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Friday, November 22, 2019

Paper Mashey Solar System



As a group Genica, Kayla and I made a paper mashey solar system in a matter of three periods


The order of the plantes: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Smallest planet to largest: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury

F A C T S:

Mercury - A year = 88 earth days
Venus - Second brightest natural object in the sky
Earth - Only planet that can support life
Mars - Pieces of mars has fallen onto earth
Jupiter - Has 67 moons
Saturn - Has only been visited 4 times by spacecrafts
Uranus - Discovered in 1781
Neptune - Coldest planet on the solar system










Friday, November 1, 2019

The apparent "moon landing"


Till this day their are still millions of people that truly believes the moon landing back at the September 3rd, 1959 is a hoax. Here are some reasons on why people would think its fake.

E V I D E N C E  
FAKE:
- Because there is no atmosphere on the moon, we would be able to see the thousands of stars present.

- No atmosphere means no wind! so why would the american flag be waving around... Unless there is    wind present because it might've been shot in a studio like area 51. Why would the government              protect area 51 so badly unless they don't want the others to expose them.

- The shadows run diagonal, some photos shows shadows that do not run in a parallel to each other.        With the sun as their only light source, all shadows should run parallel, but they don't, so spotlights        must've been used. Spotlights were also invented in 1914, and its the government doing all of this so      they obviously would be able to afford it. 



Tuesday, October 29, 2019


On the 25th of Oct our HEC class made a healthy version of banana and choc chip muffins.

Recipe ( 6 serves )
- 1/2 cup of wholemeal flour
- 1/2 cup white flour
- 2 Tbsp Brown sugar
- 2 Mashed banana
- 1/4 cup unsweetened low fat yogurt
- 2 Tbsp Canola oil
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips

Method
1. heat oven to 180c on fan bake
2. mix together the wt ingredients
3. sift and mix together the dry ingredients
4. mix dry and wet ingredients
5. spoon 100g batter into each muffin tin and bake for approx 15 min or until cooked through


Friday, October 18, 2019

OBSERVING THE EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN


Acid rain:
When natural gasses are burned, such as coal and oil, green house gasses escape in to the air. The molecules dissolve in the water in the clouds and make the rainwater more acidic than 'normal'.

The formation of acid rain in a three basic process:

  1. Pollution of bad chemicals
  2. Molecules dissolving
  3. precipitation   
Environmental problems:
  1. Chemical weathering of the buildings
  2. Killing the plants
  3. polluting the lakes 
E X P I R E M E N T 

We added the 3 drops of universal indicator, 3 drops of bromothynal blue, moist little chunk of apple, moist flower petal and a spatula full of moist calcium carbonate on the sides of the petri dish making sure they don't touch each other. We put the weigh boat on the middle of the petri dish and added 1 scoop of sodium with a little bit of water, stir it, added sulphuric acid and quickly covered the petri dish with the lid 

Observation:
- The universal indicator went from green > red
- Bromothynal indicator went from blue > green/yellow 
- The apple and flower petal meant to be a bit dried out 
- The calcium carbonate was meant to be a bit crusty.  




Tuesday, September 10, 2019

G Y M N A S T I C S 




On the beam I am able to get on and jump of it :)
something that i can improve on is jumping over the cone 
When I was on the beam it was difficult at first because I couldn't even stand on it properly. Now I can get on it but some skills I can improve on.  The two poles are kind of hard because when you walk it hurts your arms.

Monday, September 2, 2019

W.T.E Sentences

W.A.L.T: Write sentences to improve writing

THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

- Hornby High is a centre for creative excellence

VERY SHORT SENTENCE

- I walked into the store.

THE POWER SENTENCE

- Execution was performed back in the Medieval times in public

RED, WHITE AND BLUE

- Johanna is pretty, cool and hungry

THE ADVERB

- I quickly walked to popeyes to get a chicken sandwich

BEGIN WITH A PREPOSITION

-behind me, there was someone

THE -ING START

- I am looking at a big

THE -ED START

- I am committed to my job








Friday, August 30, 2019

MICROSCOPE USE - SCIENCE


WHAT ARE THE KEY PARTS OF A MICROSCOPE ?
a) Coarse focus knob is to focus the image
b) Fine focus knob is to also focus on the images but makes minor changes
c) stage is to put your slides
d) stage clips are to hold the slides in place so it wont move around
e) we look through it

HOW TO SET IT UP?
To set it up we grabbed the microscope carefully from the base and neck along with the light box.
Image result for microscopewe tore a leaf apart till we see a thin white bit (easier to see the plant cells). We took the white bit out of the leave and placed it on the side, then poured in two drops of iodine to stain it. We then placed a thin glass cover on it making sure that our fingerprint weren't on it
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MICROSCOPE ------------------>







WHAT DID I OBSERVE?
Image result for plant cells microscopeWe were looking into plant cells
This is basically what it looked like but brown since we stained it
with iodine ---------------->


SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ANIMAL CELLS AND PLANT CELLS.
both cells are very small we wouldn't be able to see it with a naked eye. Basically they are building blocks of all animals and plants. All animals and plants are made out of cells but their cells are a bit different
PLANT CELLS - A regular box shape with a large vacuole, cell wall and chloroplast
ANIMAL CELLS - Irregular shapes
BOTH CELLS - Cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus
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ANIMAL CELLS ----------------->






5 TYPES OF MICROSCOPES

  • Type 1: Compound Microscopes. 
  • Type 2: Dissection/Stereoscopes. 
  • Type 3: Con focal Microscopes. 
  • Type 4: Scanning Electron Microscope
  • Type 5: Transmission Electron Microscopes 


WHAT WAS DISCOVERED USING MICROSCOPE ?
Back in 1663 an English scientist named Robert Hooke Discovered "cells", He named them cells because it reminded him of jail cells 

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

HOME ECONOMICS 2

This semester we are focusing on healthy eating and having a balanced diet 

PITA POCKET 
Protein - The protein that was used in this is ham/meat
Carbohydrates - Pita bread
Vitamins  - Vegetables and fruits (e.g lettuce,tomato,carrot)
Lipids - cheese and oils
Image result for pita pocket
CHICKEN STIR FRY
Protein - chicken breast
Carbohydrates - noodles
Vitamins - vegetables (e.g carrot, broccoli, capsicum)
Lipids - sesame oil
I enjoyed the taste of it and it was also very colourful but it had way to much soy sauce

Image result for chicken stir fry noodles

SPAGHETTI WITH MEATBALLS 

Protein - Meat
Carbohydrates - Noodles
Lipids - cooking oil
Vitamins - Carrot, Tomato, Onion.

Image result for spaghetti

CORN FRITTERS with bacon

Protein - egg and milk
carbohydrates - flour and corn
lipids - bacon
vitamins - milk and sweetcorn
Image result for corn fritters










Monday, August 12, 2019

DIGESTION SYSTEM



WHAT IS THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM USED FOR?
It breaks down nutrients in to small parts enough for my body to absorb it and use it for energy, growth, cell repair.

THE MAIN PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

  • Oesophagus
  • Stomach
  • Small intestine
  • The liver
  • The large intestine 
O E S O P H A G U S

The function:
It acts as a highway for the food and liquids to reach the stomach after being swallowed 

Where do you find it: 
It is in you

The structure if the oesophagus:
There is layer of circular muscle on top of the layer of longitudinal muscle which is about an inch wider than the circular muscle 

The process of peristalsis:

  1. The circular muscles contract behind the bolus (Latin for "ball") of food pushing it downwards
  2. longitudinal muscle contract widening the diameter and shortening the length of the tube 
  3. The motion continues until it reaches the stomach 


S T O M A C H 

What does it look like:
The stomach is about 30.5 cm long and 15.2 cm wide and it holds up too 2-4 litres - meaning the meal can be ingested rapidly while digesting over time. The inside of the stomachis lined with holes called gastric pits so that food can get in. There are 3 types of gastric fluid 

  1. Hydrochloric (HC) 
  2. Pepsin
  3. Mucus 
The three main functions of the stomach :
- Temporary storage for food, which passes through the oesophagus to the stomach where it is held for two hours or longer

-  Mixing and breakdown of food 

- Digestion of food 

S M A L L  I N T E S T I N E


Where is it?

It sits between the stomach and the large intestine 

What does it look like: 
The lining of the small intestine is covered by small finger-like ridges called villi 

Main function of the small intestine:
The villi helps the nutrients in food to absorb in to the blood 
The ph of the liver is usually between 7 and 9 meaning neutral or slightly alkaline 

L I V E R 

Where is it?
It is a large organ that sits on the right side of the stomach. 

What does it look like?
The reddish-brown organ weighs about 3 pounds. It has two large sections called; the left lobe and the right lobe. The gallbladder sits right under the liver, along with the pancreas and intestines, they all work together to digest and absorb food.

The function.
The main functions of the liver is to filter the blood from the digestive tract before passing it to the next organ, detoxifies and metabolizes drugs and it is also able to make proteins important for blood clotting. 

The liver maintains the ph level of 7 meaning neutral, which is easiest for the enzymes to work in 

L A R G E  I N T E S T I N E


Where is it?
It is located either just or below the waist.

What does it look like?
The large intestine is about 5 feet long

The funtion.
To absorb water and salts from the material that has not been digested as food it also get rid of any waste products left. The large intestine is put into the following parts:

  1. Cecum: This is the first section of the large intestine it looks a bit like a 2 inchs long pouch 
  2. Colon: The colon is the major section. The main place for water re-absorption the colon is in 4 parts 


  •  Ascending colon: pushes undigested debris from the cecum to a location just under the bottom right end of the liver.
  • Transverse colon: the food moves through the transverse colon across the front abdominal wall.
  • Descending colon: pushes the contents from the spleen to the bottom left side of the abdomen
  • Sigmoid colon:  The "S" shaped length of the colon, curves inwards, then empties it into the rectum
  • the last section of the digestive tract, the length about 2.5 - 4 cm left over wasted is collected here.