Vanadium

Thursday, 9th May 2019

• If I was an element I'd be Vanadium and my symbol is V
• My atomic number is 23 which means I have 23 protons in my nucleus and 23 electrons around my nucleus.
• My melting point is 1,910 °C
• My boiling point is 3,407 °C
• At room temperature (20*c) I will be a solid.
• I was first discovered by Andrés Manuel del Río, New Spain (Mexico), 1801.
• I am found in nature as Magnetite.
• My uses to humans are manufacturing, tools and other moving parts that generate a lot of heat.
• Some interesting things about me are:

- "vanadium" was named after the Scandinavian goddess of beauty and fertility, Vanadís (Freyja).

-It has very colourful oxidation states including purple (+2), green (+3), blue (+4), and yellow (+5).

- One of the first uses of vanadium was in the steel chassis of the 1908 Model T Ford

Critical Literacy 2

Friday 17th May 2019

1. What do the images suggest?
In the Macbeth film, it shows hallucinations of Banquo and people he has killed to imply Macbeth's sanity slowly deteriorating and be grieved by guilt.

2. Why has the author constructed the characters this way?

William Shakespeare might have portrayed the Macbeth characters to suit the role they are given to give significance to the plot.

3. What has been left out of the text?
In the Outsiders film, at the nearing of the end, the scene of where Ponyboy goes through deppression aftermath Jhonny's death has been left out as it is mentioned in the book.