Paper Plane Analysis

Rocket Research

Design Brief 9KHR - Rocket

Design Brief

Nose-cone - this needed for the top of the rocket

Fuselage - this will be the rocket’s body

Tail fins - this will keep the rocket balanced

Payload, Hollow inside - this make it light and create room for the engine and parachute.

C sized rocket engine

Light - thin wall thickness

Place to attach recovery system parachute

Lug - attach to launch pad

Rocket will be weighed, costed out

Me - Graphics

Chocolate Cake - Food Tech

Step 1 - 1 ½ cup of Self Rising Flour (all in one bowl)

- ½ cup of sugar, 2 tsp of cocoa

- ½ cup of milk

- ½ cup of oil

- 1 egg

- 1 tsp vanilla essence

Step 2 - Mix well all the ingredients

- Pour into the baking tin (butter the baking tin)

- Bake 180°C 30 mins

Banana Cake - Food Tech

First Week


Second Week


Last week and today in food tech we baked a popular islander dish - Banana cake. The reason why we made it twice because the first week some of us did some of the steps wrong and so we had to do it again the next week.

Step 1 - Heat the oven, 180°

Step 2 - Mash banana in a bowl with a folk

Step 3 - Cream, 3 Tbsp of butter with 1 cup of sugar

Step 4 - Add 1 egg, ½ cup of milk, 1 tsp vanilla essence

Step 5 - Add 1 ½ cup of Self Rising Flour, 1 tsp baking soda Mix well, Pour into a lining baking tin, bake for 20 mins. Enjoy

Hamburger - Food Tech

Today in Food tech we cooked Hamburgers.

Step 1 - Mix mince with onion, 2 tsp of bread crumbs, 1 egg, all spices salt.

Step 2 - Divide into 2 balls and flat it down using hand palm

Step 3 - Fry the patties until it is cooked.

Step 4 - Toast the buns in the oven until light golden brown.

Burger Layers:

Top Bun
5 - Cheese
4 - Mayo
3 - Patty
2 - Tomato
1 - Lettuce 
Bottom Bun 


 

Macaroni & Cheese - Food Tech

Macaroni & Cheese 

Today in food class we learnt how to cook Macaroni and Cheese. 

Step 1 - Boil macaroni with 2 ½ cup of cold water until it is soft. Drain with cold water using the colander 

Step 2 - White sauce, slice and dice half an onion and fry until it is soft with 2 tablespoons of butter. Add ½ of plain flour stir for 5 mins. Add 2 cups of milk plus water until it is thick like gravy. Step 3 - Put baking paper in a baking tin and add the Macaroni and Cheese into a baking tin and top off with cheese. 

Wait until the cheese is golden, and serve.

Tuna Sandwich - Food Tech

Today in food tech class we made a simple snack/lunch which was a tuna sandwich. 

Ingredients: 
- Lettuce 
- Mayo 
- Tomato
- Onion (optional)
- Tuna/canned tuna 

Step 1 - Butter the bread or spread mayo onto the bread 
Step 2 - Slice the tomato 
Finally put everything together in the sandwich and slice.

Chicken Stir Fry - Cooking

Today in cooking class we learnt how to cook chicken stir fry. Here was the steps to cooking it.

Step 1 - Slice and dice the chicken

Step 2 - Slice and dice the onion

Step 3 - Fry the chicken and onion with oil

Step 4 - Dice, carrot in a diagonal direction and slice

Step 5 - Slice zucchini in a diagonal direction and slice

Step 6 - Slice mushroom

Step 7 - Add to the the frying pan and stir for 10 minutes

Step 8 - Add a cup of flour with water.

And serve

What We Learned So Far - Science class

Here at Tamaki College, in Science class we learnt different topics almost every week of this term. These are the topics that we learnt in Science class.



First of all we had to learn the rules of being in the laboratory and they were:
1. Put your bag under the table
2. No eating and drinking
3. Listen carefully for instructions
4. Do not run or play
5. Do not touch any equipment or chemicals without permission
6. Tie up long hair while doing practical
7. If accidents happens, report to the teacher.

A few days after we learnt about the branches of science.
Physics - study of objects, how they work, how to build.
Chemistry - study of chemicals.
Astronomy - study of living things.
Geography - study of volcanoes, earthquakes.
Zoology - study of animals.
Botany - study of plants.


Next was learning about how to use a Bunsen Burner.
1. Attach the rubber tube to the gas tap.
2. Close the air hole.
3. Light the match, bring it to the top of the burner.
4. Turn the gas tap on.
5. Open the air hole when ready to heat something.


Next topic was about the layers of earth.
There are 4 layers of the earth:
4 - Crust
3 - Mantle
2 - Outer core
1 - Inner core


Next topic was about tectonic plates and plate boundaries.
1. Convergent boundaries - where two plates are colliding.
2. Divergent boundaries – where two plates are moving apart.
3. Transform boundaries – where plates slide passed each other.


Lastly for the term we learnt about volcanoes.
Parts of volcanoes are:
Magma chamber
Main vent
Secondary vent
Crater
Secondary cone
Ash cloud
Lava flow
Ash
Volcanic bombs

3D Volcano

Deep inside the earth they are magma flowing around within the earth and when they is too much pressure and heat, the magma is to impact so it finds ways to escape the inner earth which where the magma goes up the earth in volcanoes and erupts.

Volcanic Eruption

Today my class and I experimented with an volcanic eruption with vinegar and baking soda. After pouring the vinegar into the conical flask to the mark 5 lower line, we then added the baking soda into the conical flask and suddenly it reacted and flooded up to the top.

Learning from this reaction it tells me that, if your adding two chemicals together it will react and can turn into something good or bad.

A New Journey

Five weeks in, and I already like the community and environment. The teachers and the new friends, throughout the weeks there were some things I had to get use to like period's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and other things. Overall I really like where I'm heading and can't wait to start my new blogging adventure at Tamaki College