Chromatography

Aim:
To separate the different pigments in ink dyes using paper Chromatography.

Equipment:
Felt pen,Filter Paper,Water,Beaker,Tape.

Method:

1. Cut a strip of filter paper.
2. Rule a line about 2cm from the bottom (a straight line) or do your finger width.
3. Grab your felt pen and do a dark circle until you feel like you nearly just coloured through the paper.
4. Fill your beaker up to 1cm
5. Dip your paper in slowly and when it hits the line just leave it there. ( Tape the bit you are up to.)
6. And then see the magic happen.

Observations:

When I diped the paper in I saw what happened to it. It slowly moved the felt up or kept the felt dot in one place and the rest went up.

It depends on what colour you are doing for e.g my colour was pink when the felt moved slowly it went pink,pink,light pink to orange.

World Vision: 40 Hour Famine

10 of us students hoped into our school van and drove to La Vida Conference Centre (To be honest I didn’t know where we were going until I asked the teacher)

While we were driving off we sang songs laughed. At one point one of the students were being to  hiyper Miss said as a joke if you keep this up I will kick you off

When we arrived there I thought it was a school but then I released it can’t be.  Once we stepped off the van the same guy who was about to get kicked off said “hay look it’s Gareth Morgan” and then he  keeper chanting ‘Gareth Morgan ,Gareth Morgan,Gareth Morgan’ At some point we all joined in but we stoped because our actions will affect the school so we saved it for later

We stepped in the room thay were playing music. At 8:40 we moved into the Auditorium for the session then we would take a 40 minute back then come back do anther session and the 50 minute brake then one more session then back to school at some where around 2 o’clock.

The people that were speaking were Nishan David, Chlöe Swarbrick, Chris Jupp, Abe Nouk, Britney and Harley.

That day was pretty interesting and shocking to see what those people have to go through at a young age.

What I found fun was the van ride.
I learnt that one of the speakers were going through what one of the kids were going through.

What I would like to do next is for our school to have a day like them kids for e.g eat just rice and live in a box for a long period of time.

Growing Crystals

Aim:
I want to find out hot to make crystals form in a super saturated solution

Equipment:

• A super saturated solution of Sodium Acetate
• A seed crystal of sodium acetate
• Busen burner
• Heating Mat
• Boiling tube
• Scissor Tongs
• Funnel
• Filter paper
• Small beaker

Method:

1. Filter the super-saturated on the funnel.
2. Place you fennel (with the filtered paper on top) on top of your Boiling tube.
3. Pour your liquid into the funnel and you should see a crystal form.
4. When it's done remove the funnel and see if it has little crystal in it. (Plus if you smell it, It smells like salt and vinegar. Don't waste it we need that at the end)
5. Grab your Boiling tube and your Busen burner, pop on your safety glasses plus the scissor tongs because you are going to heat it over the Bunsen burner (remember to have the heating mat under it.)

6. Grab your scissor tongs and place it like your holding it.
7. Put in a 45-degree angle, point it at the wall.
8. When your heat your tube remember to take it on and off the flame because you will burn your hands.
9. When it is all melted grab your small beaker fill it with cold water and place your boiling tube (with the liquid in it) in that water to cool off for 5 minutes
10. *Fun part*. Once it is cooled off grab a little tiny crystal on pop it in the boiling tube and see the magic.

Discussion:
When I heated the crystal it melted.
When I cooled it and popped a crystal in it, It formed into the crystal form in the start.
I think why it did that is because the crystal liquid in there didn't form with each other because there was nothing really to form But the raw crystal was poped in it reacted because the crystal liquid wasn't used to that raw crystal.

Social Studies (Philippines)

In social studies, we are learning about our culture my culture is the Philippines

1. My Group has been working on a presentation about the Philipines culture.
2. I learnt that there are 5 different languages eg Tagalog, Bisaya, Bicolano, Kapampangan and Waray.

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Separating Mixtures

Aim:
To separate a solution from a precipitate ( a precipitate is a name for a solid that forms in a liquid during a chemical reaction)

Equipment:

• Lead Nitrate
• Potassium Iodide
• Conical flask
• String rod
• 250mL beaker
• Funnel
• Filter Paper

Method:

Sorry if you can see our video but I will put a link to a video of someone doing it

1. Pour 10mL of lead into the mini measuring cylinder and then pour it into the beaker.
2. Rinse out the measuring cylinder and then do the same thing with the potassium chemical. and see the magic happen. 
3. Filter paper and fold it in half and then again then unfold it once and place it in the slot of the funnel and place the funnel on top of the conical flask.
4. Pour your chemicals that in your funnel and let it drain out and you will see what it comes out.
5. Now look at the filter paper now (it's cool looking right)

Mixing Don't watch unless you want to know
Here are some photo's (with numbers) from the experiment that I got from my Science teacher

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(1-2 *step 4*)
(2-2 *step 4*)
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Discussion:
When I mixed the chemicals together they made a cloudy yellow colour (a little bit like paint) form but, when I drained it, it turned into a clear chemical.
The stuff that was left behind was residue.
I have no idea why it did that.

Refection in Drama

In drama and Music, we are studying Musical Theatre. For my group performance, we are doing Parliament the musical.

Things to cover

• Parliament the musical is about the Labour, NZ first (this is a New Zealand play Btw), National and Greens party in Parliament debating about why should a Christan Muppet take away a child to do memes.
• We just rehearsed our lines and our solos.
• Nathan, Shikobi, Logan, Kaiden and Me (Meagan) and I'm Labour
• We just need more practicing on the lines and the solo so it can be perfect.