Climate Chaos - Solar Power

Aim: To learn about how solar energy is used.

Hypothesis -

I think that black would attract the most heat rather than white or silver.

Materials -

1. White cup x 2
2. Clear cup
3. Black plastic
4. Tinfoil 
5. Paper
6. Water
7. Thermometer
8. Heat lamp

Steps -

1. Grab all of your equipment from your teacher.
2. Keep one of the white cups on the side because that will be your white color for this experiment.
3. Mold some tinfoil onto the other while cup to create your silver cup.
4. Cut along the top of your plastic bag so both ends are open and fit around your clear cup.
5. Pour some water in each cup making sure it is around 1/4 full.
6. Turn on your heat lamp making it face all of the cups so the experiment has the correct results.
7. Test your water in each cup every 15 minutes for about 45 minutes making sure to leave the thermometer out long enough to get the right temperature in each cup.

Findings -

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16	16	16
15	21	24	22
30	21	23	21
45	22	21	21

           

Ella West - Book Author

Today for assembly, an author guest came to talk with us about her books and how she started writing. She explained how her books were written and how much money she earned. With her words in how much money she made we all got confused, but she told us that writing isn't about the money. It is about the things you like writing about what you want to do with your stories. Hearing her say this while I want to be a writer was very inspirational and gave me the thought prosses of finishing one of the books I had been working on.

Drama - Healthy Eating

For the last 2 weeks in drama, we have been working on healthy eating and creating, healthy puppets to put on a puppet show. While learning about healthy eating and the things that bad food does to our bodies we had written down what healthy food does to help our four walls. When we had learned all that we needed to know we drew some healthy eating, paper, puppets to make a video that convinces people to eat healthy not only for their shape but for their minds as well.

Physical - Having a healthy body isn’t only working out and going for runs. It is also about the food you eat and the things you do to keep your body in the best shape possible. You will need to have healthy meals each day so you can have the energy that you need to keep going. You would have enough sugar to keep your energy but more so healthy food to keep your body happy.

Mental - Eating good, healthy food helps you keep good body weight and a healthy heart which is very important for if you don have a healthy heart you could get heart disease. It also helps reduce your risk of developing some chronic diseases. Your food choices may also affect your mood and mental health. Some research shows that eating healthy can change your mood and improve your way of life. Food allergies or unwillingness can have a great effect on your mood.

Spiritual - Eating healthy meals every day would help your spiritual health because you could feel good being in your own body and not be afraid to wear the things you like. You might not want to wear a dress but when you start eating healthy you w

Socal - Eating food can be a bonding experience for you and your friends/family.

Who, What, Where? - Changes And Challenges

Today for drama, we had been given a few sites to look on for some drama games. I decided to look at Drama Resources to find the game that I would share with my friends. While looking, I found a game called Who, What, Where and decided that it would be a fun game to share with my friend. After I got with my friends and showed them the explanation, we decided that it was like charades so we decide that that would be our deciding game. As we were playing others joined in, bringing in more and more people to play this incredible game with us. In the end, we all shared some laughs and had so much fun playing with some people we don't normally work with and getting to know more people.

Food Tech - Cookies

BAKING COOKIES

Today for cooking we made chocolate and cranberry cookies. Making the cookies took 2 days and lots of patience because we had to wait for the dough to chill in the freezer overnight. Creating the dough took hard work and very elaborate instructions but was worth it in the end. 

DAY 1 -

We first started off by creaming the marge, sugar, and vanilla essence into a light and creamy mixture to incorporate more air into it. After that, we added 2 eggs one at a time making sure that they were well mixed in before we put the other one in. Then we sifted the flour, and baking powder onto a plate so we could make sure that it was smooth and to get that done while we were preparing the mixture. adding the flour and baking powder we pushed them both together making sure not to mix it. After the dough was partly formed we added the cranberries and chocolate chips give us more then just a normal cookie. When that was done we picked up the batter and put it in a short, thick snake onto some baking paper, making sure that it doesn't stick. then we put them all in the freezer making sure we put our names so we know whos is whos.

DAY 2 -

We started off by pre-heating our ovens to 180 on fan back to make sure our ovens are on temperature before we put our cookie dough in. After we got them out of the freezer we used our hand to gently mould it to make it more pliable. After that, we weighed it so we know how many grams should be in each cookie. We had to divide out grams by 12 so we have 12 equal balls of dough. After we finished rolling the dough into balls we placed them on a piece of baking paper spacing them equally to give them space to spread out into the desired shape of our cookies. We put them in making sure to turn them 7 minutes after putting them in. As 1 person in my group was keeping their eyes on the cookies the rest of us washed, and dried the dishes as well as wiping down the bench and tring to keep out of the way of our cookie watcher. After they were done cooking we set out some wooden boards to put the trays on so we don't burn the bench we were working on. Letting them cool we set them out to everyone in our group and putting them away to eat when we get home.

TASTING -

When I got home I took a bit out of the cookie as the chocolate chips had hardened up on the outside but the inside was still a little soft. The cookie its self was soft on the inside and had a little crunch on the outside giving it a mix of both textures. The cranberries we dry but when they were getting baked the moisture was going out of the cookies and it tasted like some of it went into the cranberries. they gave the cookie another flavour instead of having a plain and normal chocolate chip cookie. It was tall but had a little bit of wideness which I like about cookies so the shape and tallness were perfect for me. Not only did it taste good but the golden brown finish made them look perfect and immaculate. Cookies had always been a favourite for me and I would normally just eat them without care but now that I have made them I have more appreciation for those who do this every day just to earn that little bit of money.

CONCLUSION -

In conclusion, these cookies were perfect tasting and shape-wise but I all so had so much fun making these with my friends from my little group. 

The Greenhouse Effect

AIM: To look at climate change and the greenhouse effect.

The Greenhouse Effect experiment 

Materials

1. 2 plastic bottle
2. 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda and Citric Acid
3. 2 heat lamp
4. 2 Thermometer
5. 100 ml of water
6. 2 rubber bung

Steps

1. Collect 2 bottles, 2 lamps, and 2 thermometers from your teacher/caregiver.
2. Set up bottles and lamps beside a powerpoint on a flat surface.
3. Pour 100ml of water and baking soda mixture into one of the bottles.
4. Start to record your findings taken from both thermometers. (These must be taken every 5 minutes)

Findings: The Greenhouse Effect Data 

Minutes	Bottle 1: Water	Bottle 2: CO2 Gas
0	21	21
5	24	26
10	25	23
15	26	35
20	27	41

Climate Chaos - Issues Of Climate Change

AIM - To learn about the different activities that contribute to Climate Change

1. Industry - Making clothes, cars, electronics, and processed foods create a lot of pollution.
2. Transport - Most cars need gas or diesel to work and these come from oils which are fossil fuels.
3. Waste - Our landfills are growing and using up more healthy land.
4. Cows - Cows create a greenhouse gas called methane when they burp and fart.
5. Food - We need food to survive, but it creates a lot of pollution.
6. Electricity - Electricity is a form of energy used to power almost everything in our homes.