Once upon a time there was a wise man
who used to go to the ocean
to do his writing.
He had a habit of walking
on the beach
before he began his work.
One day he was walking along
the shore.
As he looked down the beach,
he saw a human
figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself to think
of someone who would
dance to the day.
So he began to walk faster
to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw
that it was a young man
and the young man wasn't dancing,
but instead he was reaching
down to the shore,
picking up something
and very gently throwing it
into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out,
"Good morning! What are you doing?"
The young man paused,
looked up and replied,
"Throwing starfish in the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked,
why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out.
And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But, young man, don't you realize that
there are miles and miles of beach
and starfish all along it.
You can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely.
Then bent down, picked up another starfish
and threw it into the sea,
past the breaking waves and said-
"It made a difference for that one."
Message: Your Input does matter - even if its so small, Insignificant in the World and One Person can Change everything in One single good Thing and It Influence People to do the Good thing.
I am a student at in Uru Mānuka. In 2020 I was a year 9 and in 2021 I will be a year 10. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note....some work won't be edited - just my first drafts, so there may be some surface errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Starfish Poem
Social Study
The amount Of Debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch accumalates Because much of it, Is not Biodegradable Many Plastics for Instant, Plastics sticks around the Environment for ages, Threatening Wildlife and Spreading toxics, Plastics Also Contribute to Global Warming.
The Problem is It’s Affecting Sea Animals By Eating the Plastics, Like Bottles, Bags, straws and Other Type of Plastic waste washed ashore.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Copper To Gold
Equipment
Safety Glasses
Copper Metal
Beaker
Hotplate
Tongs
Bunsen
2moil-1 Sodium Hydroxide
zinc powder
Aim: Copper - Gold
Use a small Piece of Copper metal, Cleaned with Sand Paper. Pour about 80 ml of 2moil -1 Sodium Hydroxide into a Beaker and Warm on a Hot plate to 60c. Add the copper metal, then place a spatula full of zinc powder into sodium Hydroxide solutions, Leave for 5-10mins until metals turns a silvery colour. Remove metal from beaker with tongs and heat in a Bunsen Flame using tongs for 30second, Colour Appear.
Zinc powder from Zinc Oxide in the presence of Sodium Hydroxide and Coat the copper giving a silver apperance, Heating the Zinc Oxide Coated copper forms brass, metal Alloy giving a Gold appearaces.
Bias & Agenda
Bias - When you unfairly favour one side of an Arguement.
Source - Where you got the Information.
Credible - Factual, truthful, Reliable.
Authority - The Authority has good/in depth Knowledge of the Subject.
Reliable - Can Be Depended On Or Trusted on.
Perspective - Point Of View, The way you see it.
Agenda - What you are trying to do, e.g Convince me of a Fact.
Manipulate - Mould something into you want it to Be.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Crash Course
Is This Text Fair?
Yes, because People Shouldn't Drive while They're Drunk.
How are Children, Teenagers or young adults Constructed in this text?
Teenagers Or Young Adults Shouldn't Drive While they're Drunk Because Weird Accidents Happened when they are Drunk while Driving.
How does the text present age, Gender or Cultural groups?
In the Video all I Noticed that Most People In the Video Were Most Likely To drink while they are Drunk.
Why Is the text written This way?
To Show People What happeneds If People Drive while they're Drunk.
Friday, May 7, 2021
Brainstorming - English
Thursday, May 6, 2021
The Great Pacific Rubbish
Critical Literacy
What makes this Video Convincing?
They got Good Actresses, That can Make People Think It's Realistic.
Who Published this Video?
The Fake News Facts.
How are teenager portrayed In this clip?
Teenagers were seen as Lazy People.
Teenagers were addicted to Gadgets and Never Socials to there Parents.
Why Has The Director cast them this ways?
To shows Teenagers Behavior and How it affects someones Life.
Either to Make fun Of Stereotypes.
Who is Real in this video?
Everyone in the video is real But The Portrayed are Fake.
What Social Realities does This video?
They Were Protesting people In some of the Clips.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Alkaline Metals
1.) What is an Alkaline Metal? Any of the Elements lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium and Francium and Occupying Group 1 of the Periodic table.
Where are they on the P.Table?
Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium and Francium.
2.) What Reactions did we do Yesterday?
Explosions.
Sodium + Water = Sodium Oxide + Hydrogen.
3.) Why do these Metals React this way?
They Got 1 Electrons
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