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Friday, October 30, 2020

Gymnastics:

Today I focused on my front handspring and learning how to land it correctly and efficiently. 

The 3 main points were... 

to keep your hands out straight the whole time.

make sure you push your hands up.

Make sure you are very straight in general like keep your back very straight. 


 





Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Science: Krakatoa Volcano

 Krakatoa


Where is it? 

  • Rakata Island, Indonesia


When did it last erupt?

  • 2020, started in 1883


Damage it has done?

  • Krakatoa has done a lot of damage to the places and people around it. 

  • In 1833 Krakatoa first erupted. Ash fell on Singapore, Cocos Island, and ships as far as 6067 km west-northwest. Darkness covered the Sunda Straits from 11 a.m on the 27th until the next day. At least 36,417 people were killed, most people died from giant sea waves, and coastal villages were destroyed. When the eruption ended, only ⅓ of Krakatau remained above sea level and new islands formed from the magma spewing out of the volcano

  • It had destroyed and formed lands while also causing havoc for residents and other countries.



How and when was it formed?

  • Since Krakatoa lies along the Indian-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates its how it was formed. Because the two tectonic plates are dangerous at risk of high volcanic and seismic activity it's pretty common that one was made. It supposedly started/formed in 400 BC. 



Interesting random facts?

  • the first eruption lasted one minute and 12 seconds 

  • The 1883 eruption was the loudest sounds ever reported in the history

  •  Records held that 165 villages and towns surrounding Kratatoa were destroyed and 132 more were seriously damaged 

  • Karatoa had killed 30.000+ people

  • in August 1883 was one of the most deadly  colacine eruptions in modern history, it is estimated that more than 36.00 people died. the eruption aslp affected the climate and caused temperature to drop over the world.

  • Karatoa belongs to the ring of fire 



Pictures + Videos


Today we finally made our volcanoes erupt


How we made it to erupt: 

15ml of warm water

25ml of hydrogen peroxide

2 spatulas of potassium iodine into the warm water and stir.

Hydrogen peroxide food coloring and soap into the bottle that sits inside the volcano.

Warm water and potassium iodine is then added with the Hydrogen peroxide and soap which is how elephant toothpaste is made. 


Here's our video we got of our volcano erupting.

We do have a video of the eruption but we are still waiting for it to send. Technical difficulties. 





Monday, October 19, 2020

Tangaroa:

 Tangaroa: In Māori mythology, Tangaroa (also Takaroa) is one of the great gods, the  god of the sea. He is a son of Rangi… | Mythological creatures, World  mythology, Mythology

Tangaroa is the ‘God of the Sea” Maori, Polynesian people and their ancestors lived close to the sea and relied on it for food and other resources. Maori believe that water is an energy because of  its many different moods that change frequently. The sea has many different spiritual importances too for example the sea is where life started like fish. Fish then started to evolve into humans and amphibians “things that can live both on water and land”. Tangaroa is the son of Papatuanuku ‘The earth mother’ and Ranginui ‘The sky father’.  With some stories it is said that Tangaroa is husband to Papatuanuku and Rivil to Ranginui.