Chapter response pt 5 Chapter 33

Gods help us. I close my eyes, trying to drown the tragedy out. Through it all,
the cheers never stop. The praise never ends. As we stand on the platform, the
crowd rejoices as if there’s a reason to celebrate this bloodbath.
Beside me, Tzain holds me close; he hasn’t really let go since he carried me
from the ship. He keeps his expression vacant, but I can sense his remorse.
Though the competitor in him has prevailed, we’re still covered in the blood of
those who have fallen. We may have triumphed, but this is no victory.
A message I have taken from this scene would have to be that, your family will always feel the need to be protective, and they would want to be by your side in you're in a vulnerable state or even if you're perfectly fine. This shows that Tzain will always be there for Zelie even through rough arguments, they will always be there for each other. This relates to the real world because, everyone has someone protective of them, family or not, they always have someone who either secretly looks after them, or just generally looks after them, and feels like they need to protect and take care of that person.

Aboriginal boomerangs

For Social Studies my class and I have been doing a research topic on the Australian's aboriginal boomerangs, this topic has been going on since last semester and for our recent two classes, we have actually painted and created our very own boomerang, based on the aborigines patterns, colours, and culture. 

What was the purpose of the activity?
I think the purpose of this task was to find an understanding of the aboriginal culture but through the makings of their boomerangs and all our researching.

Explain the story on your boomerangs, including the meaning of the colours.
The story of my boomerang and the reasonings for each colour are, black stands for the people and night time, the yellow represents the sacred times and is their sacred colour. The patterns that are drawn on, are linked to the religious ceremonies or their rituals. The lizard is shown, also represents one of their native animals and what they see.

What went well whilst you were painting and designing it.
I think taking time and working with on this with my friends went well, we also shared the paint and made sure everyone had enough. I also think that I have done some patterns well enough to a good standard at least.

Chapter response pt 4 Chapter 28

Be brave, Amari.
This time I hold onto Binta’s words, wrapping them around my body like a suit
of armour. I can be brave.
A message I take from this scene is that when we keep the people we love the most in our hearts, their words can make us feel stronger and it gives us more courage and will to do so. This can relate to the real world when people may feel anxious if they have to say a speech, for example, then they might think of memories with someone special, they'd want to try and make them proud by being confident and just doing the speech or whatever it is.

Chapter response pt 3 Chapter 26

“How long?” she breathes. “How long have you been a maji?”
She hisses the word like it’s a curse. Like I’m the spitting image of Lekan. Not
the boy she’s known since birth. The soldier she’s trained for years.
“The girl infected me. It’s not permanent.”
“You’re lying.” Her lips peel back in disgust. “Are you…are you working with
her?”
“No! I was looking for clues!” I step forward. “I know where she is–”
“Stay back!” Kaea screams. I freeze, hands in the air. There’s no recognition in
her eyes.
Only unbridled fear.
A message I received from this scene is that once people find out who you truly are, they either stay on your side or betray and go against you. This can relate to the real world because people all over the world have their own secrets, some no people may know of, and some that are kept confidentially.

Chapter response pt. 2 Chapter 23

Metal gates fly open on the sides of the arena floor, and an endless flow of
water rushes in. This has to be a mirage. Yet liter after liter flows in. The water
covers the metal ground, crashing with the expanse of a sea.

“How is this possible?” I hiss under my breath, remembering the laborers no
more than skin and bone. So many dying for water and they waste it on this?

A message I have taken from this scene is that people who are in need, would normally have to fight for their life literally or would have to go through a really hard time, trying to survive on what they can get, this relates to the real world because, people who are in need, or have money problems, normally have to go through a hard time, and they have to go through heaps of work or sometimes even illegal things just so they can get enough food to survive or for their families.

Chapter response pt 1 Chapter 22

I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of them filling the narrow path.
Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the
palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I
thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered
where they came from, where else they might have ended up,
“Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly, diviners, the laborers
outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their
dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand
seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking
skeleton.
A message I have seemingly taken from this scene is how Amari finally came to a realization that not everyone was fed by and a silver spoon, and not everyone had or has a great life with their families. This can relate to the real world because, not everyone gets to grow up in a palace with a happy family, and not everyone gets to take a seat and rest for more than half the time most people have to work. I feel that some people also mistakenly grow up thinking that it is normal, and so they might feel different when they see people who aren't as powerful or as rich as they are, and they could take it as a good, sad, or other types of viewpoints.

Textiles

What have I learned this term?

This term for Textiles, my class and I have been creating a project we each get to choose and for this task, I had chosen to create my own animal pillow. Whilst creating this project I had learned a variety of new things on textiles and what it is about. For example, I learned different types of sewing terms and their definitions and functionings.   

What have I found challenging? 

Whilst focusing on getting this project done in time, some of the things I have found challenging are, for example, to trace and mark out the lines and parts needed for my pillow, I also found it challenging when I had to first draw onto the applique paper and then when I had cut and stuck it onto another piece of fabric, this was needed for when I needed to fuse them together. Another topic I found difficult on doing was when I had to sew the zipper to the body material, and how I had to slowly do it whilst taking the pins out.

What am I trying to achieve/ What was my main focus?

My main focus was trying to achieve it all basically and to learn more about sewing, hand stitching, and more. I also wanted to try my best to get a high mark or to be at the standards. 

Do you think you have accomplished your goals and completed your tasks?

I feel as I did not accomplish or achieve some of my goals, and I should have asked for help when it was needed, I also feel as I should have stayed more focus in class and paid more attention in class. I think I could have achieved those goals if I just have done what needed to be done, and ask when help was needed.

Here are some photos that were done along my journey of creating this project.

 

Designing a drill gauge on Tinkercad.

Designing a Drill Gauge on Tinkercad.

As you have seen from my recent Drill Gauge post, my class is currently focused on creating another one but on a 3D app called Tinkercad. This app helps you create anything you want with accurate measurements and allows you to 3D print anything you create on it (but you would obviously need the 3D printer for this to work). 

In my latest Drill Gauge post, you may notice at the end I have already created a model-like drill gauge from Tinkercad to look like the one I had created in class, well now I am going to create my own drill gauge, the holes have to be the same sizes and the sizes still need to be able to show which hole is which size. 

Steps on how I designed my digital drill gauge.

1. I went into 'BASIC SHAPES' on the right side of the screen and selected a polygon shape.
2. I put in my own measurements on the length/width & height- Height(3), Length(80) & Width(60).
3. I selected the cylinder 8 times so I could have 8 holes for the digital drill gauge.
4. I put in the sizes I wanted for each different hole, (3,4,5,5.5,6,6.8,8,10)- (Or you could have any of the sizes you want to use/commonly use).
5. I played around and put the circles in random places at first, and then I found a little pattern I liked so I kept it.
6. I made sure they had an even distance from each other and then piece by piece I made each cylinder piece a hole.
7. I clicked onto 'Basic shapes' and clicked onto 'text and numbers' and selected each number needed.
8. I then put each number to the sizes 3 by 3 and the height 3.
9. I then made sure they were evenly placed under the right holes and that they were just on top of the drill gauge. 
10. I went and gathered letters for my name and placed it evenly in the center on the bottom of my drill gauge.
11. After that I, then highlighted it all and clicked 'Ctrl+G' which then grouped it all together.
12. Then I chose the colour I wanted to print in and went to the 3D printer.

Here is a photo of my own made digital gauge from Tinkercad.

Here is a photo of another drill gauge I have made but it is just like the one I made in class.

How to use TinkerCad-
 I am not really good at using Tinkercad but here are some tips I can give if you ever need help on it.
-I just played around for a while to get use to seeing and knowing where everything is.
-This helps by giving you a feel of what Tinkercad actually is and how to measure.
-Tinkercad comes with a few steps or tutorials if you're new and just sign up, it gives some easy pointers and some drafts/steps for you to do.
-You are easily able to get correct measurements by clicking on the shape you have supposedly chosen, and then numbers should come up on the side, you're able to click on those numbers and write in the size you want.
- You also have a variety of colours you can choose from.
- You can also share a design you have created with some people and yous can edit it at the same time, this can help if you need to work on a design with a group.
- You can easily embed your designs into slides/docs/blogs and more.
- You can also look at other people's designs they have created. You can look at the most popular ones or you can search for a certain item and it shall come up.
- If you find someone else's design that you like, you can copy the design and can add as much as you like to it, but you need to make sure to give credit to the person who originally created it..
-These are all the tips I can give you on how to create your own digital drill gauge.

How to make a drill gauge!

Here are some pointers on how to make a drill gauge.

- Get a piece of Aluminium (width- 25, thickness-3, length- 110; Aluminium is best for not rusting).

- Draw file and use an emery cloth to clean it up.

- Put engineers blue on one side of the aluminium piece.

-Use your ruler to measure 10cm from the top of your aluminium piece, then measure 20cm, 30cm, 40cm, 50cm & 60cm from the top. There should be six 10cm marked evenly from the line.

-Get an engineers square and a scribe, use the scribe on the lines width wise, you should get 10cm rectangles evenly distanced.

- From the last line mark 15cm in the middle and from that 15cm mark another, the last rectangle should be 20cm length worthy and 10cm wide.

- Use the engineer square to mark off the last two lines then scribe a line going vertically straight through the middle.

- Then center punch where each line meets, there should be 8 center punched marks.

- Find your drill bits (the correct sizes preferably), you can either start drilling the holes from where you marked or you can use a spotting drill bit first just to make sure you'll be drilling in the right place.

- Get a hand countersink and do small twists on the end of the holes to remove any burrs the machine left.

- Use the emery cloth again to clean up any new marks made. Then get your number punches (the right numbers for your sizes), and then punch the correct size number below your holes.

- Use your polishing and buffering machine to buffer and polish your drill gauge (make sure to do all the edges and sides).

- You now have a choice to spray paint it or add colour to it somehow but make sure to clean the insides of the holes, so the paint doesn't block it up. (Also make sure not to add thick layers of paint).

-  You should now have your own drill gauge coloured or not.

Metal Carbonates and Acid

When a metal carbonate reats with an acid it will form a salt, carbon dioxide and water. Carbon dioxide is a gas and can be seen as bubbles as the reactions proceeds.

Aim-
-To show that carbon dioxide gas is produced when a metal carbonate reacts with acid.

Equipment-
-Two boiling tubes
-Delivery tube and bung
-Bunsen burner
-Test tube rack
-Wooden splint
-Bottle of acid
-Small amount of metal carbonate
-Test tube tongs
-Safety glasses

Method-
-Light your bunsen burner
-Add a 'pea-sized' amount of the metal carbonate into one of the boiling tubes
-Place this boiling tube into a test tube rack. Ensure you have the bung and delivery tube ready
-Add 5 ml of acid to the boiling tube and quickly insert the bung and delivery tube into the mouth of the boiling tube
-Holding the other boiling tube with your tongs, capture the gas produced.

Observation- 
When the lit splint was inserted into the mouth of the test tube, the splint flame went out straight away because it was in carbon dioxide. Also it then produced smoke.

Metals and Oxygen

When a metal reacts with oxygen it produces a metal oxide.
-When a substance burns, the burning process is actually a reaction with oxygen. So when you burn something, you are adding oxygen to it.

Aim-
-To make a metal oxide and observe the difference in properties of the product compared to the reactants.

Equipment-
-A magnesium piece
-Bunsen burner
-Safety glasses
-Metal scissor tongs

Method-
-Ignite the bunsen burner
-Hold your magnesium piece with the scissor tongs over the flame, (blue flame)
-Do not look directly at the piece when it happens because the light is bright enough to damage your eyesights.

Observations-
When the magnesium was held over the flame, it began to turn as bright as a light, then it burns off into ash.