Music Evaluation

Are you happy about the performance?
I'm am happy about my performance because we didn't mess up the cords. We were also in tune with the background music.

What was successful about your performance?
Everyone was trying their best and it turned out really good.

What would you do if you had to do it again?
I would use my left hand more. 

Science - Planets

The smallest to biggest planets are Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter.

Fact about Mercury -   A year in Mercury is 88 earth years.

Fact about Mars - Pieces of Mars have fallen to Earth.

Fact about Venus - One day on Venus is longer than a year.

Fact about Earth  - A year on earth isn't 365 days.

Fact about Neptune -  Neptune is the roman God of the sea.

Fact about Uranus - Uranus is referred to as "ice giant" Planet.

Fact about Jupiter - It had 65 moons.

Fact about Saturn - Saturn has 62 moons.

Christmas Music

What is the purpose of Christmas music?
The purpose of Christmas music is to share stories and traditions through music.

What is your favourite Christmas song and why?
My favourite Christmas song is Jingle Bells because of the rhythm. It also makes me happy and cheerful. 

Are there any NZ Christmas songs? What are they? 
Jingle bells Kiwi style 
Summer Wonderland
Aotearoa Christmas 

Acrostic Poem

Cheerful
Happy
Roast
Interesting
Snow
Trees
Making cookies
Activities
Stockings

Science

Did we land on the moon?
I think we didn't land on the moon because in the video the flag was moving but there was no atmosphere.  Since there is no atmosphere on the moon there should have been lots of present.
Another reason is that the shadow was diagonally when it should have been parallel because the sun was the only light source. 

Music - A million Dreams

In music I'm in a group with Trisha, Lily - Ray and Lauren. Trisha is doing the piano as well as me. Lily - Ray is doing the ukulele and Lauren is dancing. The song we have chosen is A Million dreams because we could contribute a piano, ukulele and dance in it.  Here is the song - A Million Dreams.  In the scene where the song was used, the young P.T Barnum was basically in love with a female friend, although her parent's didn't approve of it.  First I'm working on my part of the piano and the challenging part is combining the ukulele and dance in it because we all have to be on the beat. 

Science - Acid Rain

Acid Rain:
Acid rain makes chemical weathering happen more quickly. When fossil fuels likes coal, oil and natural gases are burned, oxides of carbon and sulfur escape into the air. These molecules dissolve in the water that's from the clouds and makes rainwater more acidic then normal. The process is called acid rain.

The process
1. Burning of fossil fuels.
2. Molecules dissolve.
3. Precipitation.

Method:
Put a moist apple, petal and calcium carbonate petri dish spaced apart. After put three drops of universal indicator, bromothynal indicator spaced apart. Get a weigh boat and put sodium solfid plus water and sulphuric acid and mix together.  Afterwards put the lid on the top of petri dish.

Observations:
Universal indicator was green and turned red.
Bromothynal indicator was blue and turned green/yellow.
Petal lost a bit of it's colour and was hard.
Apple turned hard.
Calcium carbonate turned crusty.

Art

This photograph is called Loyalist Militiaman and was taken by Robert Capa. The image is about a solider collapsing after being shot in the head with the weapon slipping out his hand. It was taken on September 5 1936. Robert was famous for taking war photos and was also a photojournalist.  Robert also got an award at the World Press Photo Award for General News.

My critique is that I don't like how the man was shot because it make you feel sad. If I used this image to inspire my friends, I wouldn't use a weapon but instead there would be someone holding on to the person so they wouldn't be falling but catching. Even though the image is someone getting shot I wanted to make a positive thing.

Greatest pianist of all time

Liberace :
Birth Name: Wladziu Valentino Liberace 
Birthday: May 16 1919
Nationality: American 
Early Life: Liberace started playing the piano when he was just 3 years old, and began proper lessons soon after. He quickly learned to play by ear, replicating the songs his older siblings were playing.
Height: 1.78m
Cause Of Death: Pneumonia
Death: February 4 1987

Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Birth Name: Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov
Birthday: April 1 1873
Nationality: Russian
Early life: his grandfather and his father had played the piano before, so he was born into a musical family. When he was 9 his family and him moved to St Petersburg. There he took piano lessons at the Conservatoire.
Height: 1.98m
Cause Of Death: Skin cancer
Death:  March 28 1843

My first preformace - Music

I played the piano because that was the instrument I was more comfortable with.
I played the song Let Her Go by Passenger and I played it because it sounded good the there.
I wasn't happy with my performance because I felt like I could do better.
If I did it again I would do it with a better flow.

P.E - Gymnastics

In P.E we are doing gymnastics. Some videos are me doing some skills.

When I was on the beam it was difficult at first because I couldn't even stand on it properly. Now I can get on it but some skills I can improve on.  The two poles are kind of hard because when you walk it hurts your arms.

WTE Sentences

W.A.LT: Write WTE sentences to improve our writing.

The Simple Sentence
Hornby high school is a centre of creative excellence.

Very Short Sentence
Joe went to the store.

The Power Sentence
Football is the most popular sport in the world.

Red, White and Blue
Genica is cool, amazing and fantastic.

The adverb start

I quickly walked to the other room.

Begin with a Preposition
In front of me was a football.

The -Ing Sentence

Music

What is the instrument you have chosen? Why did you choose this?
I chose the keyboard because it was the easiest thing for me.

What is the song you have chosen? I chose Let Her Go by Passenger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ginx7WKq5GE

What is this song about?
It's about letting someone go that you loved  and a phase he said was "You don't know what you have until it's gone".  Also how he was so invested the the relationship and can't get over her.

Are you nervous about your performace?
yes because I've never performed to anyone.

What part of the song is the hardest?
The middle part.

SCIENCE

What are the key parts of a microscope?
Course focus is to on the image.
Stage clips are to hold the slide in place so it won't move.
Fine focus knob is to focus on the image but makes minor changes.
You see through
Stage is to put your slide on.

How did you set up your microscope and microscope slides?
To set it up the microscope you pick it up by the neck and the base. Then you would put then light bulb box on the light source. After you put your slide on the stage you look through the eye piece lens and see what's there.

What did you observe down the microscope? I was looking at plant cells.          

What are key similarities differences between plant and animal cells?
The similarities are the cell membrane, Cytoplasm and nucleus.
The differences are that animal cells don't have large vacuole, cell wall or chloroplast.

What was discovered using a microscope?
Robert Hooke discovered cells back in 1663.

Types of microscopes
The Compound Light Microscope.
The Stereo Microscope.
The Digital Microscope.
The USB Computer Microscope.
The Pocket Microscope.

Science

Digestive System

Oesphagus
Where is it: It's connected to your mouth and stomach.
Function: It's let's the food go through the stomach after being swallowed.
Structure Is a long, thin and strong tube that connects to the mouth and stomach. When you swallow food the walls of your oesophagus squeeze together which makes the food go down faster.
Weird example: It takes 7 seconds for for to travel through the eseophagus. 

Stomach
Where is it: It is below the oesophagus.
Function: Is a big elastic bag that can hold lot's of your food. It usually holds about 2 - 4 litres of food. It can hold food for 2 hours or longer.  There's a part where the lining had a acid which will break down foods.
Weird example: When your face turns red (blush) your lining of the stomach also turns red.

Small intestine -
Where is it: Bottom of your stomach.
What is it used for/ how it works: It's where 90% of the food is digested and absorbed.  The other 10% is the stomach and the large intestines. The villi is also part of the small intestines it helps nutrients get absorbed into your blood.
Weird example: The small intestine is much longer than the large intestine, but the large intestine is much wider than the small intestine.

Large intestine -
Where is it: Around the small intestine
How it works:  The job is to absorb water from the remaining indigestible food matter.
What is it used for: The major function of the large intestine is to absorb water from the remaining indigestible food matter and transmit the useless waste material from the body.


Liver -
Where is it: The right side of your stomach
What is it used for: The main functions of the liver is to filter the blood from the digestive tract before passing it to the rest of the body.
Weird example: It hold 10% of blood in your body. It pumps around 1.5 liters through itself. 

Percussion

What is a Percussion?
The Percussion is an instrument that has to be struck or scraped by a beater.

A famous one armed Drummer is Rick Allen. Rick Allen's band is called Def Leopard.
I think that my rhythm was okay but not the best because I couldn't get the rhythm . Overall I think that the drums are okay.
 

 Drum labelled