Tech @ Tamaki - Cooking // Hangi

Today we went to Tech @ Tamaki College. I cooked with Kurtas, the meal we made was 'Hangi'.

These are the ingredients we used:

• onion
• carrot
• cabbage
• orange kumara
• potato
• pumpkin
• chicken

The first thing we had to do was dice up all the vegetables. After that we had to add the chicken to a cooking tray. After that we had to add in our vegetables on top. After that we added some seasoning to it. We then covered it with foil and put it in the oven. After that we had our finished product.

Maths - New Scooter

WALT:  Work on solution in logical, step by step order.

Task Description:
For this task I had to complete the tasks in this presentation. This presentation is based on the maths work we did last week. After I completed these tasks I had to post it on my blog. I hope you enjoy.

Tech @ Tamaki - Chocolate Cake

Today at Tech we made Chocolate Cake, and I cooked with Kurtas.

The ingredients we had were:

• Flour
• Sugar
• Cocoa
• Eggs
• Oil
• Milk
• Vanilla Essence
• Hot Water

The first thing we did was preheat our oven to 180 degrees. Then we had to collect all our dry ingredients and combine them very well. After that we had to combine all the wet ingredients. Once our ingredients were combined we had to combine the wet and dry together and mix them together thoroughly. After that we had to add a cup of hot water and mix again. After that our batter was ready and so we transferred our batter into a cake tin, then we cooked it for about 30 mins. After that we had our finished product, it was so tasty and delicious.

Tech @ Tamaki - Mince Gravy with Rice

Today the Year 8's went to Tech, for our rotations. Me and my group went to cooking/food tech. When we got there Miss Tuipolotu told us we were making 'Mince Gravy with Rice'. We got into our groups and started our cooking, I was with Maree and Angel.

Our Ingredients were:

• Onions
• Mixed vegetables
• Mince
• Tomatoes

The first thing we had to do was dice up our onions to put in our pan. After that we had to get some oil from Miss Tuipolotu so we could cook our onions. Once our onions were semi cooked we added in some Mixed vegetables, we had to cook our veges till they were soft. After that we had to fry our Mince till it was cooked and then add in our tomatoes and mix everything together. After that we let it simmer a little bit. Once we were done we had our finished product, so we got to serve it with some pre-made rice. While I was eating it I found it very tasty and it was a quick and simple way to make a yummy meal.

Writing - Text Response

In 'The Sniper' the author had a very unique way of conveying the theme in the opening paragraph. For example the author used many words that related to darkness, so that we'd have a very dark image of Dublin in our minds. For example he wrote "Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey", and with this sentence he described the scene very well. This also tells us that this story will consist of a tragedy or something around those lines.

Genomics - Smallest to Largest living organisms

Task Description:
In Genomics we were talking about living organisms. For this task I had to list some living organisms from smallest to largest. I also had to list DNA, Cells, Organisms & Chromosomes from smallest to largest. After that I had to post it on my blog.

Literacy // Myths & Legends

WALT:  Use our prior knowledge to make sense of a text

Task Description:
For this task I had to complete all the slides in this presentation. This presentation is based on the literacy we were working on this week, which is 'Myths & Legends'. After that I had a create task that I had to complete, and that was to write a quick summary of a myth of my choice. The myth I chose was 'Medusa'. Once I finished my create task I had to post this presentation on my blog.

Tech @ Tamaki // Vegetable Bean Patties

Today at Tech we made 'Vegetable Bean Patties'. It was very delicious and tasty. Today I cooked with Skye, we worked very well together.

The ingredients were:

• Capsicum
• Beans
• Zucchini
• Red onion
• Carrot
• Eggs
• Bread Crumbs

The first thing we did was grate our Capsicum, Zucchini and Carrot, We also had to dice up our Red onion. While one of us were grating the veges and dicing up the onion, the other was mashing up the beans. Once all the veges were grated and the beans were mashed, we had to add the two eggs and veges into the bean mixture. After adding our ingredients together we had to mix them till they were well combined. After that we received some bread crumbs, we then had to mix the bread crumbs into our mixture which made it a bit hold-able. After that it was time to roll our patties. We divided ours into six, then rolled them into patty-like shapes. After that it was time to cook it, we cooked ours till it was nice and brown on each side. After that we had the final product.

Team 5 Museum Trip

Last week on Friday, Team 5 went on a trip to the Auckland Museum. Fortunately for us KPMG, our major sponsor paid for us to go. As we were going to the museum we were split in groups. I was in a group together with Amelia and Naomi, when we got to the museum we found out that we will be with a KPMG volunteer for the day. Me and my group were with a kind woman named Alex. She was very polite and fun to be around during the time we were with her.

She came all around the museum with us and spent a whole day with us. She took photos of us, looked after us and laughed with us. I along with my group were very happy to have her as our volunteer, we felt very comfortable with her and had many fun. My favorite part of the day was 'The Winter Garden'. I found it very beautiful and exotic, I liked all the different flowers and plants. Overall I had a really great day with my friends and Alex.

Scientific Method: Onion Cells

Aim: Find a clear picture of onion cells.

Hypothesis: I think that we will be able to see a clear picture of onion cells at a magnification of 100x

Equipment: 

• 1 Onion
• A slide
• A cover slip
• Tweezers 
• Blue stain

Method: The first thing we did was collect a thin layer of skin from the onion using tweezers, we then added it to our slide. After that we had to add a drop of saline to our slide that had our onion on it. After that we also had to add a drop of blue stain. Lastly we had to put a cover slip on top of our slide. Once we did that our slide was ready to look at.

Observation/Conclusion: Once we looked at it through the microscope, we tried the magnification of 4x. When we looked at it, it looked like a lot of lines connected with many small dots surrounding it. When we looked at it in the magnification of 10x I could already see it clearly. It looked like the pattern of honeycomb. It was connected together and the pattern it had looked a lot like purple honeycomb.

 

The onion cells we looked a lot like this.