Making Water

(Late) Last week we did an experiment using Magnesium and Hydrochloric acid. We put a piece of Magnesium in a test tube and a bit of Hydrochloric acid and then covered the test tube with a bigger test tube and we waited for the gas to rise to the top. While we were waiting we grabbed a Burner and waited for it to get hot. Once it was hot we grabbed the top test tube and held it over the Burner. The gas got hot and made a loud POP.

Aim: To make a loud pop.

Hypothesis: I think the test tube will explode because of the gas and the heat.

Equipment: Test Tube x2, Burner, Hydrochloric Acid, Magnesium.

Method: Grab test tube, Put a piece of Magnesium in it, fill it with Hydrochloric acid, put another test tube over the top,grab a burner, turn burner on, wait for burner to heat up, Wait a few mins for acid to eat away at Magnesium, take top test tube and hold it overtop of the burner, wait for the POP.

Observations:I saw that as soon as you put the hydrochloric acid in with the Magnesium the hydrochloric acid starts to bubble. I saw that it made condensation.

Conclusion:You usually get a loud pop.

Discussion:My pop was pathetic but Mr Kane's was really loud.

Evaluation:I think I didn't leave the acid for long enough and that's why my pop wasn't really a pop.

Six Photographs

Today in Hurumanu 1 we read a book called Six Photographs. It's about New Zealand history and old photographs. It's like a time machine going back to the 1800s in New Zealand. It's very interesting because you can see what people were like and how much people's lifestyles have changed and how much our technology has advanced. This is a document about the story. Feel Free To Comment.

Hurumanu 4 Term 2 2020

Today in Hurumanu 4 (Poetic Arts) we did an artboard. We put all of our art and writing on some paper with our names on it. We're doing it so we can display our art on Thursday to show the rest of the students. My most favourite part of my artboard is My Collage. It looks really good with the outlines so you can see it as well. The hardest part was probably the Siapo because I'm not very good at drawing Maori Symbols. My Favourite style of poetry is the Diamante poem because it's really fun to write and it's in the shape of a diamond too. This artboard was really fun to make and do all of the art and writing as well.

PE : Weight

Activity	Weight	Repeats
Supermans	27	12
Push-Ups	27	10
Burpees	27	12
Skips	27	80
Sit-Ups	27	10
Plank	27	15

My Number is 27

Volume

Today in "Hurumanu 5" Maths (Maths and Pe) we finished off a table about volume. We had to calculate the volume of the Gym, Classroom, Ballbin 1 & 2, and the Cupboards. The way you calculate the volume is you calculate the length, width, and height. So if the height of a cupboard was 1 meter, the width was 2 meters and the height was 3 meters. The equation is 2x2x3 so the answer is 12. It took a while because we didn't have enough time to finish all the measurements so we had to ask other people who measured the stuff we didn't measure. Here are my measurements, Feel free to comment! (I accidentally put"Area" instead of Volume" Don't worry about that!)

 

Water Colour Painting

Today in "Hurumanu 4" we did some watercolor painting. It was really fun to do as well 😎. We had to use 4 different textures of painting. Blend, Salt, Drip, and Splat. (And yes, salt uses real salt.) The colours I chose are Yellow and Orange. The yellow is a lot like gold or "Tan" Here is my Watercolour painting! feel free to comment! (Sorry about the bad picture I had to use my Chromebook)

The Taniwha of Rakaia Gorge

(Late Blog Post) A Few weeks ago we did some drawing about a book called "The Taniwha Of Rakaia Gorge" We had to do different Maori symbols on a piece of paper to tell the story. I'm not sure what any of the symbols mean but I just did the symbols I know. We also made a Diamante poem. A Diamante Poem is a poem with seven lines in the shape of a diamond. The first line is the subject you are doing your poem about, the second line is two describing words about the subject, the third line is three Verbs or Do-ing words but the words have to have "Ing" at the end, the fourth line is a two words about the subject and then two words about the opposite. then it basically reverses, three doing words, two describing words, etc. here is my diamante poem. Feel free to comment!

Diamante Poem

Taniwha.

Strong, Brave.

Building, Swimming, Tidying.

Building the dam Breaking.

Blowing, Breaking, Moving.

Strong, Mean.

Te Maru