Social Studies: Sustainable Fishing

Hey everyone! This time in Social Studies we are looking at Sustainable Fishing. Our task was to answer these two questions based on the readings and videos we have watched. 

Is Sustainable fishing even possible?

I don't think sustainable fishing would be possible soon. A large shocking amount of aquatic animals are being killed each year. For instance, the Dolphins population has decreased 50% over three generations. Unfortunately, this is all because of human fishing activities. Analysing the result, scientists have stated that many aquatic species are becoming endangered. Well, the demand for seafood and new technologies being invented, have led the fishing practices more accessible, resulting in a drastic change in the fish population. If this continues, there might be no hope for the future. Resulting in, end of the world. 

How is commercial fishing a threat to dolphins and birdlife (bycatch)?

Commercial fishing is an obvious threat to dolphins and birdlife. Why? It is because gears like Purse seining, longlining and many other types of fishing gears, can result in a lot of bycatch. The definition of bycatch is when you catch species that weren't purposely targeted. Commonly, most bycatch species that were accidentally caught are dolphins, birdlife and many other species. There is about 40% of bycatch in fishing. Most of those bycatch doesn't go back to the water. Instead, they get killed and produced on the market. Over-fishing is also one of the major problems why it could be a threat to aquatic animals. Fishermen have terribly frequently have taken species of fish per hour--resulting--species not having enough time to reproduce. Which is what over-fishing is all about. We need to put an end to this as soon as possible, however, commercially won't be possible. 

10ESOL: Writing Activity

 Hi. As part of today's activity, I will be writing a blog about one of my holiday trips. Lately, I haven't been going out much so I will just write about what I did during the weekends.

It was just one of those typical weekends where it only felt like 30 minutes. However, what made a difference this time is that I get to try a new treat. My family and I went grocery in the supermarket. It was pretty much the same, plain and uninteresting. As I was browsing, a bold vivid yellow colour caught my eye in the corner. It was a popsicle Minions edition. It's kind of childish to say but I really wanted to know what it would taste like. I decided I want to buy it. After bugging my parents to let me buy it, eventually, they have given up and allowed me to buy it. We drove home and I immediate unbuckled my seatbelts, skipping on excitement. My tongue was already drooling for it. I opened the package and took one. The wrapper was frosty and had eye-catching designs plastered on it. I tore the wrapper, revealing the golden shimmery icy block of ice. The moment it made contact with my tongue, I felt like I was a new person. Each bite was satisfying and mouth-watering. I proceed to enjoy the popsicle and ate a couple more and shared it with my family. 

Wananga Reflection: #5 Goal Setting with Mark Manson

Hey everyone! Today in Wananga we are doing another Wananga reflection section.   

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Text Title: The surprising science of goal setting (and why you're probably doing it wrong)

Type: Article

Text Creator: Mark Manson

Text purpose: To know about the surprising science behind goal setting.

Date: May 21, 2021

Chapter 1:Why should we have a mixture of specific and general goals?
The reason why we should have a mixture of specific and general goals is that setting specific and measurable goals can help you directly on your goals. It is like having a GPS for your life. And just like the GPS on your phone needs a specific destination to be useful, external goals really only work when you have a specific outcome in mind. 

General goals are best for internal pursuits. Specific goals are good but in many ways more useful than specific goals because they are endless and internal. You can never finish “being healthy.” You can never fully achieve “being a better writer.” There’s always something you could be doing better.

Chapter 2: What do we need to align our goals with? Consider how these affect your goals.

We need to align our goals with our values. If not, then this is a subtle way that we let others choose our goals for us. It is important to have a goal that aligns with our values so the goal would be actually enjoyable. The second is choosing ineffective goals in the first place. This would be a waste of time and you won't get any good results with it.

Social Studies: Shark Finning

 Hi everyone! Today in Social Studies we are looking at Shark Finning. What is Shark Finning? Shark Finning is a gruesome practise of cutting off a live shark's fins and throwing the rest of the animal to the sea. It is used in a traditional Chinese dish that exists 1000 years before and it is called Shark-fin soup. It is considered a rare delicacy consumed by only the Chinese high class back in the day. Definition of Delicacy is something rare or expensive that is eaten during special occasions. 

How is this impacting our ocean? If Sharks go instinct and disappear. The food chain cycle would collapse and the ecosystem would be broken. Especially, Sharks are top of the food chain. Therefore, we must put a stop to this problem. However, there is a new problem rising which is where humans are looking at how they could make a dish out of shark meat. With that in addition, it will likely reduce the population of sharks even further. Let's just hope in the future it won't be too late. 

Recourse:
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/fish/what-is-shark-finning-and-why-is-it-a-problem/

Social Studies: Starfish Poem

Hello! Today in Social Studies we have read a poem as a class taking turns. It is called the "Starfish Poem". Our task was to blog about the poem and answer the following questions.

"THE STARFISH POEM"

Once upon a time, there was a wise man
who used to go to the ocean
to do his writing.
He had a habit of walking
on the beach
before he began his work.
One day he was walking along
the shore.
As he looked down the beach,
he saw a human
figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself to think
of someone who would
dance to the day.
So he began to walk faster
to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw
that it was a young man
and the young man wasn't dancing,
but instead, he was reaching
down to the shore,
picking up something
and very gently throwing it
into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out,
"Good morning! What are you doing?"
The young man paused,
looked up and replied,
"Throwing starfish in the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked,
why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out.
And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But, young man, don't you realize that
there are miles and miles of beach
and starfish all along with it.
You can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely.
Then bent down, picked up another starfish
and threw it into the sea,
past the breaking waves and said-
"It made a difference for that one."

What is the main message of this poem?
The main message of this poem is that one small action can make a difference.

Give evidence for this.
A young man was throwing back Starfish back to the ocean so it could continue living. The highlighted lines above in the poem is evidence for this.

Include an image

Science: Metal Challenge

Hello! This week in Science we had a task called 'Metal Challenge'. The task was to work in pairs and pick a specific symbol written on the board. Whatever symbol you picked you to have to research about it and answer the list of question on the slideshow. The purpose of this task is to enhance our knowledge of Metals since we are looking at Metallurgy in Science.

Here's the slideshow I and my partner worked on:

I hope you learned something new and as always have a nice day everybody. 

Social Studies: Newspaper Article

 Greetings! This week in Social Studies we have been learning regarding the topic of the environmental problem disaster revolving around plastics and its causes and effects. We were tasked to make a newspaper article about it and here's mine. I hope you like it and learned something new. 

Science: Metals & Acid

Hello! Today in Science we conducted an experiment. It involves metal and acid.

Aim: To show that hydrogen gas is produced when a metal reacts with acid. 

Equipment: 

A test tube, a boiling tube, Bunsen burner, wooden splint, a bottle of acid. a piece of metal, safety glasses.

Method: 

1. Light your bunsen burner.
2. Add your sample of metal to your test tube. Add 2 mL of acid.
3. Carefully invert the boiling tube above the test tube containing the metal and acid.
4. Hold the test tubes together for a few minutes, allowing time for the inverted boiling tube to fill with gas.
5. When you think the tube is full, tilt the boiling tube full of gas upwards and insert the burning splint into the mouth of the test tube.

Observations: It created a sizzle effect when you poured the acid in with the metal. It also made a popping sound the moment you insert the burning splint in the mouth of the test tube. 

1. Outline how you could tell a chemical reaction was occurring in the test tube?

The temperature of the test tube changed and it condensed creating gas to fill inside. As well as the sizzling effect and popping sound. 

Evidence:

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Wananga: Live Up To You

Greetings! Today in Wananga we explored a wonderful site called 'Live Up To You'. This site revolved around wellbeing and it's filled with mini-challenges dedicated to helping enhance ones' well-being. 

Our task was to pick a category challenge and blog about it.

 What Category challenge have you picked? 

I pick the Mental & Emotional well-being category. 

What is your challenge, what will you have to do, how long will it take?

The challenge I pick in this category is to create a photo story. Photostory where you pick the theme of your photo story (eg. gardening - you might take photographs that show gardening. Could be the plants, flowers, or an action doing gardening). The point is, you have to tell a story in your photos.

The theme I chose for my photo story will be painting or writing. I will probably make 2 photo stories in total. I think this will take me about a couple days or so. I am quite familiar with editing photos together so it won't be difficult. I think part of the reason I chose this task is that I am passionate about photography and I think I will enjoy this.

Example of the task:

Update:
I have started taking photographs and I'm in the process of editing the pictures together. It will take a matter of time for me to finish it. Please look forward to it!

RESULTS:

I have done two photostory collage. One theme is the surroundings around my Wananga classroom and the other are just some random things I spotted at home and decided to take a picture of it. 

I hope you like it!

Wananga: 3 Secrets of Resilient People

Greetings. Today in Wananga we started looking at the 3 valuable tools that boost up one's resilience. We were tasked to make a poster filled with information or takeaways from the video we have watched. Here's my work and I hope you learned something new and have a nice day.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgk7nmI_nXI&t=1s

Science: Corrosion Experiment pt. 1 & pt. 2

CORROSION EXPERIMENT PT. 1

Aim: To investigate the factors that cause rusting in iron.

Equipment:

• 8 test tubes
• test tubes rack
• a bung
• 8 iron nails
• boiled water 
• tap water
• salty water
• cooking oil
• calcium and chloride 
• nail polish 
• vaseline 
• zinc 

Method:

1.) Label all 8 test tubes A - H

2.) Test tube contents:

A = Nail

B = Tap water + nail

C = Salty water + nail

D = Boiled water, oil + nail

E = CaCl, bung + nail 

F = Water, vaseline + nail

G = Water + painted nail 

H = Zn, water + nail

3.) Leave the test tubes for at least 3 days. 

Hypothesis:  A-C will rust especially C. While D-G is not gonna rust.

Picture of BEFORE:

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CORROSION EXPERIMENT PT. 2

Preventing Rusting:

Aim: To investigate a number of techniques that may prevent rusting.

Equipment:

• Four test tubes
• Test tube rack
• Bung
• Four iron nails
• Boiled water
• Tap water
• Vaseline gel
• Nail
• Polish or paint
• Zinc pellets or magnesium ribbon

Methods:

1. Label four test tubes and place them in a test tube rack.
2. Fill all test tubes with equal volumes of water - enough to cover the nails.
3. Test tube contents:

• A = Iron nail
• F = Iron nail, water and vaseline
• G = Iron nail and nail polish
• H = Iron nail, zinc and water

      4. Leave the test tubes undisturbed for at least three days.

RESULTS:

A = The iron nail rusted.

B = This tube showed the worst reaction as it corroded out of all of them and you could see the orange rust floating in the water.

C = It rusted a bit but it wasn't visible as much. 

D = It was a slightly similar reaction to test tube B but the difference the colour orange wasn't as bold. 

E = This one didn't rust because there was a bung preventing the air coming to the nail which prevents one of the ingredient for it to rust. 

F = Despite the vaseline coating around it, it still rusted and it was visible in the water.

G = It rusted as the paint slowly vanished.

H = Test tube H only rusted a little bit as zinc pellet affected the rusting of it. 

Social Studies: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

 Greetings. Today in Social Studies we are focusing on the ocean of how it is polluted with garbage and plastics. Specifically, we are looking at GPGP which stands for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch. We were tasked to make a slideshow about GPGP along with some information about it and as always, sharing it on our blogs. Here's my work. I hope you learned something new.

Source: https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/