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Thursday 19 August 2021

Series and Parallel Connections

 Today in Class we learned about transforming energy. Our main Focus these last terms are Energy. Such as Water , Solar , Heat & Light Energy. Here was our first lesson about energy. A physicist Mr Dunn came in and taught us about voltmeter , batteries and lamps. He taught us about a Series Connection and a Parallel connection.  


A series connection is a single circular cycle that shares electrons from the source. For example if there is a 9 volt battery and we used it to power up 3 lamps with a series connection , the lamps share the volts and get 3 volts each. It won’t be bright but it will still light up.

What are “Series” and “Parallel” Circuits? | Series And Parallel Circuits |  Electronics Textbook


Parallel connection is Components connected in parallel are connected along multiple paths, and each component has the same voltage across it, equal to the voltage across the network. For example if there is a 9 volt battery connected and there are 3 lamps connected. Each lamp will have 9 volts .   

Simple Parallel Circuits | Series And Parallel Circuits | Electronics  Textbook


Wednesday 28 October 2020

Flat Earth

 Is the earth flat ? Many people believe that the earth is flat. Is it true? And if so can we fall off the edge of the world. Maybe we could jump to the moon from the earth. 


People believe the world is flat because when they are on ground it doesn’t feel like you're on a sphere. Maybe they think that because they haven’t flown on a plane before. Members of the Flat Earth Society claim to believe the Earth is flat. Walking around on the planet's surface, it looks and feels flat, so they deem all evidence to the contrary.


If the earth is flat what kind of shape is it. Most flat earthers believe the world has hidden corners so I'm guessing it's a rectangular shape. I’m interested in celebrities who think the world is flat. One famous example is that Shaquille O’neal joked about the earth being flat. In a podcast that aired on Feb. 27, 2017, former NBA player Shaquille O'Neal proclaimed our home planet is flat, saying that when he drives from Florida to California "it's flat to me." Shaq later said he was just kidding. 


An experiment I’ve seen on youtube is 3 men went to 3 different locations and put a magnet on the floor to see if the magnets moved. Their theory was if the magnets moved that the earth is officially flat. But when they did it , it didn’t work. Here’s the video if you want to check it out.


To be continued...



Friday 16 October 2020

Who is the best musician?

 Based on my research i've found out that the best musician in any genre is a man named William Hung. Truly great musical talents aren't often heard. You won't find one every year, or even every generation. In fact, whole millennials tend to slip away without one surfacing. No, certain talents only come along once in human history, and that's the case with William Hung. He is the greatest musician of all time — in any genre — because he epitomizes our highs, our lows, and our struggles to make ourselves heard. He's history's best musician because he speaks for anyone who has ever sought a stage, because he expresses life's complexities better than anyone else. That, and because these types of lists are entirely subjective and unaccountable. -Ben Westhoff

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 What is music?

Music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most Western music, harmony. Both the simple folk song and the complex electronic composition belong to the same activity, music. Both are humanly engineered; both are conceptual and auditory, and these factors have been present in music of all styles and in all periods of history, throughout the world.

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Thursday 15 October 2020

Rates & Ratios

 Timotes MP3 player is on repeat. It plays the song he loves 3 times in 12 minutes.

How long would it take to play the song 9 times?

1:4 , 2:8 , 3:12 , 4:16 , 5:20 , 6:24 , 7:28 , 8:32 & 9:36

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Mrs Sharma’s car uses 11 litres of petrol for every 130 km. 

    

How much is needed to travel the 390 km to visit the students at Camp?


11:130 , 22:260 & 33:390


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Dane found this recipe for chili con carne.

        He has 525 g of mince.

  

 a) How much of the other ingredients 

will he need so that he can use all 

of the mince? 


b) How many people can he feed?

525 g mince

3 Bay leafs

150 g tomatoes

1 1/2 tsp chili powder

1 1/2 onion

360 g red kidney beans


It can feed 6 people

Wednesday 2 September 2020

Current Events

Samoan chief Joseph Auga Matamata appeals conviction for human trafficking and slavery

The Hastings-based Samoan chief, Joseph Auga Matamata, was last month sentenced to 11 years in prison for illegally bringing 13 Samoans to New Zealand and exploiting them over a 25-year period.

"The Crown has filed an appeal against the sentence imposed on Mr Matamata. The Crown challenges both the length of the sentence as manifestly inadequate and the absence of a minimum period of imprisonment," Crown Law said.Joseph Auga Matamata gets 11 years' prison for human trafficking, slavery |  Newshub

Career Plan

 My Career Plan

Here is one of my career plans : My career plan is to graduate college. After I graduate college I hope to have 5 yrs of architecture experience. To become a registered architect, you usually need a Bachelor of Architectural Studies and a Master of Architecture (Professional). You also need to be registered with the New Zealand Registered Architects Board, which requires you to complete three to five years work experience post-graduation.