Gummy Bears Osmosis

Gummy Bear Osmosis

Aim:

I want to find out what happens to Gummy Bears when we put them into different liquids.

Prediction:

I think that the Gummy Bears will absorb the liquids.

Method:

  

Equipment:

• Three solutions - water, sugar and salt

• Four Gummy Bears of the same colour

• Two Petri Dishes

• Marker pen

• Electronic Balance

• Measuring Cylinder

• Beaker

Steps

1. Get your equipment.

2. Put on your safety glasses

3. Label Petri dishes with DRY, WATER, SALTWATER, SUGAR WATER

4. Weigh the Gummy Bears and record their weight on the Petri Dish.

5. Add 40mL of the solution into the Petri dish.

Findings:

Weight change

Water Absorbed by Gummy Bear

How many mL left in the petri dish?

Water Absorbed by Gummy Bear?

Why did the dry gummy bear lose weight?

Why did the normal water gummy bear absorb more water?

Why did the sugar water gummy bear absorb less water?

Osmosis - what does this word mean?

Gummy Bear: 5.43g

Definitions:

Diffusion: The Movement of any substance from a higher concentration to a lower concentration.

Osmosis: The movement of liquids or gases through a semi-permeable membrane.

Chart: Weight Change

	Dry	Water	Saltwater	Sugar water
initial weight of Gummy Bear	5.43g	5.43g	5.43g	5.43g
Final Weight of Gummy Bear	4.43g	3.56g	4.56g	6.13g
Weight Difference	0g	-1.87g	-0.87g	0.60g
Initial Volume	40ml	40ml	40ml	40ml
Final Volume
Volume Difference

Conclusion:

The dry gummy bear lost weight and was light after 6 days.

The gummy bear in the normal water lost 1.87g in 6 days.

The gummy bear in the saltwater lost 0.87g in 6 days.

The gummy bear in the sugar water gains 0.60g in 6 days.

Greta Thunberg - Heros

 Yesterday we started a new topic but it's still about heroes. Our new topic is Earth Day and Greta Thunberg. Yesterday we had to read an article, watch a video and if we think we can do more we read a bigger article. If you were not here yesterday you had to just read the article and watch the video. Today we had to create something. Since I am in the superman group we could have chosen to do a canvas poster about Greta or write a persuasive paragraph about why we think she is a hero. I choose the persuasive paragraph. Here is the paragraph.

I think Greta Thunberg is a hero because she is trying to change the way the climate is. To some people she is not a hero but that the way they think. There is a lot of reasons why I think Greta is a hero. One of the reasons is that she is trying to change peoples minds about what kids think. I think it is very cool to see someone with a syndrome speak out about something and not get ashamed about what she is saying or that if people think that she is stupid by speaking out. There are some down things about what she did, like dropping out of school and leaving her friends but she did that for a change. 

She did one of her speech at the United Nations COP24 in Katowice. She was 15 years old when she gave that speech. She has also given speeches at other places. Her most famous speech was Climate Action Summit "You have stolen my dreams, and my childhood, with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones,". Most people listened to her because they realised something that they should have realised before she had to speak out. The awards she won was time person of the year, Glamour Award for The Revolutionar, Right Livelihood Awar, Shorty Award for Best in Activis, Rachel Carson PrizeInternational,  Children's Peace Prize, Ambassador of Conscience Award and Nordic Council Environment Prize.

This is how I know that she is a hero. 

Maths DLO

For the past few weeks, we have been doing angles. We had to do a DLO about how we solve angles around a point, on a straight line and in a triangle. I made my DLO on biteable so it was easier to do. 

Culture Kete

Yesterday we started a new kete. The kete is about culture. We got given some words to find out the definition for. Here is the DLO.

 

Skittles

 Chromatography is a technique for the separation of a mixture by passing it in solution or suspension through a medium in which the components move at different rates.

Aim: To separate the colours from the skittles by using chromatography.

Materials;

1.Skittles

2.Petri Dish

3.Water

Method:

Step 1:Place skittle around the edge of the petri dish.

Step 2:Carefully put water into the middle of the petri dish.

Step 3:Watch to see which colours each the middle first.

Findings:

Explain what happens to the colours? The colour comes off the skittles.

Why do they bleed out at the same rate? they didn't.

Why do the colours not mix together? The colours didn't mix because they have the same amount of sugar.

Fastest Skittle colours

Green: 4

Yellow: 3

Orange: 4

Brown: 8

Red: 3

100 Word Challenge

 Today we had to the 100-word challenge. We had to watch a video about what we are writing about. We had to write about St Patricks Day. I didn't have very much ideas so I just done something related to the garden gnome. Here is the video and my writing.

One day I was walking along a road thinking to myself what it would be like to be a garden gnome. When I was walking I kept seeing things pop up from the ground and then going back into the ground. I felt like I was being watched by something but little did I know that it was a leprechaun. I went down to the beach because I got bored of the road. I was walking along the sand and then suddenly I fell! All of a sudden I was on the ground laying on a clover. I still don’t know what I am to this day.

Rainbow Paper

 Rainbow Paper

Aim: To separate colours by using the process of chromatography.

Definition: Chromatography is a method of separating out materials from a mixture using a liquid.

Materials;

1. Chromatography paper

2. Water

3. Test Tube

4. Felt Pens

5. Test Tube Rack

Process:

Step 1: Get the paper

Step 2:  Get your felt pens

Step 3: Get test tube 

Step 4: Put water in the test tube.

Step 5: Put a dot on the paper

Step 6: Put paper in water

Conclusion:

What colours changed the most? Blue 

How many new colours could you see? none

Which colour travelled the furthest? Pink and Blue

Letter To Jacinda Ardern

 Today since I finished all of my work I had to write a letter to Jacinda Ardern. I was writing a letter to her because one of the tasks to write a letter to her. Here is my letter to Jacinda Ardern. 

 

Dear Jacinda Ardern 

My name is Carla and I am from Hornby High in Christchurch.

I am writing to you to tell you why I think women day is important and what I think about it.

I think women’s day is important because it is important to celebrate the day women got to

vote and have more freedom. Women’s day is important because it is the only time we get

to celebrate the women of our country. If Kate Sheppard never did anything we would of not

might have been able to vote. Ladies still would probably be in the house doing everything

around the house while the men get to get out of the house, work and meet new people.

I am glad that Kate Sheppard called out and said “that us women need to vote” because if not

life would probably still be very sexist.

Sincerely Carla

Women's Suffrage Movement

 Today in reading my group Superman had to read about women suffrage. The book was called The Fight To Vote. After we read that we have to write a paragraph about women's suffrage. I asked my teacher if I could change it so my writing was still about women's suffrage but it was like I am writing about my experience. Here is my writing.

Women's Suffrage haves been going on for a long time. I was one of the people who were marching along the street yelling to make a change in the world. I remember going out for a walk one day and going to other people houses and asking the ladies inside what they do all day and I only remember hearing that all they would be in the kitchen or in the garden or cleaning the house. Personally, I thought that was really unfair. I was not allowed to vote for a long time. I felt like we had no power and all we were made for was to stay in the house. I was so glad when we could vote because I felt like we had more power and that we weren't just meant for the kitchen. I love the new system. It was personally one of the big things that happened to me. I remember being let to vote for the first time in my life. 

International Childrens Day

Last week we had to do a slide show about children's day. We had to choose a place to do. The place we choose we have to write about that place and about what children can do there. I choose to do Ice Land. All of the class had to choose a place to do and if we did not have a Chromebook we had to pair up with someone else but both of you have to do another slide. Here is the slide show.

My Letter To A Sportsperson

 For the past couple of weeks, we have been doing sports heroes. We had to do a letter to our sports heroes but before we did that we had to make a sports profile of our hero and write about why we think they are a hero. I tried to make the letter have a bit of info about him and why I think he is my sports hero. Here is my writing. 

Monday 8 March 2021

Dear, Mr Malcolm 

My name is Carla and I am a student at Hornby high. In school for the last few weeks, we have been doing some work on sports heroes. We did profiles on a person we think is a hero. I chose you as my sports hero because you are inspiring to me.

Over the last two week, we had to learn about our favourite sports heroes. I was impressed that you can drive two sports car and you can change from a non-contact sports car to a contact sports car and also not forget that you are in a non-contact sports car. I thought that it would be hard to have two sports cars but you now changed that with you having two sports cars and one of them being contact and the other one being non-contact.

I was really impressed by your sporting achievements. There are lots of sporting achievements that I could talk about with people and they would not have a clue what I’m talking about. I remember going to Nelson to watch the PTS Superstock Stampede and seeing you race and letting other people win the Stampede.

Thanks for being my Sports Hero.

The Children's War Task

Last week in reading we had to read a book called The Children's War. After we read the book we had to task to do. The task was like the game bingo because you had to do the task and then you mark it off and you had to do 3 different tasks to make a bingo. Here is my work.

An interesting fact that I found was that the children got lots of money and they gave it to the

red cross and to the poor kids which were pretty kind of them because they could have just

kept the money.

My opinion of the book was that it was boring but there were some interesting things in the

story.

I learnt that children had a lot of responsibility then what children have now and that it is easier

to get money than it is now. 

Weekly Reflection

 Today we have to do a weekly reflection about whats has happened this week and what we think about it . Here is my weekly reflection. 

This week I am proud that if finished all my work that I needed to do. I struggled this week when we done the writing assessment because I didn't know what to write about.This week I enjoyed doing athletics day because I didn't have to do much work and we got to get out the class room. I think this week has been a good week. Next week I want to finish all my work on time.

"Be the change that you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

Science - Safety Poster

 Today our science teacher was a away. We had to make a poster about safety in the lab. Here is my poster. 

Hands On Fire

Hands on Fire

Aim: To light your hands on fire safely

Safety: 

Glasses.

Hair back.

Take of any lose clothes and stuff on writs.

Know where the fire extinguisher is.

Method:

1.Collect your equipment.

2.Put some water in tray.

3.Put some detergent.

4.Put on your safety glasses.

5. tie back any long hair.

6.Take off any jewellery.

7.Wash water on your arms up to your elbows.

8.Make bubbles in the water using the gas tap.

9.Lock your elbows.

10.Hold your hands together and scoop the bubbles.

100 Word Challenge

 Last week on Thursday we had to do a 100 word challenge. The photo we got given was a rat in a cup eating cheese with a cat behind the cup. I did exactly 100 words. Here is my work and the picture. 

One day I was walking alone and I found a house not thinking that there would be anyone in there so I went into the house. I was walking along the house and found the kitchen. I was walking to find something and soon I smelt cheese and I love cheese. I went to the cheese and saw that the cheese was in a cup. The cup was on the table and knocked it over so I could get in it. When I was eating the cheese I started hearing footsteps. Soon I could smell that it was a cat.