Metals - Research

In Science we were given the task of choosing whether to investigate, research, create, or design, but they all have to be about Metals. 

I chose to do a slideshow about my research.

Slideshow:

Children of Blood and Bone - Essay

Essay Question: 1. Describe at least one memorable idea in the text.
Explain how the text helped you to understand this idea.

Essay: 

Why do we push for a better world, even though we know that it is difficult? In the book ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ by Tomi Adeyemi, an important idea is ‘Pushing for a better world, even though it is difficult’.

 We have the power to change the evil in the world. Importantly the Author herself states, ‘And just like Zelie and Amari, we have the power to change the evils in the world.’ This means that if we choose to, we are able to correct the wrongs in our society. I believe that this is important because no one can change the world but us. Just like how the UNICEF organisation is trying to better the world of children around the world. They’re slowly trying to change the world.

Even within the evils of the world, we can rise. On the simple summary on the back of the book it states ‘They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now We Rise.’ This means that even though there is so much flaws in the world we are able to fight back and rise, just like how the characters in the book did. In our society today it is important to rise and correct the wrongs in our world. There are people in the world that go on riots to prove their point of view, just like how Zelie, Tzain, Inan and Amari were doing. 

 We keep trying even if the odds are against us. Amari says “Reality told us we would fail. But again and again, we fought. We persevered. We rose.” This says that even though they were told that they would fail they kept persevering, and because of that they were able to rise. This is exactly the same with our world, we keep on going even though people tell us we would never succeed. In today’s society, giving up should never be an option. Nothing will get done if we give up trying. Just like how Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” 

Often books reflect what happens in our real world, but Author’s do this in a way where the only way we’d realise it, is when we start to really think about it. This book is a really good example because it portrays a lot of the problems we have in our world and also gives us advice on how we can improve this. We must push for a better world even if it is difficult.

“Let Us Rise” - Children of Blood and Bone.

Children of Blood and Bone

Corrosion Experiment

What are you investigating?

To investigate the factors that causes rusting in iron.

What do you think will happen? 

Nail Polish + Water - I think that the nail polish will protect the nail from corroding. The nail polish acts like a barrier.

Oil - I think the corrosion depends on what chemicals is used in the oil. Since we used pure vegetable oil, I don't think anything will happen.

Saltwater - I think the salt particles will help corrode the nails.

Calcium Chloride + Water - The chemicals in the powder will corrode the nail.

Magnesium + Water - I don't think the magnesium will do anything. So I think the nail will be fine.

Water - Since the water doesn't have anything mixed in it, I don't think anything will happen to the nail.

What is corrosion?

Corrosion is when a metal carbonate reacts with an acid it will form a salt, carbon dioxide and water. Carbon dioxide is a gas and can be seen as bubbles as the reaction happens.

Observations:

Nail Polish + Water - The nail polish helped the nail from corroding. This means that the part of the nail that was covered by the nail polish, didn't corrode.

Oil - The nail in the oil didn't corrode at all. It stayed just like how it was in the first place.

Saltwater - The nail in the saltwater corroded a lot.

Calcium Chloride + Water - The nail in the calcium Chloride didn't corrode as much but it still did corrode.

Magnesium + Water - The nail didn't corrode as much as I thought it would.

Water - The nail in the water corroded a lot, just like the nail in the saltwater.

Which was the best for preventing corrision? 

The best for preventing corrosion was the nail polish and the oil.

Which caused most corrosion?

Saltwater and Water caused more corrosion to the nail.

Jikoshokai

Up above is my self-introduction for Japanese.

Translation:

Hello everyone,

I am Sarah

I am 14 years old

I am Filipino

I came from Manila

My phone number is: 0800 83 83 83

Nice to meet you.