Dirty Water Experiment

Aim: To make a filtration plant using household materials.

What is filtration?

Filtration is separating solids from liquids by adding a medium through which only the liquid can pass. 

Examples are:

1.  Tea bag
2.  Water filter
3.  Coffee filter
4. Aquarium filter

Materials

1. Rocks

2. Pop bottom top

3. Coarse sand

4. Fine Sand

5. Coffee filterer

6. Elastic sand

7. Pop bottle bottom

8. Dirty Water

Process - ( use verbs or doing words in each step )

Step 1

Cut the bottle in half.

Step 2

Put the top half upside down.

STEP 3

Add layers of rocks, coarse sand and fine sand.

STEP 4

Get 1 cup of dirty water.

STEP 5

Pour dirty water into the bottle and it should start to filter.

STEP 6

Observe how the water flows. 

Measurements

Write a short sentence about the water every 1 minute. 

Include 'How much water has filtered through', 'How fast it is dripping through', and 'How clear the water is'.

There was a decent amount of water that filtered through, it dripped pretty fast.  But it wasn't clear as I thought, although it was a really successful and a fun experiment to do. 

Warning

Make sure that an adult cuts the bottle in half. This water filter is just an experiment and should not be used for drinking water.

Avoid using charcoal briquets, as these can contain chemicals you don't want in your water. Use the activated carbon for water purifiers instead.

"Brotherhood" Stop Motion Film

This term, on art we have been learning about "Stop Motion". Stop motion is an animated film making technique where objects are moved between individually photographed frames.

Then we had to make our own stop motion film, the goal was to make a stop motion film that was 20 seconds long, or longer. To make our stop motion film we had to pick how we were going to make our film. We either had to make it on a whiteboard, where we have to keep drawing and taking pictures every time we were moving a character. Or we could do it on clay and make figurines and take pictures of it, every time we move it. The last choice was lego, I've seen lots of videos about it and it's pretty cool. After that, we had to be in a group of 3 or less. I grouped up with Axle and we worked really good. We were placed in a group, A or B Axle and I was in group A.

Before we start making our film we needed a plan first. So we made a storyboard so we know how our story is going to work. Here is the picture of our storyboard. We are also doing a script but we are still working on it. Here's a preview.

Treaty of Waitangi History Presentation

On February 6 we celebrated Waitangi day, but my class didn't know what was Waitangi day was . So our teacher Mrs Allan gave us readings about the Treaty of Waitangi, and who was the first person to sign the Treaty. Although maybe some of you also don't have a clue of what Waitangi day is. So I made a slideshow explaining what Waitangi day is, we researched a bit to find out some information. I now understand what Waitangi day is for and I hope you will too in this slide show.

SLJ: Lesson 3

The task for this SLJ lesson is. You and your family decide to go out and visit a local market. When you’re there you meet a student who tells you all about what it’s like to go to school in their country. The student also gives you a page from their diary that shows you what a typical school day is like for them.

So the first thing I searched was what it is like to go to school in Mexico. I harvested lots of information, and I found out that the schools in Mexico start at 7:30 am and then end the day at 5:00 pm. Although I also found out that Mexico doesn't have the strongest public schooling available. Children can start school in preschool when they are about 3 years old. Students from grades 1 to 12 can go to school free but you must purchase your own equipment. 

This is all I found out about the schools in Mexico, I hope you enjoyed. 

Humans vs Ghouls

For the last few weeks, we were working on narrative stories. My topic was about Humans vs Ghouls. I wrote about a person named Kaneki which was the main character, I took inspiration from an anime called "Tokyo Ghoul." Anyways Kaneki was just a normal citizen, but that all changed. I won't tell any more spoilers but I hope you enjoy the story. I might also make a second season of the story, but I'm not that sure about it.

Humans vs Ghouls

Chapter One: The Dare...

A bell rang as we entered the shop, It smelt astonishing with the essence of coffee. “Hey let’s go sit in that table!” Said Hide in an excited voice, we sat down and discussed things. He started talking about pretty boring stuff, like some opportunities at school. Suddenly he invited me to play a game. I got curious about what game we were going to play. How about we play “truth or dare..?” We played a couple rounds of paper, scissors, and rock to see who will lose. He was undefeated, I have always won when we play this game, it was odd. Hide moved closer to me and whispered to my ears… “I dare you to, follow a random person who leaves the cafe..” I was puzzled on why he wanted me to follow a random person, but it seemed like he had a plan…

Someone named Touka came up to us and gave us our order, I took a sip of the coffee. When suddenly someone was about to leave the cafe, “Hurry, Kaneki!”. I swiftly stood up to my chair and followed the person and noticed she was a woman. She left the shop, liquid from the sky started to fall to the ground. It started to rain, I was lucky that I had my umbrella. I kept following her she was heading to a pitch-black space.  It was near the construction site, I felt a bit nervous. “I should’ve not listened to Hide and follow someone else...” But she kept walking and closer and closer to the construction site, unexpectedly she stopped…

“Who are you…?” She said in a deep voice, I got horrified on what might happen to me. I already knew I was in big trouble. She went up to me, I felt pain on my shoulders. I checked my eyes widened as blood was pouring out of my shoulders, “What are you doing?!”, I shouted. I felt a bit nausea. I saw her with tentacles-like on her back but with only four, swiftly she stabbed me in the chest “Die!!“ “No, please stop it…”, I cried. “I won’t be able to survive for any longer,” she said. That was all I remembered from that day…

Chapter Two:  A Monster...

I woke up, and my left eye was in pain. I stood up from a comfy bed, I walked around. I saw a mirror and I saw myself, my eye was black and had red cracks. “What happened..?” I remembered the unfortunate time when I almost could have died. “Am I dead?” I whispered to myself. As I walked someone was knocking on the door, I opened and an old person was holding two coffee. I let him in and we sat down, he looked familiar to me but I just couldn't remember. We talked and he explained why I was here, finally I remembered that he was the owner of the coffee shop. “You can stay here anytime you want to.”, he said. He left the room, I took a sip of the coffee. It tasted was wonderful, it was the best coffee I have ever tasted. My cup of coffee was finished, I went downstairs to see if I could get another cup. As I walked down there were other rooms, they had names of the people living inside. When I got down, the place was empty. No customers… I walked up to the owner, “Why is the place empty, It’s morning?”

“The shop hasn’t opened yet..” he smiled.  

He gave me another cup of coffee, I asked him how he makes his coffee so delightful. He showed me how he made coffee, it looked complicated. “How about you try to make one for yourself?”. I began making me one, every single time I get something wrong he guides me through it. Meanwhile, I finally got it. He tested the coffee, “It might be even better than mine!” He said. I felt proud, and I got hired to work as a barista…

I was walking home alone when suddenly I heard people screaming. I sneaked to the corner and took a peek, I saw a guy killing innocent citizens. I was frightened, I only took a glance who he was, he had yellowish hair and had glasses. Just then he killed the people and I shouted: “Who are you?!” He didn’t talk, just then I felt a strong sharp object go through my back. It was a feeling like before. He raised me up while I spat out blood. I felt my eyes turning and getting painful. His eyes, they were black with red cracks. It was the same eye I saw in the mirror.

I struggled my way out of the unknown weapon he’s using, I was infuriated my vision changed on my left eye. My back was rumbling with movement, something wasn’t right. I have turned to something horrible. A ghoul…

Chapter 3: The Solution...

A new day has begun and the start of our school was opened for another year before it gets rebuilt. I ran to school with an eyepatch on my left eye, I used it to cover my eye. Just when I entered I heard someone yelling my name. “KANEKI!!”. He went behind on my back and hugged me, “Where were you?” He asked. I lied to him by saying that I went back home because I felt sick. He asked me why I have an eyepatch on my left eye, “It just randomly got painful, I’m not sure why… I couldn't let my best friend know what I have turned into.

We walked into the office to ask if there are another opportunities for a play this year. Just when I was about to knock on the door, Hide suddenly busted his way in without knocking. “Hey, Manners!” He shouted he looked familiar to me. “Hi Mr Yomo, I am Hide and this is my friend Kaneki…” His eyes widened, “Nice to meet you Kaneki…” I moved closer to Hide and whispered: “How do you know him?” “Hey! There are still a few more hours before school starts, let’s go eat somewhere.” He suggested, “Let’s go Kaneki!” Before I could get away Hide grabbed my hand and followed the student council. He headed to a shop for food, then he kicked Hide right in the stomach and knocked him unconscious. “HIDE!!” I shouted I threw the food that he gave me and ran after Hide. Yomo walked slowly near me, “What have you done?” Just then a person came, it was the person who gave us our order. Touka...

A few hours later…

I was saved, and Hide was getting healed in the hospital, I was home feeling exhausted and starving. I rapidly went to my fridge and grabbed something to eat, I saw a cake so I grabbed a slice. I took a bite, but I swiftly spit it out. It tasted like ash for some reason. I took another bite, it tasted like ash once again I tried to consume it but I couldn't handle the taste. I felt like I was not human, I grabbed a burger from the fridge and ate a piece. I couldn’t understand it… Everything I ate tasted like ash, I got more frightened, more frightening than a demon stealing your soul. However, I felt like that I was the demon, a monster. The coffee shop, I need to go to the coffee shop. It was the only source of food I can only drink since when the incident happened. I hurried to the coffee shop, craving for food and help. When I got to the coffee shop and I quickly asked the owner why everything I ate tasted like ash.

The look on his face, it looked like he knew something. “Stay here…”, he came back holding a something that smelt like I can eat. He took out the wrapping, and it looked like food. He gave it to me and I took a bite. For some reason, it tasted pretty good. The owner of the shop took a glance of me. He knew something, I wasn’t sure what he was thinking about… “Come back here tomorrow, I must explain something…”

End Of Season...

SLJ Lesson 2: The book review

This is a blogpost about the second lesson of the summer learning journey. As you might remember we had to choose a country that we would like to visit, now we are going to visit it. Although there is a problem, I took Curious Kiwi to be my company on the journey. Unfortunately, Curious Kiwi forgot his book and now he is worried that he'll get bored during the long flight without anything to read. I now have to suggest a book to him that I have read and enjoyed. The book I chose is a book called "NIMONA"

The author of this book is Noelle Stevenson. I have only started this book and I was already shocked by how good the story was. It was not only the story that I enjoyed it was also because it was more of a comic. I don't really like books with just words with them because it makes the book a bit boring, a comic book has a story that has pictures which makes it more creative. There wasn't a part of the story that I have not enjoyed yet, but there might be some parts that I won't enjoy.

Anyways here is a bit of the story:

Characters: Nimona, Lord Ballister Blackheart, Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin, The Director, and Dr. Meredith Blitzmeyer. Here is a link to a website that has more information about the characters: Gingerhaze

Events: Nimona was a fan of a villain named "Lord Ballister Blackheart," Nimona wanted to be Blackheart's sidekick. So Nimona faked that agency sent her to be blackheart's sidekick. Nimona was declined by Blackheart, but Nimona showed her powers as a shapeshifter. It means that she can transform into anything she wants.

That is a peek of the story but I really recommend you reading this story because I really enjoyed it and I thing that you will too.

My Reflection On Cybersmart

During cybersmart, I have learnt lots of things I have not even known before. But going back on the first term of cybersmart, we learned about "Smart Learner." The second term was "Smart Footprint," then "Smart Relationships." Now the last one is "Smart User.." Here is my reflection on this four sections of cybersmart. 

Term 1 - Smart Learner: 

I enjoyed it when there was a lot of lessons we can do, and it had very fun activities too.  I really didn't enjoy anything because it had fun lessons with some activities.

Term 2 - Smart Footprint:

In this term, we had to find out how we can get information about somebody. We also had to go deeper to keeping your personal information private. 

Term 3 - Smart Relationships: 

This time we were learning how we can have a positive conversation online, and making a comment better. like thoughtful, helpful, and something positive.

Term 4 - Smart User: Now the last term, we are not really doing that much except just covering about, the summer learning journey. 

My favourite thing in cybersmart this year was when we had to get a group and find out why we are losing interest in our blogs, and how we can get more people interested in our blogs.

I would really like it if cybersmart had a little more fun activities so we don't just make blogpost on what we did learn in cybersmart.