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Wednesday 14 April 2021

Live Aid | Bob Geldof & Midge Ure

In the 1970's Bob Geldof was a Irish singer-songwritter and political activist and also the lead singer of the Boomtown Rats. Their most famous song was "I don't like Mondays realeased in 1979. Bob Geldof was famous for statating the reason for joining a pop band. Bob Geldof was widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa.

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Midge Ure was a  Scottish singer involved in several bands, also he was the the frontman for Ultravox. Together with Bob geldof in 1984 they wrote a song called "Do They don't know it's Christmas". This song was a major success around the world, reaching number one in thirteen other countries outside the UK. 

Midge Ure» Guitar Chords (9+ Songs)

Why did they write Do they know it's Christmas? They wrote this song to raise charity to provide money for the famine relief and also to fund raise for the Ebola crisis in West Africa.    



Monday 12 April 2021

Acid Rain Expirement

 What is acid rain?

Acid rain, or acid deposition, is a broad term that includes any form of precipitation with acidic components, such as sulfuric or nitric acid that fall to the ground from the atmosphere in wet or dry forms. This can include rain, snow, fog, hail or even dust that is acidic.

What is our Aim?

Our aim will be to observe effects of Acid Rain.

Hypothesis

Petal, Calcium carbonate, Apple, Universal Indicator, Bromothymol Blue.

Method: 

In a petri dish place items around the edge. Wet dry ingredients with drop of water. in the middle put a weight boat. 

Add a spatula of Sodium sulfate to weight boat, and 5 drops of Sulfuric Acid.

Observation:

The Bromothymol turned yellow, the Universal Indicator turned red, some part of Calcium Carbonate were wet, I'm not sure what happened to the petal and but it kinda turned into a darker colour.

Wednesday 7 April 2021

Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon

Today we are learning a song that John Lennon sang to stop the war in Vietnam. A lot people were against this war that people protested to stop the war. People were saying "Leave Vietnam alone" and they said the war was useless soldiers dying for nothing, they were also spreading awareness about peace and trying to stop the war going on Vietnam because they see no point. When the war was happening John Lennon wanted peace so he wrote a song called "Give Peace a Chance". John Lennon was protesting with people who where against the war. This song was played at a concert called Woodstock, there were half a million came, most of them were protesters that want Peace.

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