My Timeline

For social studies, I had to create a timeline that included the Black Death, COVID - 19, and dates that are important to us. From the top is the oldest date and you could get the idea in what order it would go. 

It is nice doing these kinds of things as it is very boring just staying home all day, and not really having anything to do. 

Here is my work for social studies -

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COVID - 19

Before the lockdown, I had made a slide based on COVID - 19. It was to show what it is how to prevent it and the symptoms. So no one has to panic about it because the preventions were such easy things to do.

Just click the link - 
https://create.piktochart.com/output/45092176-covid-19

Staying Mentally Well - Health

As it's a level 4 lockdown it is compulsory to do schoolwork at home, as we will be missing school for a month. Since it's level 4, we never know if it will be extended due to the current event getting worse. 

For my health project, I needed to create a presentation based on one of the topics shown on the slides. It was also optional if you wanted to work in a pair, so I decided to work with one of my friends. Her name is Skyler (https://hpsskyler.blogspot.com/)

For the topic, Skyler and I decided to do Staying mentally well. The task for this topic was to pick one of the underlinings. Then to make a presentation about it, we picked stress. But it was out of stress, depression, anxiety, phobias, or panic attacks. 

Here is the slide:


                       

Mount Vesuvius Eruption

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Now a Ghost Town City

March 16, 2020

Mount Vesuvius Eruption

WHAT HAPPENED………. On the 24th of August 79 A.D the famous Mount Vesuvius had erupted. It was such a tragic event. It had been unpredictable to have such an event to occur. For two days and nights, the volcano had been pouring out lava. It was raining rocks, the smoke and ashes substituted the sky. Leaving no sunlight but always in the darkness. It had killed almost everyone in the city. Which left only a few people to survive that terrible event. Which could have led to trauma back in the day. After the eruption, Pompeii was a forgotten city for almost 1700 years. No one had gone back during those years it had been a ghost city. The lava had preserved the city leaving its original form, showing how things were like back in the day. This was a tragic event so it was always remembered.

Rats and Mice - Social studies

For another one of our independent tasks in social studies, I did one based on rats and mice. Both of them had to be watched with videos because the questions were based on them. So you had to make sure you remember what the host was saying. Sometimes you would have to watch the video again, luckily it was only a short video. 

Here is my work:

Rats and Mice:

Where did this happen?

• At a farm

How did this happen?

• The rats started to since they are one of the most sexually active animals, also because of a rain flood and they hid in the farm and kept breeding.

How much offspring (babies) can 2 mice parents make?

• About 2,000 babies in a matter of months.

How much wheat did the mice eat?

• 500,00 tons of wheat, which could have been a supply for 4 years.

How did they get rid of the mice and how many dead mice were there?

• Hey used lots of poison, which they spread through air and land. Within just a few days 100 million mice corpses were found.

Rat Temple:

Where is this happening?

• Rat Temple in Northern India.

Why is this happening?

• Because some people believe in reincarnation, and they believe that they are their family. They also think that they are from the gods.

What special treatment do these rats get?

• They get to be treated as humans.

Chromotography

Aim: To separate the different pigments from ink using chromatography.

Hypothesis: I this the dot of colour will spread right to the top of the strip of the paper, and through the process, the colour will fade.

Equipment:

• Felt tip pen
• Filter paper strips
• Test tube
• Measuring cylinder
• Pencil.

Method:

• Draw a line across the filter paper in pencil, 5cm from the bottom.
• Draw a coloured dot in the centre of the line.
• Measure out 10mL of water and place in the test tube.
• Place the filter paper in the test tube and fold over the side. MAKE SURE THE PENCIL LINE IS NOT IN THE WATER.
• Wait for 5 minutes and observe the results

Observation:

My first colour - For my first experiment which was a bright magenta colour, It didn't change into any other colour. But it did fade, the dot went up as the water was going up when the paper absorbed more water. When you took out the paper you could that this colour was not made with many colours.

My second colour - For my second experiment which the colour black, I was really surprised by the results. The colours in black were really concentrated so it didn't really fade that much. I was surprised because it was made with lots of colours, like orange, brown, purple, and blue.

As an extra experiment, my partner and I did a rainbow to see what would happen, and it looked really pretty. The colours just kept mixing so it was kind of like going on top of each other. But I think since it lots of colours on it, it takes longer to get the paper to absorb more water.

Conclusion:

My Hypothesis was kind of right because it happened for my first colour but not really for the other two. I think it's because it depends on the colour you use like if it's a primary colour it won't be made with lots of other colours. But a non-primary colour would probably be made in many colours.

Separating a Mixture using Evaporation

Aim: 

We are trying to Evaporate to separate liquid and solids, with just solids remaining in the basin at the end and liquids in the beaker.

Hypothesis: 
I think many crystals will form of the color blue as the sulfate is blue, and that the crystals will be all kinds of shapes and sizes. Since this is about evaporation I think the sulfate liquids will evaporate by the heat and will be turned into steam.

Equipment:

• Copper Sulfate Solution
• 250ml beaker
• heatproof mat
• evaporating basin
• element

Method:

• Set up your bunsen burner if you don't have one use a stove.
• Add 50 milliliters of water into the beaker and place it onto the bunsen burner.
• Add Sulfate Copper into the basin and make sure it fills up to about a quarter of the basin.
• Carefully place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker.
• If you have a stove turn it to 8, if not turn you bunsen burner till the flame is blue.
• Heat the solution until most of the solvent has been evaporated, til small forms of crystals have appeared.
• Turn of the fire/elements, be careful not to touch the top as it will be hot as you might get minor burns.

Observations: For my observation after around 2 - 5 minutes the water started to boil, and solute started to smell unusual. After 5 - 10 minutes we noticed in other people basins there were crystals. Apart from ours and a few others, there were big particles of crystals but pretty small. There was also still some liquids left.