We did a heat test with tea bags that shows how convection works hot air rising up and cold air sinking.

Resources:

• Tea bag
• Candle
• Matches and flint
• Aluminium safety box

Method

1. Grab Tea bag
2. Carefully open the tea bag without ripping and also remove string and tag
3. Empty out Contents
4. place the tea bag straight up in cylindrical shape with the opening on the bottom and top
5. Light the top of the tea bag with fire

We also did a gas test for carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen.

The Carbon Dioxide test was to observe the emission of C02. We dropped a small piece of marble into a beaker of Hydrochloric acid. The marble is made of calcium carbonate which is dissolved and emits carbon dioxide.

Observations: See and hear fizzing of liquid.

The Hydrogen test we used another beaker of HCL. We placed a magnesium shard into the beaker which caused it to fizz we covered the top of the beaker with our thumb. This was done to trap the gasses inside we moved our thumb away from the top of the beaker then lowered a stick with fire into the beaker.

Observations: Heard a loud popping sound.

For the Oxygen test we used another beaker with HCL we put a spoon of manganese into the beaker and a few ml of peroxide. We then lit a stick on fire extinguished the flames and put it into the beaker. our goal was to make the extinguished flame to ignite again.

Observations: Stick re-ignited we it was lowered into the beaker of HCL Manganese and Peroxide.

WK5 we did a news report about the Tongariro national park fire Link to Evidence. This was followed by another analyses of other things that are happening outside of NZ.

List

• Hurricane Melissa affected the Caribbean and other countries in the same region
• Typhoon Kalmaegi affected the Philippines and Vietnam
• Typhoon Fung-wong affected the Philippines and Vietnam

Started our model for fire which is an addition to our volcano model, after this we did the 5min volcano game.

WK4 we looked at storms and floods and people and groups that help during these disasters. These groups include the military, defence force, services and associations/organisations. What to pack inside of an emergency grab bag, like non parish able food, water, clothes, first aid radio and etc. What team of 6 roles would we draft and pick which will help during crisis.

We also played more of the game and we made good progress on learning the rules of the game.

Our goal this week in 10HUMws was to continue to read the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a class and to become familiar with Shakespeare’s language and the story of the play.  We are also trying to visualise the play as we read the play script directions. For weeks 3 & 4 we continued reading Acts 2 and Acts 3 of A Mid Summers Night’s dream. For Act 2 I played Demetrius, a man who is chasing after the hand of Hermia. She is a woman who does not love him and is running away with Lysander, the man that she loves. For Act 3 I did not have a role and I was just listening, but I will be playing Puck in Act 4.

I think that we need to be respectful for the people speaking and actively following along with the class. Overall I’ve seen general improvement of participation and willing readers. I think that I am ready to stand up and read because my understanding of the Shakespearean language has improved along with my ability to follow punctuation.

We set off our pumice volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar, this was a success the lava did not reach the city/town. 1 thing we would change is what we would store the vinegar in from a small cup to a mint container to create an explosive sound on eruption. 1 thing that wasn’t so good was that the colour of the lava needed to be more orange.

We then open a card game of volcano evacuation which we did not get to start but we are going back to it.

We learnt about the natural disasters of NZ and how NEMA (Nation Emergency Management Agency) help people who have been affected by natural disasters like Earthquakes, floods, landslides, tsunami’s and volcanoes. We worked on making and completing our volcano and city. We did this by creating miniature houses, trees and rivers, we also shaped and painted the volcano. The measurements for the baking soda and vinegar is a 60ml cup of vinegar and 1 tsp of baking soda this is to emulate the lava flow of the volcano.

We made a graph for places we went to during the holidays. The graph also included date, distance and way of transport, this graph was made to see how data is displayed.

Fact file 6 Talked about spiritual and cultural connections to volcanoes which explains what Maori used mountains for and how they held maunga in high regard.

Fact file 7 Tells us about lava flows, explaining their effect on people and the environment.

Designing and creating civilisation that will be near our pumice volcano.

We presented our slide which connects with conservation and how rocks are important for animals. I started on a poster about Pounamu and pumice and there importance.

We also did the kahoots for Volcanoes and Earthquakes.