Anti Vietnam War Song

 Kia ora bloggers this past two days in Social Studies we were learning about the Vietnam war, and songs that were written by the artist that played in Woodstock. These songs were written because many people around the world are against the war. 

There are lots of songs to choose from but I choose the song "Give Peace a Chance". This song is an antiwar song, and it was written by John Lennon. In my understanding, he is saying that the Vietnam war should stop and spread peace, and not war because everybody is against it. Everybody is talking about a lot of stuff but the only thing that he and many people wanted to be heard is to give peace a chance and stop the war.

Here is the full lyrics of the song: 

Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

C'mon
Ev'rybody's talking about Ministers
Sinisters, Banisters and canisters
Bishops and Fishops and Rabbis and Pop eyes
And bye bye, bye byes

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Let me tell you now
Ev'rybody's talking about
Revolution, evolution, masturbation
Flagellation, regulation, integrations
Meditations, United Nations
Congratulations

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan, Tommy Cooper
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna
Hare, Hare Krishna

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

John Lennon

Atomic Science: Periodic Table

 Kia ora everyone this past few lessons on science we were studying about the periodic table, elements, atoms, chemical and physical change, electrons, balancing symbol equations, mixture, and compounds, and chemical word equations. We also played Element Bingo.

The periodic table shows us all the elements and their physical properties, it is arranged base on atomic number and electron configuration. 

Alkaline Metals

Alkaline Earth Metals

The alkaline earth metals are six chemical elements in group 2 of the periodic table. They are beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium. The elements have very similar properties: they are all shiny, silvery-white, somewhat reactive metals at standard temperature and pressure. They react to everything because their outer shell is unstable which means it only has 1 electron. Having 1 electron is easier to get rid of it rather than gaining 7 more, so it reacts to everything

Alkaline Metal Experiment

We also did an experiment about alkaline metals, but we only use Lithium (Li) and Sodium (Na). Ms put the Lithium onto the water and it bounces very fast which causes it to levitate while levitating there was smoke coming from the lithium, due to the reaction of the chemical and water. The lithium slowly dissolves (base on what I think) and shrank to the bottom of the container and started to dye the water, purple. 

The second one we did was Sodium (Na), this one was pretty entertaining and cool. Sodium is very reactive, it reacts to everything that's why it is covered with oil and put into a jar. It is a very soft metal so Ms just cut a small piece of it for the experiment. Same as what she did with the lithium, Ms put the sodium onto the water and it reacts as if it was lithium but our teacher told us that this isn't how it is gonna react to water. So she took a big piece of sodium and sliced off the sides that are covered with oil, she was left with a small piece of pure sodium the size of a peanut. She put it onto the water and a few seconds later, KABOOM! it exploded and smoke and small sparks of fire spread in the science room. 

Don't worry we're safe because there was this glass shield that was put in the front of the container to prevent us from getting harm, poor tables tho they got burnt marks from the fire and sparks. 

HAVE A GREAT DAY!...

About Basketball | PE

Kamusta bloggers, today in PE, we were tasked to research the sport; basketball, because it's what we have been doing this past few weeks. We're gonna research the, history and rules.

Basketball was invented by James Naismith on or about December 1, 1891, at the International Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Training School, Springfield, Massachusetts, where Naismith was an instructor in physical education. Basketball is the only major sport strictly of U.S. origin (although Naismith was born in Canada).

Rules for the offense 

The basketball team on offense is the team with the basketball. When a player has the basketball there are certain rules they must follow: 

1) The player must bounce, or dribble, the ball with one hand while moving both feet. If, at any time, both hands touch the ball or the player stops dribbling, the player must only move one foot. The foot that is stationary is called the pivot foot. 

2) The basketball player can only take one turn at dribbling. In other words, once a player has stopped dribbling they cannot start another dribble. A player who starts dribbling again is called for a double-dribbling violation and looses the basketball to the other team. A player can only start another dribble after another player from either team touches or gains control of the basketball. This is usually after a shot or pass.

 3) The ball must stay in bounds. If the offensive team looses the ball out of bounds the other team gets control of the basketball. 

4) The players hand must be on top of the ball while dribbling. If they touch the bottom of the basketball while dribbling and continue to dribble this is called carrying the ball and the player will lose the ball to the other team. 

5) Once the offensive team crosses half court, they may not go back into the backcourt. This is called a backcourt violation. If the defensive team knocks the ball into the backcourt, then the offensive team can recover the ball legally. 

Defensive Rules 

The team on defense is the team without the basketball. 

1) The main rule for the defensive player is not to foul. A foul is described as gaining an unfair advantage through physical contact. There is some interpretation that has to be made by the referee, but, in general, the defensive player may not touch the offensive player in a way that causes the offensive player to lose the ball or miss a shot. 

Rules for everyone 

1) Although the foul rule is described above as a defensive rule, it applies exactly the same to all players on the court including offensive players. 

2) Basketball players cannot kick the ball or hit it with their fist. 

3) No player can touch the basketball while it is traveling downward towards the basket or if it is on the rim. This is called goaltending. (touching the ball on the rim is legal in some games). 

Every player on the court is subject to the same rules regardless of the position they play. The positions in basketball are just for team basketball strategy and there are no positions in the rules. Basketball Court

Growth of Basketball
Basketball grew steadily but slowly in popularity and importance in the United States and internationally in the first three decades after World War II. Interest in the game deepened as a result of television exposure, but with the advent of cable television, especially during the 1980s, the game’s popularity exploded at all levels. Given a timely mix of spectacular players such as Earvin Johnson, Julius Erving, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan—and the greatly increased exposure, basketball moved quickly to the forefront of the American sporting scene, alongside such traditional leaders as baseball and football. Four areas of the game developed during this period: U.S. high school and college basketball, professional basketball, women’s basketball, and international basketball.

Respect | ESOL

 Kia ora everyone today in ESOL, we were tasked to write a paragraph with a minimum of 150 words about the word RESPECT, and what is our point of view and understanding about the word. Here's my theory with approximately 230 words.

Respect

Respect has great importance in everyday life. As children, we are taught to respect our parents, teachers, and elders, school rules and traffic laws, family and cultural traditions, other people's feelings and rights, our country's flag and leaders, the truth, and people's differing opinions. And we come to value respect for such things; when we're older, we may shake our heads (or fists) at people who seem not to have learned to respect them. We develop a great respect for people we consider exemplary and lose respect for those we discover to be clay-footed, and so we may try to respect only those who are truly worthy of our respect. We may also come to believe that, at some level, all people are worthy of respect.

We may learn that jobs and relationships become unbearable if we receive no respect in them; in certain social milieus we may learn the price of disrespect if we violate the street law: “Diss me, and you die.” Calls to respect this or that are increasingly part of public life: environmentalists exhort us to respect nature, foes of abortion and capital punishment insist on respect for human life, members of racial and ethnic minorities and those discriminated against because of their gender, sexual orientation, age, religious beliefs, or economic status demand respect both as social and moral equals and for their cultural differences.

ANZAC | Gallipoli Campaign

Kia ora bloggers, this past few lessons on Social Studies we were studying about the ANZAC and Turkish war in Gallipoli. We also made a map about it just like the American Slave Trade. (Check out my other post to see American Slave Trade. 

You will hear this song every 25th of April every year, which is ANZAC Day. The Last Post song is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as Anzac Day and Remembrance Day. 

A man playing The Last Post in front of the soldiers.

The last post was first played and published in the 1790s, the Last Post was one of many bugle calls used by the British army. These calls were used to help soldiers keep track of time when living in encampments. The last post is originated with British troops stationed in the Netherlands, where it drew on an older Dutch custom, called taptoe, from which comes the term tattoo as in Military tattoo. The taptoe was also used to signal the end of the day but originated from a signal that beer taps had to be shut, hence that the day had ended.

Anzac Day - Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served

Here's the link of my map: Link

Here's my map.

Group Performance | Music

 Kamusta bloggers, today in music we were told to make a blog about our Music group.

In my group, there is Jayc, Tristan, Jv, Eugene, and me. Each one of us has a different role in the Group, I and Jayc are doing the vocals, Eugene is playing the guitar, Tristan is playing the drum, and Jv is playing the piano. We would like to study the instruments and chords first.  We were struggling with what song we were gonna perform, so we let Tristan choose the song for us. The song he picked is Narda by Kamikazee, it was written by Jay

Contreras and performed by the band Kamikazee. The song is about a fictional Filipina superhero, Darna. 

I think the hardest part about this is practicing how to make our performance perfect. 

Kamikazee is a Filipino rock band formed in 2000. The band is composed of Jay Contreras, Jomal Linao, Led Tuyay, Puto Astete and Bords Burdeos. Fans and critics have described the band's music as a mix of pop-punk and hardcore punk.