Blind Taste-Test

Today in science we are doing the blind taste test. We get into pairs and one person will be tasting and the other will be writing down.

 Aim: To taste foods that are sweet, bitter. sour, salty.

Equipment:
1. samples 1-9
2. blindfold glasses
3. recording chart
4. ice cream stick taster.

Method:
1. get safety glasses and make a blindfold
2.set up your chart and make sure that the person you are working with knows where to record your responses.
3.Using an ice cream stick you will dip it into the sample. Once the sample is on the stick you will taste it and tell your partner your response.
4. There will be 2 answers.
5. At taste test one you need to hold your nose.
Answer 1. is it sweet, sour, salty, bitter. record it.
Answer 2. what do you think it is. record it.
6. Repeat this for the next samples but you will only need to use your ice cream stick taster for sample 1 - 4.

Blind taste testing results

Sample number	Sweet, sour, bitter, salty	I think it is…….
Sample 1	Sweet	sugar
Sample 2	salty	salt
Sample 3	Bitter	baking powder, soda
Sample 4	sour	tannic acid
Sample 5	bitter	potato
Sample 6	Sweet, and a bit bitter	gummies
Sample 7	sour and a bit sweet	gummies
Sample 8	sour but it also isn't	onion
Sample 9	sweet and bitter	apple

100 Word challenge

 Today in wānanga I did the 100-word challenge. As you know I always go over the 100 words. I did 103 words. Since it is term 3 we have our stuff in a different place. We got 2 choices. I choose the frog because it's an animal and I didn't know what to do for the other one. Here is a photo of the choices and my 100-word challenge.

You know how the story starts. It was a lovely day everyone was out on walks. I decided to go to the gardens. I have never explored that whole garden before. I only have ever been to the garden part but not all of it. The is a big museum next to the gardens. It’s about 4 floors high. That is not what we are talking about. We are talking about the gardens.

I was walking around with my mint milkshake and I saw a weird frog statute. I have never seen it before.

The frog was making a heart with its fingers. 

Music Through The Decades

 For the past term in Tuhura, we have been doing decade slides. Each week on most Thursdays we did one slide. Each week the year would go down by 10. For example, the 1990s would be one week and the next week would be the 1980s. For the decades we did from the 2000s to the 1910s. On each slide, we put a song from that decade, some of the artists from that decade, what the fashion was like then and a few more things. We started doing the decade slides on week 1 on Friday. I really enjoyed doing the slide each week because I learnt what the music was like in that decade. Another thing I really like was when it was the start of each period and there was different music from each decade. Also, another thing I liked was when we were learning about drum lines. One thing I didn't like much was when we did the jamboards because everyone would be silly on it and people would be move other peoples stuff. Also, another thing I didn't like was when it was the same fast finish tasks each week. One thing I learnt was what some of the names of the notes are and how many beats they have. Another thing I learnt was how to make our own macarons/drums with cups, rice and balloons. My favourite type of genre is instrumental because sometimes when there are no lyrics and it's just instruments and some beats it makes it very nice sounding. One of my favourite songs that have a really good instrumental part is umbrella. One of my favourite bands are Arctic Monkeys and one of my favourites songs from them is why'd you only call me when you're high. Here are my decade slides. 

CARR Stamps Encourage Students To Make Positive Choices

 Today in Te Ao Whanui we are doing another do now. Every time we have To Ao Whanui we have to do a do now. For the do now we to write about a statement for 15 minutes. Each statement is different from the last one. The statement is "CARR stamps encourage students to make positive choices". I didn't have many ideas but I had some. Here is my writing.

I don't agree with this statement because even if we are doing positive choices we still don't get stamps. Even though students finish their work or help someone out they still don't get stamps. The CARR stamps don't do much.  Most of the time, teachers say to have our CARR cards out and still don't stamp us. There are only a few rewards if you get so much. When we get 5 full CARR cards we get a postcard home. When we get 10 full CARR cards we get a 5 dollars cafe voucher. When we get 20 full CARR cards we get 10 dollars to the cafe or the hub. Most of the time teachers have their CARR stamp on them and they don't even stamp. I don't like it when the teachers say that they will stamp our card but they don't. One of the things I like about them is that you don't have to pay to go to the cafe with your voucher. Most of the time my CARR card is in my pocket folded up. 

Wants Writing

 On Wednesday in Te Ao Whanui, we started doing a wants writing. I choose to do candy/lollies as my want. Last week we did needs writing. For my needs writing last week, I choose to do clothes. Last week I only had to do 3 paragraphs but I did 4. This week I have to do 5 paragraphs. Our teacher got us into groups of how many paragraphs we had to do. There is a group for 1, 2, 3 and 5 paragraphs. Here is my writing. 
Let's talk about lollies and candy. Lollies were first made in the 16th century. The difference between lollies and candy is edible and lollie is a hard type of candy. George Smith was the maker of lollipops. Candy origin is mainly in ancient India. The oldest known candy is the chocolate cream bar made by Joseph Fry in 1866. There are lots of different types of candy and lollies. One of the most popular candies is snickers. One of the most popular lollies is spaceman. Snickers is made by Mars Inc. Mars Inc is made by Franklin Clarence Mars. Spaceman is made by Bonza Confectionery. Some other popular lollies and candies are milky way, twix, M&M, Reese’s peanut butter cups, gummi bears and more. There are four different types of sugar in the candy. They are called glucose, fructose, sucrose and lactose. Fructose is fruit sugar. Sucrose is table sugar. Lactose is dairy sugar. Glucose is normal sugar. Most people take candy with the sugar they need. If you take too much glucose you can get diabetes. There are two different types of diabetes, there are type 1 and type 2. There is no cure for diabetes but if you have type 1 you can take pills and it will help you. Lollies and candy are mostly used as a treat. For example, if you finish your work at school and tell your parents you could get a lolly or candy. There are different types of ways candy and lollies can be used. One of the ways it can be used is by using it with your baking. Lots of people use lollies in their baking. Most people make lolly cakes. Lollies and candy have lots of different ingredients. It depends on the candy/lolly for what ingredients they use. Most candy use sugar, butter, cream and milk. There are more ingredients they use in candy. Most lollies use sugar and milk. There are also more ingredients they use in lollies.  This is why I think lollies and candy are a want.

Year 7 - 8 Students should be allowed to have phones at school

 Today in Te Au Whanui we are doing another do now. The do now statement is "Year 7 - 8 students should be allowed to have phones at school". Here is my writing. (I did not get as much time as the others because my mouse was not working). 

I think year 7 - 8 should be allowed to have there phones at school. At the school I go to if you are year 10 and up you can go onto your phone. One of the reason why I think we should be allowed to have our phones at school is if we need to contact some one. Year 7 - 8s should be allowed to have there phones but if they are not using it it will have to be in there bag. (This is not finished).