Mac n Cheese - Home Economics

On Wednesday, we made Macaroni and Cheese (Mac n Cheese). There were 3 people in our group. 

The ingredients were: 

• Tomato 
• Ham 
• Onion 
• Corn Starch
• Milk
• Cheese
• Butter 
• Salt and Pepper (to taste)
• Macaroni Pasta
• Water 
• Bread Crumbs

Steps/Method: 

1. Diced half an onion, cut the ham in squares, grate the cheese, chop the tomatoes. 

2. Heat up the pan, after the pan has become hot, add the butter, let the butter melt.

3. Add the minced onions, wait until the colour of the onion turns to brown. 

4. Add the cornstarch and stir it. 

5. Pour the milk gradually, stir it while pouring the milk little by little. 

6. Remove the pan from the heat. Add in the grated cheese but make sure to leave a little bit for the toppings. 

7. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. 

8. The water should've been boiling the moment you've heated the pan, add the macaroni in with salt. 

9. Strain the water then add the pasta in the sauce and stir it. 

10. Put it in a baking bowl, add the ham and the tomatoes and cheese then sprinkle bread crumbs on top of it to finish it off. 

11. Bake it at 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes and you'll be done.

Rate: 

I would rate it a 9/10 just because I've never seen tomatoes or tried mac n cheese with tomatoes so it's a bit weird for me, I found it odd because the tomato gave the mac n cheese a sour taste to it so it overpowered the cheesiness. 

Marketing and Selling - Business Studies

To be successful in marketing and selling your product; product that people would want to purchase. It won't be that easy to achieve, you will have to go through steps, one of the key things in business is about producing your products or service, making it recognizable to the buyers and efficient for them. 

In our lesson in Business Studies, last week, we started learning about marketing and selling. We comprehended it deeply, our teacher showed us a couple of clips to show and make us witness how it works. 

To show our learning, we had to make an advertisement about that topic and there were a few selections of products that we had to choose from. We can work individually or in pairs. I chose to be paired with Rieya because I know that we can work well together, brainstorming both of our ideas will make a good result at the end because we are able to merge our ideas and improve it into something presentable and good. The selections were rubber/elastic bands, jandals, skipping rope, tissue box, playing cards, hot water bottle, cup.  We chose the playing cards because the both of us enjoy playing cards, we know how to play with them and we've noticed that not a lot of students in our school knows how to play it and we're pretty sure that worldwide, the majority don't know how to play it as well. They may know the basics such as the label of the cards. 

We used "Canva" and shared it with each other so we can edit it. 

 I would appreciate it and like it if you commented on my blog :)

Algebraic Graphing - Maths - Hurumanu

We've been learning about algebra and geometry and its segments for 14 weeks. For the first few weeks of learning algebra, we were asked to use the website called "Euclidia", in Euclidia, you will have to figure out the angles in order to make a perfect shape. 

We learnt about algebraic patterns, trying to solve and find out the answers for each patterned questions.

We also used "Mathletics", the topics of level 4 algebra were divided into sections and in each section, there were more different questions that I had to answer.

To show our learning and that we've understood the methods of the topic algebra. We have to make a presentation to show our teacher, class and blog, to show the world that we've actually understood it. 

In my group, there were 3 members, Shiela, Rieya and I. We decided to make an "Algebraic Graph", We used the shape square for demonstration. 

I apologise for the blurry image, we didn't have the resources to take the photo of our graph. 

What is a "Global Business?" - Business Studies

Global Business is the creation of an international brand, it concludes the national and local brand. 

New Zealand's exports and imports. 

Exports: 

New Zealand’s largest exports are dairy (milk powder, butter, and cheese) followed by meats, fruits, vegetables, crude oil, wood, paper, machinery, vehicles, and refined oils. 

Imports: 

New Zealand’s largest imports are machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers, vehicles, aircraft and spacecraft. 

Lemon Batteries LEGIT? or NOT? - Science - Hurumanu

Lemon Batteries

What are "Lemon Batteries?"

It's a battery often used for educational purposes. It is a chemical reaction of turning chemical energy to electrical energy. 

Aim: To produce an electrical current using lemons. 

Equipment: 

• Copper Electrode
• Zinc Electrode
• Copper Wire
• Lemon
• Voltmeter

Steps/Method: 

1. Roll the lemon around to break the little juice packets inside, make sure it's nice and juicy, to know that it's nice and juicy, you'll notice the lemon gets softer. 

2. It's okay, if you don't have copper wire, the experiment will still work either way. Poke the lemon using the zinc electrode and the copper electrode.

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3. Using the voltmeter's test probes, connect or pin it, the red (positive) prove on the copper electrode and the black or yellow (negative) probes on the zinc electrode. You'll then see how much volts are inside of the battery on the scale. 

Sugar - Home Economics

 Sugar

How much sugar are we eating per day? 

A person's average intake of sugar is around 77 grams, more than 3 times the recommended amount for women.

How much sugar is recommended per day?

For men, it is recommended that they consume no more than 9 teaspoons of sugar, that equals 36 grams or 150 calories. 

For women, it should no longer pass to 6 teaspoons of sugar - 25 grams or 100 calories per day. 

How to reduce the amount of sugar we eat each day?

• Drinking heaps of water - Swap out the soda for water. If you want to lose weight or is wanting to have a healthy lifestyle, try drinking dietary drinks than sugary drinks 
•  Eat fresh fruits than canned ones 
• Cut down on sugary desserts. - Dark chocolate has less sugar than milk chocolate.  
• Check the total sugars on the nutrition facts, before buying.

Carbohydrates - Home Economics

Carbohydrates

Simple, Complex, Dietary Fibre 

Simple Carbohydrates 

Simple carbohydrates are the kind of carbs that break down faster than the complex hydrates. Once they are broken down they are converted into energy to provide for the body. This type of carbohydrate can be found in all sorts of foods.

Such as:

• Fruits
• Milk/milk products
• Candy
• Table sugar
• Syrups
• Soft drinks

Complex Carbohydrates 

Complex carbohydrates are foods that contain sugar molecules. It provides vitamins and minerals, it is also rich in fibres and low in sugar, these are called “Good Carbohydrates”, they are good for your body and immune system. Foods such as dairy, nuts and seeds, whole grains, fruits and vegetables. 

Dietary Fibre - How is it important for the human body?

Dietary fibre is beneficial for the human body because it maintains our bowel health. It increases the weight and size of our stool in other words faeces. This decreases the chance of constipation so fibre leads to good digestion and good bowel motion. 

Vegetarian Nachos - Home Economics

 In our lesson in Home Economics, we made Vegetarian Nachos. 

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 Onion 
• 2 - 4 Mushroom 
• 1/2 Carrots
• 1/2 Canned beans
• 1/2 Canned Tomato (chopped) Sauce
• Salt and Pepper (to taste) 
• Corn
• Peas 
• Cheese
• Sour Cream
• Corn Chips
• Oil

1. Cut half of an onion in minced. 

2. Sliced the Mushroom. 

3. Shred half of a carrot.

4. In a pan, add in your oil, wait for it to heat up, put the minced onions in, wait for it to caramelise then add the mushroom. Basically, you're going to saute the onions and mushroom.

5. After the mushroom had a brownish tone to it, add in the peas, corn and your shredded carrots. 

6. Add the beans and tomato sauce, stir it. 

7. Wait for a couple of minutes then sprinkled some salt and pepper, about a pinch. 

8. After it's cooked, assembled the corn chips then pour in the sauce you just cooked. 

9. Grate a small block of cheese and sour cream then you're done! 

This is our Vegetarian Nachos 

Steve Jobs - Business Studies

For the past few weeks, we've been researching famous entrepreneurs and putting information about them in a draft then transferring it to our final presentation. 

This is my slideshow.

The entrepreneur I researched about was Steve Jobs, I wrote down about his early life, the skills and qualities he had as an entrepreneur, the challenges and battles he faced and his success. I also have put down the websites I got the resources from. 

How Do Deal With That Make You Angry? - Wananga

Have you ever had one of those times or situation where someone said something or did something to you that pushed your buttons? That made you angry? Or if something didn't work out and it made you upset? Well, we're going to talk about that in this blogpost. 

For example, a friend told you something hurtful, let's use "You're really stupid" phrase. To deal with these particular situations is you either fight back by saying or doing something that will hurt them or you can smile, say "thank you" and walk away. There are more examples of dealing with this kind of situations. 

These examples are or could be: 

• Walking away
• Smile
• Saying "thank you" 
• Doing activities that will calm you down
• Taking deep breaths
• Ignoring it
• Find someone who can give you advice or someone you can lean on

Violence is sometimes not the best way of dealing with conflicts or arguments, it's always not the answer. We need to have the ability of self-control because violence can make the problem or issue worse and it will be more difficult for you. Violence is only good for self-defence. What I'm trying to say is that there are other ways of solving an issue, you can talk to them in a well-mannered way and showing respect even if they don't show it to you. Be the better person, be the BIGGER person. If it really is something that is unacceptable and really hurtful, then maybe you need to et those people go, you don't need people like them because when one left, there will be someone better that will come in your life. 

Stir Fry Evaluation - Home Economics

 How the dish was made: 

1. Cut the vegetables (that you chose to put in your stir fry) in julienne. We chose cauliflower, carrots and mushroom, the members in our group didn't want broccoli so we just didn't include it in. The carrots were cut in julienne while the rest was cut the way it was supposed to be cut.

2. Cut the chicken in strips, we used chicken breast, each group had a chicken breast each. 

3. Marinate the chicken strips in sesame oil (btw sesame oil is sooooooo gooooood, you should try it). 

4. Cut the onions to dice, the specific name for cutting into small dices is mince (minced onions). 

5. In a pan, saute your chicken and onions, first add the onions then the chicken. 

6. While that chicken is cooking, boil the noodles in the water, we used one pack of noodles. 

7. Once the chicken is nearly cooked, add your vegetables. 

8. Put the seasoning on the noodles.

8. Wait until the vegetables are cooked then add your noodles, stir it then add a little bit of soy sauce. 

9. Stir it until it's cooked, it took us 15 - 20 minutes to cook. 

Ingredients: 

• Chicken Flavoured Noodles
• Onions
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Chicken
• Mushroom

Sensory Evaluation: 

Sight: The stir fry looked really good, the colour of the carrot made the stir look vibrant, it's a bit on the dark side because when you saute food, it's going to look golden brown-ish. And it's probably because of the soy sauce since soy sauce is a dark coloured sauce. 

Smell: It smelled like sesame oil, it's because we used sesame oil.

Taste: It tasted really good, you can taste the carrots, the seasoning on the noodles, which is chicken. The taste of the sesame oil was really powerful so it tasted more like sesame. 

Touch: Crunchy because of the cauliflower but a bit on the soft side. 

Hear: It's crunchy when you bite the cauliflower.

Rate: 

I would rate it 9/10 because the cauliflower was not cooked properly, it's a bit on the raw side. 

Next steps to improve: 

Next time, what we could improve on is time management, we didn't have time to cook the cauliflower longer because we only had 10 minutes and we needed time to eat it as well. Maybe we could've added some greens but most people in our group don't really eat greens.

This is my group's stir fry 

Circuits - Science - HUrumanu

Series Circuits - In the "Series Circuit", there is only one path for the current to take. The diagram above shows a battery (consisting of 2 cells) connected to 2 cells wired in series. If one of the bulbs in the circuit fails (blows), then the circuit will be open and current will stop flowing.

1. How many amps in the circuit? 6 amps

2. How many amps at A and A2? 3 amps

3. How many amps at 2, 3, 4? 10 amps

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Parallel Circuits - In a "Parallel Circuit", the current has more than one way of moving around the circuit. If one of the bulbs fails (blows), the other one will still have a current through it and will still glow. 

1. A1 and A2 have two amps because the 4 amps are halved = 7 amps

A1 = 3 amps

A2 = 4 amps

2. 3A + A2 + A1 = 6 amps 

A1= 3 amps

A2= 3 amps

3. A1 = 1 amps 

A2 = 4 Amps

A3 = 12 Amps