China no longer accepting plastics from other countries

The world has a big problem. China announced that they will no longer be accepting plastics for recycling. Since January 2018, China had stopped accepting from other countries. This is because it causes them contamination problems. Unfortunately, this will have a great impact on countries who use to give their recycling to China because no one will accept their plastic.

China stopped accepting plastics. Significantly, the plastic that China received from other countries has not been properly cleaned or mixed with unrecyclable material. For this reason, China announces “For the protection of the environment and people’s health” and therefore stopped accepting plastics because of contamination problems. This is important because people need to know what really happens to our plastic and who is being affected by our actions and now NZ has to take responsibility for our plastics.

China not accepting plastic has been a massive problem to our country and others who used to give their plastics to China. Unfortunately, stockpiles of recycling have been stuck at Huntly MetroWaste. At one point, there was 400tonnes of plastic. Also in New Zealand, 150 tonnes of plastic ignited and burned down at the Smart Environmental recycling plant near Thames. If we don’t stop using single-use plastic we will have to deal with 111MT of additional plastics by 2030. This is significantly important to know because we have to be aware of the consequences of single-use plastics.

We need to stop using single-use plastic bags now or else we will be in deep problems in the future. This is because China has stopped accepting plastics from anyone. Why? Because of the contamination problems that are caused by plastics. This can also happen to us if we don’t put a stop on single-use plastic bags. But how? Wherelse are we going to put them after use? Recycling bin right. But do they really get recycled? Currently, there are tons of plastic stuck in our waste stations and the pile just keeps adding up which will eventually lead to contamination problems.

Mastes

Mastes tribe/Jaguar people are indigenous people that live along the Javari River in the remote area of the Amazon forest. They lived in small villages over the Amazon forest.  Interestingly, they use a “slash and burn” technique which releases nutrients into the soil. Their life has changed following contact from outsiders and missionaries encouraging assimilation into the modern culture. For this reason, many young Mastes have lost interest in their tribe. Big cities pulls younger Mastes away from their traditions and adapt to the modern lifestyle

Science dicovery (29/11/18)

What do we want to achieve today? Our plan for today is to make our final product. We are both going to do it cause it's a team job and we have a lot of flavours planned.

FINAL RESULT:
We made three Ice cream flavours. The first one was apple flavour. It was really good but it could have been better if we peeled the skin off before crushing it. The Oreo flavour was the best flavour. People liked it a lot. I think it was good as well but it was a little bit too sweet. We shouldn't have added extra sugar. Our last flavour was terrible. We added too many berries so we just threw it out.

Science Discovery

What we achieved today? We now know what we flavour we want to recreate our ice cream. We also started our presentation

PASSION PROJECTS (SCIENCE DICOVERY)

Our aim was to make different flavours of ice cream using dry ice and serve them in chocolate bowls.

On our first day of experiments (19/11/18), we tried making chocolate bowls out of Cadbury chocolate. On our first attempt, we made five chocolate bowls but only two were successful because they were hard to get off the ballon. On our second attempt, we put oil on our ballons hoping that it will not stick to the ballon as hard. That attempt was a fail because it wasn't fully covered in chocolate. Eventually, we learned from our mistakes and used Dark chocolate we turned out really good and instead of using normal balloons we used water balloons.

Ice cream.
It was our first attempt on making Ice cream and I think it tuned out really well. We had two flavours one was supposed to be sprite but it tasted like milk with a bit of lemon. On our second flavour, we put chocolate chips which turned out to be the best flavour out if the two.

DISCOVERY- PASSION PROJECTS 22/11/18

We made Ice cream and we put it inside a chocolate bowl. We had 2 flavours of Ice cream. One was supposed to taste like sprite but it ended up tasting like milk but it still tasted good. The second flavour we put chocolate chips in the ice cream mix and it was the best one out of the two. 

We made our chocolate bowls with 70% dark chocolate. We melted the chocolate and we dipped a ballon halfway in the melted chocolate and freeze them.

Earthquake proof house

Was it successful? Why/Why not? NO, because my teammates put a stick platform under the base of our house which made it slippery.

What do architects to make super tall buildings safe? Thicker walls and a lot of reinforcement. They put a make sure they put a strong foundation to keep the building from swaying because of strong winds.



 Empire State Building height: 373m, 443m to tip. The American Society of Civil Engineers named the Empire State Building one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

Rock Cycle

Reflection Blog-ENE Research

(17/10/18)
What went well today? We started our research about how typhoons formed.

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you? Probably clarifying the questions.

What didn't go well today? We didn't get much research done because there was a misunderstanding on what we're supposed to do.

How will you improve on that next lesson? Ask the teacher to clarify the questions to make it easier



(18/10/18)
What went well today? We are almost done with gathering information and we started our diagrams

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you? We were going to use my simple show but it's not available to use in our standard

How will you improve on that next lesson?  Draw more diagrams and write an essay




(29/10/18)
What went well today? We finally finished the diagrams and almost finished the Impacts of the ENE

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you? We don't need any help we just need to work faster and get all our research done

How will you improve on that next lesson? Work faster.

(1/11/18)
What went well today? We are almost finished on the cultural and natural effects of our ENE

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you? NO

(2/11/18)
What went well today? We got a lot of information on how they responded to the Typhoon. Before it happened, During, and after.

Is there anything you need help with? Who can help you? We don't need any help. we just need to research more


(8/11/18)
What went well today? We are close to finishing our presentation. We just need to put all our information on our slides.

Is there anything you need help with? NO




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Persuasive writing (as a class) reflection

What did I learn?
I learned that you shouldn't use the same describing word in the same paragraph to make your writing more interesting.

Why did we do it as a class?
We did it as a class so we can all share ideas, To have wider vocab choices, and so we can learn from the top writers of the class on how they can make a boring sentence into an astounding writing

What will I do better next time?
I'll try to not use the same words over and over again to make my writing more interesting.

What questions do I still have?
Is writing short paragraphs better than writing long paragraphs?

Creative Writing

My life in London was terrible. We were exposed to a lot of diseases, low wages, and poor housing quality. Our wages were so low we struggled to put food on the table. Our jobs were also really dangerous but we have no choice or else we won't survive. Our houses were really small. They were so small we barely have any windows. We had no running water and we had to reuse our bath water over and over again. Our house was hard to clean because the stains won't come out easily because we don't have enough water to clean it. We had to share toilets with our neighbors which are disgusting. The toilets aren't clean. The disease was also a big problem in London. Thypus, Thypoid, and cholera are the main diseases in London. These diseases spread fast because of the poor houses and the water because we only get the water from one tap. 


Journey:
My journey to NZ was alright. It wasn't the best but it wasn't that bad. My space was on the saloon deck which is below the poopdeck. It wasn't really comfortable but its better than a low ceilinged space under the main deck. The toilets were disgusting and smelly. It was only cleaned once a day. Only thing unenjoyable was when it was storming outside and it wasn't stable and this would get me seasick. The worst part is the food. It was low in nutrition and it didn't taste good


Arrival in NZ
When we arrive in NZ. I was astonished by the beauty on the land. Clear skies and fresh air and the birds chirping sounded like better opportunities calling. The people were so friendly. It felt like home but better opportunities and lifestyle. The best part is the water and the houses. The water was crystal clear and you didn't have to share the same tap to other people. The houses were beautiful not too big but not too small it was perfect, unlike London where you didn't have backyard space. I am now happy that I made the bold choice to move here. The future is much clearer in here and I think I'm going to start my family in here.

Persuasive Writing

 “Thou shalt not kill.” Hunting animals for sports should be banned. This is because it's inhumane to kill with no reason, Animals are like humans they have a life to live and not meant to be killed, and also because it can make that certain animal extinct

Why would you kill without a good reason? You kill animals but you get mad at people who threaten your family? Then you feel depressed when someone kills your relatives yet you kill Animals? Animals share something in common with humans which is feelings. How do you think they’ll feel when you kill one of their own? Sad right. Then why do you do it?

Animals are creatures of their own they have a life to live, family to feed, and has to work hard just to do all of this. Yet here we are, 2018 people, killing animals. Animals aren’t meant to be killed. Killing animals is like killing a human being. Their families will be affected for the rest of their life. It’s either through depression or hard time surviving because the animal that you killed might be their protector or the one who gets food for them

Killing animals can make them extinct. This is because there are fewer animals means less mating and the result will be less offspring. Then you kill more animals and it's going to go lower. People say we have it under controlled and it's not going to go extinct but you can’t control everyone who hunts and kill for fun. They will keep doing this because it's their habit. I think killing animals can be compared to drugs. It’s addicting to some people and it’s hard to get off it and it can ruin lives.


These are my reasons why killing animals for sport should be banned. It's inhumane to kill animals for no reason, they aren’t meant to be killed, and it can make them go extinct. No wonder why we are starting to lose animals

Engineering Introduction to the lathe

Today we got introduced to the lathe. A lathe is a machine used to shape metal or other materials. How this work is your piece of material will go into the chuck and it will rotate while you push your cutting tool in to cut of materials. The main points that we talked about were turning down and facing off. Turning down is a form of cutting which is used to create rotational parts by cutting away. Faceoff is when you put your material on the chuck and the lathe cutting tool is used to level the ends. Wear safety glasses when you're using the lathe because the excess material you cut of can hit you in the eye

 
How to set up a Lathe

Wind trolley

                                                                                 

Wind Racers/ Land Racer:

Aim:
Is to build a design that will travel the longest in distance.

Equipment:
- wooden plank
- cardboard
- tape                                                                                                      
- paper 
-string

Research: Wind racer

Method:   Tape a cardboard strip to the pole vertically, Tape a cardboard strip vertically on a paper also one on the top of the paper wrap tape around the whole thing so it stays still
                
                  


 brief design:

Results: Distance of 8m. Time of 10 seconds. The speed of 0.8kmh

My Simple Show- Migration

My Simple Show- Migration
We are now starting to look at Migration and why people move to another country. Please watch my video to know more about migration

"Modal verb practice - Term 3 plan"

This term I have to be able to straighten my arm without it hurting.
I need to do this term so I can be active and play sports with my friends.
This term I should do the exercises that the Doctor gave me more often
This term I could focus more on exercising than playing video games

Watching television is making New Zealand/Aotearoa an unhealthy nation

SoSt

Imphote was the physician of King Zozer and lived in about 2600bc. When he died he was worshipped as a god of healing.

When there are no obvious signs of illness many Ancient Egyptians Doctors and Priest believed that the disease is caused by spiritual beings. If no one can explain the disease magic potions are used to diver out the spirits.

Types of Papyrus

The Ebers papyrus

-Purchased by Georg Ebers in 1873BC.

-It dates back to 1500BC. 

-It contains 700magical spells and remedies

Kahun Gynecological Papyrus

-It contains 34 sections
-Kahun Papyrus are non-surgical. Treatments generally include massage, fumigation and the application of various scented oils.

Who invented the first video game console

Late 1940's, Thomas T. Goldsmith and Estle R. Mann invented a device they called Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device. A device people can use to play basic games but it wasn't popular. In 1958 William higinbotham invented a electronic game called tennis for  two. But again it wasn't popular.
The first true video game wouldn't have been invented until 1967 by an engineer named Ralph H. Baer. Baer made the first prototype which will eventually become the Magnovox Odyssey the world's first video game console.

Country living is good for young people

"Country living is good for young people"

curosity topic

For an airplane to take flight two special forces are required Thrust and Lift. Thrust is the forward motion caused by the engines. Enough Thrust must be generated to overcome the force of drag from the friction that is created while moving through the air. That's why airplanes are shaped like they are so their form is as aerodynamic as possible to in order to reduce drag and maximize the thrust provided by the engines. For an airplane to take flight thrust must be equal or greater than drag.

The other necessary force needed is lift. Lift is generated by the airplane wings. The wings are shaped and tilted in such way that when air moves across the wings an upward force is generated. This will lift the airplane into the sky.

I wonder why we can't stop the earth from spinning?

The only way to stop earth rotation is to lose the angular momentum it has. It would take millions of years to naturally stop the Earth's rotation. Practically, this case is not possible as earth is present in absolute vacuum and there is no way that something would provide any friction or force to reduce its momentum. Before this time comes Earth would've already been engulfed or say vapourised by our sun as it would have also been then transformed into a red giant. A way to quickly try to stop earth rotation is we need to apply a massive external force but there is no way earth would stop spinning even after applying any external force as it would only increase or decrease the rate at which it is spinning. So earth will keep spinning infinitely. 

I wonder why do we dream?

When you're sleeping your brain cycles back and forth through the various stages of sleep four to five times. Most dreaming occurs during the stage of deepest sleep, called "Rapid Eye Movement" or "REM". Our eyes move around quickly under our eyelids. Before they only believed that dreaming occurs in REM but they now believe that dreaming can happen in any stages of your sleep. Experts haven't found proper evidence why we dream but they have developed theories such as dreaming is a way of solving problems and a way to process all the events and emotions that occurred that day. But other researchers think that this is just a body function much like blinking and burping. 

Now, this makes me wonder if our dreams can predict our future?

Acid carbonate+ Carbonate --------- Salt+Water+Carbon dioxide expirement

Equipment:

• 50g of sugar 
• 1 tablespoon of golden syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon of bicarbonate soda   
• 1/2 tablespoon of water

Method:

• Put the ingredients except for the bicarbonate soda into a saucepan and place on a low heat
• Stir until all the sugar has dissolved. Raise the heat slightly so that it bubbles, and stir occasionally until you cannot feel any sugar at the bottom of the pan
• Take off heat
• Add bicornate of soda and stir!
• Watch what happens- it should all froth up with bubbles in the pan
• Pour out into your tinfoil sheet
• Allow to cool 

Observation:

carbonate reacting with carbon dioxide and we trapped the bubble in the hokey pokey

Acid carbonate + Carbonate                Salt+Water+Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide experiment

Aim: To show that carbon dioxide gas is produced when a metal carbonate reacts with acid.

Method:

1. Light your Bunsen burner
2. Ass a 'pea-sized' amount of metal carbonate into one of the boiling tubes.
3. place the boiling tube into a test tube rack. Ensure you have the bung and delivery tube ready
4. Add 5 mL of acid to the boiling tube and quickly insert the bung and delivery tube into the mouth of the boiling tube.
5. Holding the other boiling tube with your tongs, capture the gas produced as shown in the diagram below.
6. When you think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint
7. Carefully remove the boiling tube from under the delivery tube, taking care to keep it facing upright
8. Insert the burning splint into the mouth of the test tube.

OBSERVATION:

E1 - When we put the burning splint in the test tube, it got extinguished due to the presence of carbon dioxide.

E2 - We also tried it with lime water. The lime water turned from colourless to cloudy and it starts bubbling.

Is public art a waste of time and money

Science Expirement

Aim: TO make a metal oxide and observe the difference in properties of the product compared to the reactants.

Equipment: Magnesium, Bunsen burner, safety glasses, metal scissor tongs.

Method:

-Light your bunsen burner
-Hold your piece of magnesium in the scissor tongs. Ensure you are holding onto the very tip of the magnesium.
-Place the other end of the magnesium into the Bunsen flame (at the top of the blue flame).
-When the magnesium begins to burn, do not look directly at it, as the light emitted can permanently damage your eyes.

Metals	Before	After
Magnesium	Metallic lustre	Bright White Light
Iron		Black
Copper	Bronze	Dark purple/Black

Observation

When the magnesium was held over the top of blue flame it started a bright white light while it was burning. Copper, when it started, was bronze then after it burned it turned Dark purple/Black.

Magnesium + Oxygen          Magnesium Oxide

Iron + Oxygen            Iron Oxide

Copper + Oxygen       Copper Oxide

Testing Hydrogen gas

Testing for Hydrogen Gas:

Aim:
To show the hydrogen gas is produced when a metal reacts with acid

Equipment:
A test tube, a boiling tube, Bunsen Burner, wooden splint, a bottle of acid, a piece of metal, safety glasses.

Method:
1. Light your Bunsen Burner
2. Add your sample of metal to your test tube. Add to mL of 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 gas.
5. When you think the test tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint
6. Carefully, but quickly, tilt the boiling tube full of gas upwards and insert the burning splint into the mouth of the test tube.


When the metal went in the acid it started to sizzle a bit forming smoke. After putting the other test tube over it nothing really was occurring. We lit the fire then put it in the test tube. Gas started forming on the rims of the test tube. After displaying that, there was a loud bang-like sound. That's when you know it works.

Paleolithic stone age poster

This is what the Paleolithic stone age did to live in the early days. They only ate food that they make and they don't eat any dairy. They also invented the first stone tool 2.6 million years ago to about 10,000 B.C.E. They lived in huts made out of animal skins and cave mud

Paleolithic by Andrew Manarang

Gaming is making too many people unhealthy

Are you addicted to your phone?

Persuasive discussion

This is what we think about technology being useful to increase student engagement and achievement.

Term 1 Reflection

To think back about a past 

I am happy with my Science test scores because they are all Merit or Higher.  I am also happy with my Sketches in Graphic because it was my first time and I think I did well.

I could've done a better explanation on my science blog about the experiments I did so I could´ve gotten a higher grade. I could´ve also put colour Sketches so it would stand out.

My goal for this term is to get an excellence in my science test and explain my experiments better. 

Science Expirement (Neutralisation)

Aim: To observe a neutralization reaction

Equipment: Test tube, Test tube rack, Ammonium Hydroxide, Sulfuric Acid, dropper or dropper battle,  Universal indicator solution

Method: Add approximately 1-2 mL of Ammonium Hydroxide and place the test tube into the test tube rack. Add
3-5 drops of Universal indicator solution. Using a dropper bottle, add Sulfuric acid drop by drop. Be careful because adding even a small amount of extra acid can mean you´ll miss the neutralisation.

Observations: Universal indicator turned blue when you put sodium carbonate solution. When you put acid it'll make some bubbles. When you add too much acid the colour changed to yellow, green and red.

Ways technology has changed how we do things

This slide is about how technology has improved from the past and how it is attached to us everywhere, and how it made everything easier.

 

Technology: is a modern tool that we use every day to help us solve our problems and to entertain us.

Reflection

This term I learned about Human rights, Slave trade triangle, Harriet Tubman. Human rights is a right that belongs to everyone and no one can take them away from you, But some government or people with power takes their rights away. One of this right is freedom. Freedom means that you can do whatever you want and no one can stop you. But these people with high power takes people's rights by taking them away from home and forcing them to work and barely letting them have free time. 

The Slave trade triangle was a system that the Africans, Europeans, and Americans used to get what they want. The Europeans traded Guns for the slave to the African Kings. Then they will go to America to trade the slaves for food and other goods. Lastly, the Americans will use the slaves to work for them making cottons and tabbco. 

Harriet Tubman was a brave girl who grew up in slavery. She is known for escaping slavery and helping others escape. She committed to freeing slaves. To escape they used an undermine tunnel to escape and not be seen. They also used signals to let them know who is coming

How have Iqbals human rights been affected?

Paragraph 1
S: Iqbal lost his human right to education. E: Having the right to education is a valuable thing to do for children and learn new topics. E: Iqbal was locked inside the carpet factory, at times he was chained to the loom and sometimes he was sent to the tomb. L: This is how Iqbal lost his human right to education.




Paragraph 2
S: Iqbal lost his human rights to freedom. E: Freedom means that people can make their own choices about where they live and what they do. E: Iqbal was locked in the carpet factory and having to work 12 hours a day and being locked up to the loom or sometimes he was sent to the tomb. This is how they took Iqbal's human rights.



Paragraph 3
S: Iqbal lost his right to play outside with other kids. E: Right to play outside with kids is an important human right because its a good time to have a break and refresh your thoughts. Right to play also means having breaktimes on work. E: Iqbal wasn't allowed to go outside and play with little kids because he was working 12 hours a day nonstop. L: This is how his rights to play outside was taken away from him.

How to Extract DNA from banna

DNA Extraction from a Banana

Aim: To successfully extract DNA out of a banana.

Equipment: 

1. 1/2 peeled ripe banana (you can also use strawberries or other fruit)
2. 1/2 cup hot water
3. 1 tsp salt
4. 1/2 tsp liquid dishwashing soap
5. resealable zip-top bag (quart size)
6. very cold rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) placed in the freezer ahead of time
7. coffee filter
8. narrow glass
9. wooden stirrer

Ingredients and Method

1. Mush the banana in the resealable bag for about a minute until all the lumps are gone and it almost looks like pudding.
2. Fill a cup with the hot water and salt.
3. Pour the saltwater mix into the bag. Close the bag and very gently squeeze and move the saltwater and banana mush together. Do this for 30 to 45 seconds.
4. Add the dishwashing soap into the bag and gently mix the contents. Try to avoid making too much foam.
5. Place the coffee filter in a clear glass cup, securing the top of the filter around the lip of the cup.
6. Pour the mix into the filter and let it sit until all of the liquid drips down into the cup.
7. Remove and discard the used coffee filter.
8. Tilt the glass and slowly add cold alcohol down the side of the cup. You want the alcohol to form a layer on top of the banana mix, staying separated, so be careful not to pour it too fast. Make a layer of alcohol that is 2.5-5cm (1-2in) thick.
9. After the alcohol layer is set up, wait for eight minutes. You may see some bubbles and cloudy material moving around in the alcohol. This is the DNA pieces clumping together.
10. Use the wooden stirrer to start poking the cloudy stuff in the alcohol layer. Spin the stirrer it in place to start gathering the cloudy stuff. When you are done, take a closer look at the stuff on the stirrer. You are looking at DNA!

Results: We successfully extract the DNA out of the banana. It looks like a jelly

Slave Trade

Graphics Drawing

I've learned how to create graphic designs with accurate measurements. The most difficult part was getting everything together and even measuring it properly. The most fun I had was probably the first work that I've actually finished properly with a bit of colour

Slave Trade

My Maps- Slave trade

 

ART

ARTWORK

We had to do a tone drawing and this is it. I didn't do good at all and it doesn't look realistic because I don't understand the concept of a good shading that's why 

                          

These are my magazine background from the 1980's ReadersbDigests. I don't have a composition because I wasn't here and I can't come up with anything with the pieces I have.

   

This is my mohua it doesn't really look like one because I made it really fat and it wasn't from a picture. I copied it off someone's work.

Human RIghts

What I learned about human rights is that no one can take it away from you. But some Government of other Country takes it away from their people. They make them work under the sun for a whole day even children work as well.There are also 168million children worldwide trapped in child labor, and 5million in Slavery

Arthritis

Arthritis is an informal way of referring to joint pain or joint disease. There are more than 100 types of arthritis. People of all ages, sexes, and races can and do have arthritis. It affects the mobility of joints.
Common arthritis joint symptoms include swelling, pain, stiffness and decreased the range of motion. Symptoms may come and go. They can be mild, moderate or severe. 



Two common types of Arthritis: 
-Osteoarthritis (is a painful, degenerative joint disease that often involves the hips, knees, neck, lower back, )

-rheumatoid arthritis (a chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in the joints and resulting in painful deformity and immobility, especially in the fingers, wrists, feet, and ankles.)

Interesting fact: After years of treatment, some people who suffer from various forms of arthritis have turned to unusual natural treatments that come from snakes, bees, and ants.