Rubber Band Cup Mover - Health

Hello, guys today I will be sharing what we have been doing in health. As you may already know, we are working on our interpersonal skills: active listening, verbal communication, non-verbal communication (body language and gestures), Manaakitanga (being inclusive), and negotiation or compromise. To practice these skills we were put into random groups in which we had to do a task given by the teacher. Today's task was the rubber band cup mover. That time I personally thought we could have been faster if we had more time to practice.

Our task was to move a plastic cup from one table to another using a rubber band a string. Each person in the group would hold a string that was tied to the rubber band. We had to pull on the string to stretch out the rubber band and loosen the string when we attached it to the cup. The goal was to move all your cups to the other table without using your hand and without any falling. In my group, everyone was very inclusive and we communicated very well.

QUESTIONS:

What IP skill did you show/use today? Did you use any warm fuzzies?

For this, we needed to use our interpersonal skills like Manaakitanga, negotiation, active listening and verbal communication. We had done this task the last time we had health but that was just a practice. In my opinion, we tried our best and we encouraged each other which helped us as well.

How did it help with the success/lack of success, of the activity?

We were very good compared to other groups we encourage each other and we didn't make each other feel bad if we did something wrong.

Who did you work with that went well today?

Kayden, Joseph, Tevita and I.

If you were to do it again, how would you do it differently?

If we had the chance to do that again I would probably try to challenge or group by trying to stack our cups.

What level of Helisons behaviour model were you working at in this activity.

I worked at level three of Hellison's Behaviour Model. An example of what I did to show that was encouraging my group to do the best they can.

The Helisons Behaviour Model is based around P.E but used in health as well. It is to show what level you are working on in class and what you want to succeed in.

Hope you enjoyed my blog post and I hope you play this game sometime.

Crystallization Experiment - Science

Hey, guys today in science we did an experiment about crystallization. In the experiment, we used borax, water and waited for our next science class to see if it crystalized. Crystallization is the process by which a solid form. This experiment was easy and not complicated, if you ever get the chance it would be a simple and fun experiment to learn and do.   

Aim: Google: Crystallization is used in the chemistry laboratory as a purification technique for solids.

Equipment:

• Beaker
• Heat mat
• Tripod
• Spatula
• Gauze mat
• Bunsen Burner
• Borax
• Pipe Cleaner 

Method:

1. Boil water in a beaker on a Gauze mat and Tripod over a Bunsen Burner.
2. When boiled turn the gas off.
3. Add spatula heaps of Borax, waiting for it to dissolve until adding more.
4. When the solution is saturated, leave to cool with a pipe cleaner suspended in the beaker. 

Cleaning up - Make sure all the heating equipment goes in the bottom tray and the glassware and spatula are in the top tray. Wait for the equipment to cool before touching it. 

Conclusion: This crystallization process is very simple and easy but shows the main concept of crystals and their form. The crystals harden and were very big. I personally think that we should have used string instead of pipe cleaners because they seem to be more effective and have a better result.

Discussion: Where is crystallization useful in the real world? Crystallization in the real world is very important because it helps make basic needs for example salt.

Why do crystals make interesting shapes? Crystals are formed in many different shapes, it depends on the environment, temperature, pressure, chemical conditions and the amount of space available these are some of the things that affect their growth. Crystals are solid material in which the atoms are arranged in regular geometrical patterns.

Fun Fact: Some people know crystals promote good energy and help the body get rid of negative energy for physical and emotional benefits. Crystals are known as an ancient form of medicine with theories borrowed from Hinduism and Buddhism. 

Drawing In Pairs - Health

Olá, guys in health we have been working on our interpersonal skills, which are active listening, verbal communication, non-verbal communication (body language and gestures), Manaakitanga (being inclusive), and negotiation or compromise. We were working on our verbal communication, active listening and non-verbal communication today. Our task was to work in pairs you have to describe an image without showing it to them. This meant a lot of hand gestures and a lot of hand movement to paint a picture in your partner's mind. My partner and I did two each, my images that I had to describe was a motivational sentence saying "You Can, end of story" and my other image was a palace with a fountain in front of it. Here are some of the questions we had to review on.

• What IP (Interpersonal) skill did you show/use today? Did you use any warm fuzzies?

I showed Verbal Communication, Non-Verbal Communication and Active Listening. I think we were warm fuzzies because we did well and tried even though we don't know how to draw.

What are Warm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies? This is to do with P.E but used in health as well.

• How did it help with the success/lack of success, of the activity?

The first one was very easy because I could spell out the words but the second one was hard to describe because it was very complicated. I think we were very successful in describing it but not so good a drawing it. My partner had complicated images one was a camping site and the other was a waterfall. We both used our interpersonal skills and without them, this activity would be difficult to do.

• Who did you work with that went well today? 

Today I worked well with Shreya. An example of when we worked well together was when she was describing her images to me she was using hand gestures and painting a picture in my mind she also listened well when I was describing my image.

• If you were to do it again, how would you do it differently?

If I got to do the activity again, I would change how I describe the image because it was hard for my partner to understand and I would use harder images to challenge myself.

• 
  What level of Helisons behaviour model were you working at in this activity? Provide examples of this:

I worked at level three of Hellison's Behaviour Model. An example of what I did to show that was I set goals for myself which were to try to describe the image so my partner could understand and to try my best at understanding her image.

The Helisons Behaviour Model is based around P.E but used in health as well. It is to show what level you are working on in class and what you want to succeed in.

Thank you for reading and hope you enjoyed my blog post. What language did I use to greet you? Here are my drawings. Please remember they are unclear and messy.

Camp Site

WaterFall

Goal Setting - Term 2 - Week 3

Hi, guys today I will be sharing the goal settings that I did at school for this year and this term. In this post, I will share with you my desires and my perspectives for my goals. I have worked really hard on my goal settings and want to share my goals with you guys today. So here are my goal settings! 

I haven't done my end-of-term reflection yet but when I do I will change it. I would like to finish this post off with some conclusions about my goals. I think my goals are really achievable and I have been wanting to set goals for myself for a while. Thank you so much for reading hope you like this post and what are your goals for the year? BYE! 

Dilution and Filtration Blog

Hi, guys today I will be sharing what we have been doing in hurumanu 4 which is science. We are working on filtration (the action or process of filtering something) and dilution (the act of making a liquid more dilute).

KEYWORDS & TERMS:

Dilution is when you make the solution weaker. Think about adding more and more water to your raro. What happens to the flavour?

Concentrated- Lots of solutes (solid) particles are present, not many solvents (liquid).

Diluted- Lots of solvents (liquid) particles are present, not many solute (solid).

Precipitate- When a solid forms in a liquid.

Filtering is when you can separate the solute (solid) from the solvent (liquid).

Once the solvent has been filtered that is called the filtrate.

DILUTION EXPERIMENT:

Equipment- Test tube rack, 4 test tubes, pipette, the chemical solutions Copper Nitrate and Sodium Hydroxide

Method- Take 4 test tubes, in the first test-tube measure and pour in 10ml of Copper Nitrate. Then take 1ml from the first test tube and pipette into the second test tube. Add 9ml of water to make it up to 10ml. Then repeat for the third and fourth test tubes.

 

Making the precipitate- Now add 5ml of Sodium Hydroxide to each test tube and take a picture in front of white paper. 

QUESTIONS:

1. Which test tube had the most concentrated sample of Copper nitrate? When doing the experiment we noticed that the most concentrated is the first one because it had the most copper nitrate. There was not water add to the solution and because the colour showed blue which is the colour of copper nitrate.

2. When we added water what were we doing to the concentration of the solution? We were diluting the solution to see the difference.

3. Which concentration of copper nitrate formed the most precipitate, why do you think this is the case? I believe that the first test-tube was the most concentrated formed of precipitation.

FILTRATION EXPERIMENT:

We now need to filter out precipitate/solute. This means separating the solid from the liquid. We will use filter paper.

1. For each test tube with the blue solute in it, place a new piece of filter paper in a funnel over a conical flask.

2. Label each paper 1-4 and filter each test tube through, collecting the precipitate/solute in the filter paper and the filtrate in the flask. 

Water Boats - Science

Hello, guys today I will be sharing what I have been doing for hurumanu 4 which is science. Today we worked on water boats, this is when we made a container with one A4 piece of paper and filled it up with water over a bunsen burner.   

Aim: Designing a container that can hold water with paper and that doesn't catch on fire. 

Method: 

1. When designing the container that would hold water, folding the paper into a box makes it strong and thick. 

2. We set up the bunsen burner by putting the heat protection mat on a clear surface, putting the bunsen burner, and finally the tripod that will hold our container. 

3. It was very strong in holding the water but when we put it on the bunsen burner it collapsed in about 15 seconds.  

Safety Tip: Make sure to use glasses and be careful.

Materials: A4 Piece of Paper, Bunsen Burner, Heat Protection Mat, Beaker, Water, Tripod   

Results: It was holding the water when we pour it but when putting it on the bunsen burner it started to burn and only lasted 15 seconds. 

Conclusion: I think personally we could have made the base stronger and steadier because it collapsed in 15 seconds and recorded it all. Hope you enjoy reading my blog post, BYE.