English - Brainstorming Task (People under 16 should not be allowed to buy energy drinks)

 

English - Critical literacy practise

The post said "In Germany, the government has increased fuel prices, in just one hour of time people abandoned their cars on the streets, avenues and walked home. Over a million abandoned cars, they had to lower the prices. When the people are smart the corrupt cant accomplish their goals."

Is the text real?

After searching up major traffic jam, I found the photo but the information I found was that this photo circulated through social media and was labeled as a protest in Germany. The photo was actually taken in Beijing in China, and in fact, it was a massive traffic jam and not petrol prices.

English - Factual or Satirical

Factual and Satirical news websites here: 

• The Onion (Satirical)

• The New York Times (Factual)

• The Civilian (Satirical)

• The Daily Mail (Factual)

• The Daily Mash (Satirical)

• The Herald (Factual)

• The Shovel (Satirical)

• Daily Telegraph (Factual)

All news websites have alot of articles and information but most of the articles seem fake. The websites itself might look like it is believable but they might be satirical, there are alot of ways to find out if they are factual or satirical. 

Choose two from the same country, ones has to be one factual and one satirical:

- The Onion 

- The New York times

Compare the two articles:

New York Times - On NYT website the titles/headings of the articles seem to me believable and realistic because they had also had written articles about Donald trump but this time the topics are more realistic and factual. The home page on NYT website is very realistic and has several bold headings and up to date stories. The information on the articles has factual information and the pictures of the text seem real and professional to the text. 

The Onion - At first, the onion looks like a normal website, it has many news articles with real/legit photos and titles/headings. The big thing that gave it away was that the news articles was fake and the titles of the articles were factual and non realistic. The texts were satirical and seem fake and the information on the articles were satirical and to me I did not believe them at all unlike the NYT.

5 things that you could use to check if a website is factual or satirical: 

- The name of the website.

- You can see if the website is secure or not on the website. 

- The titles of the articles (see if the titles are eye catching or believable)

- Check if the text is up to date and seem believable to you.

- Check if the authors who wrote the article are displayed.

Social Studies - Starfish Poem

What is the main message of this poem?

- The main message of this poem is that you can make a change even if it makes a tiny difference just for that one starfish. The other main message is that we all have to do our own bit to do doesn't matter how small the difference is? 

Evidence in the poem?

1. why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" "The sun is up and the tide is going out. 

And if I don't throw them in they'll die." "But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. 

You can't possibly make a difference!" 

2. "It made a difference for that one."

Poem:

THE  STARFISH  POEM

Once upon a time there was a wise man 

who used to go to the ocean 

to do his writing. 

He had a habit of walking 

on the beach 

before he began his work. 

One day he was walking along 

the shore. 

As he looked down the beach, 

he saw a human 

figure moving like a dancer. 

He smiled to himself to think 

of someone who would 

dance to the day. 

So he began to walk faster 

to catch up. 

As he got closer, he saw 

that it was a young man 

and the young man wasn't dancing, 

but instead he was reaching 

down to the shore, 

picking up something and very gently throwing it 

into the ocean. 

As he got closer he called out, 

"Good morning! What are you doing?" 

The young man paused, 

looked up and replied, 

"Throwing starfish in the ocean." 

"I guess I should have asked, 

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" 

"The sun is up and the tide is going out. 

And if I don't throw them in they'll die." 

"But, young man, don't you realize that 

there are miles and miles of beach 

and starfish all along it. 

You can't possibly make a difference!" 

The young man listened politely. 

Then bent down, picked up another starfish 

and threw it into the sea, 

past the breaking waves and said- 

"It made a difference for that one."

Science - Hydrogen gas & Magnesium Oxide Experiment

Hydrogen Gas Experiment:

Aim: To show that hydrogen gas is produced when metal reacts with acid.

Equipment: A test tube, a boiling tube, bunsen burner, wooden splint, a bottle of acid, a peice of metal, safety glasses

Method: 1. Light your bunsen burner

                2. Add your sample of metal to your test tube. Add 2mL of acid.

                3. Carefully invert the boiling tube above the test tube containing the metal and acid.

                4. Hold the test tubes together for a few minutes, allowing time for the inverted boiling tube to fill                      with gas.

                5. When you think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint.

                6. Carefully, but quickly, tilt the boiling tube full of gas upwards and insert the burning splint into                       the mouth of the test tube.

Results: When the acid went with the magnesium it fizzed up, then warmed up, next we lit a wooden splint and put it into the tube a big pop formed almost making us students deaf.

Conclusion: When the hydrogen gas ignited It reacted with the oxygen in the air which released energy

Magnesium Oxide Experiment:

Aim - To make a metal oxide and observe the difference in properties of the product compared to the reactants. 

Equipment - A piece of magnesium, bunsen burner, safety glasses, metal scissor tongs.

Method - 1. Light your bunsen burner.

                2. Hold your peice of magnesium in the scissor tongs. Ensure you are holding onto the very tip                      of the magnesium.

                3. Place the other end of the magnesium into the bunsen burner (at the top of the blue flame).

                4. When the magnesium begins to burn, do not look directly at it, as the light emitted can                                 permanently damage your eyes. 

Results: The magnesium ribbon burns with a very bright white light. A white smoke is produced as it burns. When the reaction is over a white powdery substance remains.

Conclusion: The white light is formed because the magnesium reacts with the oxygen to produce magnesium oxide releasing energy.

English - Brainstorming Task (Children under 14 should not have cell phones)

 

Social Studies - GPGP Poster

This term in Social studies I have learnt alot about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the causes and affects on the marine life and us humans life. I have learnt alot about how plastic and rubbish in general affects us humans and the marine life. We had to make a poster about what has been happening including the affects and causes. Here is my poster that I have created.