Science - Corrosion

 Aim - To investigate the factors that cause rusting in iron. 

Equipment - Four test tubes, test tube rack, a bung, four iron nails, boiled water, tap water, salty water, cooking oil, calcium and chloride. 

Method - 

1: Label four test tubes A-D and place in a test tube rack.

2: Test tube contents: 

A= Iron nail and tap water.

B=Iron nail and salty water.

C=Iron nail, boiled water, oil. 

D=Iron nail and calcium chloride. sealed with a bung.

3 - Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least three days. 

Aim - To investigate a number of techniques that may prevent rusting.

Equipment - Four test tubes, test tube rack, a bung, four iron nails, tap water, Vaseline gel, nail polish or paint, zinc pellets or magnesium ribbon. 

Method - 

1: Label four test tubes A-D and place in a test tube rack. 

2: Fill all test tubes with equal volumes of water - enough to cover nails. 

3: Test tube contents:

A=Iron nail

B= Iron nail cover in Vaseline

C=Iron nail painted with nail polish or paint.

D= Iron nail with a small piece of magnesium ribbon wrapped around it, or with zinc pellets added to the test tubes. 

Textiles - Screen Printing

In textiles we were doing screen printing. First you had to draw a picture or logo that you like.  Then you had to get craft knife and cut it out. Then you got a screen and put it on top of your cut out and material. You put paint on the top of the screen the drag it down with a squegy. Then you let it dry. I did HS for Harry Styles.

 

Art

In art we have been learning about Michael mew. We have also been learning about focus points and leading lines. 

 

Live Aid

Midge Ure and Bob Geldof

Midge Ure was in bands such as Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the frontman of Ultralow. Midge Ure helped organize Live Aid and he also preformed there. Bob Geldof was in a band called The Boomtown rats. He went from being a rock star to being an international celebrity for raising awareness of humanitarian charities. He helped raise money by bring heaps of his fans to help him.

 

Social Studies - Vietnam war.

 The Vietnam War was an extremely tragic time. A lot of people didn't want it to continue, some famous artists wrote songs about it. Edwin Starr wrote a song called " War, what is it good for?". This song talks about how war is never the answer to anything and how innocent people lost their lives. 

Song

Lyrics:

War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
War, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, why'all

War, huh, good god
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me

Oh, war, I despise
'Cause it means destruction of innocent lives

War means tears to thousands of mothers eyes
When their sons go to fight
And lose their lives

I said, war, huh good god, why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again

War, whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing, listen to me

it ain't nothing but a heart-breaker
(War) friend only to the undertaker
Oh, war it's an enemy to all mankind
The point of war blows my mind
War has caused unrest
Within the younger generation
Induction then destruction
Who wants to die, ah, war-huh, good god why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it, say it, say it
War, huh
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me

it ain't nothing but a heart breaker
(War) it's got one friend that's the undertaker
Oh, war, has shattered many a young mans dreams
Made him disabled, bitter and mean
Life is much to short and precious
To spend fighting wars these days
War can't give life
It can only take it away

Oh, war, huh good god why'all
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing say it again

whoa, lord
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing listen to me

it ain't nothing but a heart breaker
(War) friend only to the undertaker
Peace, love and understanding
Tell me, is there no place for them today
They say we must fight to keep our freedom
But lord knows there's got to be a better way

Oh, war, huh good god why'all
What is it good for you tell me
Say it, say it, say it, say it

huh good god why'all
What is it good for
Stand up and shout it nothing

Science - Making salts

Aim - To produce sodium chloride salt by carrying out a neutralisation reaction.

Equipment - 50mL and 200 mL beakers, dilute HCI, dilute NaOH, 25mL measuring cylinder, a glass stirring rod, spotting tile, Universal indicator solution, tripod, gauze mat, Bunsen burner, evaporating basin.

Method - 

1. Using the measuring cylinder measure 10mL of HCI and pour it into your 50mL beaker. Add dilute naOH a few drops at a time while stirring with a glass rod. 

2. Every 10-15 drops start adding the naOH and use the glass stirring rod to transfer a drop of the solution to a spotting tile. Test its pH  using Universal indicator. 

3. Keep adding naOH and testing the solution by repeating step 2. As you get closer to neutral you may need to test the solution after every drop.

4. Pour the neutral solution into an evaporating basin and evaporate the water out of the solution using the equipment set up shown above. 

Reflection - My week

On Saturday night Talia stayed over. I was babysitting my mum's friend's son, so we couldn't really do anything. Brody ( The kid I was baby sitting) and I went to Mc Donald's for dinner, then Talia came over after that. We played 2 board games, The game of life and clue do. We were messaging people from school and annoying them because we were bored. Then on Sunday morning Talia went home and I did nothing all day.