Mental Well - being

How I deal with my emotions?
I always keep my emotions to myself I know that it is unhealthy but I do.  What I am starting to do is talk to my parents about it.  So when I feel sad or un even I try my hardest to talk to my parents.

What is Mental health?
Mental well - being is having the ability to control your well - being or how you are feeling.  There are many un healthy methods that you should avoid for your mental health.  Such as depression and much more.

Who is the best person to talk to when you are at school?
The best person to talk to is the people YOU feel comfortable around.  But if you do not know I would advise you to talk to your school council she/he will surprisingly listen to you.  You can let all of the problems that you have and give it to her/him.

Who is the best person to talk to when you are at home?
The best person is either your guardian or sibling.  Or go online to see who you can talk to.  Show them that you are not happy then tell them why.

Crystals

Aim: To learn about a saturated solution and how to make crystals

Crystal video

Definition of the solution:

A liquid mixture, when something is dissolved into a liquid (eg: sugar in water)

Definition of saturated:

Having or holding as much as can be absorbed of something (when no more sugar or borax can be dissolved into the water)

Borax Crystals

Borax Crystals time-lapse video

Ratio; 3 Tablespoons Borax per 1/2 cup water

Materials

1) Pipe cleaners

2) String

3) Regs

4)Borax

5)Cups

Process

Step 1: Shape pipe cleaners into star shapes.

Step 2: Hang star on a peg.

Step 3: Mate up borax solution.

Step 4: Label your cup.

Step 5: Pour three spoons of borax.

Step 6: Pour half a cup of cold water into the borax cup.

Step 7: Steer the borax and the water so it can mix together.

Step 8: Pour three spoons of salt in the salt cup.

Step 9: Tip half a cup of water into the salt cup.

Step 10: Steer the water and the salt to mix them.

Step 11: Pour four spoons of sugar into the sugar cup.

Step 12: Tip half a cup of water into the sugar to mix them.

Step 13: Wet the star.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	Cube	Small	Medium to Hard
Sugar	Cube	Small
Salt	Cube	Small

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After watching the videos as a class, explain how the following crystals are formed:

Type	Explanation
Salt	One of the ways that salt is found is by our OCEAN.  We put the salty water into ponds and heat it up.  When water is heated it starts to evaporate.  Then leaves the salt crystals.
Sugar	Sugar is made by sugar cane.  The chop the bottom then the sugar cane regrows it is a renewable resource.  It is then sliced and put in a machine to rip in shreds.  Then gets put in a whole more machine then makes it nice and crystallized.
Snowflakes	Snowflakes are created by tornados that take up h2o.  Then the water is frosted in the clouds.  It then falls and therefore making snowflakes.

CRYSTAL TYPES

AIM: TO LOOK AT THE 7 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRYSTALS

Salt Crystals

Sugar Crystals

Borax Crystals

7 different crystal shapes

The 7 types of crystals

Type	Number of sides	Picture	2 EXAMPLES
Monoclinic	10		Mica Orthoclase
Hexagonal	8		Quartz Beryl
Orthorhombic	6		Sulfur Topaz
Trigonal	10		Olgite Senaite
Cubic	6		Betafite Bixbyite
Triclinic	7		Albite Rhodnite

Burglar

The case of the Barefoot Burglar

In groups of 3, you are going to need to use your forensic knowledge to solve a crime. You must use the web page: Barefoot Burglar Evidence

1. Determine which of the four suspects is the "Barefooted Burglar"? 
2. What do you think was the motive for this crime? 
3. Write the results of your findings and convince a jury of your peers

The Crime

At approximately 7:15 a.m., Friday morning, Mrs. King, the science teacher, thought something was fishy as she walked down the hall and noticed that her door was open. She walked into her classroom and immediately discovered that the small aquarium had been broken and her prized goldfish were gasping in the sink. Besides the broken aquarium were the shattered remains of the pink piggy bank that had been on the shelf above the aquarium. A can of blue paint was spilled on the floor. Footprints of a barefooted burglar led to an open window. Bits of a white powdery substance was found next to the broken, empty, piggy bank. The only other item found was a half-eaten large chunk of chocolate candy.

When the police arrived they immediately began to gather forensic evidence.

Dan the Man Height : 176 cm Alias: The General Dan was wearing a woolen general's uniform with small holes when apprehended in the woods. He claimed to be gnawing on wood for moisture and insects to practice his survival training. His teeth look like beavers from gnawing. His wife complains that she never has any baking soda due to Dan's compulsion about storing clothes in mothballs. He thinks the baking soda takes away the mothball smell, so he stuffs his pockets with the substance. Also, his wife reports that her giant chocolate kisses continually disappear from the candy cupboard. He blames their dog Patton, an English bull terrier, who patrols the neighborhood. His neighbors report that Dan loves the military. He was very regimented about playing taps on his bugle every day at sunset until an irate neighbor broke his bugle. Dan has been trying to save money for a new one. Peg the Leg Height: 152 cm Alias: Lucky Lady

Peg is a librarian known for hanging horseshoes and four-leaf clovers in her library. Employees say she is so superstitious she insisted on carpeting in the library instead of laying tiles so she would not step on the cracks. She wraps construction zone tape around open ladders so no one can walk under them. Cola bottles litter her office, which she drinks with chocolate chunks. Her teeth are chipped from knocking the bottles against them. She is always throwing salt over her shoulder for good luck and keeps a salt shaker in her purse. Her alibi is that she was busy closing open umbrellas the morning of the crime.

Jake the Jock Height 201 cm Alias: Armchair Quarterback                                                                                           Jake the Jock is known for quoting statistics on every sport from boomerang throwing to sled dogging. His neighbors report that he is the neighborhood pitcher for baseball games. Last year a baseball hit him in the mouth and knocked out his front tooth. This has cramped his eating style of chocolate chunks, candied apples, and corn on the cob. His wife claims that on the morning of the crime Jake was rubbing his hands with cornstarch to keep them dry in preparation for an important baseball game.

Lou Lou\ Height: 160 cm Alias: Sweet Tooth

Lou Lou is so addicted to sugar that she never leaves home without it. She loves to bake sweet things and has an entire pantry full of sugar bins. She claims to have been baking her famous chocolate chunk cookies the morning of the crime (although not a morsel of a cookie or chocolate chunk was left when the police arrived.) Lou Lou rarely wears shoes, which often causes her to slip and break things, especially her collection of ceramic pigs. Evidence:

• Fingerprints: Sticky, 'swirl' fingerprints were lifted from the aquarium and piggy bank. 
• Footprints: The painted footprints were measured and were for 26 cm feet. 
• Teeth: The chunk of chocolate candy was collected for examination. It appeared there were teeth imprints.
• White Powder: The white powdery substance by the piggy bank was carefully placed in a plastic bag and taken to the forensic chemist for identification. It had very small grains and when mixed with Iodine it reacted making the color brown. It did not have a smell.

Name: Dave

                        

Fingerprints: No.

Mouth prints: Has a chipped tooth.
Shoe size: 16
White powder: None found.

Name	Evidence
Dan	Fingerprints: Mouthprints: His teeth look like beavers, Shoe size: No White powder: He stuffs his pockets with substances,
Peg	Fingerprints: Mouthprints: Cola bottles in her office, she drinks with chocolate chunks, her teeth are chipped from the Shoe size: White powder: The Salt she throws over her shoulder for good luck
Jake	Fingerprints: His wife claims that on the morning of the crime Jake was rubbing his hands with cornstarch to keep them dry in preparation for an important baseball game, Mouthprints: Baseball hit his mouth, Shoe size: White powder:Cornstarch
Lou	Fingerprints: Mouthprints: She already has cookie's lying around half eaten, Shoe size: Lou barely wears shoes which causes her to slip and break things often, White powder:Sugar

Findings: ( what did you find. Summarize what you have written in the table above)
I have found out what they do and how they are linked to the crime.  This means that it would be more easier for us to find our law breaker.

Verdict: ( who is the burglar and why)

I think that the burglar is Jake because if he had grabbed the fish that means the cornstarch on his hands would have mixed with the water and yeah.  That means that the water fell onto the ground in a white substance.  This was a great experience knowing what it was like to be a detective(It was hard).

The Two Diary's

This is the photos I wrote about.

Every Friday most of the classes get together and do multiple things.  One of the tasks we do together is Creative Writing.  We had to write about the picture that was given to us.  Here is my story:

Diary 2019

It was the year 2019 when life was like a dream.  We had hard earnt money.  We also have different gadgets such as PlayStations, Flat screens, Laptops, iPhones, Samsungs and much more!  I lived in a small place in New Zealand called Akaroa.  It was a beautiful place with a heart-stopping view.  Light blue ocean and golden grass.  It creates a perfect view.  It was like a dream come true.

Diary 2029
It was the year 2029.  The world was best described as madness,  the population grew tremendously. There were people starving on the streets.  The government did not care at all,  his only interests were himself.  We worked day and night and still got nothing.  It was as God abandoned us and left our bodies to rot.  All that was beautiful became ugly.  The sun hadn't been seen since 2020.  It had been covered by clouds.  We had all forgotten what peace felt like.  It was a nightmare seeing children die from starvation.

My weekly physical activity

This Week:

This week in we were focusing on our physical activity weekly.  I like to consider myself as a very physical person.  I enjoy being able to work on our physical fitness at school. Fitness helps the brain breather and increases your heart rate.  You working out is good for you so you can get bigger biceps.  It has been very fun doing all of the activities at school such as League Tournament, Basketball Tournament, Winter sport and much more. Breathing is also good for your physical fitness.  It also helps the brain by getting oxygen in your brain.  I will make a promise to myself that I will try to take part in as physical activities as possible.  I think that we all should be doing some sort of physical activity for or healthiness. I do all of the activities below:

My Activity:

1.Rugby League Training

2.Rugby League Game

3.Walking 1 k to home

4.Run with my dog

5.Sports at school

Making dirty water clean

Aim: To make a filtration plant using household materials.

Water Filtration Plant

What is the filtration?

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

Examples are:

1.  Kettle
2.  Air
3.  Pool
4. Internet

Materials

1.Sand

2.pebbles

3.funnel

4.filter paper

5.cone

6.container

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

Step 1

Cut the bottle with scissors to make a funnel

Step 2

Put the top half upside down that creates a funnel inside the other half

STEP 3

Fold the filter into quarters so it creates a funnel when opened

STEP 4

Get 1 cup of sand and pour it into the funnel that you have made with the filtered paper

STEP 5

Pour some pebbles on top of the sand filter but make sure it doesn't come out the side and stays in the middle

STEP 6

Pour the dirty into the funnel slowly and it the water is dripping that means that you have done an excellent job

Findings

We failed on our experiment and the water went into the other half really fast which meant that we didn't take our time and rushed it.

Minutes                          1.                         2.                   3.                    4.                       5.
Drops per minute: All in one
Watercolor: Brown
Conclusion:

In conclusion, I would like to say that I rushed it and it didn't work out.  All the dirty ran straight through and it and made a brownish colour at the other half of the bottle.  I think that if we take our time we will be able to accomplish it a high standard.  I would like to finish off with this experiment was fun and when I do this again I will take my time.

Food Pyramid

The Food Pyramid.

In drama, we do two different things like drama and Hauora.  Hauora is four in one special we have Taha Tinana(Physical Wellbeing), Taha Wairua(Spiritual wellbeing.), Taha Henengaro(Mental and Emotional) and Taha Whanau (Social Wellbeing).  These are essential for our own personal wellbeing.  On Tuesday we were focusing on Taha Tinana what we put in our body(Food)...

We were doing work on our food pyramid we started off by drawing what we think a food pyramid is.  I drew the different thing that we need in our body's.  So I divided it into it all into five sections one is Protein and more.  So this is my photo. (Don't Judge :)

Picture:

What it's supposed to look like: