Charlesworth Reserve - Research

Charlesworth Reserve - Research 

Next week on Wednesday the 3th of July. My class 7/8wh and 7/8al and 7/8ts are going to Charlesworth Reserve. To plant some trees and help the environment.

Charlesworth Reserve is in Bromley. It is named after Captain William Charlesworth. It was drained in the 1920s and used as a pasture. The reserve provides a nesting, roosting and feeding habitat for birds, fish, lizards and others. This place is also valuable to the local community. There are viewing seats that overlook pools which are a hot spot for wetland creatures. To protect birds and other creatures at the wetlands dogs have to be on a leash at all times. The Reserve is always open to anyone who would like to go there.

Drama - Week 2

Drama - Week 2

This week in drama we were doing the activity "hot seat". "Hot seat" is when you act as a person. So like you have to sit like them talk like them. The other people in your group would have to interview you. We had to choose a person the is athletic for me I chose my Aunty Manu. Because she owns a fitness company. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Zy69UmZDKsNRGUCUYeb1gzlsoMAIIohE/view

Here is a link to the interview.

I think that if I didn't forget what to say and not get nervous I could've done better. My goal for next week is to do better in performing. By not forgetting what to do and relax when performing in front of people.  

Hurumanu - Climate Change

Climate Change

Aim: To look at the causes of climate change and how to prevent it.

Climate Change video; The Facts video

As you watch the video answer these questions:

What is our greatest threat in thousands of years?

Flooding and the sea levels rising and heat waves.

How do we see climate change affecting the globe?

Natural resources and homes will be destroyed.  

1.   Flooding
2.   Stronger Storms
3.   Air pollution
4.   Heat waves

What is needed to change history?

Urgent action

Is climate change a man made disaster?

Yes because of our use of fossil fuels.

Dramatic action must be made in the next __ years to change it?

10 years

Why is our climate changing?

Because of factory and human use of fossil fuels.

What is causing the warming trend of the climate?

The fossil fuels letting off Carbon Dioxide that creates a warmth blanket around the earth.

What is the main problem?

Heat waves / climate change.

What are examples of these?

Heat waves and Droughts

Burning fossil fuels releases what gas?

Carbon Dioxide

How much hotter now is our world?

1 Degree Celsius

What do we call this global warming?

Climate change

How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats?

The animals can not adapted to their habitats climate changing.

What percentage of species are near extinction?

%8

How could this effect the world ecosystems?

Ecosystems could collapse and break. Leaving the inhabitants having no home.

What global change was seen and recording breaking last year?

Record breaking wild fires in West America. 

How is climate change affecting our weather systems?

1. Getting more storms

2. Expanding moister in oceans which causes more rain.

3. Heating temperatures causing droughts.

What is another effect of climate change?

Animals dying

What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic?

Sea levels will rise the water would then cover island nations.

How does this affect people?

People could loss their homes and their families.

What other things affect oceans change?

Oceans are absorbing carbon dioxide, which is rapidly causing it to become more acid. 

What does too much heat do to the coral?

The heat warms the water which makes the water unlivable for the coral.

Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels?

They don't care about the earth and are filled with greed and just want the money. 

Hurumanu - Fossil Fuels.

 

Aim: To look at how fossil fuels are contributing to climate change and how we can prevent this.

Definition of Fossil Fuels:
A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

Scientific Terms for Students

• coal: a dark-brown to black solid substance formed naturally from the compaction and hardening of fossilized plants and used as a fuel primarily for electricity generation
• natural gas: a mixture of hydrocarbon gases that occurs naturally beneath the earth’s surface and is used as a fuel primarily for cooking and heating homes
• renewable resource: a resource that is never used up (e.g., solar energy)
• non-renewable resource: a resource that is not replaceable after its use (e.g., coal, gas)

Examples of Fossil Fuels:

1.   Coal
2.   Oil
3.   Natural gases

Activity: 

In groups of 3 you will learn about different fossil fuels and the way they are mined?
Each group will be given a fossil fuel. The recorder will read it to the group. The recorder will write down some of the important points.
Person 1: Recorder: to write down 5 points of interest from the text. 

1. 5 Points:
2. Positives and negatives of your type of mining.

Person 2: Reporter: to read back to the class their 5 points of interest.
Person 3: Collector: Gathers the required stationary from the teacher.

Mining Fossil Fuels

What Fossil Fuels are mined?
How are they mined?

1. Digging
2. Scraping
3. Exposing buried resources
4. Drilling

Where are they mined?

1.  America
2.  Russia
3.  China
4.  Australia
5.  India

Activity;

On the sheet provided you need to make two drawings of your cookie. 
1. looking down at it. 
2. side on -  of the imaginary habitat that will live on the top of the cookie. ( trees, buses, flax, sea, etc)

Material:

1.  Cookie
2.   Plate
3.   Toothpick
4.  Paper

Steps:

1.   Get the sheet of paper
2.   Get your cookie
3.   Get you toothpicks
4.   Poke all the choc chips out of the cookie
5.   Draw a habitat before and after mining.

Once you have drawn your cookies you must take 2 pictures and upload them to your blog.

Findings: Mining is destroying our planet.

Conclusion: We should stop mining.

Craetive Writing

Drama - Week 1

Drama - Week 1

This week in drama we were learning different technique in doing freeze frames. We did freeze frames represent Hauora. The whole class participated in this activity and came up with some creative ideas. 

 Freeze frame 1: Taha Whanau (social well-being)

In this freeze frame Chloe, May, Kyla, Talia. Are showing the healthy side of social well-being. Hanging out with friends and having a healthy relationship with others.

 Freeze frame 2: Taha Hinengaro (metnal well-being)

This freeze frame has Shontelle and her group doing Mental well being. Two are them are sad and their mental state is very bad. But the other two are helping them over come their mental problems.

 Freeze frame 3: Taha Wairua (spiritual well-being)

 These girls are meditating to have a strong connection to the spiritual world. A way to stay connected to your dead ones to to visit offend. 

 Freeze frame 4: Taha Tinana (physical well-being)

In this freeze frame the girls are having a running race. They are showing to keep a healthy way of living. By doing lots of physical activities.

Climate change

Investigation

You can decide on how you would like to do this investigation. Your presentation could be on the blog, slides, or powerpoint.

Investigate the different Fossil Fuels listed?

1. Coal - was one of the most used resources in the past. As many thing required the use of coal.  Like transport, in the olden days they use steam cars. It was powered by a steam engine that needed coal. When ever the car was use it let of this black smoke which polluted the air. Now today we are more dependent on gas to run our cars.

Write a paragraph and upload an image about each of these renewable energies.

Solar

Solar energy offers a clean, renewable power that does not use harmful resources that damage the earth. People used the same technology like solar power to make enough to warm a house. They use the heat source of the sun to harness heat. They have made a creation the uses clean renewable heat energy. That doesn't damage the earth in any way shape or form.

Wind

The wind blows the propellers that are connected to the rotor. which when it spins it generates energy. Any type of windmill have their blades facing the wind. Making so they can generate as much energy are possible.

Waves

Wave energy is the capture of energy of wind waves that do very useful work. wave form as wind blows over the surface of open water in oceans and lakes. Ocean waves contain tremendous energy. 

Hydro

Hydro power is energy that is generated by falling or fast running water. Which can be harness for very useful purposes. Hydro energy  generates %10 of the US nation's energy.Another type of hydro energy is pumped storage plant. Where they store energy generated by hydro energy.

Write a reflection about what you have learnt about Climate Change and how it is going to affect.

I have learnt the different types of renewable energy. Also how climate change has affect the life of not only human but animal too. But the biggest was how in few years the earth might unable to live in.