By Hokie! Results of Experiment 2 now on post!

Hokie Pokie seems like a simple treat to make. 

Aim: To make perfect Hokie Pokie, i.e. very light, golden, spongy looking, crunchy at first bite and then perhaps a bit chewy. 

There are only 3 ingredients – what could go wrong?

Hokie Pokie experiment 1:

Requirements:

2 Tbsp sugar

5 Tbsp Golden Syrup

1 tsp baking soda

Method:

·         Slowly bring sugar and syrup to the boil stirring all the time.

·         Simmer gently over a low heat for 4 min., stirring occasionally.

·         Remove from heat and add baking soda.

·         Stir in quickly until it froths and pour into a greased tin.

·         Break up when cold.

    

      Results:

     

                 

We produced a solid, bendy, sticky, ‘snappable’, extremely chewy sweet.  However, it was sweet smelling, golden, and delicious to eat (not so much a treat).

We had to question our procedure.

·         Did we use too much golden syrup?

·         Did we over stir the mix?

·         Was the stove element too hot?

·         Why didn’t our mix froth up more like the recipe said it should?

Conclusion:

Try again using a different recipe and method and compare results.

Mr Turvey suggested sifting the baking soda, so we will do that as it might help with the frothing.

Hokie Pokie – not such a simple treat to make. 

Aim: 

To have another go at making perfect Hokie Pokie, i.e. very light, golden, spongy looking, crunchy at first bite and then perhaps a bit chewy! 

Hokie Pokie experiment 2:

Requirements:

1 cup sugar

2 Tbsp Golden Syrup

1 tsp baking soda

Method:

·         Heat sugar and syrup until sugar is dissolved, stirring all the time.

·         Boil for 7 min., stirring occasionally.

·         Remove from heat and add baking soda.

·         Stir in quickly until it froths and pour into a greased tin.

·         Break up when cold.

Results:

Hokie Pokie 2 was a great success.  It was golden, light, crunchy to bite into and it became a bit chewy.  When the baking soda was added the mix immediately foamed up and after a couple of stirs it was an anxious time to pour and scrape the setting mixture into the dish. 

Conclusion:

Mr Turvey’s suggestion to sift the baking soda so it was very fine and evenly spread may have been the answer.  We did use less golden syrup and we simmered it for twice the time before adding the baking soda.  

Cross Country Training

Room 6 students have been training for the school cross country for weeks on our school grounds.  Finally we are able to get up onto the paddock where the big event will take place! 

Here we are!

 Oscar A.

 Rose

 Amy

 Reuben

 Daniel M.

 Leo

 Hugo

 Leighton

 Daniel N.

 Fred

 Kadi and Alex H.

 Sabine

 Georgia

 Oscar M. and Oscar A.

 Connor

 Jordis

 Lillie

 Joey

 Samuel and Oscar A.

 Oscar M.

 Daniel N.

 Leighton

 Sabine

 Jake and Luka

 Henry

Alex O.

 Persaous

 Zoe

Abby

Our Trip to the Faraday Centre

Below are just some of the activities we got involved in at the Faraday Centre.  

We would have to have stayed there all day to try everything.

Snippets of student's recounts are inserted below most photos to explain what's happening.

"Jenny at the Faraday Centre was teaching us about forces."

Oscar M

"The Gravity Walk was hard with the heavy jacket and the shoes.  The shoes had lead in them and the jacket had sand.  We had to go on an obstacle course.  We had to do star jumps.  It was really hard to move in the suit."

Leighton 

"It felt how you would feel if you were on Jupiter."

Oscar M.

For this arch bridge to stand alone involved teamwork and precision.  The specially shaped foam shapes, when put together perfectly will stand in a perfect arch.  Not one group was able to achieve this!

It is very difficult to attach 2 south or 2 north poles of magnets together.  We did it, but only for a second!

"Straight away we went to the wind machine.  I pushed the green button... Brrr! 

 Wind everywhere, squirting air into my face.  We held up some screens.

                                        The first was made of solid wood.  It was so hard
                                                   to hold up!  It pushed us right back.

Then we held up the slatted wood which was not that bad,

and then the netting - not much change at all.

  The hardest was the solid wood."

Luka   

"I found a cash register.  It was hard to open, but fun.  I found drawers that opened and I found little paper bags in them.  I think it was fun in the olden days."

Abigail

"A capsule came shooting our way and stopped.  I heaved a medium length of rope that was dangling in front of me.  Oscar A and Mrs Anderson were waiting on the other side.  So I pulled the rope hard with two hands and the capsule fired to the other side of the room.  The force was a push!"

Amy

"Meanwhile, Mum was playing the old piano.  Man, was she good!  You had to keep on pressing the pedals by pushing.  I had a go as well.  It was hard work for your legs."

Georgia

  

"I saw this glider launcher.  I got a paper dart, I pushed the button and it whooossshhheeeddd!!!"

Oscar M.

Samuel found this old 'pull the chain' toilet fascinating!

"The water wheel was crazy, but that's how they generated power in the olden days."

Abigail

"You call other people by putting your finger in the dial and spinning it around."

Zoe

"The magnetism was amazing.  I joined two magnet balls together to make a car.  

I got a magnet stick.  I waved it around.  The car followed after it!"

Hugo

"I grabbed a bunch of magnets like Lillie and we tried to connect them, but they kept repelling. 

 I also managed to connect 14 ball magnets to a bar magnet!!"

Alex H.

Summary statements by Room 6 students...

"I could have stayed there all day.  It was so fascinating."  Hugo

"I wish I could go there again."  Sabine

"I learnt nothing changes without a force."  Alex H.

"The Faraday Centre was cool because you can experiment with everything!!"  Luka

"I liked all the forces and I would love to go back again."  Oscar M.

"Wow!  What an amazing trip!"  Amy