Decomposition

Aim: To learn about the rate that different materials decompose. 

Hypothesis: I think that bananas will decompose faster because the flesh will be exposed to air.

Materials:

1.   Bananas
2.   White Styrofoam
3.   Paper/Cardboard
4.   Bread
5.   Test Tube (X4)
6.   Test Tube Stand 
7.  Laboratory Rubber Stopper
8.   Water

Steps:

1.   Gather materials.
2.   Cut bananas, Stylophone cup, cardboard and bread into little pieces.
3.    Then put 4 test tubes into the test tube stand.
4.   Add the bananas, stylophone cup, cardboard and bread to each test tube.
5. Add water to the bread.
6.   Put in laboratory rubber stopper at the top of the test tube. 
7.   Wait for the change.
8.  

Findings:

TODAY	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Yellow
Paper	Brown
Stylophone cup	White
Bread	Brownish White

•   
•   
•   
• 
  

3 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Brown with Blue	The colour before what yellow now it is brown and blue.	It has a lot of mould on it and it is looking disgusting.
Paper	Brown	It is the same colour.
Stylophone cup	Whit	It is the same colour.
Bread	Blue With spots of black.	The colour was brownish-white now it is blue with black spots.	The bread now has a lot of moulds and all of the bread's moisture. It has a lot of black spots that look like mosquitos.

•   
•   
•   
• 
  

5 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	The colour is brown, black and a lot of blue.	The blue colour has increased but the yellow colour is still visible.	There is more mould in it and the moisture/water had gathered up in the bottom.
Paper	Brown	It is the same colour.
Stylophone cup	White	It is the same colour.
Bread	Black, brown, blue.	The brown has increased and it looks like vomit.	There is more mould and it looks like someone vomited in it. The water that was put in it had some mould floating above it.

  

Orana Park Visit

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today I would like to share an awesome experience in term 3. In the last week of term 3, we went on a field trip to Orana Park. As you may have seen, I think there was a post here about Orana Park. Orana Park is famous for its animals (of course) and the different species of gorillas. There were many animals but my favourite was the Kea.

What is a Kea?

The Kea is a New Zealand native bird named one of the smartest birds. They look like parrots but with darker green-ish feathers with smaller bottom beaks and the kea also has bright orange feathers inside their wings.

Credit: https://www.milford-sound.co.nz/kea-the-clever-clown-of-the-alps/

I also took some pictures and videos though they are only off kea and two other animals. I could not take anymore due to the insufficient space on my phone. Though I wish I could have taken more, we also saw some tigers, orangutans, kiwi, giraffe, emu, cheetah, lions, meerkats, different amphibians, rhinoceros, gibbons and other animals. We also got to feed the giraffe, I was scared at first but I was really scared overall. The giraffe pulls hard on the plant and if you did not know the giraffe has a purple tongue so their tongue wouldn't get sunburnt while eating. 

Here is a video I have made for the animals I captured through my phone. Enjoy!

Welcome October!

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post today I would like to celebrate the new month. It is currently the term holidays and from this day (1/10/19) there will be only 1 week and 5 more days till term 4 starts. I hope everyone has a great holidays and please stay safe!

Credit: https://www.brmc.com.au/portfolio-posts/dates-of-note-for-the-coming-month-of-october/

Spring Learning Journey: Food l Activity Six

Hi everyone welcome to another blog-post today I will be doing another activity to count for the spring learning journey. For this activity I had to create a google drawing of a food I haven't tried but would like to try and we have to explain why we want to eat that kind of food.

Spring Learning Journey: Food l Activity 1

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post today I am going to do a post about name 10 healthy foods I haven't tried before. This activity is to count for the spring learning journey. Let's get started.

List of 10 healthy food I haven't tried before:

1. Lentils  - Lentils are an edible seed, they are a rich complex in carbohydrates a nutrient that helps boost your metabolism and burn fats. I really wanted to try this when we were in the Philippines. 
2. Lamb Meat - The meat of lamb is a healthy meat to eat loaded with vitamins and high quality of protein.
3. Coconut - Coconuts has fibre and it could improve your heart rate, weight loss and digestion. 
4. Bell Peppers - Bell peppers have a great source of antioxidants and vitamin C, also it improves your eye health. 
5. Leeks - Leeks are low in calories but high in nutrients especially magnesium and vitamins A, C, and K. 
6. Quinoa - Quinoa is a gluten-free high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contain amounts of all nine essential amino acids. 
7. Ezekiel Bread - Ezekiel bread includes more protein, fibre and absorbable vitamins and minerals. 
8. Apple Cider Vinegar -  Apple Cider Vinegar can kill many types of harmful bacteria, it lowers blood sugar levels and fights diabetes.
9. Chard - Chard filled with nutrients - calcium, vitamin B and betacarotene - chard also has fibre. 
10. Kidney Beans - They are rich plant source of protein, they are also rich in various minerals, vitamins, fibres and antioxidants.

Cooking Lentils by Joe Lingeman is licensed under  CC BY-SA 2.0

Goodbye!

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today I would like to make a post about the end of term 3. As you may have to know term 3 has ended and I would like to share some of the memorable activities that have happened throughout the term.

One of the things that happened in term 3 was the transition of our hurumanu subjects, we now have drama and science rather than music and playback pe. What I liked about is Drama, we got to play games and learn about being healthy. In science, I liked the 2040 documentary because it showed what was happening to our world and some way we can help create a better future.

Link:http://hpslyand.blogspot.com/2019/09/2040.html

This is a post

Another thing was the bake sale, I made a post on the back sale recently I hope you check it out. This was a memorable thing because we got to make food and help the school out. Here is the link to the post: http://hpslyand.blogspot.com/2019/09/food.html

Lastly, I want to talk about the new buildings in our school, our school has 3 new buildings we call it Kahui. All of the buildings are spacious and modern, my class are in the first building called Mōhua, it is an NZ native bird. In Mōhua we are with two other classes, that makes us three classes, we are currently using M1, M2 and M3 classrooms. 

Well, the is all, for now, I hope everyone enjoys their school holidays! Have a great day!

FOOD!!!

Hi everyone! Today I would like to share a cool event my cip class did for the school. So this idea was made up from one of the teachers that were teaching us, the idea why to have a bake sale to fundraise for the senior championships. I thought this was a great idea so we prepared and designed what kind of desserts we were going to make. We also had to work in groups of 3-4, I was working with my friends Alliah and Jolly Rose. We had decided to make chocolate chip pancakes because the bake sale would be held at morning tea and we thought people would really like it. So on the day of the bake sale, we had to prepare our pancakes 30 minutes before the bake sale because we wanted it fresh. Then after that, it was finally time for the bake sale.

My group and I helped sell the desserts, our dessert was the first one to be sold out due to the number of people who wanted it. After the bake sale, we got a total amount of $200 dollars and probably more. Our teacher said it was enough to supply the senior team for the sports championships. Though I did not take a picture of the pancakes I have a replacement picture.

Lastly, I want to thank all the people who came and bought some desserts, we can not thank you enough.

Also here is the recipe my group and I made: