Formation of Crystals

The 7 types of crystals

Type	Number of sides	Picture	2 EXAMPLES
Monoclinic	10		Malachite, Mica.
Hexagonal	8		Tourmaline, Beryl.
Tetragonal	12		Zircon, Rutile.
Trigonal	10		Albite, Rhodonite.
Triclinic	7		Albite, Rhodonite.
Cubic	6		Salt, Gold.
Orthombic	6		Topaz, Barite.

Aim: To learn about the makeup of different white powders

Today you will be a Forensic Chemist. 

A bag of white powder has been confiscated by the airport customs.  You need to find out what white powder it is?

Aim: To learn about the makeup of different white powders.

There are  a number of different white powders in our everyday life. Some of these are harmful and others are not. Test the four white powders listed to see which one has been found at the airport.

Here are some examples of everyday kitchen white powders.

Flour, Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Icing Sugar, Tartaric Acid

Citric Acid, Gluten Free flour

You will be given a small amount of 4 white powders on your cardboard. On the black cardboard using a magnifying glass look at the powders.

Look at them under your magnifying glass and record what you see. 

These are the four powders we will be using. Upload a photo of each powder. 

1.  Cornflour
2.  Baking Soda
3.  Salt
4.  Sugar 

Before you add the iodine, vinegar or water you will need to divide each powder into 3.

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Findings:

	Sugar	Salt	Baking Soda	Cornflour
Appearance
Texture
Smell
Iodine
Water
Vinegar

Write a paragraph about your findings.

Aim: To learn about flight and aerodynamics

Aim:
To learn about flight and aerodynamics

Definition:
Flight: To soar through the air controllably.
Aerodynamics: Aerodynamics are the forces of which make something fly.

Forces of flight:

1.Thrust
2.Gravity/Weight
3.Lift
4.Drag

We had to add things to our paper planes to see if they flew farther. Here is what happened with mine:

Normal: 1.8M Type of flight: Straight.
Ailerons: 2.4M Type of flight: Straight while flipping
Ailerons and Paperclip: 2.4M Type of flight: Straight then swoop to the side.

Conclusion: Additions can sometimes make the paper plane fly farther. Additions can possibly make flight more complex. Depending on what additions you put on your paper plane the distance and the Amount of complexity changes.

Rainbow Paper

Title: Rainbow Paper

Aim: To make rainbow paper

Materials: 

-Filter paper

-Water based felt pens

-Cup of water

Steps: 

1. Fill a cup with a tiny amount of water

2. Get a strip of Filter paper and grab two different colours of water based felt pens.

3. 1cm up from the bottom of the strip, draw a light line with pencil across and then draw one circle for each colour anywhere on the line.

4. Dip the bottom of the paper in the water where the circles are on the paper and fold the back of the paper behind the cup so it doesn't fall off.

5. Wait until the colours mix.

Conclusion: I learnt that this is called chromatography and it is used by forensic scientists to see if someone has forged something. I have also learnt that some things can be fun. (However this is not)

My group didn't do so well and so we didn't see what we were supposed to. The colours were supposed to travel up the piece of paper but for my group they didn't. I don't know why but other groups work looked pretty cool.

Peter pan

WALT: I can write a narrative using correct structure

Our group is, Me (Zayd), Amanda, Cody, Levi and Mitchell.

We created Peter Pan with a twist, here it is. What we did to Peter Pan, was that we removed Wendy from the story. We also only put Wendy's younger brother in the story.  Also, Wendy's younger brother dies. And so does Captain Hook.

Here is the cast:
Zayd: Peter Pan
Amanda: A pirate (name is Salina)
Levi: narrator
Mitchell: Captain Hook
Cody: Wendy's younger brother

It's entertaining because it's a knockoff of Peter Pan. If I heard of this, I would watch it because it sounds funny and will probably be funny.

We are going to film on the field and maybe the playground.

Community Projects

At school, I have joined the Christchurch community, which means we have to do something to help Christchurch.

This group is my passion because I want to do something to help Christchurch.

My idea is we can offer to raise money and cook food for Ronald McDonald house.

I think we need to contact someone from Ronald McDonald house who can tell us if we can volunteer or not. We can also ask if anyone has any allergies and if anyone has any ideas for the food. I think we could do this if we do some researching on who to contact.

Ki o rahi

Ki o rahi
What do we already know?
We do not know anything about it.

What equipment do you need to play?
1 Ki, 7 Large Pou, 1 Tupu, 30 kicking tee Cones and marking tape(optional).

What venue is best to play?
A large field.

How many players on a team?
There are seven players on a team.

What are the rules?
You play either four quarters of a set time or two halves, teams will alternate between roles of Kīoma and Taniwha at half or quarter time. Kīoma score by touching Pou/s with the Kī and then running the Kī through Te Roto and placing it down in Pawero to convert pou touches into points. Taniwha score by touch Pou with the Ki and then throwing the Ki at the Tupu.

Skills?
The skills you need to play Ki o rani are: Teamwork, Communication skills, passing, throwing, running, tagging, guarding and Control.