The Pavlova

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This is my third one for the inventions, the last two I did was the EasiYo, Instant Coffee, and my third one The Pavlova, I did the same exact thing, like putting it in the same slides. But since this is the last term I had to finish this off quicker and faster and make sure I have all designs ready, what I found quite fun was making my own pavlova and using my culture flag as my inspiration. 

Drama

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This term in drama we have been working on really fun things, and the things we did in drama were, mask making, Script play, hitch hiker. And some extra things we did was warm ups, sometimes story telling. The thing I enjoyed the most this term in drama is the hitch hiker because we got to practise, and rehearse on stage. But the thing we have been working on the most has probably been the bullies script play, because we had a page of script to practise. The thing that I didn't really like was the mask making because, I wasn't able to finish my mask because we didn't have enough time to finish it and I think the ending product looked a bit messy. 

Inventions

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For the past 2 weeks we have been doing inventions, this is my second slide of my choices. If you check out what I have been up to at my blog you'll see that the first one of the choices I chose was "Instant Coffee" for my second one I chose EasiYo, it is about a Scientist that invented it to make easier for people to make yogurt easier and healthier. I feel like this one was a bit more easy than the other one because the other one included lots of reading to find out this and that. But the same time, for this one it was also a bit hard because we had to create a package design of how our yogurts will look like. 

Gummy Bear Osmosis

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Aim:

I want to find out what happens to gummy bears when we put them into different solutions.  

Prediction

I predict that they are gonna grow if you put them into the water for quite a long time. 

Method

Equipment:

• 4x gummy bear of the same colour 
• 2x Petri dishes
• Paper Towels
• Marker pen
• Water
• Sugar Water
• Salt water 
• Electronic balance 
• Beaker
  
• Measuring Cylinder 
• Safety Goggles 

Instructions:

1. Get Your equipment
2. put on your safety glasses
3. Using the marker, write the name of the condition on the petri dish. DRY, WATER, SALT WATER, SUGAR WATER. 
4. Weigh the gummy bears and write the weight on the petri dish.
5. Measure 4ml of the solution and pour it into the petri dish 

Results: 

This is before the experiment:

Results after 4 days:

	Dry	Water	Salt Water	Sugar Water
Initial Weight of Gummy bear	5.44	5.56	5.46	5.57
Final Weight of Gummy bear	5.19	4.98	5.14	6.63
Weight Difference
Initial Volume		40mL	40mL	40mL
Final Volume		3mL	4mL	5mL
Water Loss		37	36	35

What is Osmosis?

1. Osmosis is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one.
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Inventions

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For the past few days we have been looking into inventions we had so many options for who invented this and that, this is my first one, but for this one I chose Instant coffee, in the article/Story it had all the questions in there, and some activities we could do. But some the first question I didn't really understand so I had to ask the teacher, so I found that part challenging because I didn't know. But the last activity was also pretty hard because we had to create an idea for people to believe that David Strang really created the instant coffee. 

Skittles Colour Experiment - Science

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Aim:

I want to find out what happens when I put Skittles into water. 

Method:

Equipment 

• Skittles 
• Petri Dish
• Warm water 
• Beaker 
• White background/surface

Instructions:

    1.Get equipment

    2.Put 8 Skittles in the petri dish.

    3.Spread the Skittles out evenly on the petri dish.

    4.Gently pour warm water in the middle of the petri dish.

    5. Don't overflow the petri dish. 

    6. Observe and record on what happens.

Prediction:

I think I will see, colours spread out, and it will all be colourful and the Skittles will lose colour like it was bleached.

From this:

To This:

My thoughts were correct.

I saw the colours ran into each other, and spread out like it was a rainbow. 

Discussion:

1. The colours dissolved. Dissolve means when a solid mixes into a liquid creating a solution.
2. The colour spread in the water. The colours were concentrated and diffused (Moved) to area there was no colour. 
3. The colours did not mix. The colours had different solubilities 

Inventions

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For the past two weeks we have been looking at some inventions the topics were: How cars changed the world, The steamed power cars, and super bike. The first one I have finished is called The Steamed powered Car

The Steamed powered car  - Pat Quinn Other title: Steamed Engine 

Two brothers designed the first steam powered car in 1906.

Replace The Words But Keep The Meaning

The following sentence comes from the text. Your job is to rearrange/add in/replace some of the words with other words you know. Make sure the original meaning of the sentence stays the same.

"Now that the cost of petrol has risen over the years, and the air is becoming polluted with fumes, a steam powered car could be the car of the future."

The Introduction Information

1. Change the title of the text but make sure it is still a suitable title yet an interesting title. 

New Title: 

Steamed Engines

2. State what ‘Genre’ the text is. Is it a play, story, article etc? 

Article 

3. List the Author/s and Illustrator/s of the text. 

By Pat Quinn 

4. In a paragraph, write a short synopsis/review of what it was about.

It was about, how steamed powered cars were made and the quality of it. And how it was performed.  And it talked about every single little details that were put for any preventions.

Would you buy one?

Would you own and drive a steam powered car?  Why/why not?

In my opinion I wouldn’t buy or own a steam powered car because the toxic fumes release toxic gases, and release a huge amount of pollution. And not just that it could sometimes be dangerous especially the ones that were first made in 1906. 

What are the pluses and minuses to the steam powered car? 

The minuses of a steam powered car people had to buy them all in cash no deposits were allowed.  They also refused to make an advertisement about the car. The pluses of a steamed powered car is that it turns on easily compared to any other cars. And it had a built in safety device to prevent the boiled from exploding.