Passion Projects: Discovery (Finale)

29th of November, finally after many days and weeks of planning and practical work we have come to the end of making our products. It was a tiring time as we made a lot in a limited time, making it harder than it should have been. Though our work has seemed to pay off, one of the reasons is because it turned out a bit better than we thought it would, maybe not all of the products, but most, which was fine with me and my group. We changed the original flavour of the panna cotta instead of vanilla, we chose for the final day of practical work, a mango cheese flavour; which is a turn towards what we originally thought about which is putting mozzarella cheese with the panna cotta.  We also added cinnamon and mango puree to the synonym rolls which are now called cinnamon-synonym rolls; also we fried the cheese sticks and then baked them as well with even more cheese.

It was almost kind of perfect, however, we had this thought about making a mango shake but it didn't go as planned with it being too liquidy because we didn't use ice and also the mango didn't break enough so it became lumpy.

I wish we could've changed some bits, mainly the mango shake; by bringing ice and letting it blend more than it did.; Another thing is that the texture of the panna cotta with the grated cheese wasn't quite the best idea because it gave it that rough but then very soft texture which felt weird in the tongue.
Nonetheless, it exceeded our expectations, that goes to show, you don't know until you try!

Science Roadshow 2018!

Wednesday, 28th of November 2018, which is today; Hornby High School has put up a science roadshow, which they then presented us with experiments that we can work and play around with. Not only that but they also introduced us to some knowledge that we might have not known before. One of the first thing that they talked about is temperature, which is simply hot and cold.  They explained that lowering temperatures(cold) slow down the movement of particles and molecules, not only that but they also taught us that there is a limit on how cold it could be(which is -273Co). Moving on to the heat,  the opposite will occur instead of slowing the molecules down, they speed it up; also we now know that there is no exact maximum temperature on how hot it could get.

After the demos that they performed, we were of the explore many experiments that were placed around the rooms across the learning street(which is a sort of like a corridor). I could not say or describe all of them because all of us will be bored by then; however, there were a few that stood out for me, one of which is where you can observe different sound waves and where you can examine the movement waves of light through prisms and mirrors.

Not long after looking around, we were called back to watch another presentation, but then about our senses, how it affects you and how you know that you are alive, etc. Moments after, sadly it was ended and then back to work. Though now I do feel refreshed and ready for the day!

All in all, I learnt a lot and also had fun, win, win. I will be looking forward to being able to participate in the next roadshow for 2019!

Passion Project Progress

This time while doing our passion projects we finally perfected the sweetness of what a panna cotta needs to taste like. What we need to do now is just to make all of what we have made so far (plus mango shakes) in the days that we have been doing passion projects. Which includes, "synonym" rolls, cheese sticks, panna cotta and the last one, mango shakes. Though we are excluding the PanDeSal because it takes too much of our time and it doesn't look that appetizing by itself.
It has been an exciting and adventurous time so far, but also a bit tiring sometimes. Though the outcomes and the knowledge that we took from this experience are as treasured as diamonds.

SLJ: Summer Learning Journey

Hello, Emma

My name is Axle and I am from Hornby High School, some information about me is that one of my most favourite subjects is "morning tea (JK- but I do like it though)" actually, I don't really have any subjects that I don't like. I have a passion for writing, art and music; currently, I am trying to enhance my skills and broadening my knowledge in those topics. Watching movies are another favourite things that I like to do, I have a lot of favourites genres of movies and movies in general; some of my most favourite are the Marvel Movies(Rip. The king of cameos Stan Lee), POTC franchise and (not meant for children like me, but watched it anyway of course with parental guidance) "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest" featuring the legendary Jack Nicholson, which is one of my most favourite actors. How about you, do you have a favourite actor?


If I won the summer learning journey the prize that would excite me the most is probably a book (specifically an art book or a cooking book by "Gordon Ramsay")

Passion Projects: Discovery

As you may know, these past weeks we have been working on our passion projects which were explained in the previous blog post. The products that we started we kept a secret, now is the time for the reveal! Well at first we had two ideas we had in mind and it was on Monday, November 19 was the date that we started to practice making one of the two ideas. The one that we started was Burratta with mozzarella cheese sticks and PanDesSal; however, making the Buratta was a bit of a fail and it becomes too rubbery. After tasting it we decided that we will take the Buratta out and just make the cheese sticks and the PanDeSal; in that, we added mango puree in it to make it more fruity and "healthy".
Today in passion project we did the next dish(Panna Cotta) along with the ones that were practised on Monday. The ones that we practised on were pretty good and better than we did though, Khush(Which was a part of my group along with Vann and Ranit), forgot the mango puree! (It wasn't really a big deal). None the less the Panna Cotta turn out fine, yet it was too sweet(I can even taste it now after hours of tasting it). Now in the next session, we will be making the Panna Cotta not too sweet and also make KHUSH "remember" to bring the mango puree.
Here are some pictures and videos of the process of making those dishes:

Passion Projects

For this term, we started to do passion projects, in which on Mondays from period 3 and all of Thursdays we will be able to do projects about subjects that we are passionate about. We had to choose a category where that subject will be. There were several categories that we had to choose from; we had our first choice, second choice and third choice which were just for cases where the first choice that we've chosen were full. Luckily 3 of my friends has been put the category that I was put in as well and that is Discovery. It featured and the part of science from physics all the way to foods. Well being passionate about food and being from the "Culinary Capital of the Philippines" I lean towards food. Discussions were made and not long after my friends got intrigued by it as well. 

After some conversations and disputes, we decided to discover the world of mozzarella. Some creative thinking after we thought about making two dishes one a snack and one a dessert, however, the name of those dishes will be kept a secret.... for now.

Here is a log book to keep track of what we have and will have to do: Log Book

A Google a day keeps the doctor away.

Today in cyber smart, we started to enhance our knowledge in using filters in many different kinds of ways for our search answer to be more accurate. This time we had to find out an amphibious invention that was made in 1932. Turns out it was an amphibious bicycle that is not used very much now. Finding out the answer wasn't that hard now. One of which reasons are, after some lessons in cyber smart we learnt how to shorten our questions and make them on point.
 Here's what we found out:

• It was man-powered
• Consist of 2 inflatable floats.
• it could fit in a backpack
• Similar to a paddle wheel
• Its speed is 1.12 m/s
• Was intended to become a walking machine.

PH Scale

Today in Science we learnt to understand the pH scale which is composed of Acids and Alkalines,
the different strengths of those chemicals and what they are made of in atomic measures.

We had to complete two task which are shown below. For the second task we had to make a similar pH scale but it would need to include common chemicals that we do know.

Task 1

Complete the quiz below

Neutral solutions have a pH of 0 7 14

What colour represents neutral on the pH scale Blue Red                 Green

What is the range covered by the pH scale 0-14 -10 - 10 0-100

pH is a measure of _________ ions Oxygen Hydrogen Hydroxide

Acids and bases can combine to create water and salts True False

Which is not a property of a base Sour taste Bitter taste Slippery

There are a variety of strengths of acids and bases True False

Vinegar is an example of a Strong base Strong Acid Weak Acid

An acid’s pH is between 0-7 7-14 14-21

What is true when acids and bases neutralize each other;

Water is produced Salt is produced Both water and salt are produced

Does baking soda have a pH of 9?   Explain your answer: you may not raise             

No                                                                                 the alkalinity of baking soda above 8.4.

Task 2

Create a doc illustrating the pH scale.

  

1: Lime juice

2: Coca cola

3: Strawberries

4: Honey

5: Sugar

6: Onions

7: Egg yolks

8: Milk

9:Baking soda

Understanding Probability

This term, which is the final term of this year; we started focusing on probability. A part of maths where there are no exact answers and where it could go either way. But basically, it is where you look and see the changes of an event occurring.  Learning probability was amazing, understanding it wasn't really hard; and once you get the hang of it is reasonably easy to do. Here is a DLO that I did to help you understand more of what probability is really about.