Prediction about The Cay

From what I can see from the front of the book It looks like the older man is teaching the young boy how to put bait on a hook on the fishing rod. the young boy's shirt is ripped so he might have been in a shipwreck and it even says at the back that him and his mother's ship sunk. So I think it's gonna be about how he and the old man at stranded and help keep each other alive.  

Convection & Conduction

 Hurumanu 3- Chemicals and Chaos 

Convection and Conduction are both types of heat transfer, it is when energy is passed from cold to hot. It is about passing on heat.

When something heats up the particles move faster and faster so when they bump into each other they transfer heat because they are being in contact.

Conduction- it passes the heat energy through contact.  Good thermal conductor- can pass on heat. eg. stovetops and kettles 

Thermal insulator- does not pass on heat. (bad conductor for when you want heat) eg. house insolation and thermals. Thermal insulator traps heat in because they don't conduct heat. 

A good thermal conductor can be a good and bad thing as well as a bad conductor. 

Convection- It is when heat energy is transferred without needing to be touched, it is usually in liquid. eg heaters and hot air balloons  

The process continues eventually the whole liquid would get heated up. the process is called Convection Currents 

- Hot stuff rises, cold stuff sinks 

Teabag rocket 

When we lit the teabag on fire the particles spread out and were less dense making the teabag go up because it is light. When the ashes reach the top it becomes cold and the particles become compacted, denser and heavy, making them come back down. 

Week 9 do now

 Being able to be confident when public speaking is an important life skill:

I agree with this because there will be many times when you have to publicly speak and if you're not confident in public speaking then that would be difficult. like for instance if you have a job meeting, that is still public speaking you have to be confident in doing that. so that is why I think being able to be confident when public speaking is an important life skill.

Week 9 do now

 Matariki should be a public holiday:

I agree with this statement because we already celebrate it so much why not make a public holiday.  We celebrate the Chinese New Year why not Maori New Year. So that's why I think Matariki should be a public holiday 

Turon

On Friday we made turon which is a Filipino snack. we made turon because for this lesson we got to choose what we wanted to make. My stakeholder was my friends, they didn't have any dietary needs and likes any Filipino food.

Instructions:

Prepare the wrappers by peeling them apart, then cover the peeled wrappers with a damp paper towel to keep them moist. Peel the bananas and cut each into halves lengthwise. Place the brown sugar into a flat dish and roll the slices of banana completely covering each slice with a generous amount of brown sugar. Place a banana slice along the end of the pastry closer to you. Fold both sides (left and right) of the wrapper inward towards the banana. Use water to moisten the wrappers so it is easier to fold. Now roll it towards the other end away from you. Use water again to seal the edge. Heat oil in a frying pan over low heat. Once the oil is hot, add some of the wrapped bananas and fry for 3-5 minutes on each side or until the wrapper turns golden brown. Drain them on a paper towel and serve while warm and the wrapper is crispy.

Instructions by Foxy folks

My friends really liked the Turon, they said they could really taste the banana but they wished the banana was sweeter. They said they smelt really good and they liked how crispy the outside was.

Next time I should add more brown sugar since they said they would like it to be sweeter but other than that I wouldn't change anything  

Lhysette and I worked well because it was familiar to us. It was really easy for us to make because we already knew how to make it and because we both cook it with our mums. There weren't any difficulties when it came to making them.

Overall it was really fun and easy to make Turon and people seemed to like it when they tasted it.

Week 8 do now

English is the most important subject to learn in school:

I disagree, I personally think that English isn't the most important subject to learn in school. Though it is important I just don't think it's the most important. There are other important subjects to learn in school like maths. So that is why I disagree that English is the most important subject to learn in school.

Apple Turnovers

About two weeks ago we made apple turnovers, we usually have three people in our team but one person recently joined us so now the people in our team is me, Lhysette, Emma and Ebony. 

Our team work really well and as usual, the lesson went pretty smoothly at least for our group.

The turnovers were easy to make and it didn't make a whole mess in the kitchen. I kina wish we left them in the oven for a bit longer so the outside would be more crispy and toasted but we didn't have enough time to. 

They tasted and smelt really good, you can taste and smell the cinnamon. Overall a pretty easy thing to make, the preparation didn't take that long but baking then took a while.