1960 Valdivia Earthquake

Welcome to another blog-post. One of our individual task in Chemicals and chaos was looking at Earthquakes, because earthquakes are one of the most chaotic events in history. I've decided to do research on the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake, as it is recorded as the largest earthquake recorded in the 20th Century. 

Mount Vesuvius - Pompeii

Welcome to another blog - post. In Chemicals and Chaos we have been assigned some independent task based on Chaotic events. One of these chaotic events in history was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that covered the city of Pompeii in ash, killing thousands of people, unfortunately leaving the city of Pompeii in pieces!

Therefore Pompeii is known as the lost city until it was rediscovered.

For this task we had write out a newspaper article based upon the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and how it has affected the city of Pompeii. 

Link to Newspaper Article

Distillation Experiment

Welcome to another blog post, Today in Chemicals *science we did an experiment on distillation.
Distillation is the scientific experiment used to show the process of condensation. 
In this experiment, we are using different types of coke, normal and zero. 

Separating a mixture using Distillation
Aim: To separate a solute from a solvent in a solution using distillation.
Hypothesis : I think that the Coca-Cola will stay the same, and Zero will change. 
Equipment: A solution of different types of cokes, conical flask, heatproof mat, a delivery tube and bung, Bunsen Burner, tripod, gauze mat, retort stand, boss head and clamp, boiling tube. 

Method:

1. Set up the equipment as shown in the diagram.
2. Add approximately 50mL of coke to your conical flask. 
3. Start the element.
4. Heat the solution until most of the solvent has been evaporated. Turn off the element.  

First we set up the equipment we needed. Our group used the Coca-Cola Zero. 

Images:

Observation: First the Coke was still and it was just heating up, then it just started to form little bubbles, then it started to bubble up a lot, then it looked like clear water was being sucked by the delivering tube into the conical flask. 

Discussion: In the conical flask that had the coke in it, at the bottom there were some dried sugar left (it isn't a burn mark because if we heat it up it would form bubbles), When we heated the Coca-Cola, it evaporated and it got trapped which separated it, then we used ice to cool it down. I saw steam because it was heating. Our flask had less sugar left over compared to the other group that had the original Coca-Cola that had sugar in it.

But then there was a clear liquid that has been sucked by the delivering tube and I think that it the condensation from the Coca-Cola, I guess there's only one way to find that out, is to look on the ingredients on the Coca Cola bottle. 

Conclusion: This experiment was very interesting and shocking, because I've always thought that the Zero Coca-cola had no sugar in it because it say on the label of the bottle, then doing this experiment shows that there was actually a decent amount of sugar left at the bottom of the flask. 

Tsumani - Chemical & Chaos

Welcome to another blog post, part of our work in chemical and chaos is looking at chaotic events that have happened, one most famous chaotic event in all history is Tsunami. 

For the past few weeks our class have been watching a movie, the movie is about a family who decided to spend their Christmas in Thailand. But their luxurious holiday turns into a nightmare when a tsunami swells up unannounced, thereby separating the family. 

After we finished watch the film, we then were given a task to create a pictograph that shows how tall a 520 meters tsunami is compared to famous landmarks, below is my pictograph that I have completed. 

In our pictograph, we had to use FAULTS, F= frame, A=axis U=Units T=Title.

I had to draw out a 530 meters tsunami compared to the Empire State Building which is 450 meters, Sky tower - 328 meters, Eiffel Tower 324 meters and the Pyramid of Giza which is 139 meters.

Zombie Apocalypse Rules!

Welcome to another Blog post, part of our chemical and chaos Hurumanu we are learning about some serious chaotic events that have happened or could occur in the future, the other day in class we were looking at Zombie Apocalypse, here are the top 10 rules of what everyone should do during an Zombie Apocalypse. 

Northern War - Chaos

Welcome to another blog post, today I finished another independent task for Chaos. 
This task was about the Northern War. I had to research about the Northern War and create poster/s that shows my learning and understanding out the Northern War. 
The northern war is also known as one of New Zealand's chaotic events in history. 

The respiratory System

Welcome to another blog-post, this blog-post shows my learning of what we are currently learning in Science. This week in Medical science, we are learning about the mechanical process of how we breathe (respiratory system). I decided to create a Google Slide showing my understanding of the respiratory system.