Family crest: Identity unit Social Studies

For Social Studies, we are looking at family crests. I designed my own family crest.

Making measurments

1. Measuring 10 pendulum swings using a stopwatch

Measure 1st 13.94s    Measure 2nd 13.87s   Measure 3rd 14.3s

2. Measuring the volume of a 100ml beaker using a measuring cylinder

The volume reading on the measuring cylinder was 68ml

3. Length of the middle bench using a measuring tape

Length of middle bench = 5.324m

4. Length of a desk using a meter ruler

My measurement was 61cm

5. Voltage of the battery using a digital multimeter

My measurement was 1.57V

6. Measuring the temperature of water with a thermometer

Water from the cold tap: Temperature = 27C

Water from the hot tap: Temperature = 60C

Observations

Yesterday our class learned about observations. To do this, we lit a tea light candle and we made some observations about it. We also learned about what is not a observation, for example, "smelly" is not an observation. Observations are more detailed than that. Here are some of my observations. 

1.  The wick starts to sink after around 10 seconds,
2.  The bottom of the wick is turning black, 
3.   There is a circle of wax forming around the wick, 
4. The tip of the wick changes from a red glow to a gold glow every 5 or so seconds,
5.  Most of the wax is liquidised, it is now transparent,
6.  It doesn't have a distinct smell at the moment, 
7. The wax at the bottom is slowly setting, it is becoming more and more opaque,
8.  The wick is white at the bottom, 
9.  I can see a light blue tint on the bottom of the flame,
10. The wax pool is getting wider and wider, 
11. The shape of the wick is changing from a small triangle, to a larger teardrop, 
12. The wick is starting to sink now after around 2 minutes,
13. The wick is starting to form wax, 
14. There is a small scent of ash and smoke, it's not very strong,. It's pretty hard to really smell,
15. The size of the candle is getting smaller and smaller,
16. The smell is getting a bit stronger, but it is more of ashy smell now.  

Act 1 songs for our Musical

For our musical that we are going to do, we have to pick some song options.

Possibly something from Grease maybe "we go together" or "greased lightning". There are many other musicals to choose from such as Hairspray, maybe "you can't stop the beat". Possibly something from Hamilton, we listened to "nonstop" and it looks really good, I think that it would be a good option for us. Some of these options would be good because they would include all of the people in our class.

For our own group musical, Molly and I are still struggling to find a musical number for our group to perform. There are so many possibilities!

Response to the resent rocket launch

Watching the SpaceX car launch has made me think a lot of things, especially about all of the planets and the rocket ships themselves. How long do the people have to study about the planets themselves to go to any planet on a rocket ship? I find it very fascinating that people have got the skills to actually get a rocket into orbit and into another atmosphere. How do people make the rocket? What material is best for building a rocket, and how long do engineers spend building these rockets? All of the people that made all of this possible have probably been spending all of their time, working on this amazing rocket and you could hear it in their cheers when the rocket was finally launched. This makes me wonder how much work actually goes into building this rocket.  All of these people have probably spent most of their spare time, on a computer or building the rocket. I think that regular people are now realising how much work is actually put into building rockets and launching them.

Science 2018

My name is Nadia, this year in science, I would like to learn about the brain and how all of the cognitive functions work within the brain. 






Nadia, Science 2018

Drama

My name is Nadia, I am 12 years old and I have two siblings.  

Who is your favourite performer? There are too many performers to choose just one!

Video clip of the musical: The Lion King 

Extension work:
Top musicals of the 1930s- 1990s

1930s- The Wizard of Oz. The Wizard of Oz is a musical that was adapted for a book.
1940s- The Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom of the Opera is not only performed on stage, it is also a movie!
1950s- Singing in the rain. This film is commonly considered as one of the finest musicals of all time.
1960s- Oliver! Oliver is a musical film on the novel, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
1970s- Chicago. Chicago was based of true occurrences.
1980s- Cats. The work that its based on was actually going to include dogs, not cats.
1990s- The lion king! The lion king is based off the 1994 disney movie, The lion king.