Testing pH {experiment}

08/05/18

Aim: To test the pH of household chemicals.

Equipment: A variety of household chemicals, spotting tile, red litmus paper, blue litmus paper, Universal indicator solution, safety glasses.

Method:

1) Add a few drops of each chemical to a spot on your spotting tile. If a substance is solid or powdered you will need to mix it with a few drops of water before testing.


2) Test the chemicals with litmus papers.


3) Test each chemical with a few drops of universal indicator.

Results:

Chemical being tested	Colour in blue litmus	Colour in red litmus	Colour in universal indicator
Pledge clean & dust			red-orange
Morning fresh			green-yellow
Water Jif			Green-blue white-violet
Harpic active fresh			Light blue-orange
Sulfuric acid Sodium hydroxide			Clear acid-red clear-blue

Conclusion:

Chemical being tested	Acid or Base	Evidence from investigation
Pledge clean & dust Morning fresh	Acid Acid	When added universal indicator it becomes slightly acidic
Water Jif	Base Base	When added universal indicator these become slightly basic
Harpic-Active fresh	Acid	When added universal indicator it changed from basic to acidic
Sulfuric acid	Acid	When added universal indicator it became acidic
Sodium hydroxide	Base	When added universal indicator it became basic

Maori Music for a modern Audience

02/05/18

Aotearoa-Stan Walker

• What style of music is this/ who performs it/ what inspired them to write it?

Style- Contemporary R&B- Pop music

Artists- Stan Walker- Ria Hall- Troy Kingi- Maisey Rika

Inspiration- I think maybe this song was based on who they are as a Maori descent including the meaning to come together and be united.

Also maybe the freedom we have as people and helping each other.

• What did you like about the music?

The music video and how they planned it thoroughly which gained my attention.

Their unique voices gained my attention and they sang the song with a lot of
soul which was nice.

• What did you like about the video?

The props they used explained the meaning of the song and the places they
shot the music video was natural which gave it more meaning.

• Find out what the song is about, can you find aw translation of some of the lyrics?

This song was released by stan walker he decided to release his first Maori song to celebrate Maori language week. Which he sang alongside New zealand artists {Ria Hall- Troy Kingi- Maisey Rika}. This song was also inspired
by the 1984 hit song “Poi E” by the Patea Maori club.

This is the first verse of the song with its translation.

Nō tawhiti, nō tata

No matter if you're near or far

nō te whenua o te Atua tātou

We come from the land of God

ahakoa nō hea mai koe

No matter where you Belong

ka whawhai tonu mātou mōu

We'll fight for your freedom

Prince Tui Teka- is a Maori Singer and actor Teka was a member of the Maori Volcanic's Show band before having a successful solo career.

Camera angle/Movements/shots

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In a film, extreme long shot is a view from an extremely long distance, where people appear as small dots in the landscape.




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A close-up in a film is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or and object.



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A high angle shot is used to make a person seem helpless or powerless in films, which is shot from above.


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A low angle shot is when someone or something is viewed from below.


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Dutch angle is when the camera is tilted so that the shot is composed with vertical at an angle to the side of the frame.


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Is when a video or film is taken of someone over someone else shoulder.


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This shot is filmed from the air and is often used to establish a location.


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It establishes the location of the scene.


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It is a shot taken of only two people.

Tech and Change

01/05/18

Definition-  technology is the creative process that utilises tools, resources and systems to solve problems. It also enhances control over natural and mad-made environment to improve our lives.


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PVxIUvFZvV8NhlZUDXXgO1vA68TLBidZs4iTElKDfH8/edit#slide=id.g32f51db53c_1_68


Technology and change. We created a google slide about how old creations changed with technology. Which involves many changes, technology is used everyday but in the old day things were done the hard way but now that machines are made and the technology improved we can create more and it will either be positive or negative.

Here are some examples:

Matariki

30/04/18

What is Matariki?

Matariki is known as the celebration of the Maori New Year.

Maori new year is marked by the rise of Matariki, which is a group of stars known as the Pleiades star cluster or the
seven sisters. Also the sighting of the new moon.

Matariki is known to appear in the sky at night during mid-winter marking the beginning of a new year.

People use this time to remember the dead and the start of a new beginning.

Matariki used to determine the coming season’s crop.

Some people think that Matariki is the “Eyes if God”.

Matariki appears in the eastern sky sometime around the shortest day of the year.

Matariki usually was celebrated by the gathering of the Whanau and reflecting on the past. It’s a time for the families
to remember their whakapapa {genealogy}, which is still happening today, but some people now celebrate around
music, song, dance, food, and family. The celebration lasts up to 3 days.

The stars are named- Ururangi -Tupua-rangi -Waita -Matariki -Tupua-nuku -wai-puna-a-rangi.

Human rights Evaluation/Reflection

13/04/18

HUMAN RIGHTS

In social studies for the past 10 weeks. We worked on the topic Human rights. Which included
-Child Labour,
-Child soldiers
-Human trafficking
and Slavery

In all these concepts human rights play a huge role in them.
-For child labour their rights that were taken away when they were forced to work in mining, making bricks and etc.
These were the rights that were taken away from them.
-Freedom
-the right to education
-the right to talk or have a opinion
-the right to live where they want
-the right to go where they want
-the right to not be forced to do anything.
and many more.

Out of all these rights every single one is important for each person or child to be able to do.
My own opinion is that, when I first learned about these horrendous jobs and choices the people are making made me want to learn more.
The jobs given or forced to a child made me want to get involved for this to never happen in our country; Maybe it is maybe it's not. But the fact that over a million children have to go through this much hardships at a young age. Made me as a person and child to take over for them and carry these hardships together.
We are so busy looking up the new Nike that we don't even know who made it. We just buy keep buying these things that are expensive without even knowing who even made it. Children
In this lifetime take things granted that aren't affordable to many, But, "who made it". They are children that are sold into labour and work day and night for the new "Nike" you wear or the new dress you just bought. I'm grateful to be brought up in a family who support and love each other, which is my hope for those children in child labour to have this in the near future.

For human trafficking in my opinion this shouldn't even be known or even be done to others.
This just takes away every right we have as people.
human trafficking- for people to just sell or trade people is just disgusting that any human being can do that.
I learned that for some countries these are just one of the governments task that they will either ignore or just left alone.
People in human trafficking even though they escape nothing will change they will always be brought back to where they were sold.
I know that many live a luxury life while others are just being traded around the world or sold. This topic gave me a reason to just be grateful that we can live a good life without taking anything for granted.

Child Labour.

05/04/18

{Link} https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1ATp9ErxtbPXKO52lg7RqDdOr-9KENswg&ll=33.867437486405116%2C22.10449219999998&z=3

Child Labour- Is work for children that either harms them or exploits them in some way. e.g Physically, Mentally, Morally or blocking access to education.

My map-  is showing the top ten places around the world with the worst case of child labour, including how many children and the ages they start working also pictures