Athletics

In P.E we have been working on improving our skills at the different events for athletics. I chose to try to improve my high jump and sprinting.

High Jump: For high jump, I've improved by being able to jump higher. I practiced by seeing how high I can jump while scissor jumping over an 'imaginary' bar. I then tried it over a real bar and gradually I was able to jump higher and higher.

Even though I still can't jump the really high bar I'm still proud that I can jump higher than I could before.

Sprints: I've improved in sprinting because I could run more distance than I could when I was year 9. One of my P.E teachers helped us improve by helping us run the 400metre track twice. Even though we had a 1 minute rest it still helped me improve because without his help I would stop multiple times for more than 1 minute.

He also helped me improve by teaching us ways we could take longer steps while running. It was kind of like leaping by doing so while running.

I'm still not able to become first or second but I will improve using the techniques I have been taught.

I'm proud that I have improved on at least these 2 events for athletics

Anaerobic Respiration

Aim: To demonstrate the effects of anaerobic respiration (muscle fatigue).

Hypothesis: I think the quicker I open and close the peg, the quicker my fingers will get tired.


Equipment: A spring-loaded clothes peg.

Method:

1. Hold the clothes peg between your thumb and forefinger.
2. Relax your fingers so that the peg closes all the way.
3. Squeeze your thumb and forefinger so the peg is fully open.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 as quickly as you can until you experience muscle fatigue.

Results/Observations:

When I did the experiment, my fingers got tired easily as I opened and closed the peg as fast as I could. But when I did it at a speed where it wasn't too fast or too slow it took me some time to get tired.

I timed myself opening and closing the peg at different speeds.

(Quick) Time: 13.69 seconds
(Right Amount of Speed) Time: 47.91 seconds

I got tired 34.22 seconds earlier when I went quickly.

Conclusion/Discussion:

In conclusion, I think I got tired easily when I went too quickly because there wasn't enough oxygen going in my body to make the energy I needed because I was consuming my energy too quickly. Though when I was going a pace where it was just right there was enough oxygen to make energy because I wasn't consuming my energy quickly.

Evaluation:

Next time I would try the experiment using different speeds and different kinds of pegs to see if there's going to be any different.

"Two Worlds, One Family"

What does it mean to you?

I think it's when different people have different lives but they're still one family no matter what the life they have.
-Respect nature and its inhabitants
-Family is not determined by blood


(In the movie Jane and Tarzan came from different cultures but in the end, they came together as one family even if they came from "different worlds".)

What ideas/messages are present in Disney's Tarzan?

-Respect nature and its inhabitants


[A message from the movie Tarzan is "Respect nature and its inhabitants." This is because we should respect it and all the living things and animals that depend on it. For example, we saw this scene where a character named Clayton disrespected the gorilla's and wanted to catch them. This is why I think that it is important to respect nature and animals because us humans depend on them too. This makes me think about all the poor animals that have sadly passed or being hunted by humans because we want to make money. In an ideal world us humans would take what we only need and nothing more.]

-Family is not determined by blood

[“Family is not determined by blood”, is a message I learnt from the movie Tarzan. This is because we are still able to be like a family even if the people we call our family aren’t necessarily related to us by blood. We saw this scene where Tarzan was adopted by Carla, and even though they weren’t exactly the same species or even related in any way they still felt like they were a real family. This is why I think it is important to understand that you don’t have to be related to someone to be able to call them your family. It makes me think about some people call their friends their family even though they are not related because they have this connection where it feels like they are. In an ideal world being adopted or calling someone your family even though they are not related to you should be accepted and people who do should not be criticised.]

Human Rights

For Social Studies we were given the task of ranking the human rights that we think are the most important and we were to make a poster about human rights.


Ranking:

1. No slavery

-Slavery is bad and no one should have to go through being used by other people.

2. No torture

-No one has the right to torture people and no one should have to go through being abused by other human beings, as it could cause a long term trauma.

3. No one can take your human rights

-You have the right to own property.

4. A fair and free world

-Where ever you go you should have a fair and free world, and that we should be all treated equally.

5. Yo have rights no matter where you go

-You can travel everywhere without getting treated differently and no discrimination.


Poster:

Shading

Learning Intention:

Learn how to use different techniques to make our ideas come alive.

We watched a video that taught us how to use the background and how to shade correctly to make the object seem like it's actually there. 

He used proportions and tones and used different angles to see where the light hits to know where he should shade in light or dark. 

Have you improved with shading?

After watching the video yesterday and following the tips I would say that I have improved. 

Do you understand that using a structure can help you draw better?

I would say I understood a part of it but I haven't fully understood yet. I always draw without using any structures to build my drawing, I sorta of just draw it. 

Using a structure is using lines to divide the different parts of the object you will be drawing so that you know where they will be drawn. 

What are you going to work on going forward in pencil drawing in and out of class?

I will draw different shapes or objects that I see around and will look at the different angles to see where to shade in dark or light.

I will also start using lines to divide the parts I will need to draw so that they are in the right place.