Science Fair Recount.

Aim: To discover what percentage of an orange is made up of water, then compare another type of citrus fruit (lemons) and find out if they carry similar amounts.

Hypothesis: Since an orange contains so much juice when squeezed, I think it will contain 65% liquid, and I think lemons have the same amount because from my experience when you squeeze them for drink or cooking they both have about the same amount of liquid.

Introduction:

Equipment & Method:

10 oranges and 10 lemons

Kitchen knife

Chopping board

Aluminium foil

Kitchen weighing scales

Trays to place samples on

Something that can take photos and record experiment

Laptop or paper to record data and write up results

Somewhere hot with air flow for dehydration

(food dryer, hot water cupboard, fireplace)

20 labels

Find 10 oranges and 10 lemons. Slice and number each orange and lemon, then weigh each one on tinfoil and record the weight. Dry each one in the hot water cupboard and weigh again to work out what percentage of each fruit is made up of water. Take the average of oranges and lemons.

Results:

RESULTS SUMMARY	My Guess	Actual Result	Difference
Orange - average % of liquid (over 10 samples)	70%	57.2%	-12.8%
Lemon- average % of liquid (over 10 samples)	70%	67.5%	-2.5%

Conclusion: In my hypothesis I guessed that there would be 70% liquid in each fruit. I was pretty close with the lemons, only 2.5% out as the average amount of juice for lemons was 68.5%. The oranges were the surprise at 12.8% less than what I imagined. The average was 57.2% juice. So my hypothesis was not exactly correct in terms of the percentage of each fruit.

Now answer these questions

What did you do well last year? I got a silver badge.

What did you find difficult last year? Getting the lemons and oranges to evaporate.
Two ideas for next term:
1. pH of common beverages
2. Are advertisements louder than news broadcasts?

Homework Week 10 -11. Part 1 & 2.

We had A poem called Wind Song that we had to analyse. Here is the link to it

a)	Write down eight words the poet has used to describe sounds.

i) ii) iii) iv)

Whisper. Clang. Creak. Whistle.

v) vi) vii) viii)

Hum. Swish. Sigh. Drum.

b)	The poet describes some objects as acting like humans, for example "quiet things speak". Find two more examples of this kind of writing from the poem.

i) ii)

Flags slap and snap at the sky. Wires on poles whistle and hum.

c)	In the second line the poet states, "The quiet things speak". Name two "quiet things" from the poem.

i) ii)

Grass. Treetops.

d)	What is shown by the use of the hyphen at the end of the line, "When the wind goes —"? i) The wind is cut and fully stops.

e)	What two main things happen in the poem?

i) ii)

The wind starts and everything makes noise. The wind stops as does everything else. For my second part of homework this week I had to make a video on how to improve your spelling using some sort of website, game or tool. Here it is:

Homework week 8-9. Part 1 & 2.

Link to Poem

Rhyme: This poem doesn’t have any rhyming in it.

Rhythm: Each new line sounds like the start of a new music bar.

Tone or Mood: It’s not exciting, it’s just an everyday occurrence.

Personification: The poet gives the river a mouth and a tongue.

Enjambment: The whole poem is one sentence so the poet did use enjambment.

Meaning of the title: River.

Author: find 3 facts about the author: 

1.He’s a poet and performer.

2. He works in schools throughout New Zealand.

3. He writes for the school journal.

Here is my poem:

Me reading it:

For the second part of my homework this week I had to create a video of me making a quick and easy snack. I made Nutella sandwiches.
Here it is:

Ireland.

Irish Gaelic.

Hello - Dia duit.

Goodbye - Slán.

Thank you - Go raibh maith agat.

Count from 0 - 10 náid - amháin - dhá - cheann trí - ceathair - cúig - sé - seacht - ocht - naoi -deich.

My name is Jack - Is é mo ainm Jack.

Five Facts About Ireland.

1. There's no words for yes or no in Irish Gaelic.

2. Its word order is verb, subject, object.

3. It's possible (but not easy) to travel around Ireland only speaking Irish.

4. Ireland is called Éire in Irish and is also known as the Republic of Ireland.

5. There are over 4.75 million people living in Ireland as of July 2013.

Shaun Short's Short Shorts By John Foster.

Four tips about reading a poem to an audience:

• Project to the audience. Capture the attention of everyone, including the people in the back row. However, don’t mistake yelling for good projection.
• Proceed at a fitting and natural pace. Avoid nervously rushing through the poem. Do not speak so slowly that the language sounds unnatural or awkward.
• With rhymed poems, be careful not to recite in a sing-song manner.
• Make sure you know how to pronounce every word in your poem. Articulate.

Link to website: Poetryoutloud.

My sound cloud of the poem:

Khan Academy.

Salmon Khan Is a Viral teacher who teaches by videos on the internet. He has over four million viewers world wide. It all started in 2004. He worked as a financial analyst on Wall Street when his cousin Nadia wanted help on something in math. He decided to make a video and uploaded it to Youtube. He got a lot of views and comments from other people and they loved his videos.

In 2009 he quit his job and made youtube videos on math for a living. He worked in his closet at home, making videos on how to work out math problems.                                                                                                                                                                              

My Family in Mandarin

Mandarin:

I have 一 爸爸
I have 一 妈妈
I have 一 妹妹
I have 一 弟弟

English:

I have 1 Dad.
I have 1 Mum.
I have 1 younger sister.
I have 1 younger brother.

Homework week 9-10. Part 1 & 2.

For the first part of my homework I had to create a poem with this structure.

Noun

Adjective, Adjective

Verb, Verb, Verb 

Adjective.

Here it is:

For the second part I had to make a video on how to use a site to learn a second language. 

Here it is:

Learning Mandarin.

What is pinyin?

Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean? Different tones can change the meaning of words.

How many tones are there? four.

Describe how your voice changes for each tone:Tone 1 Your voice is high and flat.

Tone 2 Your voice rises.

Tone 3 Your voice rises then lowers

Tone 4 Your voice lowers.

Finish this sentence: Chinese characters don’t show how words should sound.

What does bā (tone 1) mean? The number eight.

What does bà (tone 4) mean？Dad.

My Parent Teacher Interview.

Last night I had my parent teacher interview. It was good because I am above the standard for everything except writing and IKAN. There was an awkward moment when I was putting my writing back in my clear folder and we were silent for a minute.

There, They're and Their.

There, they’re and their. Research and find out when you should use these 3 homonyms.

When should you use they're?

We should use they're when we mean they are.

1. They're playing on the computers.

2. They're jumping on the trampoline.

When should you use their?

When you are talking about someones belongings or possessions.

1. Hey thats their computer.

2. Their house is awesome!

When should you use there?

When we are referring to a place.

1. Wouldn't it be hard to live over there?

2. Your phone is over there.

Exercise 1: 90%

Exercise 2: 9/10