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Friday, July 9, 2021

Parris Goebel - Business Studies.

 Parris Goebel is my idol, I would love to be like her some day and do what she does. 

This is some writing I did about Parris Goebel. 

 

I think I am a lot like Parris Goebel, later in life I want to perform and dance for my country and make myself and my family proud. I would really like to meet Parris Goebel because she would help me with my future career and it would just be an enjoyable moment!


Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Music / Matariki


In music we have been working on our Matariki slide show and a piano skills. The song we just learnt is Counting stars by Ryan Tedder. It was a bit challenging to learn this because I wasn't used to some of the keys. After a couple weeks I got it and I am now ready for our assessment.  

Monday, May 24, 2021

Metals and Oxygen

 Aim: To make a metal oxide and observe the difference in properties of the products compared to the reactants. 

Method: - Light your Bunsen burner

              - Hold your piece of magnesium in the scissor tongs. Ensure you are holding onto the very tip on the magnesium. 

              - Place the other end of the magnesium into the Bunsen flame (At the top of the blue flame)

              - When the magnesium begins to burn, do not look directly at it, as the light emitted can permanently damage your eyes. 

Results: 



Discussion: The results were very good, as we were burning the magnesium the light was so bright and that means it turned out good. 

Conclusion: Our experiment did work and it turned out really well next time I want to try use more magnesium. 

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Social Studies - What have we learnt so far?

 What did the video encourage us to think about? 


That we have to protect our oceans and actually protect our sea life. 

That we have to try and help clean up rubbish so it doesn’t end up in our oceans. Everyday minutes more rubbish goes into our oceans and it's killing our whales, dolphins, turtles etc. When our whales reach the surface of the water for air they release these particles called phytoplankton and it releases oxygen for us to breathe. 85% of our oxygen comes from whales and if they die then our ocean dies then so do we. So much sea life gets washed up on our beaches because of how much plastic they are filled up with. 


What do you think about this?


That this is a huge problem and our generation needs to do something about it. Some of my own thinking is that we need to start putting rubbish in the correct bins, making sure it doesn’t get dropped or fly out of the bin. 


What is something that you could do to reduce pollution?


Put rubbish in the correct bins, don’t drop rubbish on the ground,  


Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Metals and Acids

 Aim: To show that hydrogen gas is produced when a metal reacts with acid. 

Method: 1. Light your Bunsen burner or use a lighter. 

               2. Add your sample of metal ti your test tube, add 2ml of acid.

               3. Carefully invert the boiling tube above the test tube containing the metal and acid. 

               4. Hold the test tubes together for a few minutes, allowing time for the inverted boiling tube to fill with gas. 

                5. When you think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint.

                6. Carefully, but quickly, tilt the boiling tube full of gas upwards and insert the burning splint into the mouth of the test tube.  

Results:



Discussion:

While we were doing the experiment we were trying to make a pop sound with the gases and the lit wooden splint. Once we took of the the top test tube we had to quickly put the wooden splint in the tube so as the gases impacted on each other it made a loud popping sound. In the first test tube we put metal and Sulfuric acid. 

Conclusion: 

If I were to do this another time I would hold the gases together for longer. 

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Woodstock

Edwin Starr
War, What is it good for

In 1968 Motown bought Ric-Tic, which gave Edwin access to their writers and producers. This is a protest song about the Vietnam war even though it makes a broader statement of the need for harmony in our everyday lives. War was one of the first Motown songs to make a political statement.

War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, why'all
War, huh, good god
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
Oh, war, I despise
'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives
War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
And lose their lives
I said, war, huh good god, why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again
War, whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me
it ain't nothing but a heart-breaker
(War) friend only to the undertaker
Oh, war it's an enemy to all mankind
The point of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die, ah, war-huh, good god why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it, say it, say it
War, huh
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me
it ain't nothing but a heart breaker
(War) it's got one friend that's the undertaker
Oh, war, has shattered many a young mans dreams
Made him disabled, bitter and mean
Life is much to short and precious
To spend fighting wars these days
War can't give life
It can only take it away
Oh, war, huh good god why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again
whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me
it ain't nothing but a heart breaker
(War) friend only to the undertaker
Peace, love and understanding
Tell me, is there no place for them today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But lord knows there's got to be a better way
Oh, war, huh good god why'all
What is it good for you tell me
Say it, say it, say it, say it
huh good god why'all
What is it good for
Stand up and shout it nothing



Monday, March 29, 2021

For and against beatlemania

 For the tour:

Teenage girls were for the Beatlemania tour because they related to their songs and it was on topic of the new generations things. It gave the girl some feel of independence and youth and that why they loved the Beatles so much.  

Against the tour:

The older generation was against the tour because they didn't want there children to listen to their music. The older generation had a different perspective of the Beatlemania and they thought of it so differently then the teenagers and didn't like it because they thought it was inappropriate.