Whare Tapa Wha

Whare Tapa Wha

Whare Tapa Wha: The Four Cornerstones of Maori Health.

Cupboard / Fridge / Freezer

Fridge: 4-0° C, The fridge helps to not spread bacteria but if it were in the cupboard it might spread faster.

Freezer:  -18° C, Some items will go off faster if they are not frozen or will go off in the. cupboard then in the freezer. 

Cupboard: 15° C, Some foods are good in the cupboard because if they go in the fridge or freezer they start to rot faster.  

I Wonder (Part 9)

I wonder... 
What is the dumbest animal in the world? 

Turkeys are the stupidest animals in the world. During a rainstorm, a turkey will look up at the sky and remain there for about half a minute. Their eyes are located on the side of their head so they don't have the best of vision. People also think that turkeys look up at the sky during a rainstorm with their beaks open until they drown, but that's just a myth. In the early 1990's a man named Tom Savage discovered that a turkeys behaviour is not from stupidity, but genes. He found a condition called tetanic torticollar spasms. This condition can make turkeys have abnormal behaviour, like looking up at the sky for half a minute at a time. 

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/turkey-drown.htm

Health/Mindfulness

What did you learn about?
I learnt that being mindful is connecting and interacting with others.

Was there anything you felt difficult to understand? Why?
I did not find anything difficult. It was easy for me to learnt about mindfulness.

When talking to a classmate how did you know what they were feeling?
By showing different facial expressions, not having much energy, their tone of voice.

How can you apply your new knowledge to the Business Kete?
I will be able to make sure that my partners and happy with what we are working on and happy with the end result.

Health/Assertiveness

What have I learnt?
I have learnt the meaning of being assertive which is being calm and having confidence.

When discussing conflict styles what did you notice about yourself?
When I am faced with conflict from parents I am often assertive.

How can you reduce conflict during the Business and Enterprise kete? Give an example.
I will be able to reduce conflict by combining peoples ideas together.

Give an example of when you might need to be calm during Business and Enterprise?
By not taking my time and focusing.

Health/Resilience

What have I learnt? Being resilient is important to be successful in life.
My favourite saying connected to resilience is

Was there anything I found difficult? 

I found finding the definitions of resilience hard because there were too many options and I didn't know which one worked best.

How do I relate to the who moved my cheese video?

It taught me that you have to keep trying to succeed.  

How can I apply new knowledge to the Business and Enterprise? 

I will know that if something doesn't work I can try something different.

Bacteria

What is bacteria?
A large group of unicellular microorganisms.

What do bacterias need to survive?
Food to grow on.

Give 3 examples of how we avoid spreading bacteria?
Having clean hands, keep your food in storage and cover with a lid, band-aid if cut.

What does the term cross-contamination mean, and what are it's effects of you?
When bacteria transfers from one thing to another, you can get really sick and have stomach pains, vomiting etc.

                                                   

Bad food

Good food

         

Cooking Routine (Tagul)

Food Tests

Testing for Simple Sugars (Benedicts Solution)

Aim: I want to find out how to test for simple sugars 

Equipment:

• Bunsen burner 
• Safety glasses
• Test tube tongs 
• Test tube
• Benedicts Solution 
• Food sample 

Method: 

1. Place about 2mL of the food sample into a test tube and then add 5 drops of Benedicts solution 
2. Heat the test tube over a blue flame (DO NOT LET BOIL)

Results 

A positive test for a simple sugar result in the Benedicts Solution changing from a blue colour to a yellow colour to an orange/red colour. 

Conclusion

Orange Juice reacted with Benedict's Solution. Therefore orange juice must contain simple sugar. 

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Testing for Complex Sugars (Iodine Test)

Aim:

I want to find out how to test for complex sugars.

Equipment: 

• Iodine solution 
• Food sample 

Method: 

1.  Place 2mL of the food sample into a test tube.
2. Add 3-5 drops of iodine.

Results: 

If complex sugars are present, the iodine solution will change from a brown colour to a black colour.

Conclusion: 

Bread reacted with iodine solution. Therefore bread contains complex sugars.

Testing for Protein (Biuret Test)

Aim:
I want to find out how to test for protein.

Equipment:

• Test tube
• Food sample 
• Sodium Hydroxide 
• Copper Sulfate 

Method: 

1. Put the food sample into the test tube
2. Add 5 drops of Sodium Hydroxide to the food sample
3. Add 5 drops of Copper Sulfate to the test tube
4. Gently shake from side to side

Results: 

If the solution remains blue, then no protein is present. If the solution turns to a purple colour, then protein is present in the sample. 

Conclusion: The solution turned purple therefor egg does contain protein. 


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I Wonder (Part 8)

I Wonder...
Why do some animals live longer in the zoo than in the wild?

Over 80%, more than 50 mammals live longer in the zoo than in the wildlife. This is because of the zookeepers protection for the animals. But bigger slower animals live longer in the wild whereas smaller faster pace animals live longer in capacity.

http://www.discoverwildlife.com/animals/do-animals-live-longer-zoos

Maori Research

Learning Intention:

To understand the life of Maori prior to Europeans arriving and it's connection to today's society.

What was your research? 

I researched the Maori calendar and the Maori months.

Two things you found interesting? 

Two things that I found interesting is that the new year is in June or July and that each tribe had different traditions around Matariki and Maramataka.

Two things you thought you did well?

I think that the information I found was good and I like the way that I set out my work on my presentation.

Something you want to do differently next time? 

Next time I was to take my time and make my work neater.

The Animal Kingdom Part 2

True Worm:
Body is tubular and/or made up of segments.
Tube-like digestive system.



Flat worm:
Breathe through their skin
Unsegmented body

 

Sponges:
Take water in through pores (little holes) in their bodies from which they filter (take out) little bits of food.


Cnidarians:
Hollow body with specialised cells (stingers) that they use for capturing prey
Live in water



Molluscs:
Most live in the sea
Most have shells
Unsegmented body


Echinoderms:
Most live in sea
Most have sells
Unsegmented body


Crustaceans:
Most are aquatic
Body divided into three parts
Most breathe with gills
Hard outer skeletons


Myriapods:
Many pairs of legs
A single pair of antennas
Simple eyes


Insects:
Body divided into three parts
Three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings
One pair of antenna on head
Compound eyes


Arachnids:
Body divided into two parts
Four pairs of legs and no wings
No antennae