Word Art - Stonehenge

In room 10 we got together on Padlet and chose a question that had something to do with Exploring the Unexplained, which is our focus this term. I chose Stonehenge and gathered in all the words I know about Stonehenge. I then used the words to create the outline of Stonehenge.

Forensic Science

Room 10 have been conducting experiments using different types of powders. We had 10 different types of powders and had to try and figure out what the powders were. To find this out we had lemon juice, vinegar and water to try and get the powders to change.

Blood Splatter

In our class we have been learning about forensic scientists. We become one today and, using watered down red paint, dropped the paint/blood onto A3 paper using pipettes. Our measurements at how high we dropped the paint/blood from were - 2cm, 10cm, 20cm, 50cm, 100cm and 150cm. 150cm was obviously the biggest and 2cm the smallest. Between 50 and 100 centimeters there was very little distance which was surprising.

Blood Splats

WALT: Analyse blood splats and explain the details.

Height	Analysis
2cm	Diameters: 1 cm and 0.8 cm Shape: Oval/egg Colour: Dark red Density: thick throughout the shape
10cm	Diameters: 1.2 cm and 0.8cm Shape: Circle with a point at one end Colour: Dark red at the point but lighter towards the circular end Density: thick throughout the shape
20cm	Diameters: 1.3cm and 1.3cm Shape: Circle Colour: Dark stripe in the middle fading towards the edges Density: dense in the middle stripe but not on the edge
50cm	Diameters: 1.4cm and 3cm Shape: Circle with disturbance from an object spreading down Colour: Faded red Density: thickness spread throughout the shape
100cm	Diameters: 1.4cm and 1.4cm Shape: Circle Colour: Dark red on one side light red on the other Density: dense on one side but not on the other
150cm	Diameters: 1.6cm and 1.6cm Shape: Circular gears Colour: Faded red in the middle strong dark red to the left and right Density: Dense on the left and right but not so dense in the middle

Mount Everest Report

For our writing curriculum we have been writing reports to inform someone on something. I chose Mount Everest and the dangers of it because it's included in exploring the unexplained our main focus this term. 

Report Writing to Inform

Brainstorm:

• The Northern Lights
• Grand Canyon
• Mount Everest
• The Great Barrier Reef
• Victoria Falls
• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Lighthouse of Alexandria
• Colosseum
• Great Wall of China
• Stonehenge

Risk of Climbing Mount Everest

How come Mount Everest is so dangerous?

Mount Everest is 8,848 metres above sea level and with one slip that’s the end of your life. Mount Everest is a dangerous place for all mammals and should be taken seriously.

On the mountain there is an area called the “Death Zone” which is 8,000metres above sea level at camp IV. It is called this because the oxygen molecules aren’t bouncing around as vigorously as the ones down at the earth’s crust, due to gravity pulling down on them, therefore people need air tanks to help breathe. Because of how much effort they’re putting in to breathe and the amount of oxygen they’re exhaling the air they breathe at the high elevation is lacking in the oxygen molecules and they may pass out from freezing or their body might shut down.

It is a desirable challenge for mountaineers but has a dangerous background with over 250 people dying from falls, extremely low temperature and high elevation. How ever most mountaineers die while descending because after the “Death Zone” there body may shut down after being up at such a high altitude for the past couple of days and they may slip and fall down the lower slopes.

Mount Everest is one of the dirtiest and most disgusting mountains in the world due to the amount of rubbish dumped up there. The reason why there is so much rubbish is because of the oxygen tanks and food. After the oxygen tanks have run out of oxygen then they dump them there because nobody is going to go back down the mountain just to get rid of some rubbish? As with the rubbish being left at the top half.

Out of the every 10 people that climb the hazardous mountain one person will die while on the mountain. So 6.5% of all climbers die. But to make everything worse the death rate increased in the 1980’s and has been climbing quickly as people want to summit the mountain and conquer one of the biggest challenges in the world.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest

http://climbing.about.com/od/mountainclimbing/a/Death-On-Mount-Everest.htm

http://listverse.com/2014/05/07/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-mount-everest/

Maths ShowMe Volume of a Cylinder

In maths we have been learning how to find out the area or volume of a shape for our maths curriculum. I found out the volume of a cylinder with the radius as 9.5cm and the height as 42cm.

Art - Pointillism

Room 10, for the past couple of weeks, have been painting a type of art called pointillism. Pointillism is where you create a shape or image using only dots. To create our pointillism we used the end of a ear bud which we dabbed into the glistening paint. We all used different shades of colours to add effect or shade to our pointillism.
Try and guess what my pointillism is of...

I tried to conduct a pointillism of ferry lights.