Home Economics - Cheese Puffs

Cheese Puffs

 (Recipe for Team of 4)

Ingredients

• 2 c flour
• 6 t baking powder
• 4 c cheese - grated
• 2 eggs
• 1 c milk
• cayenne pepper - pinch

Method

1. Sift flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
2. Add grated cheese and mix lightly with a fork.
3. Put eggs into a small bowl and whisk.
4. Add milk and whisk again.
5. Combine wet and dry ingredients. Do not over mix.
6. Put even sized spoonfuls of mixture onto baking paper onto 2 oven trays.
7. Fan bake at 200°C for 10-12 minutes.
8. Check puffs are lightly golden and well risen.

These cheese puffs were really easy to make. 

In my opinion they weren't the best and I wasn't a fan of the cheese puffs. But other people liked them.

I gave my cheese puffs to Milan and Sofia because they liked them.

If I was to make these again I would.

(We also forgot to take photos.)

Distillation

Distillation 

Intro - for chemistry we are doing a distillation experiment with coke.

Hypothesis - I think it will take the liquid from the coke.

Results - after it evaporated the liquid and left sugar at the bottom. and created a liquid from the gas by condensing.

Social Studies - World tallest tsunami + buildings comparisons

For social studies we made a timeline Create a pictograph or a paper timeline that shows how tall this Tsunami was compared to famous landmarks 

Evaporation Experiment!

Evaporation Experiment.

Intro - We have been learning about evaporation 
Evaporation is when you change a liquid to a gas.

Aim - To evaporate copper sulfate (blue liquid).

Hypothesis - I think the copper sulfate will change to a gas, because we are heating it up and it will evaporate the liquid.

Equipment - copper sulfate solution, 250mL beaker, heat proof mat, evaporating basin, element, gauze mat.

Method 

1. Set up element.
2. Add 100mL hot water to the beaker and place on the element.
3. Add copper sulfate to the evaporating basin until it is quarter full.
4. Carefully, place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker.
5. Turn on element to 8.
6. Heat the solution until most of the solvent has been evaporated and crystals of solute is forming.
7. turn off the element- careful not to touch as will be hot for a long time.

Observation - I saw steam forming and I heard nothing because it was a fail

Conclusion -

Discussion -

Evaluation -

Home Economics - Mini Pastry Savouries

Mini pastry savouries

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 Tbsp milk
• Pinch salt
• Corn, peas.
•  Puff pastry (flaky pastry) sheets. 1/2 sheet pre rolled pastry.

Method

1. Using pastry cutters, cut pastry to fit patty pans. Chill in fridge.
2. Mix egg, salt, milk.
3. Whisk together with a fork.
4. Transfer egg product ro a measuring cup.
5. Place some thawed peas and corn in each pastry case.
6. Carefully pour egg mixture into each case. Don't spill any!!!
7. Bake at 200°C for 8-10 minutes.
8. Cool and Eat.

What we did is we put ham and tomato instead of corn and peas. It ended up really good! 
These pastry savouries were quite easy to make and i definitely would make i again!
They were really good and the texture was alright.
If I was to change anything I would put more tomatoes.

9/11 TimeLine!

9/11 TimeLine

• 7.59 am - Flight 11 take off with 92 people aboard.

• 8.14 am - Flight 175 take off with 65 people aboard. 

• 8.19 am - Flight 11 alerted FBI about hijacked.

• 8.20 am -Flight 77 takes off with 64 people aboard.

• 8.24 am - Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes the first of two accidental transmissions.

• 8.40 am - Authorities alerted about hijacking.

• 8.46 am - Flight 11 crashed into floors 93-99 of the north tower.

• 8.47 am - Within seconds nypd were on the sight.

• 8:50 am - Andrew card alerts the George Bush, he was in Sarasota visiting a elementary school.

• 9:02 am - 10,000 - 14,000 people had already started the evacuation.

• 9:03 am - Flight 175 crashes into floors 75-85.

• 9.08 am - The FAA bans all takeoffs of flights going to new york city.

• 9.21 am -  The Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels in the new york city.

• 9.24 am - FAA notified of the suspect  hijacking of flight 77.

• 9.31 am - President Bush calls the events in New York City an “apparent terrorist attack on our country.”

• 9.37 am - Hijackers aboard Flight 77 crash the plane into the western façade, killing 59 aboard the plane and 125 military and civilian personnel inside the building.

• 9:45 am - The white house and U.S capitol building are evacuated.

• 9:59 am - The south tower of the world trade center collapses.

• 10:28 am - The world trade center's north tower collapses 102 minutes after being struck by flight 11.

• 11 am - More than 1 million residents and workers continue to work throughout the afternoon trying to find survivors.

•  1 pm - President Bush announces that U.S. military forces are on high alert worldwide.

• 2:51 pm - The U.S. Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York and Washington, D.C.

• 5:20 pm - The 47th story of the world trade center collapses after hours or burning.

• 6:58 pm - President bush returns to the white house.

• 8:30 pm - President bush addresses the nation, calling the attacks "evil, despicable acts of terror"

Home Economics - Pikelets

Pikelets

In Home Economics we made pikelets!

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour 
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup milk

Method

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. 
2. In another bowl beat the egg and sugar with a whisk until pale and thick. 
3. Add the egg mixture and the milk to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
4. Gently heat a non-stick frying pan and drop tablespoonfuls of the mixture from the point of the spoon onto the surface. 
5. When bubbles start to burst on the top of the pikelets, turn them over and cook the second side until golden. Place in a clean tea towel to cool.

We took our time when we were cooking the pikelets and they ended up really good and the texture was good as well.

Dilution Experiment!

Dilution Experiment.

We have been learning about concentration and dilution, so did an experiment to see this happening.

Aim - To understand what dilution does 

Method - So first we got 6 test tubes and put 10 mL in one of the test tubes and 5mL in the rest of the test tubes. Next we put in a pinch of potassium permanganate in to the first test tube with 10 mL of water then we put 5 mL of that mixture into the next test tube and mixed it, next we did the same to the next we put 5 mL into the next test tube and kept on doing that until the last one. It got lighter and lighter each time.

Equipment - Pipet, beaker, water, potassium permanganate, funnel, test tubes, 

Results - 

Discussion  -

P.E blog - just dance

For P.E we got to choose what we got to do. Our choices were table tennis, juggling, just dance and other activities. I chose to just dance, and I did it with a group of girls. It was really fun and it actually got us doing exercise. At the end of the lesson we were all so tired and puffed out, it's a good exercise and i would reccomend it.

Home Economics - Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies

Hello! In home economics we made chocolate chip cookies.

 Ingredients

• 100g butter
• 1/2 cup chelsea white sugar
• 1/2 cup chelsea soft brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• pinch of salt 
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Method:

1. Soften butter, and add both sugars and cream these together. Beat in the eggs and vanilla then mix in the dry ingredients.
2. Roll into medium sized balls, making sure the mixture is not to wet! Put on a well greased baking tray. They should not spread too much so flatten slightly. Bake at 180°C for 8-10 minutes.

Tip: you can easily half this recipe. Or roll half into a log, wrap in cling film and freeze. Cut into 15 pieces while still frozen and bake.

We made 12 chocolate chip cookies.

 The cookie were very good, and the edges were very crisp and hard but soft in the middle.

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