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Monday, October 21, 2019

School Holiday Recount

In the second week of the school holidays we went to Punakaki on the West Coast.
On the Tuesday morning we packed the car before leaving at 10 O'Clock. We drove to Athurs pass before stopping at the cafe for lunch. Then we drove on to  the Otira valley and put on our wet weather gear before heading up to the Otira Valley Bridge. The walk up the valley was amazing with beautiful views. We had to cross a few streams that were going across the track caused by the torencheal rain. From there you could see the Golding Glacier. We were not able to continue because there was snow covering the track. We turned around and walked back to the car to continue our journey. Later that afternoon we stopped in Greymouth to get some groceries. On our way to Punakaiki we stopped at the Strongman Mine Memorial.

Finally we arrived and checked in at the campsite office. We had cabin 3.
We unpacked our gear and went over to the kitchen to make dinner.

On the second day we got up to rain, rain and more rain. We decided to go and walk the Porirua river loop. We walked up the side of the flooded river. The walk had great views of the sheer cliffs covered in beautiful greenery. We got to a cross section where we saw a helicopter delivering supplies to the track builder who was building a new MTB track that would connect into the inland pack track. We talked to the engineer who was building the track then continued on our way. We got to a gravel road and continued to a swing bridge and crossed to carry on along the gravel road eventually reaching the road leading into Punakaiki. We stopped at the cafe for a hot chocolate. When the rain had stopped we walked back to the campsite and put out wet gear on the drying room. We started playing pictionary.

At around 5:00 that night we went to the Punakaiki Tavern to get a cold drink. After that we went back to the campsite and started cooking dinner.
We then walked up to the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes and had a look at them. On our way back we stopped at the Punakaiki Cavern and looked around, there we a small number of fireflies. There was also a stream running from a crevice in the rock.

In the Morning we got up to more rain.
We decided to go and try the Bullock Creek road but sadly it was flooded. We drove on to the Fox River and walked up to where the track was closed from. On the way up we saw some DOC workers who were fixing the track.

On the way back home we went through the Buller Gorge. The river was in flood.
We stopped for lunch at the Reefton Bakery for lunch. On the way through the Lewis Pass we stopped in Maruia Springs to go in the hot pools. There was a black algae in the pool which was created when the hydrothermal water mixed with the cold river water. There was a cold plunge pool that was absolutely freezing. We went for a leg massage. We got home at 6:00pm

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Hokey Pokey Science





My Science Question is:
How do you make hokey pokey, what is the reaction when you add the baking soda to the sugar
and golden syrup, what creates the air bubbles when it hardens, what atoms are involved, and why
does it harden.


Hokey Pokey is a mixture of Golden Syrup, sugar and baking soda that hardens to create an
aerated toffee. 


Method


Line a 20 x 20 pan with baking paper.
Dissolve 5 TBSP white sugar in 2 TBSP Golden syrup under a low heat. Once dissolved boil slowly
for 2 mins. Take off heat and immediately add 1 tsp of baking soda stirring in. pour into prepared pan.
Leave to harden.


My hypothesis is that the hokey pokey will be well aerated and will harden niceley.


This Is what happens when you make it:
Golden Syrup + Sugar + Baking Soda = NaHCO3 (s) Na2co3 (s) + H2O(g) + CO2 (g) - Hokey Pokey
 
Image result for hokey pokey molecule


The Result.
When I made my hokey pokey I over cooked it so it tasted a bit burnt. My hypothesis was right it did
turn out well aerated and hardened properly.


I think That my experiment has worked well, but next time I should do it over a lower heat so it doesn't
burn






Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Maths Isometric Drawings

This week we have been doing isometric drawings. Here is an example of what I have done.

Thursday, July 25, 2019

EPro 8 Challenge 2019



 EPro 8 Challenge 2019  


On Wednesday I went to EPro 8 at Chisnallwood Intermediate School.
Sadly none of my team arrived.
We were able to  do the challenges without getting a rank.
Nogo & my Dad did the challenges with me.

We made the Rat Wheel. It had to have a diameter of 1 Meter, have four spokes and spin on two frames 1 Meter high. Ours looked like this.









After that we added lights a generator a battery and switches to create light my house challenge.
We spent 1.40 mins making the rat wheel.
Our Final score was 195 points.













Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Refugee Report

Refugees are people who have migrated from a different country to escape a
hard life of war or lack of jobs and food. 


They come to other countries to get a better life away from their past troubles.
Normally they are struggling  
This Information comes from the 1970’s - 2003 refugees 


The refugees came from Chilean, Poland, Iran, Iraq and Vietnam.
They fled from wars, lack of food, army Invasions, downfall of governments, escapees from
refugee camps, have been granted asylum and  escaping repossession and persecution.

When they arrived they were resettled in housing and some were permanently resettled.
My thoughts are that we should be able to resettle all refugees permanently or at least with a
house and bed.


In Conclusion Refugees  come from hard times and are able to resettle here

Monday, July 1, 2019

The Escapee




The        resource image     Escapee






I was lost completely and utterly lost. Just the day before I had escaped from the ADX Prison.
I had been walking for over 6 hours now. I could hear the roar of the Argo Avengers in the
woods closing down on me. I quickly dove into the bushes. The Argo Avengers roared past me
I was lucky next time they might catch me off guard.

This Piece is still being worked on.