Taylor Swifts Train Wreck

Taylor Swift released the music video to her newest single "Look What You Made Me Do" during the 2017 VMA's on Sunday Night. The song itself was horrible but with the addition of the music video it was a complete and utter horror show.

The first scene we see is a graveyard resembling the fact that the old Taylor Swift is dead, can't this be real, if only. The next scene is her in a bath tub with a single dollar bill which I guess was symbolising her court case against a DJ who groped her in 2013, Taylor that was in the past move on, because NO ONE cares anymore. This next one I just feel so special about because it showed Taylor Swift actually cared about what I thought of her. She sits a top a throne, sipping tea while being surrounded by snakes. Of course I was going to call you out for you horrid phone call with my husband, I'll stick up for him the whole way. The fact the world finally figured out the true snake you really are was my fault and I am happy they did. Next you move on to dissing Katy Perry, grow the hell up woman you were the one who stole her dancers. Taylor felt like she had to pose as Perry, but she put a little twist on it. Swift decided to hold up a Grammy resembling the fact that she has ten while Perry hasn't got a single one, won't this hag stop bragging about herself. As it is Taylor Swift she had to find some way to ram her dancing cats in there. In the next scene we had Taylor being her unoriginal self where she had to steal two shots from Queen Bey's "Formation" video.  I thought that Taylor reached the appitamy of unprofessional at this point in the video.

Taylor Swift tried to prove that her reputation as a goody good is over and for the world to prepare for the new bad girl Taylor Swift. In my opinion Taylor Swift is a fake and a phony and soon enough the world is going to sick of her and shes going to turn into a has been, it's just a matter of time.

By Cem Korbashion

Making Salt

Aim:
To make copper sulfate crystals (salt) by neutralising copper oxide (base) with a sulfuric acid (HSO)

Method:
Follow the method on Page 39 of your Scipad book.

Observations: (write an observation for each key stage of the process - full sentences please)

1. I noticed that the acid was too strong for the base as we went through four full bottles of the base and the solution was still a dark red colour when tested with universal indicator
2. I could see the salt forming on the bottom of the petri dish while the water was evaporating
3. The salt was not in a crystal form like I thought it would, it was a powdery substance

Results:

Conclusion: We managed to create some salt by successfully neutralising the acid and base.

Word equation for the reaction:

Hydrochloric Acid + Sodium Hydroxide --- Sodium Chloride + Water


Balanced chemical equation for the reaction:

HCI + NaOH = NaCI

Practical Asessment - Acids & Bases

Aim:

To measure the pH of several solids and liquids using universal indicator solution and a pH pen

Equipment:

Spotting tile

Universal indicator solution

Samples of several solids and liquids

pH pen

Method:

1.       Take two samples of each solid/liquid to be tested and arrange on your spotting tile. (If you are testing a solid add a drop of water and mix it before adding indicator)

2.       Place one drop of universal indicator on ONE of each sample.

3.       Use the pH pen to measure the pH of the other sample of each substance

Results:

Substance	Colour with pH	Description	pH Meter reading	Description
Eg. Substance A	Pale blue	Weak base	8.3	Weak base
Sugar	Blue/Green	Weak Base	6.2	Weak Acid
Lux flakes	Light Green	Weak Acid	9.4	Weak Base
Detergent	Pale Yellow/Green	Neutral	6.9	Very Weak Acid
Toothpaste	Blue	Strong Base	5.7	Weak Acid
Fruit juice	Pale Red	Weak Acid	1.9	Strong Acid
Window cleaner	Blue	Base	6.7	Weak acid
Citric acid	Yellow/Orange	Weak Acid	6.3	Weak Acid
Cheesels	Blue	Base	12.3	Base

Conclusion:

The results from using Universal Indicator and the pH Pen were varied depending on the substance. Sometimes it gave you an accurate answer but sometimes you were left confused. For example when testing the Citric Acid with Universal Indicator it went Yellow/Orange and then when tested with the pH pen it tested to be 6.3, this shows that both tests result in Citric Acid being a weak acid. But when testing sugar with Universal Indicator it went Blue/Green and then when tested with the pH pen it tested to be 6.2. This shows that the Universal Indicator indicates the sugar to be a weak base but the pH Pen result showed the Sugar to be a weak acid.

The pH pen is more useful when testing a coloured solution because you might not be able to see the change in colour all the time. For example is orange juice is a orange solution, if Orange Juice is tested with the Universal Indicator and the solution is orange you may not be able to see it accurately, or the colour may mix with the solution causing a wrong colour to form.

Testing Indicators

	Acid	Water	Base
Beetroot	Dark Red	Red	Purple
Cabbage	Light Red	Blue	Green
Turmeric	Orange	Orange	Brown
Cranberry	Light Pink	Light Pink	Pink

Before

After

Acid & Bases Challenges

Green challenge


Method
Take a test tube and fill with two fingers of the base. 
Now see the teacher for three drops of universal indicator.

Now add the acid.

Observations:
1. When we added the universal indicator to the base the colour changed to blue.
2. When the solution was neutralised by the acid the colour changed to green.

The most difficult thing about this challenge was that if you added one drop too much then the mixture would not be the right colour.













Rainbow challenge

Method
Take a test tube, the base and the acid and universal indicator and create a the best rainbow in a test tube you can manage.

Acids, Bases and Indicators

Aim: To investigate how indicators change colour in acids and bases.

Method:

1. Set up your spotting tile with two drops of acids in the first row of four, two drops of water in teh middle row of four and then 2 drops of base in the last row of four.
2. In the first row of three put a small piece of red litmus paper (tear your strip into three for this), in the second row put a small piece of blue litmus paper, in the third row a small piece of universal litmus paper and in the fourth a drop of universal indicator.

Conclusion:

Acids are red
Bases are blue
Neutral Indicator is Green

Rugby League Rules By Iona McNaughton

The name of the journal is "Rugby League Rules".
The journal was published in 2010.
It was published by Learning Media Limited.

The name of the story is Rugby League Rules.
The story is written by Iona McNaughton.

The characters in the story are Albert Henry Baskerville, Kiwi League Team and Tristan David.
The story is about how rugby league started in New Zealand and how it is today.

This story reminds me of my Grandad as he started the Hornby Rugby League Club.
I think it is a good story for people my age as they can be opened up to the history of a popular sport in our country.

Year 10 Chemical Reactions

Magnesium reacting with oxygen:

Method: 
We held a strip of magnesium metal in the hottest part of a bunsen burner flame till it caught fire. 
We didn't look directly at the reaction because the light produced was so bright that it would affect the retina
Observations:
The magnesium metal was a shiny, grey and bendy substance
The magnesium burned with a bright, blinding white light
After it burned the substance was then magnesium oxide and was a white powdery substance



 

Word Equation
Magnesium + Oxygen - Magnesium Oxide

Balanced Equation
2Mg + O2 = 2Mgo

Iron filings reacting with sulphur:

Method: 
We mixed equal amounts of iron filings and sulphur then used a magnet wrapped in paper to separate them. 
We mixed them again and added the mixture to a test tube and heated strongly.
Observations:
The iron filings were black and flakey
The sulphur was a faded neon yellow colour. It was powdery
When we heated the tube a rotten egg smell was produced, the iron and sulphur were also fusing together
After the reaction the substance produced was a clump of black powder.



Word Equation
Iron + Sulphur - Iron Sulfide
Balanced Equation
Fe + S = Fes