Mask Making

 In Drama, we are building up to doing a performance with a mask that we have made. We have to create a mask for the outside and inside. The outside mask has to be real or fantasy and I chose to do an owl mask.

 It has to have eye holes and a way to breathe. My owl mask will be based on a Morepork Owl.

The mask has to have character and has to be facing the audience at all times so they can see what they are doing.

We also had to include some things that we need to remember when we are performing.

1. If it's loose hold the sides, not the front.

2. Always face the front.

3. Make different shapes with your body that relates to the character.

4. Do some gestures to keep the audience entertained.

5.  Your mask is your character role. STICK TO IT.

 We had to research some masks and include some pictures.

I'm going to make my mask with paper so it doesn't take as long to make it.

Chilli Tasting

 Today in Science we had to create a blog post about chillis. We had to find 3 videos and 5 interesting facts. 

1.  Videos 

1. Funny  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB_0yGGgicQ

2. Facts about Chilli. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtoM-UTeqMY

3. Explaining SHU.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD0_yWgifDM

2.  5 Facts.

1. There are over 1000 different types of pepper.

2. Some parts of pepper are hotter than others.

3.  The hottest chili's have heaps of Vitamin C.

4.  If you have a stuffy nose then you should eat a pepper because that clears it instantly.

5.  Eating chillis helps with weight loss. 

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Method

Equipment.

1. Hot Chilli Sauce,

2. Popsical Stick,

3. Drinks - Soda, Water, Milk,

4. Timer.

Instructions

1. Get your equipment ready.

2. Get a drop of hot sauce on your popsicle stick.

3. Lick the Hot Chilli Sauce.

4. Start the timer.

5. After 2 mins drink your drink.

6. After 5 minutes, how hot is your mouth?

7. Repeat the experiment but with a different drink.

Results.

The first time, I had water and after 5 minutes I scored it a 4/10 for burning.

The second time, I had Coca-Cola and after 5 minutes I scored it a 2/10 for burning.

The third time, I had milk and after 5 minutes I scored it a 6/10 for burning.

Discussion. 

I though that the milk would help because everyone says it helps but It made it worse for me. The coke was the best because it was flat and it tasted yummy even with the burning.

Why does chilli burn your mouth?

In chilli and hot sauce there is a chemical called capsacin which sticks to your tounge and triggers the temperature sensitive pain receptors in your mouth and it doesn't go away untill you wash it out.

Why did the milk reduce the burn?

It didn't help for me it made it lots worse.

Creating a brand

 For the last week, we have been working on a task leading up to the business and enterprise launch next week. We had to create a brand and a logo and everything to do with a brand. Reuben, Kody, and I chose to do a lemonade business called "Lemonade Lounge". It sells different flavours of lemonade and there is lots of seating and couches for everyone to sit on. We had to create a mood board that helps us create our business. Here is our mood board.

Bacteria

 Today in science we learnt about bacteria and then we had to do a science experiment with agar. Agar is a jelly-like substance that I don't know much about. We had to wet a cotton bud and then get bacteria from anywhere in the science room. Then we had to wipe the cotton but on the agar. Mr Palmer is going to put our agar in the incubator and when we come back next week we will have a look and it should have different types of bacteria growing.

Aim: To learn about bacteria and how they grow.

Equipment:

1. Agar Dish,

2. Cotton Bud Swab,

3. Vivid Pen,

Method:

1. Collect the bacteria on a cotton bud swab from taps, computer keyboards or desks.

2. Divide the agar in half by drawing a line on the lid.

3. Wipe the swab on the agar solution.

4. Put the petri dish into the incubator for one week to let the bacteria grow.

5. Draw and label a bacteria.

6. Draw and label a scientific diagram of the experiment. 

Holiday Blog

 Hello everyone!

Welcome back to my blog, today we had to do a blog post on what we did in the 2 week holiday that we recently had. We had to follow a template with what we did. The template was called SPILES. SPILES is what you did in the holidays and each letter stands for something.

S. Social Activities,

P. Physical Activities,

I. Intellectual,

L. Likes,

E, Emotions,

S, Success,

For social activities, I hung out with my friends and family. I also went to the park and played some volleyball with a group of my friends.

For Physical activities, I went mountain biking at the adventure park on my Trek Remedy 9.8 which is my new bike. I also played football a lot and jumped on the tramp a lot too.

For Intellectual activities, I read some books and played video games with my friends which helped me communicate.

For Likes, I really enjoy a lot of physical activities like mountain biking and playing football. Hanging out with my friends and family too.

Some emotions I felt during the holidays were happy, bored, tired, hungry, and sometimes mad when I was losing my game.

Some success that happened was when I finished the Yoda trail at the adventure park which is the hardest trail and has a rating of 5 out of 5 for difficulty level. It was really difficult and it took me about 5 tried because I kept stacking on the same kicker like 3 times in a row.

Thank you for reading :D