Aboriginal boomerang

This activity was to learn about the aboriginals and how the boomerangs helped them and what they were used for, we had to do a slide/doc about the aboriginal people and the boomerangs before we were able to decorate our own.

This is how I decorated mine.

- At the top of the boomerang I painted a sun because the sun means giver of life and protector.
- The black tracks represents the kangaroo prints.
- The green and red line represents the rain.
- The blue waves represents the sea.

Colour meaning

Black: represents the aboriginal people in Australia
Red: represents the red earth, the red ochre used in ceremonies and aboriginal peoples' spiritual relation to the land.
Yellow: represents the sun, giver of life and protector.
Blue: represents peace and water.
Green: represents nature and renewal.


While I was painting my boomerang after I did one side I realised I didn't like
 the way I did it but with the short amount of time we had
and the amount of time it takes to dry I had to keep this way and just carried on.

Children of blood and bone

Chapter 22 - Amari
I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of them filling the narrow path. Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered where they came from, where else they might have ended up,
“Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly diviners, the laborers outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking skeleton.

This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is that you actually don't realise what is happening around you until you make you make your self aware, it relates to the world even because you might be just living your life and not caring what happens to others but when you see it for real it hits you.


Chapter 23 - Zélie
Metal gates fly open on the sides of the arena floor, and an endless flow of water rushes in. This has to be a mirage. Yet liter after liter flows in. The water covers the metal ground, crashing with the expanse of a sea.
“How is this possible?” I hiss under my breath, remembering the laborers no more than skin and bone. So many dying for water and they waste it on this?
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is it was so unreal the amount of water that is just wasted when their are so many people dying for water that she couldn't believe it and thought it must of been a illusion but as more water flowed through she realised it wasn't, she thought their just wasn't enough water supply yet their actually and its being wasted on something that doesn't even matter that much.






Chapter 49 – Amari
Strike, Amari.
Father’s voice rings in my head, but it’s not his strength I need.
Be brave, Amari. Binta soothes instead.
Be the Lionaire.--

A message I could take away from text is that strength can be so many different things but Amari didn't need the strength to tell her what to do from her Fathers voice ringing in her head but the strength to do what is right, she just had to be brave and do what she knew was right.







Chapter 52 – Amari
“I’ll prove myself to you, to all of you,” Inan declares. “You’re on the right side of this. My only desire is to stand there as well.”
“Good.” I lean forward to hug him, holding on to his promise.
But when his hands wrap around my back, all I can think of are how his fingers are resting just above my scars.
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is
Do you trust Inan? Does he deserve a second chance?
Do people in real life deserve second chances?


In this text Inan says how he is going to prove how he is doing it for the right reasons and try get forgiveness even though after all the horrible stuff he has done hopefully hes being honest and is doing this for the right reasons because Amari has mostly forgiven him but she still remember what he has done to her has he hugged her back his fingers are so close to the scars from we they fought so even if Amari forgives him you can't completely forget what he's done, I wouldn't say I trust Inan but I believe everyone deserves a second chance even after everything he's done, I also reckon if someone is actually sorry and wants forgiveness then they deserve a second chance but it won't even be the same how it could of been because even if you were influenced to do whatever you did it doesn't matter because you still did it and you can't just forget things that hurt you.




Chapter 59 – Zélie
“How will me coming back to Lagos solve any of that?” I ask. “As we speak, your father calls for my head!”
“My father’s scared.” Inan shakes his head. “He’s misguided, but his fear is justified. All the monarchy’s ever seen is the destruction maji can bring. They’ve never experienced anything like this.” He gestures to the camp, face alight with so much hope his smile practically glows in the darkness. “Zulaikha created this in one moon, and there are already more diviners in Lagos than anywhere else in Orïsha. Just imagine what we could accomplish with the resources of the monarchy behind us.”
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is

Inan talks about how his father is scared and misguided because all he's ever seen is destruction and never peace, Inanas father wants Zelie head because she has the magic but she only wants to bring peace from it but since Inans father doesn't have magic hes scared of Zelie, If all the diviners join into one it might clash due to all the different ideas and people but it might work but peace isn't as easy to get as it sounds, it will also take heaps of convincing for everyone to join all into one.








Chapter 66 – Inan
Father stands in his night robes, scanning a faded map. No sign of hatred. Not even a hint of disgust.
For him, carving MAGGOT into a girl’s back is just another day’s work.
…
In that instant it hits me: Zulaikha’s death. Zélie’s screams. They don’t mean a thing to him. Because they’re maji, they’re nothing.
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is
Think about how the word ‘maggot’ is used. This is a slur. Do we have these in real life?


A maggot is a soft-bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect, found in decaying matter, son calling someone a maggot is a slur saying they look like some dead looking slug.
In this text Inan father acts very emotionless and has no feelings of pity towards Zulaikha or Zelie because they aren't him because he is a self centred person and only cares about himself and maybe some of his people but only so he can have this kingdom so he can stay being king. 
This can relate to today with people using slurs, it's just become normal which it shouldn't of have.


Chapter 74 – Inan
Note: This time you have not been provided a quote from the story. This is an explanation.
King Saran firmly believes in duty over self. Peace between maji and kosidán failed in the past, so he does not want to try again.
Inan believes he must make a similar choice between his country and his heart. He makes the same choice as his father, even though the majacite sword blisters his own skin (this is symbolism). Inan gives up everything to be everything his Father wants.
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is

Inan chooses to be like his father and look after his kingdom than choosing his heart which isn't a easy thing to do but if you really know whats right and you think with not just you heart but mind as well it will be the right choice for you and just because it's your family doesn't mean its the right choice but it really depends on what sort of situation it is.

Chapter 79 – Zélie
Inan’s amber eyes trap me in the truth of his betrayal, but it isn’t the gaze I know. He’s a stranger. A soldier. The shell of the little prince.
Note: It is interesting to think about how Zélie became an empty “shell” after Saran tortured her. After talking with Saran, Inan became a shell, also.
Think back to when Inan said they had no choice but to kill the maji.
Zélie said “There’s always a choice.”
This could be compared to / A message I take from this scene is

Theres a connection with whoever Saran talks to he just sucks the life out of them like when he tortured Zelie and then spoke to Inan, the both changed but Inan was trying to live upto Saran standards and he was trying to act like he had no choice but do it but like Zelie said "there's always a choice" you always have a choice, even if you have to go fight some war or even go do something simple you still have a choice sometimes it will be a good choice or bad but it's upto you what you choose, Zelie also put her trust into inan and he betrayed her just so he can gain his fathers approval but it's not like his father is a good man all he want his power and not in a very good way, he tries to do it with making everyone scared of him.

Metal Carbonates and Acid

Aim: to show that carbon gas is produced when a metal carbonate reacts with acid.

Equipment: Two boiling tube and bung, Bunsen burner, test tube rack, wooden splint, a bottle of acid, small amount of metal carbonate, test tube tongs, safety glasses.

Method: 1. light your Bunsen burner.
2.  Add a 'pea-sized' amount of the metal carbonate into one of the boiling tubes.
3. Place this boiling tube into a test tube rack, ensure you have the bung and delivery tube ready.
4. Add 5 mL of acid to the boiling tube and quickly insert the bung and delivery tube into the mouth of the boiling tube.
5. Holding the other boiling tube with your tongs, capture the gas produced as showen in the diagram below.
6. When you think the tube is full, your lab partner should light a wooden splint.
7. Carefully remove the boiling tube from under the delivery tube, taking care to keep it facing upright.
8. Insert the burning splint into the mouth of the test tube.