Smart Decisions for borrowing money - BTE2

 In Business I was tasked with doing one of two tasks, I chose the flow chart and made two ways of the use of the loan, needs and wants.

Do you reckon this is smart, the ways in which I have given you the info on the uses of the loan, needs and wants, why you wouldn't want to spend it on wants?

I found the task pretty easy and simple for what I needed to put in, the tips for the use of a loan from a bank, person or family (anyone that gives out loans). I started with thinking of what you would spend the loan on then I realised it would most likely be needs or wants. That needs are of course needed to be paid for but wants aren't, they do not ever become a required object in your life. Basically, it was easy to state the ideas of wants and needs and what was required and not required, realising an iPhone 10 wouldn't need to be bought and that the rent is important as its money to stay inside your rented home.

Jellie Park - 10 tips for Water Safety - EOTC

 For one of three needed to be done tasks, I have completed the Jellie Park Activity for EOTC Days Activities. This was an easy one to do as I did the 10 tips for Water Safety.

All in all, this was an easy task to do and I found the information very informing and helpful as I would follow them for my safety

Distilliation

 Today we will be doing an experiment which includes Evaporation and Condensation. For Evaporation, we will be turning a liquid into a gas with energy, heat. Making the particles separate and become spread out as the heat makes them stress and try to move as far away as possible. Condensation will be having a gas be trapped, captured and formed into a liquid, having particles merge closer together but not to close as it could become solid.

Aim: to separate a solution (coke/coke zero) to form a solid + a liquid

Hypothesis: When the Coke is heated and becomes a gas at first we will watch as it vanishes and becomes steam than when we cool it and watch as it becomes back to the liquid it was. Small dots of liquid form and later a wee pile of it, to then back to the amount it was. The reason this occurs is that after bringing down the heat, high temperature to a lower one by the second. Eventually reaching a cool enough temp that we will be able to allow us the ability to take ahold of the container.

Observation: I saw as the blue flame heated the coke and made it intensely bubble. After many minutes the flame made the coke go to a sludge, taking awhile and the gas which condensed up in the tube which was 10cm up to top left of the flask. The flask was where the coke was being held and the tube had a beaker with ice held below it to cool the gas which made its way into the tube by boiling tube.

Conclusion: In a way my hypothesis was right although I said it as if the coke which formed back would have the same concentration yet it didn't, it came out with water and a diluted coke residue. (Refer to Observation to see what happened) When the heat turned the coke to a gas it came up the boiling tube, for transportation and made its way to the cooled tubed. Turning the gasback to the liquid because the cold brang the particles closer to the form of liquid.

Medieval Ages - People in the Middle Ages Didn't Wash their Hands

 In chaos, I was tasked to create a poster on a fact about the Middle Ages which I found interesting as it was disgusting to find out that people during the Medieval Ages would eat their food while having the filthiest hands ever.

I found finding out the facts and creating the poster an alright experience as it was easy but boring since it is work. Talking about the fact was easy as it is just talking about filth, dirt and disgusting things which peasants and people would have on their hands before touching their face or food.

My Discovery Task - Steroids and performance enhancing drugs - Benjamen and Tobey

The Topic in which we chose was Steroids/performance-enhancing drugs, we were to complete the two discovery topics by the end of the term, the other one was Binge drinking but That'll be talked about in the next blog.

The process:

First, we chose one of our topics, we chose steroids/performance-enhancing drugs. Secondly, we decided on the five questions which we did on the difficulty of Legend: 1 green(Easy) 2 yellow(Medium) 2 red (Hard). Then we went into researching and using prior knowledge, this part was mostly used of researching to get our answers as some of our questions needing answers for laws/penalties, issues its linked with and short/long term effects. After this process was done and we felt as what we wrote would be enough, we moved onto the strategies. We saw that the first strategy: Ask for help, was great since its someone with a problem seeking for assistance in getting rid of/toning down the dosages of the performance-enhancing drugs being taken. It will definitely benefit the sufferer in either stopping the addiction or harm the drugs are causing. The second strategy: Hang with friends and talk, will allow an addict to speak with people who are close and gifts the ability to get opinions from the people who are close that will lead the user of Steriods to consider the opinions and take advantage of pursuing them. In the list of strategies, the last one: Make it harder to get ahold of the drugs, enforce more laws. The laws which may be put in place in the future can stop many addicts from continuing their problem and stopping the ability to get possession over them, having more of a crank down on the way in which the way illegal ones are getting sold and passed around. Having more of a focus on drug busting cartels and rings of drug possessors who sell the changed steroids. Lastly, we chose to make the presentation on Canva.

Planning sheet

Steroids and sports enhancing drugs by Tobey Geldard and Benjamen Alexander-Bailey - Canva

I found the overall experience ok as there were points in which there were times that we weren't getting the information we wanted and struggling to make info that was worded in our own words. It was definitely messy with my teammate since we were having points of not being able to produce work due to distractions or boredom. I am proud of the answers we have put out as it shows we understood the information we were reading and wording it was great as it showed we could understand and answer the questions correctly.

Torture in the Middle Age - Slam Dunk Paragraph

 In Chaos, I was tasked with creating a Slam Dunk Paragraph about torture in the Middle Ages. 

Why was Torture used? Unfortunately, the reason a lot of people in the Middle Ages used torture was that its the best way to get something out of a criminal or just as a punishment for their crimes, an example would be a thief, witch or murderer. Examples of the punishments would be pillars, thumb screws, the rack and Catherine wheel (breaking wheel), all of these were deadly and only the thumbscrews would only injure but still cause intense pain. All the methods would eventually lead to a confession/death, some shorter and others taking longer. As I have explained these were used often and had 100% success in either two of the summaries of the acts, death or a confession. Being so useful meant that the techniques would be used basically every time for a confession which was wanted from an unwilling criminal. They worked so well that they were used mostly instead of jail time, but there still was dungeons used as jail cells just not often. As you know now, torture was very useful for a wanted confession and would lead to 100% success. These confessions could've been unsafe.

I found doing the task a little difficult with not wanting to repeat an idea. It was getting evidence sentences that weren't the exact idea but bringing in actual evidence that was different in each sentence. Like one was, death from a wanted confession and another would be the success rate of the sessions.

Budget meal for 4 of $20

 In Business, I have been tasked with finding out a combination of foods which will be enough for a grouping of 4 people. I will need to find a combo which won't be over $20 as that's the budget, there will be as much food chosen unless the budget fails.

#1 Maggi two minute Noodles 5pk - $2.90

#2 Turks Free Range Chicken breast skinless fillet - $8 x2

#3 1.5L Ninety-Nine Lemonade 99% less sugar - $1

total: $19.90

Process:

1. Cook up the noodles in a pot for 2-5mins

2. Cut up the chicken 

3. Put the chicken bits into the pan

4. Cook the chicken for 20mins

5. Mix the two ingredients in 4 bowls

6. Pour 4 drinks of the lemonade

7. Enjoy!

I found this assignment pretty alright because the task at hand was simple. I only needed to find some tasty ingredients for the 4 lucky people, it was easy to find these 2 foods and 1 drink. I feel the people would enjoy the chicken noodles with flavouring and the chicken pieces which mix in, being tasty. Overall the time spent doing the task may have been an ok experience, with the findings of the ingredients on countdown not taking too long.

Would you be willing to be on a budget of $20 to find a meal for 4?

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