Experiment on Oxygen

07/06/18

Testing for the presence of Oxygen

Aim:

To carry out a test for the presence of oxygen gas (O2).

Equipment:

* A pea-sized amount of manganese dioxide (MnO2)
* Boiling tube
* Bottle of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
* Safety glasses
* wooden splint
* Bunsen burner
* test tube rack

Method:

1) Light you Bunsen burner

2) Add the manganese dioxide to the boiling tube and place it in your test tube rack.

3) Add 2 mL of hydrogen peroxide

4) Light a splint and let it burn for a while

5) Blow the splint out and insert the glowing embers into the mouth of the boiling tube,


Observations:
When the splint was inserted into the boiling tube, pure oxygen gas appeared.

When The War Began Chapter 3

30/07/18

Chapter 3

1. Why does Robyn think that they are the only people ever to have gone into Hell?

Because maybe every other explorer, settlers or Koories have never bothered to look for the place in the beginning, and it's hard to get in too.

2. Why do you think the valley is called Hell?

Even though it may look pretty, there may be some hidden things that could be frightening for people to know. It's really hard to actually get into Hell.

3. Why must the teenagers seem like visitors from hell to the wild things living in the clearing? How is this Ironic?

The place was peaceful but when they arrived they created a lot of noise which is not common for the wild things to hear. This is Ironic because of their reaction.

4. What picture of Kevin do we get in this chapter?

He has a bad habit of breaking branches of the tree instead of walking a meter to pick some up. He wasn't what he was described as, for example, he was described as caring and sensitive, which was hard for Ellie to believe. He is also annoying and cocky

5. What does Ellie liken Fi to? Do you think this is a fair assessment of her character? Use examples from the text to support your thinking.

Exotic butterfly, Yes because Fi is one of a kind, she is behind on many things other people experience.

6. At times Ellie switches her narration from retelling the story to commenting about her life in the present-Why do you think the author has chosen to write in this style?

To remind us that this is in the past. Also maybe to make the story interesting

Visual Collage

02/07/18

In English, we were to create a digital visual collage of how term 2 went for me. My highlights, something I learned, ups and downs and who helped me with it.

The basketball picture represents me earning a spot on the senior basketball team which is one of my highlights.
The picture with a teacher in represents the people who helped me improve in each of my classes.
The picture of words represents my values as a person and the morals I have.
The extra picture represents year 10 camp when we had to do solo, which is staying in one spot with no lights for 40 minutes. Other pictures represent my personality

The Power Of One SEXXY Essay

29.06.18

In English, we worked on how to write a SEXXY paragraph and then created our own based on the film The Power Of One.

Essay

The film The Power of One, directed by John Avildsen. Is based on the Apartheid that happened in South
Africa. Included in the film, was a variety of conflicts between the White people and Black. In the hang him up
scene, the main characters, P.K --an English boy -- and Jaapie Botha--an Afrikaner teen-- are shown in different
techniques to outline the confrontation they are about to have, surrounded by Afrikaner students. In the scene,
P.K is targeted as he’s English, and these aspects helped us understand the conflicts and hate was not only
between white and black but also between the English and Afrikaners. Techniques used were low-key lighting,
close-up and low angle. These film techniques gave us an idea of what will unfold throughout the confrontations.
Each film technique created different effects on the audience and changes in the way we think.

In the Hang him up scene the director uses low-key lighting to show how intense the scene will be. We see this
when the scene switched up from bright lighting to a darker lighting. Where Jaapie Botha is waiting for his carved
tattoo to be done, but only his face is shown in lighting that could be seen, while around him dim light is used.
The purpose of this was to give away how profound the scene is. Also giving the scene an atmosphere that would
fit with the confrontations happening between the students, Jaapie and P.K. This helps us understand how much
small detail can create an impact. The way the lighting was used gave us an understanding, of how quickly our emotions can change just by changing the lighting. This also helps us understand how much P.K has suffered
throughout his stay at the Afrikaner school. The struggles he had while having to endure the pain of bullying by
not only Jaapie but the students. This aspect can be compared to when P.K was teaching the black Africans English
in a Church but had to do so without getting caught by the Afrikaners - who were in power at the time- which can
be contrasted to when he was in the room with only Afrikaners around him. Instead of having fear or anger, he felt
confident to stand and speak without cowering in fear.

When P.K is brought into the room by force the director uses a close-up shot, to show through his expression that
he held mixed emotions about the scene which is unfolding right in front of him. For example, the director, John
Avildsen used this aspect to show how both Jaapie and P.K look at each other with intense stares. This was done
to display how instantly P.K’s facial expression changed from fear to anger as he struggles to get away from the
stronghold the students had on him, and as he suffers from the slap he receives from Jaapie Botha. This shows how
much power was radiating from Jaapie as he throws insults at P.K for something he was not responsible for. This
action made us feel more hatred towards Jaapie and the Afrikaners. This reminds me of one of the scenes in the
film, where Geel Piet--a black African-- was held up against the wall by an Afrikaner prison guard, Sergeant Borman
as he stares back in fear. The director used obvious shots to show who was in power and had the upper-hand in
the situation.

In the hang him up scene low angle is used deftly to make Jaapie appear mighty and powerful. This is demonstrated
when he is shown from a low angle standing while chanting “Hail Hitler” to the crowd. This shows how much power
he has. The director did this to give the effect of the difference of power in which each Afrikaner student had, as
every student respected and obeyed every instruction given by Jaapie. This gave the audience the feeling of being
threatened.  We can see an immense difference in power, but we know that power can create problems and
change. Which is what Jaapie believes in. This aspect can be linked to when the Headmaster was giving a
speech -standing up on the Podium- about how they will overthrow the English and gain the power they once lost,
back. This also made us feel threatened, by the amount of power he had. As no one had the audacity to speak,
but only listened.

In conclusion, The Power Of One by John Avildsen created an immense effect on the audience. The director uses
the techniques, low-key lighting, close-up and low angle efficiently throughout the scene. We see the Afrikaner
students, who are portrayed as bullies as to show respect to Jaapie Botha. As they manhandled P.K. each
technique had a significant effect on the emotions of the audience.

Ancient Egyptian {Writing}

05/06/18

Social studies we are looking at Egyptian technology, and how writing as a form of technology changed over the years.


Hieroglyphics is the writing system used for many years, which is one of Egypt's most mysterious history.  They used this type of writing which is drawing instead of the letters we use now. The pictures they draw represented each letter in the alphabet, but it was harder to understand since some pictures looked the same but had different meanings.

Example of Hieroglyphics(the drawing of my name)

This type of writing started changing as the years went on. Now we don't use pen and paper or have to draw pictures we can just write in letters that we can use easily and understand.
Technology improves each year now we have devices (e.g, phones, laptops and etc) to communicate with and use to write anything we want on, it doesn't take up as much time and doesn't need to be erased every time we make a mistake.

Stone Age Art

30/05/18

Another topic on Stone age we learned about was Stone age art.
Stone Art is paintings created in the Palaeolithic time, Which consists of human figures, animals and many more.
At the time they used to in-crave their picture into the stone in the cave.
They also used pigments{coloured powder} and binder{liquid} to draw their pictures.

Example:Stone age Art, It was believed that people in the stone age year created these paintings to say something. For example drawing pictures of men hunting bulls, is the lifestyle they lived which is hunting for food day and night.

For Social studies we worked on creating a story with the photos drawn from the palaeolithic time.

The first picture is a sketch of story I wanted to tell.
Story:
Family Lifestyle, I wanted to tell a story of a family on their daily lifestyle. Which is, while men hunt for food the kids gather everything to create the cook the food while the mum cleans diligently. 

We drew our sketches on a paper that was re-arranged to have a cave-like feel. My drawing took longer than I thought to paint on the paper, so to be able to paint many pictures may have been long to do in the old times as well.

My SEXXY paragraph

28/05/18

My SEXXY PARAGRAPH

In English we were given a picture from the movie "The Power Of One" {down below}, Which we then write a SEXXY paragraph about. We look at every single detail to create a paragraph from that one image.

Statement	Example	Explanation of Director’s Purpose	Explanation of Effect on the Audience	Your Link
The director uses a two-shot in the scene to show that Sergeant Borman is using his baton to choke Geel Piet against the wall.	This aspect s hows how Geel Piet is at a disadvantage, having nothing to defend himself with.	The director uses a two-shot to get us looking closely at the scene awaiting of what direction the film is going. While also making us anxious on what might happen to Geel Piet.	This scene made the audience have mixed emotions, feeling hurt that this even happened in the past, and anxious as to whom will end up hurt.	This aspect can be compared to the scene where P.K was getting bullied by Jaapie Botha, and having to endure getting pissed on. Having no way of getting out of his hold.