Instrumental Industries

This is the slide show where I will be sharing my work that I am doing in Music Hurumanu. For this week we had to write the biography of a New Zealander musician and band. I chose Vince Harder and JGeeks.

Instrumental Industries

This term we are learning about music and music instruments. Our music class is called Instrumental Industries. Today in music we listen to different music. Stomp performance, Gospel music, Poi e and pop music from the 90s. We are now learning about the ukulele the songs and how it works. Also we saw 3 of the 4 different types tenor, concert and soprano. We we be learning with our two teachers Mrs Hastie and Mrs Allan. In this Hurumanu we hope to make songs. And learn about different genres of music.

Left Alone

I woke up and felt dizzy. I wandered to the beach that my family was camping at. I felt like I was walking for hours. I arrived at the beach but nothing was there. I was sure that this was where we stayed. I could see footprints in the sand. But then I asked myself, “Where are they?” “Where did they go?” “Did they leave me behind?” I felt so sad and frustrated how could they leave me behind. “Why didn’t they look for me?” There was no shelter or food left. For days I sat at the beach waiting for them to come back. Then one night I heard voices. I followed them and fell. Then there was this small box with voices coming out of it. It was a radio. For the rest of my days I talk to this radio. It was my only friend and family.

Climate Change and The Future

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

Changing Our Future

Name 3 fossil fuels?
Coal
Oil
Gas

What is the cost?
Carbon Dioxide

The CO2 level has soured since when?
Industrial Revulsion.

What are the effects in the UK?

1.    Hot Days
2.    Heat Waves
3.    Species Could disappear.

How many climate refugees will there be in Britain by 2050?

200 million

When will Fairborn be flooded?

26 years

What are some of the other things that will be 'swallowed by the waves'?

1.   1.5m homes in England at risk of flooding by 2080
2.   1000 toxic sites at risk
3.  100,00 homes at risk of coastal erosion.

How can we stop climate change?

1.    Replacing gas boilers in homes into something renewable.
2.    Run every car on some clean energy
3.     Plant 1.5 billion trees

What ideas are school children having about climate change?

1.   That they will die of climate change and not old age.
2.   Having a protest.
3.   Speaking up about climate change to politicians.
4.   Them not wanting to have kids of their own.

What is the atmosphere called?

a __Waste__ __Dump__.

What is the last statement the reporter made?

We know what we need to do, we have got the__technology__. What we lack is the

 __political__ will__.

How is sea level rise going to effect us in NZ

What places will be effected?

Veracious places in New Zealand.

What else do we need to think about?

People and new areas for them to leave.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

The pacific Islands.

What does this do to our drinking water?

Makes it Salt water.

What are the main concerns?

1. Coastal Erosion  
2. Coastal Flooding

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.  Use less fossil fuels by using public transport. 
2.  Buy an electric car.   
3.  Design a house in a Eco friendly way.

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is no one silver bullet.

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

1.   Renewable energy
2.   Solar heating
3.   Transport away from vehicles using fossil fuels and toward more electric vehicles.

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.   Walk to places not drive
2.   Recycle
3.   Reduce, Reuse, Repair.

My Investigation

Where does our food come from?

• Choose your favourite food.

1. Upload a picture of it. 
2. Draw a picture of it on A4.    

On your blog answer the following questions.

• Where does the food come from (e.g. is it from another province or country, was it purchased or made locally)? 

Pizza is from Italy

Butter Chicken is from India

• How many kilometers away did the food travel to get to you?

Pizza - 18,419,71 km

Butter Chicken- 12,010,12 km

• What are the main ingredients? 

Pizza- 

Cheese

Tomato Sauce

Dough

Butter Chicken - 

Chicken 

Rice 

Naan

• How is the food packaged? 

Pizza- In a box.

Butter Chicken- In a container or on a plate.

• What resources do you need to produce this food item (e.g. land, water, oil, food, etc.)? 

Pizza- 

• Wheat for the Crust. Pizza crust is made from wheat. Farmers plant tiny wheat kernels, or seeds, in the ground using a drill. 
• Tomatoes for the Sauce. Pizza sauce is made from tomatoes. Tomato plants take 75 to 85 days to produce ripe fruit. 
• Cheese from milk.

Butter Chicken - 

Chicken, 

Butter from milk.

Yogurt from milk.

Spice.

Green chillies that farmers plant takes about  2 to 4 weeks to grow.

Coriander that farmer plant takes about 7 to 9 days to grow.

• Would this item have been processed? 

Pizza- Some box pizza is processed and is more likely to have unhealthy ingredients.

Butter chicken- Butter Chicken is processed till it is very smooth.

• Is there anything unique or significant about the food item (e.g. fair-trade, local)? 

Pizza- Some pizzas are unique like New York they are known to have thin pizza with a lot of cheese. So in some ways in different places pizza is unique.

Butter Chicken- It is unique by it's flavour and spice. Also the fact that it was a accidental discovery.

• What else do you notice about this food that affects its climate friendliness? 

Pizza- The fact that pizza needs livestock to make it mean that it is contributing to the 18 percent of green house gas.

Butter Chicken- This contributes kind of like pizza because butter chicken needs livestock it to is contributing to the 18 percent of green house gas.

• Do you think this food is climate friendly (Circle)?       YES   NO ? 

• Why?
• Because for both I am not sure.
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Drama-Week 7

On Tuesday we talked about emotions:Not all the changes of puberty are physical. Some changes are in your head! Puberty hormones can make you feel overly emotional.

Name your feeling. 

look at the list of feeling words.Is there a feeling you see that you felt yesterday or today?

Your feeling face.

Emoticon [or draw a face] to match how you feel.

Take responsible action for your feelings.

Respond to the feeling in a way that is kind to yourself and others. Write or draw your idea.

Yesterday I felt bored because there was nothing to do.

This a video from drama performed by other students.

From Trash to Gas: Biomass - Investagation

Biomass Fuel types.

Name: Agricultural crops and wood fuels.

Definition:

Agricultural crops:  are plants that are grown or intentionally managed by man for some purpose.

Wood Fuels: Wood fuel is the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass.

Research:

Agricultural crops: Agricultural crops are just like straws with bark.

Wood Fuel: Using wood as a renewable source of energy has the potential to deliver considerable social and economic benefits as well as mitigate climate change. 

Uses: 

Agricultural crops: provides most of the world's food and fabrics.

Image:

Name: Animal waste.

Definition:

Animal waste is mostly known as animal manure. But also animal waste can be considered as hay, straw and wood shavings.

Research:

Animal waste has an affect on the earth because it is a huge source of pollution.

Uses: 

Cow manure is the resource to generate renewable energy. The manure is collected and heated, creating the natural byproduct of methane gas. 

Image:

Name: Bio gas

Definition: 
Gaseous fuel, especially methane, produced by the fermentation of organic matter.

Research:

Bio gas is the mixture of gases without oxygen.

Uses:
Bio gases a renewable energy source.

Image:

Name: Bio fuels

Definition:

 A fuel derived immediately from living matter.

Research:

Bio fuels can also include solid fuels like wood pellets and bio gas or syn gas. There are two main types of bio fuels. Ethanol and bio diesel. 

Uses:

It can be used as a fuel for vehicles in its pure form but it is usually used as a diesel.

Image:

                        

From Trash to Gas: Biomass

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Renewable Energy film

Biomass

Aim: To compare the amount of gas that is produced from different types of biomass.

Material:

1.   3 plastic bottles
2.   3 balloons
3.   Fresh Horse Manure
4.   Mashed Banana
5.   Vegetables Peeling
6.   Funnel
7.   Permanent Marker
8.   Disposable gloves
9.   Water
10.   Cup

Steps:

1.   Label all three bottles. 1. Horse Manure, 2. Horse Manure and vege scraps, 3. Horse  Manure and mashed banana
2.   Place all the ingredients into the bottles respectively. 
3.  Fill the bottles with water
4.  Place a balloon on top.

   

Investigation.

Research the following Biomass fuels. You will need to:

Write a definition of the fuel.

Write 8 sentences about the fuel. 

• How is it made? 
• When biomass is burned, this stored energy is released as heat. ... Many different kinds of biomass, such as wood chips, corn, and some types of garbage, are used to produce electricity. Some types of biomass can be converted into liquid fuels called biofuels that can power cars, trucks, and tractors.

• Where is it made? 
• Sweden, Austria and United States.
• What is it made with? 
• Biomass is organic, meaning it is made of material that comes from plants and animals. The most common biomass materials used for energy are plants, wood and waste.  Biomass energy can also be a non-renewable energy source.
• What countries use it? 
• Kenya, India, China, Brazil, Finland, Ireland, Sweden and USA.
• What uses will it have in the future?  
•  You can use it for transport.

Place 1 image of the fuel.

Solar Energy

Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1.  Cups x4
2.  Water
3.  Tin foil
4.  2 sheets of water paper
5.  1 sheet of black paper
6. Thermometer
7. 1 large cup
8. 2 heat lamp

Steps

1.   Get all the materials needed.
2.  Fill the small cups up with water.
3.  Put the cups on the respected place.
4.  Put the large cup on one of the small cups that is on white paper.
5.  Get the heat lamps and shine it on the cups. 
6. Wait till a time then measure the heat of the water.

Which surface conducts / attracts the most heat?

Time + temperature	Cup 1 White paper	Cup 2 White paper+ plastic.	Cup 3 Black paper	Cup 4 Tinfoil
0	15	13	12	13
40 minutes	17	16	24	22
-15 minutes	18	17	23	22
-30 minutes	17	18	22	22

Findings:

That findings that I have is that some cups temperature went up after the heat lamps were taken away. I think that it did that is because the room was closed in and we were talking and it heated the temperature. 

Conclusion:

My conclusion is that some water heat was different than others. Because of the material that some were on. Also the room that our cups were in was closed off. Also we were in the room so the heat of our breath had an affect on the temperatures. So I do not know if this is a precise recording. 

Drama

Drama - Week 6

In drama this week we did a lot of this. Firstly we learnt a little bit about puberty, and the changes we have to go through. We learnt about the scientific names of each part of the body and the menstruation cycle.

We practice our voice and doing different tough twisters. We also looked at slam poetry and chorus work. Then we got our poems and practice performing them. Later we performed them in front of the class.