Folk Tale

This week I read a folk tale story called The Empty Pot. A folk tale is a story that has been told for generations and has a moral or a lesson in it.

The Empty Pot story is about telling the truth and being honest. Ping was in a contest to win to be the Emperor. The Emperor gave the kids a cooked seed but they cheated and brought a plant, except Ping. Ping had tried growing his plant for so long he didn't have a plant to show the Emperor. Ping told the Emperor that his seed wasn't growing and then the Emperor told all the kids that he actually cooked the seeds, just to see if the kids would be honest because they needed an honest Emperor.  He became the Emperor because he was honest and truthful. Then at the end the boy came the Emperor.

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Acid

 Aim: To make red cabbage pH indicator for use on different household chemicals

What makes something acid ?

Properties of acid

What is an acid? a substances with particular chemical .

What are 3 examples of acids? sulfuric acid , carbonic acid , hydrochloric acid

What is the most famous indicator? Moving averages

What does pH stand for? power of hydrogen

How many numbers are there on the pH scale? 1-14

Red Cabbage Indicator experiment

Materials

1. Red Cabbage

2. Beaker

3. Bunsen Burner

4. Pipette

5. Sodium Hydroxide

6. Hydrochloric acid

7. Test Tubes

8. Paper towel

9. Test tube rack

10. Water

11. Vinegar

12. Floor cleaner

13. Dishwashing liquid

Steps

1. Chop up the red cabbage into small pieces. Place in a beaker and cover with a small amount of water.

2. Bring the solution to the boil using a Bunsen burner and then turn off the heat. Let it sit to cool down.

3. Pour the cabbage water through a paper towel into a beaker. The dark purple liquid in the jar is the pH indicator liquid.

4. Suck up the indicator into a pipette.

5. Use the cabbage indicator to test the acidity of the different household liquids by slowly putting a drop at a time into the test tube.

Findings:

Sherbet

10 . Scrub away scuff marks on the wall  .

9 . Under arm deodorant  . 

8 . Cleans and unclog smelly sinks . 

7. Cleans your grout  . 

6 . Add abrasive to cleaning products 

5 . deodorize your kitty liter tray . 

4. Clean your oven . 

3 . Wash build up out of your hair . 

2 .  deodorize your carpets  . 

1 . Laundry booster  . 

Ingredients
1. Cup .
2. Citric acid
3. backing soda
4. Raro
5. Icing sugar
6. Ice creame srick
7. spoon
Steps
1. Added citric acid , icing sugar , baking soda in the cup
2. mix all the ingredients with a stick
3. Taste the sherbet and finish .

Recipe :
1 teaspoon of powdered drink crystals (eg Raro)
1/4 teaspoon of citric acid
1 teaspoon of Icing Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda

Which two ingredients in the sherbet are involved in the chemical reaction?
Baking soda , Citric Acid
2. Which ingredients are not involved?
Raro and Icing sugar
3. Can you think of any other chemical reactions that might happen in the kitchen?
Burning toast
4. Which ingredient is an acid ?
Citirc acid
5. Which ingredient is a base?
Baking soda

New Zealand Olympics Medals 2020

 Talofa welcome back to my blog , today I am going to be talking about the New Zealand Olympics Medals 2020.

We had to do 20 New Zealand athletes that have won a medal , It took us very long but we managed to finish the slideshow.  The Athlete to win the most medals is Lisa Carrington , she won 3 gold medals. Altogether we have 20 medals.

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Yeast

 What is Yeast? 

Yeast are fungi , they are in the air all around us. Yeast has been around for thousands of years , Natural yeast is in the air . Its man made in a bottle . There is over 1000 kinds of yeast . 

Equipment:

• Spoons 
• Kettle
• Bowl
• Beaker
• Cloth Sleve
• Funnel
• Plastic  (PET) Bottle and Cap 

Materials 

• 50ml Warm water 
• 1/2 tsp Active dried yeast 
• 1/2 tsp sugar 
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger 
• Ginger beer ( 1 liter) 
• 3/4 cup sugar 
• 1/2 tsp cream tartar 
• 1. Cold Water 
• Juice of 1/2 lemon 
• 1tsp ginger bear bug . 

Method: 

1.  In a large bowl , put the sugar and cream of tartar , then add the water
2. Stir to dissolve the sugar before adding the cold water 
3. Add the ginger beer bug to the large bowl of cold water 
4. Stir well and then pour into your clean bottle 
5. Label your bottle with your group names 
6. Place all the bottles in the class container 
7. Store in a cool , dark place for one week  before drinking 
8. Make sure you open the bottle in the kitchen sink as it might over flow . Open the cap bit by bit to allow the air to escape  . 

What is Fermentation ? 

 The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria , yeasts , or other microorganisms . 

What effect does sugar have on yeast?

Too little sugar in dough can slow down yeast activity: Yeast is a lot like us – it loves to eat sugar. Yeast needs sugar to produce carbon dioxide – the leavening gas that causes the dough to rise.

What are 3 foods that have yeast?

Breads, muffins, croissants, biscuits, and other baked goods usually contain yeast.

    

Today we made Ginger Beer . We did this by activating the yeast first by adding sugar to the yeast , putting some ginger and warm water in a cup together . Once we had done this we put it to the side and left it to ferment while we made the rest of the ginger beer. We made the ginger beer in an ice-cream container by adding first the sugar , then the water , some lemon juice and lastly the ginger beer bug. Once everything was mixed up we put it in a bottle. It is going to take about 6 days to turn into ginger beer. Mr Palmer is going to keep it in his office for the next week . 

New Zealand Olympic Athletes

 Talofa welcome back to my blog , Today we are going to see a slideshow of the  New Zealand Olympics athletes . 

The Olympic Athletes I did was Valerie Adams , Lydia Ko , Lisa Carrington , Luuka Jones and Andrea Anacan . These are the Olympic athletes that competed in the Olympics . Here is the slideshow . 

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Chilli Tasting Experiment

 Aim: To see which si the best way to cool down the hot chillie taste in your mouth when eating chilli. 

Hypothesis: I think by using ......... I will be able to remove the hot chilli taste from my mouth . 

Equipment 

1. Milk 

2. Water 

3. Coca-cola 

4. Tasting cup 

5. Chilli 

Method : 

1.  you will work in groups of three for this experiment . Each person in the group will use of the drinks with chilli. You will then swap results in your group so that everyone has the same results . 

2. Each member of the group needs to have their own tasting up. This will be used for putting the different liquids in as we cool off the chilli in our mouths . 

3. Place a piece of chilli in your mouth .,

4. you will drink the liquid that you have in your cup. As you do this you will complete a results chart. 

The milk will not work immediatly . After 3 minutes it had a small effect 

And milk could be a solution when eating spicy foods — literally. That's because milk helps your mouth handle capsaicin, an oily chemical compound in chili peppers. Capsaicin binds to a receptor in the tongue and creates a burning sensation.Casein protein found in milk can also bind to the capsaicin and wash it away.