lockdown experiment

 Aim: To see how the ambient air pressure can crush a soda can. 

Method: 

To start the things you're going to need: 

1. soda can (preferably a coke or similarly shaped can) 

2. A bowl of cold water. ( The colder the better) 

3. A pair of tongs 

4. A source of heat (i.e a stove) 

1. First, clean your soda can. 

2. Get a bowl and fill it with water. (the colder the better) 

3. Add a tablespoon of water to the can then. 

4. Get your tongs and put the can over a source of heat. 

5. Wait for the water to start boiling in the can and wisps of steam coming out. 

6. Quickly turn the can upside down and dunk it under the water and hold it there with the tongs. 

7. After this the can will crush itself.

Results: 

 

Discussion: 

The reason that the can seems to implode and crush itself is that the air pressure around us had crushed it. this happens because the water that we put in the can beforehand be boiled and the steam expanded to 1600x and filled the space inside the can instead of air. Because of this when we put the hot can full of steam in the cold water the steam rapidly contracted and struck causing the can to collapse in on itself. This is why the water had to be cold for this to work as we wanted the steam to contract as fast as it could. 

Conclusion: 

When I did it worked spectacularly, though my camera didn't catch the true loudness of the can collapsing in on its self. If I were to do this again then I wouldn't do anything different. 

The Ethics of cloning.

 The ethics of cloning is a hotly debated subject that many have their own ideas about. Here are some ideas about the consequences and implications of cloning. 

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 far-right threats to Maori women 

In the last year about after the lockdowns and major pandemic strikes there had been a surge of far-right men harassing high profile Maori women and in the article 'far-right threats to Maori women' detailed some of the many different things, the old far-right men think bout Maori woman. we get to the happening of Hiria Te Rangi, for instance, she wants to go outside she now has to wear a disguise to hide from the men who want to hurt her. Or microbiologist Siouxsie wiles who was harassed at a wellington hotel while having breakfast, while a far-right blogger live-streamed the whole thing.

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his is a very horrible thing that many people have to deal with but to be specifically targeted is just horrible. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300379571/we-cant-rely-on-the-police-mori-women-on-edge-after-escalating-threats

Kristallnacht, the Night Of Broken Glass

Kristallnacht, the Night Of Broken Glass

 Kristallnacht was also known by the name of the Night Of Broken Glass. It was a planned event that happened on 9/10 November 1938 and this is very important because the German government tried to convince others that this was all because of the jews. This was a planned event and it’s shown in the letter that was sent to all of the personnel that were to enforce these things. In the letter, it entailed the date and time that this would happen and what to and not to do and this was things like all Jewish owned businesses should be burned but with caution to german owned businesses, all men that were healthy and of age were to be arrested,  and those who were more wealthy were to be specially targeted, along with other things that were made to specifically target jews. All of this shows that The Night Of Broken Glass was a planned event. 

 The Nuremberg Laws

Provide two examples of ways in which the Nuremberg laws affected the rights of German Jews.

An example of them being racist is the fact that they weren't able or allowed to vote and that even if a person didn't practice Judaism anymore and had converted to Christianity were considered Jewish and were not exempt from these insane laws.

What other actions were taken that discriminated against Jews in Germany? (Remembering)

These laws also prohibited them from marrying who they wanted and didn't allow Jewish people to be permitted into municipal hospitals in Düsseldorf for treatment.

Why do you think that the Nazis passed these laws? (Understanding)

I think that they did this to try and undermine the Jewish population and not allow them any form of freedom or normality. 

If a New Zealand government passed a law that provided for different treatment of a named racial group in New Zealand, what do you think the reaction of most New Zealand people would be? Why do you think this might be the case? (Applying)

I feel that the most likely reaction is protests and demonstrations that would go against whatever laws that they would implement along with lots of disapproval from the nations of the world including Australia. I think that this wouldn't likely happen because New Zealand is a very progressive country and things like that would very likely shut down quickly.

Do you think these Nuremberg laws were racist? Explain your point of view. (Evaluating)

I think that this was very racist and something that would be very extremely looked down upon today.

English scholarship program

English Scholarship Program 

Today I and a group of others participated in an English scholarship program and we learned about the many different aspects of English such as narratology theory first period, rhetorical theory second period, philosophy third period, Shakespeare in the fourth period, and reflection time in the fifth period. 

We learned many things and one of the main things that I learn is that in Shakespeare theses a lot of death and a lot of symbolism and comedy. Also that many of these stories are not his own and that many of them are just adaptations of the well-known stories at the time. we also learned about so philosophy like the trolly dilemma or the idea about AI and how whether if it could think, talk, and act human then could it be considered a one. As well and some talking about "The heroes journey" which is a pattern that can be observed in many of the best and well knows books, stories, and myths and along with that we also talked but the ideas of good vs. evil, human vs. aliens, peace vs. war, old vs. new, black vs. white, young vs. old, male vs. female, earth vs. space. 

Today was very interesting and informative. 

Famous scientists

 Famous scientists: Steven Hawking 

Steven Hawking was born in Oxford into a family of doctors and He began his university education at University College, Oxford, in October 1959 at the age of 17, where he received a first-class BA  degree in physics. He began his graduate work at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in October 1962, where he obtained his PhD degree in applied mathematics and theoretical physics, specialising in general relativity and cosmology in March 1966. Hawking was later diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradually paralysed him over the years. he lived to the age of 76 and died in 2018, after living with motor neurone disease for more than 50 years.

 He was famous for the invention of the Hawking radiation theory and it theorises that black holes will eventually evaporate after time. 

kiwi fruit DNA extraction

 Aim : to extract DNA from a kiwi fruit 

Method: 

1. Mush half a kiwi fruit in a zip lock bag with a splash of water and a small teaspoon of salt. 

2. strain the solution through a cloth into a beaker 

3. add a squirt of dishwashing liquid and stir. 

4. pour in the test tube. 

5. place the test tube in a beaker filled with warm water. 

6. leave for 10min. 

slowly pour 5ml of methylated spirits down the inside of the test tube. 

Results 

The discussion:

 You can find DNA anywhere and everywhere from plants and animals to humans. DNA is made up of nucleotides and consisting of A=T and C=G and they are always found in these pairings. Surprisingly humans share about 60% of our DNA with kiwi fruit. 

Conclusion: I would not do anything different as it worked perfectly and I extracted DNA

 

The great depression

 

Afterworld war 1 Germany was hit the hardest by the great depression 

The great depression was a worldwide event containing economic crashes but Germany, in particular, was hit the hardest during this time. 

The Germans suffered the most because the USA pulled back loans and by doing this they destabilised the economy and that had a knock-on effect throughout the world. This was amplified by the treaty of Versailles which was supposed to settle outstanding disputes following the cessation of hostilities in World War I but it was instead made to be utterly debilitating to Germany. To add to this they had the highest unemployment rate in the world, compared to America which had an unemployment rate of 25% the which equated to about 15 million unemployed Americans but Germany had an unemployment rate of  30% meaning that 30% of the population was not working. 

This shows really how hard Germany was hit by the great depression. 

what Germany had to agree to by signing the Treaty of Versailles?

What Germany had to agree to by signing the Treaty of Versailles? And what did it do?

This mattered because the treaty of Versailles was aimed at Germany in many ways such as…

In article 231 now called The War, Guilt Claus required Germany to disarm, make ample territorial concessions, and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers and required Germany to pay reparations of 132 billion dollars to allied nations but it was later changed to 31.4 billion or about 442 billion dollars USD today. In hearing this Germany refused to sign the treaty and others even thought that this was far too harsh of punishment but they later signed the treaty ending the war. 

By signing the treaty Germany lost many things but in the end, they had no choice. 

How was NZ affected by the depression?

The great depression was felt heavily in New Zealand and around the world. This was shown by the fact that New Zealand was not immediately affected in 1930 but by 1932 New Zealand’s profits from exports had dropped by 45% and this matters because in new Zealand they heavily relied on external exports. The great depression lasted from 1930 to 1935 and desiccated the global economic market and local economies. In New Zealand, as I said earlier profits from exports dropped by 45% in about 2 years and along with this at its worst it was estimated that the number of unemployed exceeded 70,000 people. The great depression affected new Zealand but it would later subside and exports would go back to normal.

Hitler's views on the Jews

 What did Hitler actually say about jews?

Hiter said “bastarding the white race which they hate and thus lowering its cultural and political level so that the Jew might dominate.”

As well as, The Jewish youth lies in wait for hours on end...spying on the unsuspicious German girl he plans to seduce.....he wants to contaminate her blood and remove her from the bosom of her own people.