In this challenge, we needed to design a building that would withstand a major earthquake. We used spaghetti, blu tack, a ruler and scissors and a retractable craft knife to do so. It was 61cm tall and had a base 0f 15cm x 15cm. it wasn’t attached to the table in any way. Had to remain standing after the earthquake has finished. We couldn’t spend more than $60 dollars to do so as per the cost of materials above. We were hoping to build a tower that fits these parameters. It is important because it showed how we worked as a team and how we were able to overcome challenges that we were forced to face.

Our first design was the one below was pretty bad because we didn’t think about how all the pieces would go together and how hard it would be to put together.

Me: Equipment manager. Get all equipment ready and in the class when we need it. Main builder of the tower.

Declan: Reporter. Make sure that we have everything together and done on time.

Ben: Project manager. Make sure we understand what to do and make sure we do it. 

Scarlett: Speaker. Talk to others and find out more information.

everyone had to research the best way to build a tower so it was strong. Scarlett and Ben found out the strongest building structures and I and Declan found how to build the tower and the best way to do so. we had a lot of problems when making our building and when we did we would discuss as a group to pitch different ideas and we were all respectful to each other during this process.

Ben had intelligence and good maths skills to get the measurements of our design right. He was a leader for the group who kept everyone doing the right things. I am good with hands-on things so I was the main builder of the building and the group trusted me to do challenging tasks or make changes when the building might fall over. Scarlett made sure our building made sure the spaghetti was all together and not gonna fall out of place, She also helped make it. Declan was always coming up with new ideas and improvements for the building, also he helped make the building.

We completed the engineering challenge quite well as our building was able to withstand a very large earthquake for 10 seconds or more. Through this challenge, we had to overcome different challenges such as the building being difficult and falling over and needing a new design for everything but we were able to do this as a group because we all communicated with each other and added different ideas. If we had more time we should test more and do different tests to try and make our building the strongest it could be. Our first design didn’t survive testing so we had to make a new design but the second one worked.

Declan and I had to complete a Maths project where we analysed data, commented on it and made some graphs. Our PowerPoint below goes in-depth about the purpose of our subject, the results and the reliability of them, our analysis and any extra information. We also have slides with all the graphs and tables showing the data.

In this project, we learnt about the principles of justice that uphold Australia’s legal system, such as the presumption of innocence, an impartial judiciary, and the right to legal representation. I studied the case of Loyd rayney, and analysed how these principles were both upheld and violated in this case. After writing an essay on the topic, we were required to incorporate feedback and edit the essay so that it was fit for online publication. This essay is the end result of that editing process. It demonstrates my ability to take feedback, and to refine a piece of written work to produce a professional result.

The Loyd Rayney case was a murder case that was formed from the murder of corin rayney. The murder happened one night in august 2007 after one of Corins boot scooting classes and after it she disappeared. She didn’t come home that night so Loyd thought she went to work early but her workplace said she hadn’t shown up. Loyd knew something was wrong. Her body was found a week later buried on a trail in kings park after a brake fluid from her car led police there. The principles of justice were mostly upheld but some weren’t . the principles of justice that are obvious in this case are timeliness, reliable evidence, right to a fair trial and presumption of innocence.

In this case timeliness was not upheld at all, after corins body was found Loyd was labelled as the only subject by the police, there was 3 years until the trial started which is far too long because in those years loyd was not being able to work because people were labelling him as a murderer and his whole life was being destroyed because of the polices words and investigation. Once the trial had started it took 2 years before loyd was found not guilty for the murder of his wife. This means there was 5 years were loyd couldn’t work or live a normal life. This caused Loyd to lose a lot of money and years of his life.

Reliable evidence was not upheld in this case because of liquid amber seed pods the size of golf balls being planted on Corins body and in her hair. The coroner who examined her body said that in the first inspection he missed the seed pods but in the second he found 2 seed pods, also a seed pod was found in her body bag. The seed pods were examined, and they found no sand particles from king’s park in the seed pods. This is not reliable because if she was buried in kings park and had seed pods in her hair then there should be sand in the seed pods.

The right to a fair trial was upheld because it let Loyd choose to have a judge decide instead of a jury, if there was a jury, he would have been found guilty because he had already been trialled by the media which had him portrayed as guilty because of what the police was telling the media, this means if there was a jury trial he would have been found guilty because of what the media was saying.

The principle of justice presumption of innocence was upheld in this case because it was a judge trial and there was no outside influence being put on the judge because he was from a different state. If it was a jury trial, there would’ve been no presumption of innocence because of what the police had been saying on the media. It could’ve been followed better if the police had not said that he was the only subject because that meant that everyone thought he was guilty. There were other people the police could’ve labelled as a suspect, but they didn’t follow the principles of justice.

In this case the principle of justice had been mostly upheld but had been terribly comprised. The principles of justice timeliness, presumption of innocence , reliable evidence and right to a fair trial are good examples of some upheld principles and some compromised principles. Loyd Rayney was proven not guilty and took the state to court and won 2.8 million dollars in damages.