Summer learning journey / Donald Trump"s bad idea / My opinion

Donald Trump is planning on building a wall to block Mexico from USA.

  I think that Donald Trump"s idea about planning on building a wall between USA and Mexico is a bad idea because it is racist to the Mexicans and it makes them feel mad and want to get violent.

How that shows Donald Trump being racist is that he does not want Mexicans working in USA. 

The reason why Donald Trump is planning on building a wall is because he is banning them from America.

STOP BULLYING

You may think, bullying is all about joking around with people and calling them names, but you do not know what that person has been through or how they might feel about your words. Bullying is so bad, that it makes people think that they want to end their lives, and we do not want that to happen. Make sure you think first about what you are about to say to others. Cut the bullying and you will be fine!!.

Apocalyptic/Writing

Write a simple sentence that describes something about the picture.

1. Add adjectives to the simple sentence, to add more detail.
2. Add more language features like similes or metaphors to enhance the sentence.
3. Use topic words directly related to the picture.
4. Use emotive language to create/clarify mood.
5. Paint a clear picture in the mind of my readers and give the reader detailed and specific information.

There was a city.

1. There was a scary abandoned city. 
2. There was a scary abandoned city filled with buildings as big as mountains.
3.  There was a scary abandoned city filled with buildings as big as mountains. The big creepy light poles are out of power
4.  There was a scary abandoned city filled with buildings as big as mountains. The big creepy light poles are out of power. The buildings were also as dark as the colour black.
5.  There was a scary abandoned city filled with buildings as big as mountains. The big creepy light poles are out of power. The buildings were also as dark as the colour black.  The darkness was a disaster to the bright sun.
6.  There was a scary abandoned city filled with buildings as big as mountains. The big creepy light poles are out of power. The buildings were also as dark as the colour black.  The darkness was a disaster to the bright sun.

Hurumanu/ways we can prevent climate change in the future.

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.

How is sea level rise going to effect us in NZ

What places will be effected?

Pacific islands, Different places of New Zealand.

What else do we need to think about? 

Salt water, and homes near rivers, and about people in general.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

The coast

What does this do to our drinking water?

Underground.

What are the main concerns?

Salt water will be getting into other peoples water underground`.

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1. Try not use electric cars 
2.    Use public transport
3.     When your building a house try not to use more enegy

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is no silver bullet

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

1.   Getting to be able to use renewable.
2.   Transport getting away from cars.
3. Not using energy.

Activities:

Carbon Footprint: 

Carbon Footprint explained

Dwelling
Water
Recreation
Heating and cooling
Electricity
Transportation
Food
Waste
Air Travel
Consumption

Colour 1: for actions they are already doing 

Colour 2: for actions that they pledge to undertake in the future

Ecological Handprint The Ecological handprint builds on the concepts from the Carbon Footprint. We will look at the positive actions of:

1. Transportation
2. Community
3. Consumption
4. Water
5. Food
6. Home
7. Waste

1 Colour: For each action you are already doing 

2 Colour: For each action you would like to do in the future

Hurumanu Science experiment

The Greenhouse Effect experiment

Materials

1. Bottle
1. Thermometer
2. Heat lamp
3. Baking soda and Citric Acid
4. Rubbing Bung
5. Water

Aim:
To look at Climate change and the greenhouse affect.

Procedure

1.  Plug in the Heat lamp.
2. Put the Heat lamps facing towards the bottles.
3. Add the water and baking soda then mix it to one bottle.
4. Add just water to the second bottle.
5. Put the rubber bung and Thermometer in the bottle top.
6. Start recording the Thermometer.

Findings:The Greenhouse Effect Data 

Minutes	Bottle 1: Water	Bottle 2: CO2 Gas
5 mins	18	18
10	19	24
15	21	27
20	23	30

Conclusion:

Hurumanu Renewable enegy

Aim: To make a solar powered oven.

Materials: 

1.   Sellotape
2. Scissors
3. Pizza box
4. Straw
5. Marshmallow
6. Biscuit
7. Glad wrap
8. Tin foil
9. Black plastic
10. Ruler
11. Vivid marker
12. Newspaper

Steps:

1. Measure the box
2. Cut the centre of the box
3. Cover the bit you cut, with tin foil
4. Put a piece of black plastic on the bottom of inside of the pizza on the bottom
5. Make a paper square that fits inside the pizza box and lays around the edge
6. Put a marshmallow on top of a chocolate biscuit, place  it on a plastic plate and put it in the solar oven
7. Put it in the sun to cook

Time	Temperature
0
15
30
45

Conclusion:
Would couldn't get much





Aim: To make a presentation that investigates different renewable energy's.

Section 1: Title Page

Make a title page that incorporates all renewable energy 's Hydro, Solar, Wind and Wave.

Section 2: Definitions

Define and provide a picture of each energy type.

1. Hydro Energy
2. Solar Energy
3. Wind Energy 
4. Wave Energy

Section 3; Investigate each of the 4 Energy types.
( Hydro ,Solar ,Wind ,Wave ) 

1. Type: (Hydro, Solar, Wind, Wave)
2. Is it used in NZ ? Yes
3. Other Countries that use it? Yes
4. How is it used to generate electricity? Included in the definition is electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydro power, biomass, geothermal resources, and bio fuels and hydrogen derived from renewable resources
5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator? This can be done on paper and uploaded or on a drawing program on your device. I do not want any Internet images or pictures. They must be hand drawn using a ruler and labelled.

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

List 10 ways that renewable energy will be used in the future to replace our current activities.

Hurumanu Fossil fuel

Aim: To learn about the impact of fossil fuels on our environment.
What are the fossil fuels that are mined?

1. Coal
2. Oil
3. Natural gas

Materials 

1. Tooth pick
2.Plate
3. One choc chip cookie

STEPS:

1. Draw a picture of a cookie and a habitat what we chose which one of the fossil fuels come from. I picked the sea where the oil comes from.

2.We got the plate and the cookie and tried to get the chocolate chip out it without breaking the cookie with the toothpick. When it breaks that's what happens in the environment.

3. We did a drawing of the cookie in detail after we tried to get the chips out. They were all broken.

4. We did some writing about our habitat.

5. And finally, we did more writing about mining and how we can stop this.

Conclusion:

Overall today I have had fun doing this, and I have learned that you could get the chocolate out of a cookie with a tooth pick.

Hurumanu Wind power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS

1. Sellotape 
2.   Pencil
3.   Pin
4.   Two sticks
5.   Four cups

STEPS

1.   Tape the cups on to each end of the stick 
2.   Tape the sticks together to make a cross
3.   Pin the cross to the rubber of the pencil
4. Go outside
5. Measure the wind

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind Manager

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the time keeper says "Go", the counter in each group will count how many times the marked cup passes them in one minute and write it down.
3. Repeat the above step four (4) times and record the number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.

• You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	20
2.	Old J Block site	15
3.	Grass hill in quad	10
4.	Tennis court gate	3

CONCLUSION:

Thus week we have been learning and looking at wind power and how it works. We watched a video of then windmill and how they built it. What I found phasinating was how the men got up to the top of the windmill and they put power and equipment in there. Also what I found 

Wind

Beaufort Wind Scale

Beaufort Force	Wind Speed (KPH)	Spins	Indicators	Terms Used in NWS Forecasts
0	0-2	0	Calm; smoke rises vertically.	Calm
1	2-5	10	Shown by direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	Wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.	Light
3	13-20	80	Leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag.	Gentle
4	21-29	130	Raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved.	Moderate
5	30-39	190	Small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland waters.	Fresh
6	40-50	250	Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telephone wires; umbrellas used with difficulty.	Strong
7	51-61	320	Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt walking against the wind.	Strong
8	62-74	390	Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.	Gale
9	75-87	470	Slight structural damage.	Gale
10	88-101	550	Seldom experienced inland; trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs.	Whole gale
11	102-116	640	Very rarely experienced inland; accompanied by widespread damage.	Whole gale
12	117 or more	730+	Very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage.	Hurrican

	Spins per minute	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field	20 m	13-20kph	3
Old J Block site	15 m	6-12kph	2
Grass hill	10 m	6-12kph	2
Tennis Court Gate	3 m	2-5kph	1

WHICH IS THE WINDEST AREA AND WHY?

Field, because it is in plain sight

WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY?

Tennis court because it has less wind speed

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE ON LAND TO BUILD A WINDMILL?

Grass hill because it is high up

Fun facts about petrel birds/Reading task

Research:
It refers to the birds' tendency to return to the same nesting sites season after season. Storm Petrels are the smallest form of seabird in the world. “Petrel” refers to Saint Peter walking on water. Storm Petrels have weak legs that cannot support the bird for more than a few steps at a time on land.

My own facts:

If a person moves close to the petrel birds food it will make a noise with its beak like teeth snapping

Petrel birds can live up to fifty years

Petrel birds wingspan are two metres long

Petrel birds belong to the same bird family as albatrosses and shear waters

Southern giant petrel breed on the Antarctic coast

Giant petrel birds live at sea most of the time. They are scavengers. If they find a dead whale floating in the water, they would sit on it and tear off the flesh with their bills

Over the last twenty years, the number of southern giant petrels has decreased. Many of them get caught in long lines and trapped in oil spills

Hurumanu weather

1. Anemometer:
An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.

2. Beaufort wind scale:
Beaufort wind scale Range of numbers from 0–17 representing the force of winds, together with descriptions of the corresponding land or sea effects. Beaufort 0 means calm wind less than 1km/h 0.6mph, with smoke rising vertically. Beaufort 3 means light breeze, 12–19km/h 8–12mph, with leaves in constant motion.

3. Typhoon:

• Hurricanes can be up to 600 miles wide. ...

• When they hit land, they can cause flooding and destroy buildings and cars.

• Hurricane winds can blow up to 200 miles per hour.

• In the center of a hurricane is the eye of the storm.

4. Moon son:

A monsoon, which is a large sea breeze, occurs when the wind blows from the cooler ocean to the much warmer land mass.

5. What is it when the weather is really nice and turns into hail:

Hail is a form of solid precipitation. It is distinct from ice pellets though the two are often confused. It consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice, each of which is called a hailstone. Ice pellets fall generally in cold weather while hail growth is greatly inhibited .... Weather radar is a very useful tool to detect the presence of hail-producing

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