Project Based Learning - (The End Result)

Project Based Learning

For our Project Based Learning, James, Sapphire and I wanted to help the people who are less fortunate.

And since it is nearly the time of year where you are meant to give back to others, we thought, what better way to do that than to raise money and buy a Christmas present for at least one homeless person.

We came up with the idea that we should put together a box, that has the essentials that a homeless person would need eg a Blanket, Toothbrush, etc.

Unfortunately, we couldn't go through with the box idea as we thought that it would just be more for them to carry.

So as a team we brainstormed how we could make them more comfortable. And we all came up with a Bag.

We then looked online at the Warehouse & Kmart sites to see if we could find a few items that would help them.

I came up with the idea that we should search up and then list what they would actually need.

When we completed our Christmas Hamper with a total of $100+ and our winner of the raffle (Mrs. Beer) was satisfied,

I then took action and went out to both stores to buy everything we needed for our perfect bag for our one homeless person that we wanted to help.

The Items that I am about to show you are the supplies we bought with the money from our Christmas hamper:

‘Tooth Brush - $5 (Kmart), ToothPaste - $1 (Warehouse), Nail clippers - $3 (Warehouse), Socks - $4.50 (Warehouse), Cotton buds - $1 (Warehouse), Hat - $5 for bucket hat (Warehouse), Band-aids - $3. 80 (Warehouse), Baby Wipes - $1 (Warehouse) Hair Brush - $5 (Warehouse), Deodorant - $4 (Warehouse), Neck Pillow $8 (Kmart), Blanket $10 (Warehouse), Toiletry Bag $5 (Warehouse), Bag $4 (Kmart)

Even though we didn't have the End Result that we hoped for eg helping more than 10 homeless people. I'm Glad that we got to spread Christmas spirit to at least one homeless person. Because to me, one act of kindness can change at least one person's life.

Check Point 6!

Project Based Learning.

Our first action we took to help the homeless was...
We Brainstormed different ways to make money. Our first two ideas, unfortunately, failed as it would not be a reality because everyone would ask for Sausage sizzle or a Mufti day.  
We sat down as a group to think of out of the box ideas, that not many schools do. That is where the idea of doing a raffle Basket idea happened only it has a twist. 
This Twist was that there was going to be 3 winners only the first person we draw out of the hat will get to pick first. 
I think this is a good idea because I reckon it is fun, and it will get everyone involved in helping better our community. 

Project Base Learning!

 

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
Make a Raffle for the teachers so that we can raise money	Getting enough money to buy everything that we need	We don’t raise any money and it’s a waste of time. We could do it in our own time and raise money , maybe ask for fundraisers	Me	Before the end date

 

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
We need to be successful in the  Raffle	Advertising it	We wouldn't have any money We could Do a fun day	Oceana, James & Sapphire

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
We hopefully want to  go and buy it ourselves	Mrs drives us to the places we need	We wouldn't be aloud to go We will have to go in our own time	Our whole group

 

Steps needed to achieve the goal.	What will help us achieve this goal?(Enablers)	Possible barriers and how they could be overcome.	Who is responsible for this step?	Date this step will be achieved by.
Give everything to the homeless	Going out,  to give it to them personally. So that we don’t have to do it through organizations	We wouldn’t be aloud to, so we have to go in our own time. Go in our own time	Everyone

Project Bass Learning!

Help for the Homeless!
By James, Oceana & Sapphire 

We have chosen Homelessness for our PBL as we feel strongly about helping the ones who are less fortunate. 

What we plan on doing to help our community is:

Buy a bag and fill it with the essentials that a homeless person would need. E.g blanket, vouchers for food & clothes etc 
We are going to need to raise money, by doing a mufti day and sausage sizzle or make burgers.

What we want the outcome to be is to at least help one homeless person. And with the way we are going, we will achieve our task. 

Sex offenders should be imprisoned for life Essay

Sex Offenders should be imprisoned for life.

Catch em (optional): “Why am I the one chained to the bed, When you should be the one locked up instead”

Paragraph 1:

I think sex offenders should be imprisoned for life because they should have consequences for doing what they do to other humans.
For example one of the Universal Declarations of Human Rights is “Everyone has the right to freedom without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or another's opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or another status.”
This is a HUMAN RIGHT, as it states whether you are a different color, whether you speak French, Portuguese, Samoan, Maori, whether you are Asian, Indian, American, African Etc. 
You are entitled to these rights as human beings.
So again for a Human being to do that to another is why I am Writing my Essay on Sex Offenders.
As I want to be that voice for the less fortunate ones who go through these struggles on a daily Basis.

Paragraph 2:

Not only is it a violation of the Human Rights, but by having a variety of sex with different people you can spread diseases.
You may have thought that there were only three types of diseases (as they are commonly known.) Such as HIV (the virus that causes Aids), syphilis and herpes.
But there are in fact more diseases that can be spread sexually that not even I knew about. These diseases are called - gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital warts, vaginitis, viral hepatitis.
40% of rape survivors develop sexually transmitted diseases as a result of sexual assault.
Just think about every victim in brothels, girls & boys that are being trafficked, even Prostitutes. They have to live with Diseases, horrid memories, trust issues, and so much more for there whole life. So I ask this question again, why not send sex offenders to be imprisoned permanently for there consequences that they have done continually?

Paragraph 3:

If you search up the definition of  Sex offenders in google it comes up with "A Person who commits a crime involving a sexual act." Then if you write human trafficking, the definition comes up with "The action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another, typically for the purposes of forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation."
If people know that human trafficking is wrong, false, unlawful etc, then why not do anything about it?
We live in a society where it is okay to be watching kids on the streets selling themselves.
We live in a society where Every second 28,258 users are watching pornography,
And Search engines get 116,000 queries every day related to child pornography.
If we start by putting sex offenders in jail for life we can then start working on fixing everything else.
So I leave you with this question.
Would you like to see children chained up to there beds or would you like to see sex offenders imprison for life instead?

Random Writing

Dangerous sports should be banned.

I think Dangerous Sport should be banned because it can result in very bad injuries and in some cases death.

For Example if has the word danger in it. The definition of danger is the possibility of suffering harm or injury.  It is completely up to you if you wanted to do dangerous sports or jobs, but if you were to continue on with playing, I think you should read about the risks of a hit to different parts of your body.

Boxing should not be classified as a sport

Boxing should not be classified as a sport as I think it is to dangerous to be played as an option for kids in primary, High school or even as a job or a hobbie.

As it is very unsafe as you can get a hit to the head and get a brain injury or die, I just think any sports that will cause you to have a head injury or worst should be banned for young kids and in some case adults.

Fall for free  

This is finally it. My lifelong dream that has also been a challenge ever since I was just a little girl is about to come true in just a push of a button.

You see my mum use to travel all around the world, and yes I used use to.

It has been 11 years, 4 months & 27 days since I last saw my mum. My dad told me with tears rushing down his face that mum was travelling around the world for awhile, but I knew that wasn't a happy cry. After he told me the sad news I had to fake my knowing of everything and I just kept it to myself. I even did a memorial in my backyard under the blooming cherry tree my mum & I planted together. She always said to me when I turned 18 we would fly over to Hawaii, just the two of us and jump out of a air-plane. She also said it was a sign of freedom, Courage, strength & most of all bravery to fall into oblivion.

I admired my Mum so much. All of her aspirations in life were gone in an instant. My fear was no longer existent and my mum’s aspirations were now mine.

3...2...1.. Were now the last words I heard before Falling.

Falling to gain courage, falling to be strong, falling to live in freedom, Falling for my Mum.

Mimicking H2O!

Mimicking H2O 

Aim: My Aim is to Mimic Water (H2O), We can do this by using NaOh & Hcl (a Bass & a Acid). 
If we get the same amount of NaOh & Hcl together we will make Water.

Equipment Needed:
NaOh 
Hcl 
Universal Indicator 
Beaker 
Measuring Cylinder 
Pipette 

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Method:
First you are going to Get your your Equipment out, then you get your Bass, Acid and also your Universal indicator. 

You go ahead and measure inside your Measuring Cylinder 10ml of NaOh. Once you have got 10ml of NaOh you place it carefully into your Beaker. 
You put your Universal Indicator in and what the Universal Indicator does is shows the colour of the liquid to see if it is more acidic or has to much bass in. 
After you wash your measuring Cylinder you measure 10ml of Hcl, you get your Pipette and put little bits at a time in the Beaker that contains NaOh & Universal Indicator in it.
After every  pinch of Hcl you mix the beaker, once it changes colours either to purple/blue to Red/Orange 

My Essay!

Introduction:

(Optional)

In this Essay I am going to describe the Greasers actions and feelings towards the news of there brother Johnny's death. And how it has changed there thinking and actions towards the Soc.

The changes I felt were the biggest in the Book, The Outsiders, written by S.E Hinton.

Were when Johnny was in hospital, slowly and painfully dying.

And because it was the saddest bit in the book for me I thought it changed the direction the book was going in because, it changed the Greasers mindset of them losing the ones they loved the most.

For Example when Need to know name found out that his brother passed away he couldn't even live with himself, so he stole, and went back to his old ways, because I think when he felt and realised that his Angel like brother was gone and that to him there wasn't any point of life.

The director showed this by telling us some of the senses he felt during this rough time.

Another important incident was when all the Greasers fought the Socs.

the reason being was because they said that they were doing it for Johnny, but really Johnny changed after he saved those little children in the church fire, his last words were to Ponyboy, the brother who ran away with him, and changed throughout the book as well. Johnny quoted stay Gold Ponyboy, stay gold.

And what I think that meant was to be you, because there isn't another you in the whole world, and you should stay true to yourself, don't worry what the brothers think of you, because you a one of a kind.

Throughout the whole book I felt that  the author S.E Hinton was putting out a message and that message was, no matter where you come from or who you are it isn't too late to change for the better.

And because of that I have learnt a great lesson in life.  

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Many objects are used as symbols, such as  

The ostrich Bracelet,(x2) It represents LOVE as it was passed down from from being given from P.k.s

Father to his mother and then from P.k to Maria.(x2) The director did this to show the strong love between P.k and Maria, and this combines well with the dialogue, I will come and get you after I graduate, confirming their love for one another.

Similarly, in the Notebook, the symbol of a notebook represents the true love between the two main characters.

Not only was symbolism a method used to engage the audience, but flashback was to

When pk got knocked down by Gideon Duma He flashbacked to the elephant to when he was younger

This makes us understand that P.k needed encouragement and hope to keep fighting, and this was a captivating method, that the director used effectively to remind us of his past

This combined well with sound effects of the Elephant charging which made it a terrific scene.

This can be Juxtaposed to the flashback of Simba with the stampeding animals.

Symbolism,  flashback and music were fantastic methods used to interest  the audience

At the start of the film, we hear native African music and this helps is that the film is based in South Africa

The purpose of this is to help get a better feeling for the landscape, and combines extremely well will with establishing shots of the scenery.

This links to the end of the film were Pk and Duma run off across the African terrain, with the film similarly to how it started.

Different Types of Acids on Marin Coral

Experiment 

Aim:
I am going to investigate what different types of acids will do to Marin Coral.
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Equipment:
Salt 
Water
different types of acids 
Coral or shells
3 test tubes 
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first things first I started by getting all the equipment we needed to test our investigation.


Once I finished setting everything up, I went ahead on trying to mimic Sea Water with Table Salt and Water.
after that I put 5m of the salt water in two of the test tubes, and then I  started off with putting The strongest Sort of acid called Nitric Acid in one of the test tubes. 
I carefully placed it in the test tube (that had salt water in it) then placed 2 pieces of coral. It started bubbling & then the water turned a white colour.
I left it for about 5 minutes while I was working on the other acids. 
At that time I noticed it went back to a clear colour.

I did the same with a different type of acid. This acid was called Hydrochloric acid. 
It did exactly the same thing as the Nitric acid did.

and then I had a thought of what would coral do if it didn't have seawater and just Acid.

So I then put 2 pieces of coral in to test tube, then I placed 5m of Nitric acid in the test tube. (I thought it would be best to use the strongest sort of acid) It didn't change colour like the other two witch have salt water in so then I thought maybe it had to do with the salt water as that was the only thing I took away.
............................................................................................................Before pictures:

This was the Coral before I started on my experiment.  







This was it after I smashed it to tiny pieces.
The reason I did this was so it could fit in the test tubes, and because I would have to use a lot of acid to get a after. 





This was all the equipment I needed to test my theory. 
Here we have Coral, Beakers, Test tubes, Rack, Different types of acids, Salt & water.   

This wasn't apart of my experiment but I thought it would be cool to show you what the coral looks like up close.
Here you can see the little tiny holes. Those little spots were  how they reproduced to make bigger Coral. 

This was The white colour in turned in 5 minutes of leaving it. 

It then changed back to the original colour.

A clear colour, the same colour as water.







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I left it over the weekend 

Science!

Term 3 Science

Acids: They Contain "free" H+ ions (Hydrogen).
(These attract negative ions)

Alkalis: They Contain "Free" OH- ions (Hydroxide).
They attract Negative ions) 

Example: 
Just say you have a cut on your finger and then you put lemon juice on you, because there is now more +Positive ions once acid gets in your system, they attracts themselves to -Negative ions, Because Positives & Negatives attract and bond. 
This process works both ways, but they are opposites.


H+ & OH- = H2O Both equal amounts of Alkalis & Acids Make H2O (Water) which is neutral. 
So the challenge is to mix the two & make drinkable water. 

Here is a Link to my Ocean Acidification worksheet:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Be8jh3vnMPtnaF91n0-Y1AtXOMa6UywNOuPQ7-gvqNo/edit

Maths ~ Different Shapes, Names & Definitions

Shapes!
Lo - Find out the different shapes, names & Definitions

Name: Parallelogram 
Definition: A four-sided plane rectilinear figure with opposite sides parallel.




Name: Trapezium 
Definition: A quadrilateral with one pair of sides parallel.


Name: Octagon 
Definition: A plane figure with eight straight sides and eight angles.

• an object or building with an octagonal plan or cross section.

Name: Eclipse 
Definition: A closed, symmetric curve shaped like an oval, which can be formed by intersecting a cone with a plane that is not parallel or perpendicular to the cone's base. The sum of the distances of any point on an ellipse from two fixed points (called the foci) remains constant no matter where the point is on the curve.

Name: Diamond 
Definition: Diamond is another name for a Rhombus. Diamond shape is a Rhombus shape. A Rhombus four-sided shape where all sides have equal. length. A Rhombus is parallelogram.
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Music

Questions 

What song did you perform ? 

. I performed I cant make you love me by Stan Walker & Ginny black-more

Were you happy with your performance?

. I was & wasn't, The reason being is because I went off at the end, and I didn't make eye contact with the crowed 

  

What would you change or add?

. I wouldn't change anything I would just practise a bit more than I did