SLJ Activity #1 Setting sail

For day 1 activity number 1, our task was to come up with 10 foods that we would take on a three week trip while we are at sea. We had no electricity so we could not take things such as raw meat that needed to be cooked. In our list, we had to explain why we chose those items. Here is my activity!

1) I chose Almond and Cashew mix because they are really filling foods.

2) I picked a bag/basket filled with oranges because they can last 3 weeks they also prevent scurvy. (An illness due to the lack of vitamin C)

3) I chose a loaf of bread because I like bread.

4) A drink bottle filled with water because I wouldn't like to be dehydrated.

5) I chose Coconut water because it is full of electrolights. (Coconut water is low in calories, rich in potassium, and cholesterol and fat free. It is proven that in some areas it is better than water but it is not very hydrating.)

6) A bunch of carrots because carrots taste good and they help me feel better when I get sick.

7) Raspberry jam so that I can have something on my bread.

8) Canned Fruit becuase it would last longer than bananas or other fruit.

9) I chose canned fish as well because I could also have that on my bread.

10) I chose something canned again and that is canned meat. It would be something like pickled silverside. It might not taste great but it is better than eating raw meat.

I made all the pictures myself as you could probably tell.

Thanks for taking your time to read my list. Good luck on your activities if you are doing the SLJ!

SLJ Practice activity

Special Meals

My favorite meal is a Green Thai Chicken Curry. I like it because it has green beans and they are one of my favorite vegetables. You can also put different herbs in it for something different. You can also have bread or pizza base with it. I am not a great cook so the Green Thai Chicken Curry is good for me. It is quick and easy to make.   This photo is from Wikipedia. What is your favorite meal?

Waterspouts

This week two groups in our class have been learning about Waterspouts. We leaned a lot about these water pillar. things. They require specific weather climates and conditions to form, they are long tubes of damp air and they look like small tornadoes. Waterspouts occur in the tropics or the countries close to the quainter (The warmer counties). The look like massive beanstalks shooting from the clouds to the surface of the water. The waterspouts descend down from the clouds and meet the water. They form like stalks because there is always forceful air keeping them in place. Waterspouts are really interesting!

One of our activities we had to complete, was an infographic. It is basically some information about the topic put into a fun layout. Here is my infographic.

Brush Ya Teeth

Over the last couple of weeks, Tali and I have been working together on an experiment. For our experiment we were testing what toothpaste (out of the three we tried) was the most protecting.

We cracked eggs in half and kept the egg shells. We then filled up 3 cups with black coffee. Then we took the 3 shells and coated them each in a toothpaste. We only coated the outside of the egg shell. We tried Colgate, Macleans, and a Peppa pig toothpaste. We then placed the egg shell in a cup of coffee and waited 48 hours. 

After 48 hours we took the shells out of the cups. The egg shell that had the Peppa Pig toothpaste, it had gone a litle bit darker than a normal egg shell colour. The inside however was a different story. It was also really dark brown almost black on the inside. The Colgate had the least discolouration. This meant that so far in the experament, the Colagte had proven to be the most protecting. The Macleans was a lighter mucky brown. It was not as bad as the Peppa Pig but not as good as the Colgate. 

On the last day of the experament, we observed something. The eggs had not changed much colour wise. Of course the toothpaste had disolved off the egg shell. But the colour really hadn't changed much. The only colour change was on the inside of the egg. It was definatly black now. 

Yesterday we had a Science fair. We made a Science board and put all our information on the board. Students from other classes and parents came to view our work. This is what our work turned out like.

Plastic Problem

WALT: I can write a shorter persuasive post by making a claim and backing it up with reasons.

This week we have been learning about persuasive writing. We had to choose a topic and then do some research on it. My topic is about plastic why you should you should reduce on your plastic use. It is a really important topic that not many people think about. This is my writing.


Why you should use a reusable water bottle.

I believe every person on planet earth should use a reusable water bottle. Here are my reasonings.

Over 1500 plastic bottles such as water bottles and shampoo bottles are thrown in the ocean every second. Just here in New Zealand! We spend approximately $588 each year on plastic bottles. You could buy 150 loaves of bread and 30 2L milk bottles! It takes a little over 700 years for your plastic water bottle to fully break down. And even then, the plastic will break down into microplastics. Meaning your plastic bottle will never actually leave the earth.

When the plastic bottle is thrown into the ocean, eventually it will turn into microplastics. There are fish that swim in the ocean and they ingest those microplastics. Those fish are eaten by bigger fish, and those fish are eaten by even bigger fish. We eat those bigger fish. This means that the plastic we are putting into the ocean is making its way back to us.

1460 plastic water bottles are saved each year, by you, when you use a reusable water bottle. That is 99 280 grams you are saving from in the ocean. It is estimated that by the year 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish! There are ruffly 3,500,000,000,000 fish in the pacific ocean right now! So that comes to a lot of plastic.

If you really can't swap out your plastic bottle for a reusable one, for whatever reason, you could switch to using plastic-free shower products. There is a company right here in Christchurch. They are called Ethique. You can by the products through their online store and on Amazon. 

 You don't have to have a plastic-free lifestyle. Just doing your bit would help.

Berocca and water experiment

WALT: Give a detailed description of what happened.

Last week on Thursday, we did an experiment for science. We described what we thought would happen then tested if we were correct. This is what happened.

The Wrong Planet

A few days ago we used a writing generator to help us pick a category. Mine came up with... 'A not so fun story about a know-it-all President who landed on the wrong planet. I found that pretty funny so I started writing. I learned that you can be as creative/silly as you want and still get a good story.

I really enjoyed doing this task. I liked how I could just let the words flow and not have to brainstorm my ideas like a information or newspaper report. I had nothing I really didn't like about the task.

Here is my writing:

The Wrong Planet 

 Once there was a know-it-all president by the name of Jackson. He was very rude. He did not care about anyone's opinions but himself. He was going to fly to a far away to an unknown planet. He believed that neptune was an unknown planet. He talked to NASA and tried to book in a take off. (They said no) So he set off building his own rocket. 

 He went to the cardboard store. He went and got 50 boxes and taped them all together with tape from the warehouse. He got an engine from Repco that he loosely attached to the boxes. He taped it all together. He stepped inside. 

 “Why is it not taking off!?”he said. “URGH! It’s just too hard!” He was jumping around trying to get a morcillas, dramatic blast off. He was jumping around in cardboard with an engie dangling off the side taped together with warehouse tape. He gave up and looked on trade me. 

He searched high and low on the trade me listings. Most of them were fake ones for toddlers. He wanted a 100% real one. Finally he came to the perfect listing. The only thing was that it said the words blue bottom. “Bit random.” he thought. The rest of it was perfect. He picked it up from Rangiora and drove back to his house. He started setting it up. He hammered it all the loose nails and bits of tin. After about seven hours of fixing it, he had finally finished. He took the small rocket, (Just the size to fit himself) shoved it in the boot of his car and toddler off to the nearest abandoned field. About 20 minutes of driving later, he found the perfect one. No trees, animals, or people in houses. It was perfect. He heaved the rocket out of the back of his car a plopped it in the middle of the field. It was time for take off. 

 Surprisingly, it actually took off! He blasted up high into the air. He looked down and all he could see out the window was fields. He tried to look further. There was a dust cloud forming down the dirt road. Slowly, it became larger and larger. Then there were people with big microphones running just a head of the dust cloud. They were taking photos, interviews and videos. “Oh My Gosh! I am even more famous than I was before!” He was rocketing up into the sky at full speed. A bit of the rocket fell off and he kept flying high. He burst out of the earth. He made it!

He was flying past Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.He was taking in all the  He had finally come to an unknown planet. So he thought. It was only Neptune. He opened the door and hopped out of the rocket. “Yikes it cold! That was super close. I almost didn’t bring my jacket.” He pulled out his phone and started researching because he was certain this was an unknown planet. A ‘Never seen before planet’. 

“WHAT!? I AM ON NEPTUNE, NOT AN UNKNOWN PLANET!” “Wrong planet” he thought to himself. He quickly called his friends. “Hey mate! What ya doing on Neptune? Bit stupid eh?” “Yeah can I get a ride back home?” “Sure, hop on in!” So he jumped in the rocket and flew back home. “No more planets for me I guess.”

24 days later...
Jackson goes to the box store and Repco for an engine.