[10Eng] Public are is a waste of time and money.

Is public art a waste of time and money?

I think that public art is a waste of time and money since the money can help schools and/or students help fun their education. It can also help students receive scholarships which can help towards their learning. It can help schools fund their sports equipment or even try something new. Like a new sport or trying something new! We could even use the money for donations and charities for those who need it. But there are some cons about this, sometimes artwork can help motivate or inspire others with their work or even just to put it on a blank wall that has nothing on it. You could even put it in art museums for others to look at as well. This is what I think about public art being a waste of time and money. I would love to see what you say!

[10Sci] Green and Rainbow Challenges

Green and Rainbow challenges
A: Green challenge:



Take a test tube and fill with "two fingers" of the base. Now see the teacher for three drops of universal indicator. Now add the acid



Observations:

1. When we added the universal indicator to the base the colour changed to blue.

2. When the solution was neutralised the colour changed to green.



The most difficult thing about this challenge was (Complete this)
Trying to add the perfect amount of acids and alkaline.


Include a photo of the final green solution.

B: Rainbow challenge:



Take a test tube, the base and the acid and universal indicator and create a the best rainbow in a test tube you can manage.



Put a photo of your rainbow in a test tube here:

Didn't get a photo.

[10Eng] Would it be better to be blind than to be deaf?

Here is my Google drawing on "It would be better to be blind than to be deaf"

If I had to choose I would choose to be deaf than to be blind because you can communicate with other people using sign language. You can also see your surroundings and be more aware of what is around you since you can see. And you can also have a lot of peaceful time to relax.

[10Sci] Making Indicators

Making Indicators


Aim: To make and test several indicators to see how their colour changes in acid and base solutions.

Method: Follow the instruction in your book to make and test the indicators.

Fill in this table with your results:





Paste here a photo of your spotting tile after the test

[I didn't get to take a photo]

Indicator



Beetroot extract
[Acid]
Normal


[Base]
Dark Pink



Red Cabbage extract 
[Acid]
Pink


[Base]
Light Green


Tumeric

[Acid]
Yellow


[Base]

Orange

Cranberry juice


[Acid]
Normal


[Base]

Gray

Recording for Power of one film [10Eng]

Here is my first recording

Here is my second recording

Here is my third recording

And here is my last recording

[10Eng] Supermarkets eliminating plastic bags to help environment

Supermarkets eliminating plastic bags is a huge deal to help protect our environment and more!
If we did the leftover bags could be reused for a better purpose than would help the environment. People would start using biodegradable bags. And the plastic bags can also help protect animal habitat and not harm any animals. But if we didn't eliminate them, this would harm the environment and would harm animals and habitat. It can affect our earth heavily for our future and pollute the water we drink.

Gaming is making too many young people unhealthy. [10Eng]

Gaming, a fun but addictive way to entertain yourself. Gaming helps entertain young people in their free time. And sometimes, most games let you play strategically and help open your mind. Gaming can even help young kids have a feeling of enjoyment and practice winning a match which can help increase their positivity around people (and maybe bragging rights). But there are some cons about gaming like being addicted to games such as Fortnite or PUBG. Sometimes when you're playing, you don't realize how long you have played. Like you have been playing for 6 hours straight and you think you have only played an hour. Sometimes gaming can make young people less social and stay home and play games all day. And the worst one of all, if you play online you can easily get cyberbullied online. Which happens to be the biggest threat online so far. So I honestly think that you should let young people play every now and then to let them enjoy what they are doing and have some spare time. But not too long.

Difference between Paleolithic and Neolithic

This poster explains the paleolithic past and facts about it.

The difference between Paleolithic and Neolithic.

Paleo meaning old and Neo meaning New. The Paleolithic age is the older age when there were homo sapiens (Humans) and hominids (Half ape and half human). And Neolithic had just homo sapiens. Paleolithic huts were made using Cave mud and animal skin. Whilst on the other hand, Neolithic huts were made using Mudbrick and timber. Paleolithic tools, paleolithic tools were wood weapons and chipped stone tools. But the Neolithic stone age had polished stone and sharp tools from grinding. Paleolithic food, Hunters, and gatherers were a source of food. Meat, fish, berries and could only get what they could carry. In the Neolithic age, they grew crops like corn, wheat, and beans and could store extra food. Paleolithic discoveries were fire and rough stone tools. Neolithic stone tools were agriculture (farming) and polished tools. 

[10Eng] Persuasive Discussion

This is what I have done on my google drawing about Technology being useful to increase Student Engagement and Achievement

Stone age [10SoSt]

1. What problems did people face in the stone age?
finding food, Lots of ferocious and fast animals.
2. What food did they eat?
They learned to gather edible plants, collect eggs from birds nests and honey from beehives. But hunter-gatherers ate depended on what they could find each season, eating fruits and berries when they ripened and eating meat from animals when they were most plentiful. 
3. What were used to hunt food?
If they were fishing they were using nets or harpoons. And later used bow and arrows and spears tipped with flint or bone.
4. What was difficult about using stones?
It was difficult to use heavy stones. And hard to shape them.
5. What did they do about this problem?
They shaped the stone and found out what stone were best at shaping.
6. What kind of tools were used?
Spears, axes, pickaxes 
7. What type of tools could they make when adding wood and stone together?
They made lots of weapons and tools such as spears, knife, pickaxes, axes and even weird looking shovels
8. What is an axe and pickaxe used for?
Axes used for breaking wood and Pickaxe used to cutting hard things

Are we addicted to our phones.

Are students addicted to their phones? Is it a problem?

I feel that most students are addicted to their phones, technology is becoming a phenomenal era. An era that could change the way we do things everyday. This is because the entertainment level are a lot more higher than it used to be. On your phone you can download many apps that may help entertain you such as, facebook, youtube, instagram, snapchat and much more! This is just a beginning of a new era rising.

Maori Music for a Modern Audience

Maori Music for a Modern Audience

Wairua - Maimoa

This is a pop style music, lots of people perform in the song. Their dreams help inspire them to create the song. I liked the music because it has alot of pop instruments used in the music to create a good pop song. I liked the video because neveryone was enjoying themselves.

Lyrics:
The essence of soul and spirit tingles the skinAn essence that isn't truly felt until one opens up
Once confronted by internal debate, a source of life and inspiration springs within youA spring-well of instinct and a soul that is completely yours
[Chorus]It is your SPIRIT - may it spread around the worldIt is your SOUL - let it fly and soarFilled with instinct and inspiration that can guide you to your full potential
A little wairua is better than none at all, be it small or large - it is still a gift
Although it may not be tangible, it's a connection blind to the naked eye
Once confronted by internal debate, a source of life and inspiration springs within youA spring-well of life and soul that is completely yours
It is your SPIRIT - may it spread around the worldIt is your SOUL - let it fly and soarA subtle means of inspiration and spiritual flow that can guide you to your full potential
Stomp clap the beat the beat clap, to the pound pound clap, the beat the beat CLAP!
Stand up and let your wairua guide you!

Matariki 10Bass

Here is my Matariki poster created on PIKTOCHART

How has technology changed the way we do things. 10SoSt

Technology, a world-changing system that has changed the way we do things. starting from jobs to everyday tasks that we do. We do this because technology has been improved A LOT in the last few years. From floppy disks to hard drives, and crappy old books to Chromebooks. For example, learning in school has become a lot easier, for the students that is. Students think that Chromebooks help their learning increase even more rather than books. Another example is gaming, a world-changing system that has become very popular, games such as 2D Mario to First Person Shooters [FPS] games like Fortnite and PUBG. Another example is communicating with others, in the so-called "olden days" we had to send letters, but now with a couple of taps. We can send a message or text around the globe in just a few seconds. These 3 examples are just a few ways how Technology has changed the world and how efficient this system has become and how it changes our daily life.

If I were an Element. 10Sci

If I were an element…

Instructions:

Think about this:

If I were an element I’d like to be Gold

Search the net for “periodic table” and select TWO elements – one metal and one non-metal. You might like the names or they might sound interesting to you.

Research each element (there are some links here to help get you started) and find the information to complete the report below...

http://www.chemicool.com/

http://www.webelements.com/atoms.html

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/

http://chemistry.about.com/library/blperiodictable.htm

http://www.periodictable.com/

http://www.ptable.com/

http://www.infoplease.com/periodictable.php

http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/

http://chemmac1.usc.edu/java/ptable/ptable.html

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html

http://theodoregray.com/periodictable/

http://www.chemicalelements.com/show/name.html

NOTE: Write your report in full sentences – not notes.

(1)  METAL ELEMENT

If I were a metal element I’d like to be Gold and my symbol is AU

My atomic number is 79 which means I have 79 protons in my nucleus and 79 electrons around my nucleus.

My physical properties:

At room temperature (20C) I will be a (solid/liquid.gas)

My melting point (the temperature when I turn from solid to liquid) is 1064.18°C

My boiling point (the temperature when I change from liquid to gas) is 2856°C

I was first discovered by James W. Marshall in Coloma, California on January 24, 1848

I am found in nature as (eg name of rock which contains me)

Much of the gold mined is actually from gold ore rather then actual Gold specimens. The ore is often brown, iron-stained rock or massive white Quartz, and usually contains only minute traces of gold.

My chemical properties:

Write a paragraph (3 or 4 sentences) saying how your element reacts with other elements or compounds. (Write in full sentences – not notes)

Gold is unaffected by air, water, alkalis and all acids except aqua regia (a mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid) which can dissolve gold. Gold does react with halogens. Unusually for a metal, gold can also form compounds(aurides) in which its oxidation number is negative (-1).

My uses to humans are: (Write in full sentences – not notes)

Gold’s uses to humans is to admire and use, because its malleable, conducts electricity, dosen’t tarnish and alloys well with other metals.

Some interesting things about me are: (Write in full sentences – not notes)

There is actually gold in our blood, around 0.2 milligrams of gold in our blood.

(2)  Non-metal ELEMENT

If I were a non-metal element I’d like to be helium and my symbol is He

My atomic number is 2 which means I have 2 protons in my nucleus and 2 electrons around my nucleus.

My physical properties:

At room temperature (20C) I will be a (solid/liquid/gas)

My melting point (the temperature when I turn from solid to liquid) is -272.2°C

My boiling point (the temperature when I change from liquid to gas) is -268.93°C

I was first discovered by (give person, country and date)

The first evidence of helium was observed on August 18, 1868, as a bright yellow line with a wavelength of 587.49 nanometers in the spectrum of the chromosphere of the Sun. The line was detected by French astronomer Jules Janssen during a total solar eclipse in Guntur, India.

I am found in nature as (eg name of rock which contains me)

People dig it out of the ground.

My chemical properties:

Write a paragraph (3 or 4 sentences) saying how your element reacts with other elements or compounds. (Write in full sentences – not notes)

Helium has many unique properties: low boiling point, low density, low solubility, high thermal conductivity and inertness, so it is use for any application which can exploit these properties. Helium was the first gas used for filling balloons and dirigibles.

My uses to humans are: (Write 2 full sentences – not notes)

Helium is used as a cooling medium for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and the superconducting magnets in MRI scanners and NMR spectrometers. It is also used to keep satellite instruments cool and was used to cool the liquid oxygen and hydrogen that powered the Apollo space vehicles.

Some interesting things about me are: (Write 2 full sentences – not notes)

If you inhale me, you voice will be very high. If you breathe a lot. Then it will go away, and your voice will be normal.