Science Equipment!

This week in science we had to make a blog post about some science equipment. Here are twelve science tools. We also had to put a sentence below for the use of the equipment. I hope you enjoy!

Heat Mat

A Heat Mat protects the bench from burning.

Tripod

A Tripod is used for holding a beaker/flask above a flame.

Measuring Cylinder

A Measuring Cylinder is used to measure volumes of liquids.

Thermometer

A Thermometer is used for measuring the temperature of a liquid.

Gauze Mat

A Gauze Mat is used to evenly spread a flame under a beaker.

A Conical Flask is used for mixing liquids.

Test Tube Tongs

A Test Tube Tongs are used to hold test tubes.

Beaker

A Beaker is used for holding a liquid.

Scissor Tongs

Scissor Tongs are used for holding hot objects.

Stirring Rod

A Stirring Rod is used for stirring chemicals.

Bunsen Burner

A Bunsen Burner is used for heating experiments.

Spatula

A Spatula is used for scooping powders.

Dimple Tray

A Dimple Tray is used for watching (observing) chemicals change.

What respecting beliefs and religion looks like at HHS?

This term in philosophy we've been learning about respecting people, places, property and lastly beliefs. We had to partner up, and I chose Axle to be partners with me. We also chose, respecting beliefs. So what does respecting beliefs mean? It is like respecting people but their cultures. We have made a DLO about respecting beliefs. It is about Buddhism, Christianity, and Hindu. It is really important to respect each other. It can prevent fighting violence etc.

But anyways I hope you enjoy and I hope you learned something

Floating Paperclips!

This week we have been doing some experiments in science. Our experiment today was about making a paperclip float, but before we did that we needed a few materials to do this. Here are the materials we needed.

Materials:
Clean dry paper clips
Tissue paper
A bowl of water/or beaker if you have one
Pencil


How to do the science experiment:
After you have all the materials you need, you have to get a bowl of water.
Put in the tissue paper (don't make it too big.)
Next put the paper clip on top of the tissue.
Lastly get your pencil and press down the tissue and watch your paperclip float!

How does it float? There is a word called surface tension. It means that there is like a sort of skin on the surface of the water. It doesn't really float it is actually being held by the surface tension.
I hope you enjoy and I hope you learned something. I also have a question, what items do you will float?

Picture of the paperclips floating

Picture of the paperclip being held by tissue 

Picture of the beaker full of water

How do we make a quality blog comment?

Some of you might already know how to make an excellent comment. But maybe some of you don't, to start off. You should write a positive start. For example, "Hi Carl, I really liked your work about how mummification works." It tells the blogger that you have liked his work, you should also put a thoughtful part. Here is another example. "I also have wondered what it is like to be a mummy, will it be hard?" It tells the blogger that you showed that you have actually read his work.

Helpful, the helpful part of the comment is pretty important. This is an example, "I think that there is one small mistake, I think that you have spelled something wrong with your work." The blogger will then remember to proofread his work before posting. The blogger might even improve..

But anyways I hope you enjoy and I hope you learned something, Bye!

My Student Profile of 2018!!

Greetings and welcome to my blog, I am Vann. I am a year 7 in HHS, I was born in the Philippines and moved to New Zealand. While I was in New Zealand, I started to miss all of my aunties, uncles, cousins, etc. I was pretty depressed to move to New Zealand but excited at the same time too. I love playing sports and games and more importantly, basketball. I love playing basketball and including my friends also my brothers to play.

My favorite subject in school is pretty much every subject, however the one I enjoy the most is maths and science. Although when I grow up I want to be a marine biologist, a pilot or a basketball player. When I have spare time, I usually play basketball, games when I'm tired I instead will watch tv or anime. But of course, I also try to do my homework or read books.

I am looking forward to learning new things and make more friends. I am also excited for next year to meet my old friends that are in year 6 at HPS.

Also please don't forget that you can comment on my blog for feedback if I post work that can be improved, I would really appreciate it.

The kid who got knocked down by a potato!

This term in our Cybersmart, we were learning about smart footprints and how to keep our place private. Afterward, we had to make something to teach people to how they can keep there place private and safe.  So Axle and I worked together and made a pick a path, it took us quite a while to finish it but when Axle wasn't here, I had to do all the work. But I couldn't work on it if Axle wasn't online on the form, so I didn't do anything to the form, so I just commented to peoples blogs. When Axle came back we worked really hard to finish.

So here is the pick a path, also before that, I need to ask you a question. Have you ever posted somewhere in your bedroom or in your bathroom? Anyways I hope you enjoy!

7AL's Learning Hui!

This week in 7AL, we had to do our Hui. It was like a meeting for all students, but we had to share all of our work. It was only the year 7&8's together at the auditorium, there was a couple of technical difficulties with sound/volume. So the songs that we prepared didn't really work. It meant that we had to sing the national song with no sounds and also He Honore. We shared works like House Posters, Sugar Experiments, Readers Theater and the Filipino Presentation. But we were all good. I hope you enjoy!