My LED Sign!

 Kia ora Everyone, I am starting a new class which is door signs/LED signs. For the next 4 weeks, I am going to be recording my process by writing on this blog post each session. 

Lesson 1:

So The designs I am thinking of doing is a cultural pattern or an animal/nature themed pattern. I would also like to put words on my sign like for example if im doing a cultural pattern I could put, Samoa or a sort of tropical quote. The acrylic I am going to be using is clear because I would like to make my LED lights turn different colours every 5  seconds or so.

Aim: I am aiming to make my acrylic sign something that I like and enjoy making.

Lesson 2:

This is going to be the design that I have chosen to do for my sign:

List what voltage and resistor you will need next your LEDs:

Voltage = 4.5v

Resistor =4.5 ohms

Talk about why is it important to use a resistor? 

It is important to use a resistor because it will prevent the light bulbs from blowing up.

What does LED stand for and what do you need to make sure of when you connect it up in a circuit?

Led stands for light emitting diode, and you need to make sure when connecting the LED lights to the circuit you have to put it the right way up.

Lesson 3:

Work what Ohm Resistor you will need for your project.

What will the colour code of a this resistor be?

What do you think the Tolerance rating means?

Gender equality - Social studies

 Gender Equality:

Kia ora everyone, Welcome back to another blog post. For the past 3 weeks, I have been working on a case study about The Women's suffrage and gender equality. For the first 2 weeks, I have been researching the famous Kate Shepard and the women's suffrage movement, This was a practice for our final essay in which we got to pick our topic. Then for the final week, it was time to write our essay that was based on human rights, which I choose to pick Gender equality.

What Is gender equality?

Gender equality is when all genders have equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities. But then gender equality comes with inequality which could affect all people like men, women, trans etc. This impacts all ages and backgrounds. Gender equality might also mean that men and women should be treated the same or differently, An example of this is women and men should get paid the same for working the same hours and doing the same jobs or it could be that both genders should be treated differently with medicines and methods to make there healthcare equal. 

Why do we need equality?

We urgently need gender equality because it can prevent violence between all genders. If everyone has fair equal rights then we won't have problems with each other. It is important for us to keep gender equality so then everyone has equal opportunities to make the most of their lives, and it is believed that everyone should be treated the same even though they are of a different race, gender, size whatsoever.

Conclusion: 

Overall I just think that keeping gender equality is important because I believe that everyone should be treated the same and should have equal opportunities as everyone else, and I also believe that keeping gender equality, will again prevent violence from happening. 

Science - Electrical House Project

 Electrical House Project!

Kia ora everyone, Welcome back to another science blog post. For our last project for Science, we have been making and drawing out electrical houses. Our task was to pick out of the 3 houses to draw out, Each house was different levels I choose to pick the hardest house which was house 3. For this house, we had to have at least 5 rooms and only 10-12 light bulbs. 

Our second task was making a circuit diagram (using a circuit diagram kit). The aim of this task was to connect as many light bulbs together and to also get them to work/glow. 

Aim: To create a successful Electrical house 

Method:

Starting steps:

• Pick which house you want to do.
• Draw out your house and pick where your rooms are gonna be.
• Draw where all your light bulbs are gonna be.

Calculating steps:

1. The first step was to calculate all the sides of the house AKA the perimeter of the house. 

2. The second step was to calculate the Area of each bedroom (the hallway counted as a room cause it had light bulbs).

3. The last step was to add all the measurements together of the bedrooms to create the total area of the house.

Results: 

My calculations:

The perimeter of the house=114

Bedroom 1 = 160

Bedroom 2 = 48m

Bedroom 3 = 130m

Bedroom 4 = 112m

Bedroom 5 =64m

Bedroom 6 = 48m

Total Area = 601.25m

Total current = 24.28A

Discussion:

The term voltage means, a measure of how much energy the current is carrying.

The term current means, the rate of flow of electrical charge across a point.

The term resistance means, a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit.

How to do the calculations:

To find the voltage = I x R

To find current = V / R

To find Resistance = V/I

Conclusion:

To sum it all up, This project was fun but at the same time a little confusing at first. When we first started this project I was just lost and didn't know what to do, but then over the weeks, I started to understand it more and also started to enjoy doing it. Next time I would like to do my diagram a little better because it was messy but other than that I wouldn't change anything else I did. 

Science - Static Electricity

 Science - Static Electricity

So covid has hit New Zealand again and we are in lockdown. For science, we are learning about static electricity and how it works. In this, we covered: Atoms, electrons, protons, and neutrons. 

What are the 3 particles that make up everything? Which ones have positive and negative charges?

The three particles are:

• Protons
• Neutrons
• Electrons

The Protons are positively charged, the  Electrons are Negatively charged, and the Neutrons are Neutralise when both the charges are combined.

Objects want to be "electrically neutral". What does this mean?

"Electrically neutral" means when protons and electrons hit and create a spark then things get Neutralised.

When you rub two insulators you can get a static shock, so what is an insulator and a conductor?

When two insulators rub together they become electrically charged. Electrons are negative charged which may be 'rubbed off' one material and then on another. Then the materials that gain electrons become negatively charged, and then the material that loses electrons is left with a positive charge. 

Insulator  - any of various substances that block or retard the flow of electrical or thermal currents

Conductor - Conductors are materials that permit electrons to flow freely from particle to particle

What is an example of static electricity?

An example of static electricty is lighting - An electric charge builds up as part of a "positive lightning strike. 

Or another example is a ballon -  the rubbing creates a negative charge that is carried by electrons

Wananga Activity - The seven wonders in the world

Wananga Activity!

Kia ora everyone, welcome back to another blog post for this week. For today's second blog post I am posting about the seven wonders in the world. I have picked this task out of our activity board that our teacher made for us, I picked this task because I don't know much about the seven wonders in the world, and also I just sounded interesting and fun to research about.  Do you know what the seven wonders of the world are? if you don't this is your lucky day to learn about them. 

What are the seven wonders in the world?

1. Taj Mahal - Agra, India
2. Colosseum - Rome, Italy
3. Machu Picchu - Peru
4. Christ the Redeemer - Rio, Brazil
5. Chichen Itza - Yucatan, Mexico
6. Petra - Wadi Musa, Jordan
7. Great Wall of China - Beijing, China

What are they?

Taj Mahal - an ivory-white marble mausoleum, was built for Shah Jahan's favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Colosseum - a large amphitheater that hosted events like gladiatorial games, It was built during the reign of the Flavian emperors as a gift to the Roman people.

Machu Picchu - a 7,000-foot tall mountain in the Andes Mountain, the most visited location in Peru.

Christ the Redeemer - symbolic protector of people, provides protection for the soul.

Chichen Itza - This was a large Mayan city established in the fifth century B.C. in central Yucan, was a very important religious center.

Petra - An ancient city that lies in present-day Jordan and dates back to the fourth century B.C.

Great Wall of China - An ancient series of fortifications totaling more than 13,000 miles in length.

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