During this topic, I am learning about budgeting and careers.
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
Friday, 26 July 2019
Aboriginal boomerang
What was the purpose of this activity?
During this activity, we researched different aboriginal symbols and their meanings.
and then we used the symbols to create a boomerang.
Monday, 22 July 2019
Another World - Diversity
During the first two terms for English this year, we watched Zootopia for film study, read The Childre of Blood and Bone for a novel study, and we looked at the idea of diversity throughout the world of fiction as well as our world. I thought it was important to learn about diversity because it helps us understand both sides of the story. This is important because by understanding both sides of a story, we can avoid getting into unnecessary arguments.
Friday, 5 July 2019
Children of Blood and Bone essay
Is equality just a pipe dream? In the book 'Children of Blood and Bone' expertly written by Tomi Adeyemi, we are presented with many challenging settings all throughout the world of Orisha. With each setting embedded with an important idea. This is shown during Zelie's graduation match, In Lagos, the capital of Orisha, and in Ibeji.
In the land of Orisha, we see that some people are taxed unfairly because of the colour of their skin. A great example of this is in the first chapter of the book. In this scene, we see Mama Agba desperately paying off the diviner taxes. Had she only had to play the regular tax, paying the tax would be feasible. However, because she had diviners under her care, she is charged extra. Within the same chapter, we see this happen with Baba. Because he has Zelie under his care, he is forced to pay unreasonable taxes and almost dies drowning, trying to catch fish in order to pay the tax. Both these scenes show us that diviners are treated unfairly because of the colour of their hair. This could be compared to the Race taxes that African Americans face. If people treated others as equals, situations such as this one would not exist. Then it would be one less problem the world has to deal with.
We see another challenge setting the book presents us with is the difference in lifestyle between the people of Orisha. This is shown in chapter 4 when Zelie enters Lagos, the capital of Orisha. The moment she enters, she states that "between Lago's walls is long and wide, my people congregate along the city's fringe in slums". This tells us that even though the space between the walls plentiful because they are diviners, they are forced to live a dreadful lifestyle in the slums while Kosadan live without a worry in the world. In real life, this could be compared to the difference in lifestyles between the commoners and the rich. To me, this seems unfair and could be fixed easily if people just learn to share.
The existence and mistreatment of slaves is another challenge setting in the Children of Blood and Bone. In chapter 22, Amari enters Ibeji and for the first time, she sees laborers outside of the palace. The laborers she had seen in the palace were always clean and groomed to her mother's satisfaction. But the laborers in Ibeji were dressed in nothing but tattered rags, their dark skin under the heat of the scorching sun. And with no water or food to speak of, all that's left are lifeless skeletons waiting for their demise. As their journey in Ibeji continues we see that the slaves are not only starved, and abused. They are forced to fight to the death as pawns in a battle royal. This scene shows how the diviner slaves are treated less than human. This could be compared to how in real life, Africans were sold and treated as if they were meer livestock. I'm my opinion, every human should be treated the same way.
Throughout the children of blood and bone, we are presented with challenge settings such as the unfair taxes based on race, the difference in lifestyles between the people of Orisha, and the existence and mistreatment of slaves. Even though these settings are in a fantasy world, all of them can be compaired to real life.
In the land of Orisha, we see that some people are taxed unfairly because of the colour of their skin. A great example of this is in the first chapter of the book. In this scene, we see Mama Agba desperately paying off the diviner taxes. Had she only had to play the regular tax, paying the tax would be feasible. However, because she had diviners under her care, she is charged extra. Within the same chapter, we see this happen with Baba. Because he has Zelie under his care, he is forced to pay unreasonable taxes and almost dies drowning, trying to catch fish in order to pay the tax. Both these scenes show us that diviners are treated unfairly because of the colour of their hair. This could be compared to the Race taxes that African Americans face. If people treated others as equals, situations such as this one would not exist. Then it would be one less problem the world has to deal with.
We see another challenge setting the book presents us with is the difference in lifestyle between the people of Orisha. This is shown in chapter 4 when Zelie enters Lagos, the capital of Orisha. The moment she enters, she states that "between Lago's walls is long and wide, my people congregate along the city's fringe in slums". This tells us that even though the space between the walls plentiful because they are diviners, they are forced to live a dreadful lifestyle in the slums while Kosadan live without a worry in the world. In real life, this could be compared to the difference in lifestyles between the commoners and the rich. To me, this seems unfair and could be fixed easily if people just learn to share.
The existence and mistreatment of slaves is another challenge setting in the Children of Blood and Bone. In chapter 22, Amari enters Ibeji and for the first time, she sees laborers outside of the palace. The laborers she had seen in the palace were always clean and groomed to her mother's satisfaction. But the laborers in Ibeji were dressed in nothing but tattered rags, their dark skin under the heat of the scorching sun. And with no water or food to speak of, all that's left are lifeless skeletons waiting for their demise. As their journey in Ibeji continues we see that the slaves are not only starved, and abused. They are forced to fight to the death as pawns in a battle royal. This scene shows how the diviner slaves are treated less than human. This could be compared to how in real life, Africans were sold and treated as if they were meer livestock. I'm my opinion, every human should be treated the same way.
Throughout the children of blood and bone, we are presented with challenge settings such as the unfair taxes based on race, the difference in lifestyles between the people of Orisha, and the existence and mistreatment of slaves. Even though these settings are in a fantasy world, all of them can be compaired to real life.
Thursday, 4 July 2019
Testing for hydrogen gas
Aim: to create a large *POP* noise to scare the crap out of my class. Also, I want to produce hydrogen gas through a chemical reaction using magnesium metal and hydrochloric acid.
Equipment: extra large boiling tube, test tube, bunsen burner, wooden splint, a bottle of acid, a piece of metal, safety glasses, retort stand.
Method:
1. light your Bunsen burner.
2. Add a small amount of magnesium metal to your test tube. Add 2 ml of hydrochloric 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 hydrogen gas.
5. If you are lazy like me, you can do steps 2, 3, and 4 using a retort stand.
6. When you think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint.
7. Carefully and quickly remove the test tube containing the acid and metal and insert the burning splint into the mouth of the boiling tube. You have to do this without moving the boiling tube containing the hydrogen gas.
Result:
On the first day of the experiment, I failed. I could not get the pop to happen. The next day I tried again, on that day I found out what I was doing wrong. It turns out that because I moved the boiling tube before I inserted the flame, the hydrogen escaped. So the next time I tried, I made sure not to move the boiling tube and it worked. The time was right to try it with the big tube. It tube
Discussion
How is the hydrogen released from the metal:
Magnesium (Mg) has 2 electrons in its outer shell. For magnesium to become stable, it wants to lose 2 electrons. When Magnesium is put into Hydrochloric acid (HCl), the hydrochloric acid dissociates. When it dissociates, Chlorine takes the election from hydrogen and it gains a negative charge, becoming chloride. While Hydrogen gains a positive charge. This is because Chlorine is more electronegative, meaning it loves elections. Once this occurs, magnesium gives one electron to two individual hydrogens. By doing this, Magnesium gains two positive charges, a full outer shell, and becomes an ion. While the two hydrogen atoms each gain an electron and become neutral. The magnesium ion (Mg²ᐩ), with its two positive charges, becomes electrostatically attracted to two chloride ions (2Cl¯) and produces Magnesium Chloride (MgCl²). The leftover hydrogens, still want an electron in order for it to gain a full outer shell. Because of this, two hydrogens come together to form a covalent bond. This means that the two hydrogens will share their single election to form its outer shell. This results in hydrogen gas (H2) being produced.
Equipment: extra large boiling tube, test tube, bunsen burner, wooden splint, a bottle of acid, a piece of metal, safety glasses, retort stand.
Method:
1. light your Bunsen burner.
2. Add a small amount of magnesium metal to your test tube. Add 2 ml of hydrochloric 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 hydrogen gas.
5. If you are lazy like me, you can do steps 2, 3, and 4 using a retort stand.
6. When you think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint.
7. Carefully and quickly remove the test tube containing the acid and metal and insert the burning splint into the mouth of the boiling tube. You have to do this without moving the boiling tube containing the hydrogen gas.
Result:
On the first day of the experiment, I failed. I could not get the pop to happen. The next day I tried again, on that day I found out what I was doing wrong. It turns out that because I moved the boiling tube before I inserted the flame, the hydrogen escaped. So the next time I tried, I made sure not to move the boiling tube and it worked. The time was right to try it with the big tube. It tube
Discussion
How is the hydrogen released from the metal:
Magnesium (Mg) has 2 electrons in its outer shell. For magnesium to become stable, it wants to lose 2 electrons. When Magnesium is put into Hydrochloric acid (HCl), the hydrochloric acid dissociates. When it dissociates, Chlorine takes the election from hydrogen and it gains a negative charge, becoming chloride. While Hydrogen gains a positive charge. This is because Chlorine is more electronegative, meaning it loves elections. Once this occurs, magnesium gives one electron to two individual hydrogens. By doing this, Magnesium gains two positive charges, a full outer shell, and becomes an ion. While the two hydrogen atoms each gain an electron and become neutral. The magnesium ion (Mg²ᐩ), with its two positive charges, becomes electrostatically attracted to two chloride ions (2Cl¯) and produces Magnesium Chloride (MgCl²). The leftover hydrogens, still want an electron in order for it to gain a full outer shell. Because of this, two hydrogens come together to form a covalent bond. This means that the two hydrogens will share their single election to form its outer shell. This results in hydrogen gas (H2) being produced.
Improving my Design
My first Tinkercad Design:
This design was made using a 3D designing platform called Tinkercad.
For the main shape of the dill gauge, I used an octangular pyramid with an eight-sided diamond on top. On each face of the octangular pyramid, I put a hole with the measurement of the diameter underneath it. Similar to the drill gauge I made in class, this drill gauge has holes measuring at 3mm, 4mm, 5mm, 5.5mm, 6mm, 6.8mm, 8mm, and 10mm.
My New Tinkercad design:
The difference between this design and the previous design is that there is an upside down diamond on the top. This gives you a place to hold when carrying the gauge. Also, you could attach a string to the top of it to help you carry itaround.
Monday, 1 July 2019
Using an universal indicator
Aim: To see the change in colour when the Ph level of a solution is changed.
Equipment: Large beaker, Magnetic stirrer, Magnetic hot-plate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sulfuric acid, universal indicator, water.
Method:
1. Put the large beaker onto the magnetic hot-plate and then add water into the Large Beaker until it is around 3/5 full.
2. Put the magnetic stirrer into the beaker.
3. Turn on the Magnetic hot-plate.
4. Put the universal indicator into the beaker.
5. Put in Sulfuric acid. By doing this, the colour should change to red.
6. Get the sodium hydroxide and put in a tiny amount of it into the beaker. Then wait for the magnetic stirrer and hot-plate to do its thing and mix the solution. This should change the colour to an orangish colour.
7. Keep adding small amounts of sodium hydroxide and record the change in colour.
8. Do this until the solution turns blue.
Safety:
Acid stuff, so be careful.
Result:
Evaluation:
Everything in this experiment went well. All except the fact that the magnetic stirrer was too big, so it occasionally stopped working. And, I didn't start taking photos from the beginning of the experiment.
Besides those two things, everything was perfect.
Discussion
What occurred during this experiment when acid was added:
What occurred during this experiment when a base was added.
In this stage of the experiment, dissociation and neutralization occurred. The base that we used (sodium hydroxide) (NaOH) was able to dissolve in water because it was an alkali. Similar to When sulfuric acid was added, when Sodium Hydroxide gets added, it dissolves, and then the molecules of the Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) dissociates into a sodium ion (Naᐩ) and a hydroxide ion (OH¯). because the already existing hydrogen ions (Hᐩ) have a positive charge. When the negatively charged hydroxide ions (OH¯) are added, they become electrostatically attracted to each other. Because of this, the hydroxide ions bind to the hydrogen ions producing water (H2O). This is called neutralization.
Equipment: Large beaker, Magnetic stirrer, Magnetic hot-plate, Sodium Hydroxide, Sulfuric acid, universal indicator, water.
Method:
1. Put the large beaker onto the magnetic hot-plate and then add water into the Large Beaker until it is around 3/5 full.
2. Put the magnetic stirrer into the beaker.
3. Turn on the Magnetic hot-plate.
4. Put the universal indicator into the beaker.
5. Put in Sulfuric acid. By doing this, the colour should change to red.
6. Get the sodium hydroxide and put in a tiny amount of it into the beaker. Then wait for the magnetic stirrer and hot-plate to do its thing and mix the solution. This should change the colour to an orangish colour.
7. Keep adding small amounts of sodium hydroxide and record the change in colour.
8. Do this until the solution turns blue.
Safety:
Acid stuff, so be careful.
Result:
Evaluation:
Everything in this experiment went well. All except the fact that the magnetic stirrer was too big, so it occasionally stopped working. And, I didn't start taking photos from the beginning of the experiment.
Besides those two things, everything was perfect.
Discussion
What occurred during this experiment when acid was added:
During this stage of the experiment, dissociation occurred. At the beginning of the experiment, the colour of the solution was red. This was because there was a large number of hydrogen ions (Hᐩ) in the solution. The hydrogen ions (Hᐩ) are present in the solution because when the acid (sulfuric acid (H2SO4) was added to the water, the sulfuric acid dissolved in the water. When this happens, the sulfuric acid molecules (H2So4) dissociates (Break apart) into two hydrogen ions (2Hᐩ) and 4 Sulfur ions (SO4²¯).
What occurred during this experiment when a base was added.
In this stage of the experiment, dissociation and neutralization occurred. The base that we used (sodium hydroxide) (NaOH) was able to dissolve in water because it was an alkali. Similar to When sulfuric acid was added, when Sodium Hydroxide gets added, it dissolves, and then the molecules of the Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) dissociates into a sodium ion (Naᐩ) and a hydroxide ion (OH¯). because the already existing hydrogen ions (Hᐩ) have a positive charge. When the negatively charged hydroxide ions (OH¯) are added, they become electrostatically attracted to each other. Because of this, the hydroxide ions bind to the hydrogen ions producing water (H2O). This is called neutralization.
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