How Gas ovens work

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Today we will be talking about how gas ovens work. We will also be answering one of the most popular questions about how a gas oven works! YOu will also learn one cool fact about gas ovens! I hope you learn a lot!!

In a gas oven the top of the oven will be hotter, if you are baking two cakes and one tray is on the bottom and the other is on the top which one is going to cook faster? The top one! It is important that when you are baking two things and one is on the top and the other is on the bottom your are rotating the pans and having the bottom got to the top midway through its baking time.

When you are looking to buy an oven and you are choosing between a gas oven and an electric oven i would choose gas because it is cheaper to run, it is also better for the environment.

One of the most popular questions asked about gas ovens is which gas oven brand is the best? Good thing I know the answer, the answer is Elica 3 Burners Gas Stove. One cool fact about a gas oven is that they have been around since the 1900’s, isn’t that crazy??!!

It’s time to wrap up our talk about gas ovens, I hope you learned a lot and now know what time of gas oven you need to get!

How different Ovens work

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Today you will be reading about how Convectional ovens work. I will also be answering one of the owrlds most asked question about a convectional oven!

Let’s start talking about Convectional ovens and how they work! The dish closest to a heating source in a convectional oven tends to cook the fastest. A convectional oven is different than a thermal oven so unlike a thermal oven, a convectional oven has an ongoing fan that keeps spinning as it is trying to bake your food. You may be wondering why is there a fan blowing if you are trying to get your food hot enough to cook? The answer to that question is that the fan is circulating hot air onto the food instead of around the food so that the food will cook faster. Convection ovens also cook 25 percent faster than other ovens. This is supposed the be the best convectional oven in the world, Breville BOV845BSS Smart Convection Oven. Here is a fun fact convectional ovens are also made into convectional microwaves!

The question I am going to answer is….. When should you NOT use a convectional oven? The answer to the question is with Traditional recipes, unless the recipe called for it or your oven broke maybe that is not the best idea!

I hope you learned a lot about convectional ovens, Bye!

Are stand mixers really helpful?

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Are stand mixers really helpful, or do they effect the way that the food looks, tastes, and feels?
I think that a stand mixer is both.  Here is how a stand mixer works, you plug the plug into an outlet and then it has a big motor that can easily cream butter and sugar to make a creamy consistency. If you take butter that has been a freezer for two days and try to mix it with a whisk it would take hours to mix it, if you took a hand mixer and tried to do the same thing you would have chunks of butter flying all over the place, but if you have a Stand mixer it has a big enough motor to cream the butter without flying everywhere.

So we answered the question are stand mixers helpful, and the answer is yes, now we need to answer the question do they make your food look, taste, and feel better.

In my opinion yes, yes, and yes. First we have to talk about how it affects the looks. When you look at a cake usually you judge it by its cover, if it had chunks of sugar or chunks of butter on the balloons or on the writing, chances are you would not eat that cake, right?

Now let’s talk about how a stand mixer can affect the taste of a cake or whatever you are making. For example the other day I was making meringues, I used a hand mixer because at the moment it was the easiest option. The difference between the first level on a hand mixer and a stand mixer is that the and mixer the first level is fast but on the stand mixer the rise level is slow like it should be, anyways let’s get back to the story I turned level one on the hand mixer and it over whipped the batter. I was left with a soupy batter then it cooked the taste was the same but sugar crystals rose the the top which shouldn’t have happened so it tasted like there was extra sugar in the meringue. So it does impact the taste.

For the last topic does it affect ow the desert feels.Yes it does in my meringue story it proves it I felt sugar on my tongue which I wasn’t supposed to feel.
In conclusion a stand mixer affects a lot of things in baking.

Capstone #3

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I finished Capstone! This project has been fun but stressful. I had a lot of fun doing the whole project though. I think I learned a lot of useful things. I had a lot of trouble with my filming, at first I couldn’t get a good take. I must have taken about 150 times. It got really stressful. After I couldn’t get a good take my phone broke and that was what I was using to film, I got really upset because  I didn’t know what to do. Then once I told my mom she let me use her phone. Then it got too late and I had to shower.  I got up the next morning and it took me many more tries. Then eventually I got a good take! I was very happy because I had been working very hard. Then I ran into another issue. I didn’t know how to upload the video from my photos, so I just clicked some buttons and then I was done!  Overall I think it was a project that was stressful but fun!  Here is a link to my capstone presentation video,

 

Capstone Post #2

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So far, Capstone has been going really well for me. On May 29th I did my interview with Kim Culmone who is Senior Vice President, Global Head of Design Barbie and Fashion Dolls Mattel, Inc. I had fourteen questions that were all answered and had a very fun time.

For the interview, I had to make sure I went somewhere in my house that was not noisy. I also had to make sure that I had all of the tabs open that I needed. I needed a tab with my questions and a place where I could take notes. I also needed to make sure that I was not speaking too fast. Before the interview, I had sent her my questions so that she could be prepared to answer my questions. At times it was a bit tricky because I would freeze for her or she would freeze for me, but it was okay because, in the end, I got all the answers I needed. My dad was in the room so he could take notes in case I didn’t get something she said.

I think that this was a really fun experience. I am very excited to be able to use my interview towards answering my main question for my final project.

Capstone Blog Post #1

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In class we have started something that is called Capstone! Capstone is something where you get to pick a topic, you can know a lot about it or it could be something you want to learn about. Another part of this project is to think of a main inquiry question, that is basically the big question and then pick five sub-questions. 

I chose the topic Barbie. I chose this because my sister had done it in the past and I know a lot about Barbie. So far I have taken notes on my sub questions and I got a lot of information like what the inspiration for Barbie was. 

In the beginning I had chosen a topic it was Tiktok. I chose that in the first place because it was something I really liked and knew about. I couldn’t exactly think of what I wanted my main Inquiry question to be, and decided maybe that wasn’t the best topic. I thought of Barbie and I already knew a lot about it, and it could be really fun for me. 

I’m really happy with my decision to go with Barbie. I am also excited to see the end result of my Capstone project. I’m excited to see what else I learn!

Rube Goldberg #1

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In class we have started Rube Goldberg. Rube Goldberg can help you reach a simple task in a more extravagant way.

You have to make many decisions. One of them were if you wanted to work in a group or alone. I chose to work alone. Working alone has Pros and Cons. One Pro is that there can’t be any arguments. Another Pro is that you don’t have to work with everyones schedule. Some Cons are that it’s hard to work all by yourself. Another Con is that you can run out of ideas, and it can get hard.

You need materials of course. I think that there is no point in going to the store and getting materials if I have things I could use, at home. It’s much easier and makes the process go by faster. I had to use a big space. I will my basement, where I can use all the space I want.

I think that this experiment will work for me in the end.

Blog Post #6

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We are done doing our rocketry. It has been a really fun experience. I learned a lot and I learned how to compromise and work in a group. I am super proud of my group and the rockets we built and how high they went. I think that set aside the few arguments we had we were a pretty good team.

Our first rocket we didn’t know exactly what we were doing and we had to rebuild it and we had to launch a second time. We had four fins and a narrow body and a nice nosecone. 

The things we used to keep our rocket together was electrical tape and hot glue. My favorite part of making the rocket was that we got to use the hot glue gun. For our first rocket we did pretty well and we had a lot of things to improve on.

For our second rocket we had no retakes and i was proud of that. Our teacher let us change one thing about our rocket. We decided on having three fins instead of four,we decided to do that because we thought the rocket would be lighter and go up higher. We also made the fins bigger and put the higher up on the rocket so that it woudn’t get stuck. The launcher was a really cool thing and it was home made which I think is pretty cool.

Our third rocket launch was the one where our parents were watching. Our rocket did pretty well I would say. We decided to name our rocket,its name was the Lemon and Lime rocket. We named our rocket this because of the colors which were yellow and green. We didn’t argue really,the only thing that we disagreed on was the jobs two people wanted the same job but they couldn’t have it but then it was resolved and it was all better. It was really fun to build the third rocket but i was sad that our unit was over.

I think that the rocketry unit was really fun and that I learned a lot. If I had a choice I would do it again. I also learned how to work my problems out in a group and the project was really fun. I give it a 10 out of 10.

 

Launching Rocket #2

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We just launched our second rocket I am proud of it. I am kind of upset because it didnt go as high as we wanted it to go but I am hopeful that our third rocket will be amazing. I think that everyone in our class did pretty well. We made our fins bigger wich I cant tell if it helped or not.

Our rocket was blue and white. I think we may have focused a lot on looks then on the structure.Our group did fight but it was about small stuff so it was fine. My job was a pumper I pumped the the bike pump up to 50 PSI. It wasnt a very fun job in my opinion,but it wasnt terrible. I wanted to be Count Down Master but that job was taken by another person in my group. I hope that I will be able to be the Count Down Masteer for the next launch.

I am really excited for our next launch. For our launch we got second highest in our class, and I am really proud of my group

 

Building Rocket #3

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We finally got to our last rocket,rocket three. I am so excited to tell you all about it. I am sad that this unit is almost over but it has been so much fun.

For our rocket it is called the “Lemon And Lime” rocket. At first we had the same colors as our last rocket which were Blue,Black and white. We changed it because another group had the same colors. Our colors of our rocket are now Yellow and green. Later after we finished making the body we realized ANOTHER group had the same color but we decided to just keep our rocket the way it was. 

I think that this was the best designing process we have had because there was really no arguing in our group which is rare. I am really proud of our group. The only tiny thing was two people wanted the same job but we resolved it. The way we resolved it was by me holding a number behind my back and the two people guessing my number,whoever got closest to the number got the job. 

I am really excited to see how our last launch goes. I hope it goes really well because this is our final launch,plus our parents are coming to watch us launch our rocket.