I am a Year 7 student in the Uru Mฤnuka Cluster. This is a place where I will share my learning. Please note that some of it will not be complete, it will be my first drafts. Remember to be positive, thoughtful and helpful when you leave me a comment.
Performing arts is a performance of an audience. The performances might have music, drama and dance. It can be a play, theatre drama, a musical, opera, illusion, mime, hand mime, spoken word, poetry, puppetry, circus arts and etc. There others examples of arts depend on what story you are telling. Mostly performing arts is a story told by action or the music but they don't have to tell a story.
For the past few weeks we have been learning about impasto in art. One of the famous artist who was known for making painting with the Impasto technique was, Van Gogh. One of his famous paintings was the 'Starry Night'.
We answered questions about him and also about the painting technique.
What does the word impasto mean? Look up the word in lexipedia.com, then type your answer here:
A painting style that uses thick paint so that the brush or palette knife textures appear on the painting. Basicly the painting should look like a painting.
How can an impasto brushstrokes express emotions?
The amount of thickness of paint in each stroke can value someone's emotions.
Was Van Gogh one of the first painters to use impasto technique?
No he was not, it was Rembrandt though Van Gogh is one of the famous artists for using the impasto technique.
Aim: I want to find out how to get rid of burning chilli off my tongue.
Research:
Method:
Equipment
Fizzy
Milk
Water
Popsicle stick
Chili sauce (carolina reaper)
cup
Timer
Instructions
Get all required equipments.
Scoop some chilli onto your stick.
Start the timer and eat the chilli
Stop the timer after 4 mins.
Rate how hot your mouth has become.
Do the experiment again but drink water after 2 minutes.
Do experiment again but drink coca-cola poured into a cup after 2 minutes.
Do experiment again but drink milk after 2 minutes.
Results:
The first time I had chilli, It was burning my mouth. I had it without any liquid score 10.
The second time I tried the chilli I did it with water, I rate it a 10
The third time I did tried the chilli I did it with coca cola, it made it made worse, I rate it 11
The fourth time I tried the chilli I did it with milk, I rate it a 4
Discussion:
Why does chilli burn your mouth?
A chilli has this oil-based molecule called capsaicin. It gets released to your saliva and bins onto the receptors in your mouth and tongue. Which then triggers the receptors to send signals to your brain, thinking you are currently burning.
Why did the milk reduce the burn?
Milk mostly contains casein, which i learnt in the plastic milk experiment. The casein helps wash off the capsaicin in your tongue or mouth. Think of it like soap washing off grease.
This term our kete is all about money or otherwise called business enterprise. In our wananga we started of learning about money and how to manage money in a site called Banquer. After starting with Banquer we had quiz questions on the site and if you had answered them correctly you would earn money.We were learning about words like expenses and income, we started working on how to pay bills in the site.
Speaking of income, we had to write down what we thought it meant.
It basically means getting money. This money could be earned from the bank your job, an allowance, etc. Getting a job is probably a smart thing to do because you can earn income daily depending on when and how you work.
We also thought about what kind of jobs we would have for our class.
Today our class worked on reading plus again. This time I got a combo after reading a book about chess and a story about a diamond necklace. I think reading books that I like are very important to get a higher percentage. Though where I was reading it was very distracting and noisy.
Today is the first day of term 4 and we are back to starting on reading plus. I think I got better over the holidays because I got a 100% on my reading comprehension. So far I'm doing okay in Reading plus. I read a story about people who perform speeches and about ice cream.
