Creative Capillary Action

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This week we had another science report and experiment. Our teacher accidentally knocked over our experiment so my friend Jayde and I had to start again. But it's ok because we got a bigger container to fit it in. Here's my report:

Capillary Action

Questions:

How high can the liquid go up a stalk of celery?

Research Summary:

Ganesha, the Indian god, would get left milk at her shrine. But a man once tried to feed

Ganesha and found that the milk had disappeared. The scientists thought it was a celestial

intervention so they went to test their hypothesis and it turned out to be true, and it was capillary

action that made it happen.

The milk would flow through narrow cracks, with no assistance from an external force. So it

turned out that Ganesha was drinking the milk the whole time.

The science behind it is the Capillary action. Water can move up narrow cracks, tubes, straws

etc. You would expect gravity to pull it down but the adhesion, cohesion and surface tension

helps it climb up the side of the straw.

Hypothesis

I think that the celery will fade a bit as the liquid goes up.

Materials:

Water, red food colouring, beaker, sprite bottle and celery.

Procedure:

1. First, we got a beaker and filled it up with water (and added red dye).

2. Then we got a full stem of celery, marked it with a distance of 5cm each and then put it in the

water.

3. (Mr G knocked it over, so we had to start again) So we got a sprite bottle and cut the top off,

then filled it with the water and put the celery in.

4. We then observed and measured how far it went and how many days it took to get to that height.

Observations/Results:

Tests	Height	Speed
Observations	When we went to measure it we had found that the water had gone up to the leaves. We could tell by a red colour that was on the leaves, that looked kind of like veins. The height it went up to was 50cm.	We forgot to check on Friday and then couldn’t on Saturday and Sunday. So we checked on Monday which was the fourth day so it reached the leaves on the fourth day. Although since we didn’t check on the other days it could have reached the leaves earlier.

Discussion:

When we checked the celery stalk had faded a little bit but not that much, and when it got to the

top the leaves had thin lines of red in them like veins. I thought it was quite interesting how the

red water got up to the top in four days.

We couldn’t measure how far the liquid went day by day so we measured how far it went on the

fourth day and it had gone 50cm. I wasn’t that surprised that it went to the top in four days.

Conclusion:

I have learnt that capillary action can actually go pretty fast and high… well faster and higher than I expected. After doing this with celery I wondered what else it could go up and if it could go any higher than 50cm in four days… although we’d need it to be quite high.

Sorry but we don't have any pictures of this experiment :(

Have you done an experiment with a... fruit? vegetable? plant?

So that's it folks, See you next time! :3

Awesome Acids and Beautiful Bases

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Last week we wrote a science report on acids and bases. We also did a science experiment with them. Here is my report:

Acids and Bases

Questions:

What are acids and bases? What is the difference? What can acids and bases do?

Research Summary:

When you know an object is acidic it is under 7 on the scale and if it is basic it is over 7.

What is the difference? Well if an object is acidic then it will be able to burn/melt through other

objects. For instance, if it is 1 on the scale then that means it could burn through a table, and if it

was basic then it could not.

An example could be if you were to brush your teeth then after having a drink of juice. It wouldn’t

taste very nice because toothpaste is slightly acidic where as juice is basic. The bad taste

comes from the two neutralizing.

There are two elements that makeup water (H2O) which is Hydrogen and Oxygen. You may have

noticed that water that you drink at school or work may taste different from the water from the tap

at home. Why is this? Well it tastes different because in some water every part of the H2O may

be exactly how it’s supposed to be, 2 hydrogen and 1 oxygen. In times one of the hydrogen may

disconnect and float by itself, but then later joins another H2O and becomes H3O. That is why our

water may taste different from others.

Hypothesis:

When the two chemicals react, some will change to a different colour, while some may just stay

the same or lighten or darken.

Materials:

Beaker, Pipettes, Flask(?), Beaker Stand, Cabbage Juice, Sprite, Ammonia, White Vinegar,

Lemon Juice, Alcohol, Baking Soda.

Procedure:

1. Set aside the indicator solution. We used it as our "stock" solution for our experiments.

2. Secondly, we tested various household solutions with our indicator. We used one beaker for each

solution we want to test because we don’t want to mix chemicals that don’t go well together.

3. Then we placed an equal portion of indicator solution and the test liquid (e.g. Sprite) into a

beaker, we used a pipette to measure.

4. Next, we added drops of a liquid we wanted to test until we saw the solution change colour.

5. We then recorded what we had observed of the pH and a description of each solution we used

with the indicator solution.

Observations/Results:

Hypothesised pH	8	7	6	7	9	8
Estimated pH	5	11	4	3	6	8 & 10
Actual pH	3.29	11.6	2.5	2	7.3	8
Observed Colour	Light Purple	Dark Teal	Dark Pink	Magenta	Dark Purple (Slightly Lightened	Dark and Light Blue
Chemical/Product	Sprite	Ammonia	White Vinegar	Lemon Juice	Alcohol	Baking Soda

Dependent Variable(s):	Independent Variable(s):	Control Variables:
Colour Texture	Chemicals Cabbage Juice	Sprite: 2.5 x3 Ammonia: 2.5 x3 White Vinegar: 2.5 x3 Lemon Juice: 2.5 x3 Alcohol: 2.5 x3 Baking Soda: 1 teaspoon

Discussion:

I thought it was really cool and interesting how they changed colour and what colours they

changed too. Some of them I expected to adjust to that colour, but then others I didn’t.

When we did the baking soda, I thought it was fascinating how some of the Cabbage Juice

was soaked in by the baking soda and was turned into a light blue. Then there was the rest of

the Juice on top and was dark blue.

Conclusion:

My hypothesis was very accurate, and I learnt quite a bit. I thought it was interesting how each chemical had a very different texture and colour. I learned that when mixing a liquid with any household liquids can have a very different reaction (and that ammonia is deadly).

Here are some pictures of our experiment:

Have you done a science experiment before? If so how did it go?

So that's it folks, See you next time! :3

~.*+ DON'T PANIC +*.~

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This week we finished off our websites about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. First we wrote about the themes in the book, then the symbols, next the characters and then the genre. It took about a month, and we're finally done. I hope you like it!

Screenshot Home Page:

Link: https://sites.google.com/marshland.school.nz/guide-gaia/themes

Is there anything I could change? Are there any mistakes?

So that's it folks, See You! :3

~*.+ Gorgeous Guide +.*~

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For literacy we have been making sites. This is my updated site. I haven't finished yet and probably will finish next week or the week after. Here's a screenshot and a link.

Link: https://sites.google.com/marshland.school.nz/guide-gaia/home\

Screenshot:

I hope you liked it! Have you made a site before?

So that's it folks, See You! :3

Happy Hitchhiker's

Hey guys! Welcome back! So for literacy we have been making sites about Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. We have been working on themes from the book. I have done 3 themes and I might do 2 more. Here's a link and a screenshot to/of my site. Enjoy reading 12 paragraphs!

Link: :3
(Sorry if it doesn't load I will try update the link, it's just my computer is not loading)

Screenshot:

Have you made a site before? Do you like writing?

So that's it folks, Bye! :3

Marvellous Mashup

Hey guys! Welcome back! I am back at school and it's great to see my friends again. Do you miss online learning? Are you back at school and enjoying it?
This week I had to do many things for literacy and not so many for numeracy. (By the way I'm reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) Anyways here's my work!

For literacy the first task I had to write about a legendary place, I did Atlantis. I also had to predict what would happen when Trillian, Zaphod, Ford and Arthur arrive at Magrathea. Magrathea is a legendary planet that makes planets for the rich.

The second task was to write a summary about chapters 11, 12, 13 an 14.
The third task was to write how objects and sound travel through space, and then write how we felt about chapter 18 with the floating whale. Yes, I said a floating whale. This book is very absurd.


For numeracy the task I had to do was work out these problems with python on a site called Kaggle.com. Here are my answers and the questions.

Do you know python? Have you read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
That's it folks, Bye! :3

Cool Connections

Hey guys! Welcome back! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I'm gonna show you my literacy I had to do. Sorry I'm not showing you my numeracy, it's just I can't exactly show you because it was on a google form. We did an escape room using our knowledge of fractions. It was really fun to do though.

So what I had to do for literacy was write the connections that the characters for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The characters were, Arthur, Ford, Trillian and Zaphod. So here it is!

Have you read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? If not you should, but warning it is absurd.
So that's it, Bye! :3

Lovely Literacy

Hey guys! Welcome back! So I've decided that I might be posting everyday, because I like to share my work with you. So today this is my literacy I'm showing you.

So what we had to do was we had to write a few things that are probable, improbable, impossible, finite and infinite. We also had to write a short story about something we saw that was improbable or impossible. So here it is!


My story
I was riding my horse and that’s the day when I saw the most bizarre thing. I was training my horse for our next competition, then suddenly my horse came to a halt. And I flung of, landed in the gross mud. I was covered in mud, all over.

“Neigh” my horse reared up. I looked up and the weirdest thing happened. My eyes were seeing something no one had ever seen before. In the pig pen, all the pigs had wings. I couldn’t believe my eyes. So I rubbed my eyes. It couldn’t be real, that would be impossible. Then suddenly one of the piglets lifted of the ground and started flying.

I ran of the sheep pen, where my brother was. “Look, look.” I said. “What is it?” He said. I pointed to the pigs. “What about the pigs?” He replied. I looked over and the pigs had no wings. The piglet was on the ground eating out of its troff. I was confused. What just happened? I must of been seeing things, I thought to myself.

Have you seen something bizarre before? I have.
So that's it! Bye! :3

Plastic Problem

Hey guys! Welcome back! I just felt like doing a blog post today while I waited for my afternoon google meet. I'm just showing my literacy I had to do, no reason.

So what I had to do today was write about a new invention. Mine was made in 2018, but my mum said it's still counts as new. I did mine on the ocean cleanup. Here is a link the video I watched, the video I used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1EAeNdTFHU. It was a very interesting video. So here is a screenshot of my work!


I hope you learnt something new! So that's it! Bye! :3

Successful School Work

Hey guys! Welcome back! Today for literacy everyone had to do the same thing. We had this slide of lots of Anzac activities to do. For numeracy we had to finish our androids. Here is my work!

Here's my literacy work! So today we had to do Anzac activities.  I did guess the emoji activity(not all of them were Anzac related). They are famous sayings.  So here's what I did!


Here is my numeracy work! Today what I had to do was finish my android. But I had already finished it but I changed up the colours. Here it is!


Have you made an android before? Can you guess what all the emoji sayings are?
So that's it! Happy Anzac! Bye!

Happy Homework

Hey guys! Welcome back! Today for literacy I had to write 3-4 paragraphs about a day I couldn't get a hold of. Then for numeracy I had to make an android in Tinkercad. Here's my work!

Here's my literacy work! So what I had to do was write 3-4 paragraphs about a day I couldn't get a hold of. I didn't really understand but I think I did it right. I did it about when I moved houses and schools. So here it is!

It started when I woke up to me lying on the floor with just a mattress. Everything around me packed up in boxes. It was the day when I was moving into my new house.

When we had moved the last lot of boxes in the moving van, it was time to leave our house. I was upset because we had so many old memories in that house. I had lived in that house since about 2.

I was also scared because I was going to a new school. Even though I already had one friend there I was still nervous. I was nervous to make friends all over again. And I was missing my two best friends from my old school.

Here's my numeracy work! So what I had to do was make an android in Tinkercad. We also had to note down all the resizing, translations, reflections and rotations we did as we made the android. (We had 2 days to make this android, but I did it in one. So tomorrow I will just change it up. But most likely only the colours.) Here it is!


What is a day when you couldn't get a hold of? What would your android be like?
So that's it! Bye!

Holy Homework

Hey guys! Welcome back! Today for literacy I had to write what I would do if the world would come to an end. I also had to read some of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. For numeracy I had to is finish of our landmarks. So here's my work!

Here's my literacy work! So what we had to do is write down what I would do when the world is coming to an end. I would do a lot, I probably missed out on some things. Here is what I would do(well most things)!

I would probably spend all my money(and my parents) on the latest phone and download every app the is. I would also spend my money(and my parents) on a whole lot of ice cream and eat it all day long(Ice cream is my favourite food).

I would also fly to America and go to disneyworld and universal studios. I would go to France and take a picture under the Eiffel tower. I would also go to Canada and see the bears(bears are my favourite animal).
 I’d go to London and see all my England family that I haven’t seen in 11 years, and raid the Queens palace. I’d go to Australia and see my Aussie cousins. I’d probably take my family everywhere with me so then we can die together.

And I’d find my cat Ginger and spend time with him. I would also go to the pet shop and play with all the pets.

I would also steal a car(a fancy one) from the shops and attempt to drive.

We have just started reading Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy today. For this rest of the week we have to read chapters 1-4.

Here's my maths work! So what we had to do is finish of our landmarks. I changed mine to the big ben, because I was kind of struggling so I went for something easier. So here it is!


What would you do if the world was coming to an end? Have you read Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
So that's it! Bye!

Super School

Hey Guys! Welcome back! So today for numeracy we have been starting to make a national land mark in Tinkercad. In literacy we had to make an evil scientist. Here's my work!

Here's my literacy work! So for literacy we had to make an evil scientist with a bit about them. So here it is!


Here's my numeracy work! So for numeracy we are starting to make a national landmark in Tinkercad. I am making the Eiffel tower. Here is the first part of it!


Have you made up your own evil scientist before? If not you should try it, and maybe you make a story about it! That's I'm thinking of doing, and I might share it with you guys if I do!
So that's it! Bye!

Sensational School Work

Hey guys! Welcome back! Today for literacy I had to make another scratch about the same thing but a bit more detail and more dialogue. For maths I had to make a house on a site called Tinkercad. Here's my work!

Here is my literacy work. It is kind of similar to my other one but with more dialogue and the duck is more polite than last time and the girl is confused and curious. I didn't really understand what I'm exactly meant to do. But I think I did it correctly(I hope). (Note: If you try play it again the duck will be in a different position and I don't know who to fix it. But I think if you just reload it might go back to it's original position) Here it is!


Here is my numeracy work. So I had to make a house on Tinkercad, with at most 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 living room, 1 kitchen and a hallway. I have made each room have it's own colour and labelled them. The maths part is we had to find the areas of each room, then find the whole area. We did this by preparing how long, wide and high each room will be so then we can find the area and the volume too. The total area was 348000mm(squared) So here it is!



Here is a link to scratch so you can make your own animations if you want: https://scratch.mit.edu/
Here is another link to Tinkercad so you can make lots of designs: https://www.tinkercad.com/
So that's it! Bye!

Superior School Work!

Hey guys! Welcome back! For literacy I had to make a conversation on scratch. And for numeracy I had to work out how many of an object of my choice could fit in my bubble. Here's my work!!!

Here is my scratch. So basically we had to make a scratch with a basic conversation, with an animal and a human. (We read a short story of a human how taught a cat how to speak English) But we had to make the animal speak in a way like how in the short story we read, just by how the cat spoke you could tell it was sassy. I think mine is kind of like a cool, laid back, bored duck. Here's my scratch!


Here is my maths work. So what I had to do was find the area of a 2 metre radius circle (bubble). Then I had to see how many of an object of my choice (I choose one of my couch's) could fit in that circle (bubble). I also had to find out my maths teacher's. He choose his truck. Anyways here it is!

Can you try and find how much of an object of your choice can fit in your bubble?
So that's it! Bye!

Lucky Lock Down Work

Hey guys! As you know we're in lock down but school is back. We are still doing school but at home. Every morning and afternoon we have had google meets with our literacy teacher to tell us about the days work. Enough chit chat here's my work!

For literacy we had to make a book cover of book we like and then write about it and what theme we think it is. (We made them on canva)


For numeracy we had to find estimate the length, weight and capacity of things in our house.

Have you made a book cover before?
So that's it! Bye!