping up. We have learnt tons of things this term, we were focusing on the topic about geometry. 

The first lesson that we did was connecting the geometric Matariki star. Then it goes on with learning about polygons, lines and angles (parallel lines, line, line segment, point, ray, intersecting line, perpendicular lines & midpoint), Angles (Right angle, obtuse, acute), Reflection/Rotation/Translation, lines of symmetry, compass, nets, scales, maps & 3D shapes. 

Geometric Matariki stars: We had to draw a 5cm line on the middle of the book and label them beside the lines as A and B.  Then 178-20 dots should be added separately around the book, then we had to connect it until it looks something like a Matariki stars. 

Polygons: We were told to go to this website that was shared with us, it's all about polygons. What makes a polygon? It has 2 dimensional shapes, and are made out of straight lines (Curve is not a polygon), the shapes are closed. I also learnt about different types of polygons like Regular and irregular, concave and convex, simple or complex. We also had to remember the shapes' sides. At the bottom of this website, there are questions relating to what we've learn that we could answer. The last thing we did was drawing random lines on paper and colour the same number of sides. 

Lines and Angles: There were exactly 3 activities about lines and angles that should be completed. Before we did any of these, we had to discuss it as a whole. The first and second activity was kind of similar, connecting the names of these different types of line into the line, basically identifying the lines. For activity 3, we had a go to play this game, it's like connect four. 

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Milk Plastic (Science)

Hello everyone, 

Today is an another experiment during science. As usual, I'll be writing the method for this experiment. 

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

Science Buddies - Turn Milk Into Plastic

Method 

Equipment:

• Milk 
• pot or a microwavable container 
• white vinegar
• paper towels 
• Beakers 200ml 
• spoon 
• Mug
• Bunsen Burner 
• stirring rod 
• filter 
• funnel
• heat mat
• gauze mat
• tripod 
• measuring cylinder 

Instructions: 

1. pour 200 mls of water into the beaker 
2. add milk powder into the beaker
3. Heat the milk over the Bunsen burner until its hot (remember to close the air hole) 
4. Add 20 mls of white vinegar into the measuring cylinder 
5. pour the vinegar onto the hot milk 
6. stir the mixture with a stirring rod 
7. Stack 4 layers of paper towels on a dry surface. 
8. use the funnel and another paper towel to filter the curds
9. fold the paper towels over the curds to squeeze out the excess liquid. 
10. kneed the curds together to form a ball. 
11. decorate, colour, shape the dough as you like. 

Result: 

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Skittles Colours (Science)

Kumusta,

Today is an another blog during Science. Our experiments for today is about Skittles. We'll be putting the Skittles in the water and observe on what's gonna happened. 

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

Method: 

Equipment: 

• 8 Skittles
• Warm water
• 1 Petri dish 
• 1 beaker
• Paper towel

Instructions: 

1. Get your equipment ready.
2. Put the Skittles into the Petri Dish. 
3. Spread them out around the sides.
4. Before using the beaker, make sure to clean it. 
5. Put a warm water in the beaker. 
6. Gently pour the water in the middle of the petri dish. 
7. Observe what happens.

Result: 

Before:

After:  

After pouring the warm water inside the petri dish with the skittles, the colours in the Skittles started to fade and it starts to spread with the water which makes a pattern with these colours. Although the food colours didn't mix, the reason for this is because every food colour has a similar measure of sugar that's dissolve from each skittle. 

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P.E

Kia Ora everyone, 

Today I will be talking  about PE that is on every Wednesday and Thursday. I've learnt many skills and really enjoyed it. 

Fitness: 

For the first week, we did fitness. We were doing exercises and stretches. We did push up, burpees and alot of running. We also tried doing the beep test. Beep test is when you have to run when you hear the beep and you must make it to the line, the beep gets faster and faster, if you don't make it in to the line, you're out, or if you get tired and you can't run anymore, you're also out. I don't think I did pretty well on the beep test because I got tired easily. 

Football: 

The second week we did Football for 2 weeks. I honestly have no experience in playing football so I had no idea how to play it. First thing we did was getting into pairs and did the passing. We also played a game, when we had to verse other teams. For me, it was a little hard for me to keep track of the soccer ball in the middle of the game. 

Hockey:

We also had 2 weeks of playing this sport. I've been playing hockey since I was in year 6, I know most of the rules so I was able to play it properly. Among the sports we've played, I really enjoyed this one. I'm working on passing the hockey ball across the field instead of passing it in the middle of the field where everyone goes for it. 

Volleyball: 

We had volleyball last week and this week. I'm currently working on setting the ball instead of bumping it all the time. But I think I did good when serving the ball. 

I'm looking forward for netball next week. 

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Global Warming

Hey, 

Last week, we had to read a short text of information about the topic 'Earth Day 2021: Restore our earth'. After reading them, we had to answer some questions about the text. There are some questions that I haven't answered yet, so I'll be sharing the ones I've answered. 

 Which word means the same as ‘restore’?

A: Repair 

30%	The amount of earth that is covered in the forest.
Around 190	The number of countries that have signed the Paris agreement.
80%	The amount of land-based animals that live in the forest
500	The  number of years that it takes for plastic to decompose.

Find and copy a phrase from the text which shows that there has been a rapid increase in greenhouse gas emissions. 

A: “There has been a recorded rise in global surface temperatures of 1.2 Celsius.” 

What size are microplastics? 

It’s smaller than 5mm

Explain what is meant by the term “Legally binding pledge”?

A: The word pledge means promise, but when used in this term, it means contract. A legally binding contract between something with consideration. 

Summarise why it is important to restore our earth in 25 words or fewer. 

A: Personally, It is important to restore our earth to keep a healthy and safe place for everyone to live in. To be able to live in a peaceful world. 

Thank you for reading my blog, those are some of the information's I could answer for now. Have a great day.

Edible Slime (Science)

Kia Ora,

It will be another blog about our new experiment for this week, which is making a edible slime. 

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

Research: 

Method:

Equipment:

• 7 marshmallow

• 2 teaspoon Olive Oil

• 2 teaspoon Sugar icing

• 1 cup of Cornstarch

• 1 Bowl

• 1 Teaspoon / spoon

• 1 Cup
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Instructions: 

1. Get all of the equipment ready.

2. Open the marshmallow packet.

3. Put 7 of marshmallows inside the bowl 

4. Put the bowl inside the microwave for 40 seconds.

5. Add 2 teaspoons of olive oil inside the bowl to make the slime fluffy. (Makes the slime less sticky).

6. Start mixing them with a spoon.

7. Add a 1 cup of cornstarch.

8. Start mixing them with a spoon.

9. Add 2 teaspoons of sugar icing to make the marshmallow slime sweeter.

Result:

The result wasn't bad but it was really sticky which was hard to mix. 

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