SOST: Careers Inquiry.

In social studies, we have been learning about different careers. we were then to research a career that is of interest to me. I chose to research Crop workers. I found this interesting because plants are cool. here is some of the information I've found out.

Introduction to DTE

In DTE's introductory part we were given the task to search up the design process online and to chose from a couple of designs to get some inspirations from it this is what I've come up with. here the three designs that inspired me. and the design that I had come up with.

One of the Inspirations:

In DTE this week, we created an infographic about ergonomics using one of the following programs: Piktochart, Canva, Venngage. For this infographic, I used piktochart and using some of the already of the existing infographics online as a reference to give me some of the information and Ideas. Here is my simple plain infographic I came up with that no longer than 5-10 minutes.

Here is the infographic I used as I reference of design and some of the information I got.

          Critical reflection: Overall I think the introductory section was pretty easy to understand and pretty straight forward and easy.

What is a circuit?

What is a circuit? A circuit is path electricity flows along. it starts at a battery and flows through a copper wire to a light bulb or other object as it would flow through the other side of the battery/power source. the difference between series and parallel is the flow of electricity. as in a parallel circuit the electricity only goes on the way but in a series circuit, the electricity splits ups and passes the multiple points instead of one.

Show parallel + series circuit with 2 batteries 2 bulbs and a switch.

What is voltage? how does it differ in series vs parallel? a voltage is the pressure of an electrical circuit's power source that pushes the charged electrons through a current. 

What is current? how does it vary in series and parallel? Current is the rate of the flow of an electric charge passing a point or region.

Art: Street Art

in art were researching and choosing a piece of street art that is located in Christchurch, and writing down something about it at what is resembles in your mind. The one I chose located near Battersea street and Colombo street, circled in the map below.

The art looks like it rocking out to some pretty good music and he's screaming out. and the rocking power is seeping into reality as the vibrant cool colour complement this piece of art. the other reason why I chose this one because I like the colours. The streaming of whites and blues from his eyes and the blue light beaming from his mouth it looks like he's attacking someone or trying to escape.

The second piece I chose is an intriguing one to me that relates to japan and the reds and the pinks stand out to me the most on the white background with the samurai of some sort standing in the middle with carrying his sword and hilt. I like how the character/person standing there is in black in white it makes the colours in the background to be seen in a different light of some sort. (I don't know how to explain it properly.)

Lastly is this interesting piece with a whole variety of colours, of many black thick lines going all over the place. it takes a while to figure out what you're looking out with all the many different things that are included in the image. the pinks, blues, oranges, yellows just seem all over the place.  I took awhile admiring how much detail was put into it.

SOST: How had tech change the way we do things?

Science: Copper Coin experiment

In science, we are doing an experiment using a coin. The two changes that should be seen is the copper turns a silver then gold. these metals combine together to create brass.

Instructions

- Clean coin in salt+vinggar solution
- put 50ml of molL+ NaOH into a beaker
- heat bunsen burner until nearly boiling - stair as heating then take off heat
- add a spatula of zinc powder
- heat lightly for 3 min, with a coin in - stir as heating
- take the coin out with tongs
- rinse coin under water to remove chunks of zinc.
- wave coin in the blue flame using tongs.

Equation:

zinc + sodium hydroxide = zinc hydroxide

Observation: the coin changed to a silver colour when it was put into the beaker that contained sodium hydroxide and zinc powder. after they were rinsed in water the were put under the flame as they turned into a gold colour.

Science: Periodic table Task

Where are the different groups of the periodic table
Where are they on the periodic table?
- What are the transition metals?
=A set of metallic elements occupying a central block. iron, manganese, chromium, and copper. (Groups IVB- VIII, IB, or 4-12)
- What are alkali metals?
= any of the elements lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. Group IA(1)
- What are the noble gases?
= any of the gaseous elements helium, neon, argon, krypton,  xenon, and radon. Group 0 (18)
1 more fact on the periodic table
= Francium is the rarest element of earth.