Hurmanu - Science - Water Cycle

AIM: TO LOOK AT THE WATER CYCLE AND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING IT.

Definition:

It's when the sun heats up and evaporates the water from the ocean, the ocean then turns into a gas or water vapour creating clouds - It's the same as plants and it's called transpiration when the plants evaporate, creating a cloud - The process of making clouds is called condensation, precipitation is when it rains.  And the process will then repeat over and over again.

Scientific words:

• Evaporation. When water is heated by radiant energy it turns into water vapour.
• Transpiration. Evaporation from plants.
• Condensation. When water vapour cools, molecules join together and form clouds.
• Precipitation. When clouds get heavy the waters falls as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
• Acidification: the action or process of making or becoming acidic.

We will be conducting an experiment that looks at the different ways that climate change is affecting the water cycle.

THE WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT

Bag 1: Normal Water cycle

Bag 2: Water cycle with CO2 added: like Oceans in climate change

Bag 3: Water cycle with ice added: like Antarctica in climate change

Material:

1.  2 ziplock bags bag
2.  Vivid marker
3.  A cup of water and soda water (for the second experiment) 
4.  2 drops of colouring
5. Litmus paper

Steps:

1. Get all the materials/equipment you need for this experiment.
2.  Draw the sea, clouds, sun, and plants and write down the scientific words.
3.  Pour the water in the ziplock bag carefully, not spilling it and not smudging the drawing.
4.  Put 2 drops of food colouring in the ziplock bag and mix it in the water carefully, it will look like the ocean, I guess, well it has to look like the ocean 
5.  Put it up and stick it on a window where the sunlight can come through and watch it evaporate.

For the second experiment, the materials will be the same except, we're using soda water instead of normal water and we're adding litmus paper to it. The steps will be the same but we're putting litmus paper but we're actually not going to put it inside the bag, we are going to clip it where the ziplock is and make sure it's stuck in there

Two or one image(s):

Findings and my predictions about the experiment:

I think that the water inside the ziplock bag will moist - Condensation

I think the water will turn lighter after it moist

The water will lesses since it will moist 

For the second experiment, I think that the ziplock bag will have air forming in it since the bubbles from the soda water is carbon dioxide, it will create air which will expand the plastic bag creating air in it like a balloon. The colour of litmus paper is yellow and when something acidic touches it, it will change the colour to red. 

Conclusion:

The first thing we did was we find out what evaporation, precipitation, transpiration and condensation means, in short, we looked for the definition of those scientific words. We then looked at the process of water cycling. After talking about the water cycle, we proceed on doing an experiment, we have to be in groups of 3 so I grouped up with my friends, We get the materials and do the steps. 

I also know a little bit about the water cycle but now I learned more about it, I learned about the four words, well I know how evaporation works but I learned a little more an about it now. The rest, I know the definition of them now and the process of the water cycle.

Charlesworth Reserve

This is a blog post about Charlesworth Reserve because next week on Wednesday we're going there to plant native trees for the native birds and insects.

Poetry

We've been doing poetry for almost 9 weeks now, first, we planned on how we're going to do it, what our inspirations are and what kind of poetry we wanted to do. We had three options of poetry we wanted to do, the first option is Haiku, next one is a Free Verse then Limerick for the last one. We had a few options of inspiration as well, there are photos and videos for us to look into, we had the mantis, winter wonderland, war and peace (video)  and the dog and the boy (video). We also had to think of words we want to use, using our 5 senses as well.

I chose Haiku for my first poetry and winter wonderland as my inspiration.

I chose Haiku as a genre and winter wonderland as an inspiration because I had a lot of ideas in mind of what I wanted to do.

I chose Free verse and Aslyum, Man and A Monster as my last poetry

I chose this because I love scary stories, I've watched a lot of scary movies as well and I like to scare people. I also chose this because I like using my creativity and I think scary poetry is a perfect choice.

What I think about poetry: I think that Poetry is one way of expressing your emotions and yourself with words and a way, if you can't show it or express it. 

Science - The Big Picture

• What animals keep our jackets warm? Plants such as Gossypium (Cotton) and silkworms
• What animals make our boots waterproof? The idea was actually from ducks, they swim in the shallow surface of the water
• Where does the water in our rivers come from? Healthy rivers are originated from healthy catchments  
• Why do we need healthy rivers? Because of evapotranspiration, the water cycle, the rain doesn't just go to rivers and ocean and other water ecosystems, it also goes to plants as well, the plants absorbs then water. It's also because, since we get water from rivers and turn it into mineral water, we drink it and use it for mostly our everyday life
• What are some good things about mosquitoes? They provide food for fishes and other insects as well, and also planktons.
• Why are bees dying? Some say it's because of cellphone towers, because of sound waves, they probably get triggered by it.
• R - Reduce
• R - Reuse
• R - Recycle
• How much dung would we be in if there were no dung-decomposer? We would be covered in 7 feet of dungs within a few years.
• Who runs this planet? It's not just nature that runs this planet, it's a variety of life and different species.

How to be physically active???

What do people do to be physically active?

1. Exercise

• Aerobic Exercise ( An exercise to get your heart rate up) - Running, swimming, dancing, star-jumps and other exercises that makes your heart rate up/higher.
• Strength Exercise (Working on your muscles) - Push-ups, weight-lifting, crunches, squats and other exercises that can strengthen your muscles.
• Flexibility Exercise (An exercise to improve your flexibility) - Ballet (ballet is a really good exercise, it doesn't only work on your flexibility but you have an advantage of being a ballerina as your passion too!),  stretching and other exercises the helps you to improve your flexibility.
• Balance Exercise (An exercise that stabilizes your position, it's a really good exercise for old and pregnant people) - Sideways walking, one-leg stand, step-up (climbing a stairs) and other exercises that will improve yous balance.

2. Going to the gym (I'm going to list down a few, I don't go to the gym so I don't know the workouts you do there so I researched about the workouts you do at the gym and here is the list, I don't think it's all of them, I think I'm missing a few but this is the list for now)

• Lat pull down
• Horizontal seated leg press
• Cable biceps bar
• Chest press
• Treadmill
• Weightlifting
• Hanging leg raise
• Cardio: rowing machine

3. Yoga (This is the list of yoga workouts, I also researched yoga workouts because I don't do yoga and there's probably a lot missing)

• Child's pose 
• Downward facing dog
• Ragdoll
• High plank
• Chaturanga push-ups
• Push-ups
• Upward facing dog
• Weighted squats
• Lunges

4. Drinking protein shake (I only put a few ones but there are a variety of protein shakes you can find near your place)

• Banana protein shake (a DIY one)
• Whey 
• Casein
• Egg
• Soy
• Pea
• Rice

5. Eating healthy food (Vegetable and Fruits)

A person who is a good role model for being physically active 

• Manny Pacquiao - He is a Famous Filipino boxer and also Senator, he does running, battle ropes, plyometrics, shadow-boxing, sparring, heavy bag and speed bag training, crunches and Russian twists. According to this site Link
• BTS (A Korean boy-band group that's really famous now, they're my absolute favourite, I'm an ARMY) They might just be an idol but all the member are really good at dancing. It takes a lot of time and hard-work to practise dance, especially when there are a lot of hand and feet movements (of course because it's a dance) They also work on their vocals lessons which is also a good exercise for your voice and it also makes you breathe really hard when you hit a high note.

On Tuesday, we did hot seating in groups of 3-4, we asked open questions about themselves, an open question is answered with a long sentence or is not answered with a yes or no. 

Lhysette, Rieya and I were in a group and we came up with questions that we could ask the person who's going to answer it. We decided that Rieya will be going to be answering the questions, Lhysette and I are the people who're going to ask her the questions. She's not really feeling well so she sounded sick in the video. 

I can't put up the video and there's a video of us interviewing Rieya but there's an error so I put the Link

here.

Reflection: How does being physically active make you feel better? it helps you reduce the risk of having types of diseases, it makes you have a better body (a built body for example) or it makes you look healthy because you are healthy, being physically active makes you healthy.

My goal to be physically active: I should do morning exercises because I don't really exercise that much anymore 

Hurumanu - Science - 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?

Climate Change

How do we see climate change affecting the globe?

 1. Sea level will rise, islands have a high risk of sinking and banishing the water.

2. Droughts, especially in tropical countries.

3.Typhoons and hurricanes might get stronger.

4. And with the typhoons, there will be a high possibility that we'll get landslides that will block people's way, especially when hills, mountains and roads are next to each other.  

5.Ice melting, with the hot weather the ice from the north pole, is melting.

What is needed to change history? Urgent Actions.  We could've changed the way we recycle garbages, the way people handle garbage, it's not about garbage, it's also about nature too. People could've planted seeds after cutting trees before.

Is climate change a man-made disaster? Yes, it is because of what the people did, they made something/create/invent something that helped people’s lives to get better, like cars,factories that release smoke - to name a few, but is doing harm to the world.

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

Why is our climate changing? Because of the people's doing

What is causing the warming trend of the climate? The people and the people’s inventions, cars and factories for example, that will cause air   causing acid rains and the acid rain will go to the sea that will kill thousands of fish, that will kill the sea life, people won’t have anything to eat and if people did catch a fish that has been poisoned by the acid rain, they'll get sick and might even die.

What is the main problem?  The way we use things, the way we do things, the way we treat nature and environment. Some people think that they're actually making a change to the world but it's doing the opposite. Because our actions affects how the world is changing

What are examples of these? Cars and factories

Burning fossil fuels releases what gas? Carbon Dioxide

How much hotter now is our world? The Earth’s temperature increased by about 1-degree Celsius

What do we call this global warming? Climate Change

How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats? Even the animals that can handle the heat, like bats, for example, die because of the hot temperature. Even their way of getting cool is not enough to handle the heat. They still die, about thousands of bat have died.

What percentage of species are near extinction? 88%

How could this affect the world ecosystems? A desert, for example, the temperature will increase causing dessert animals to die because even though they’re desert animals and insects, They won’t be up for that extreme temperature and desert plants will overdry

What global change was seen and recording breaking last year? Wildfires, when redwoods burn it and it’s near a road, it will block a people’s way, it’d be more dangerous especially when someone’s going through the road, the burning tree might fall on them

How is climate change affecting our weather systems?

1. You get more rain (the water from the ocean evaporates and the clouds are getting moisture, with a lot of moisture on the clouds, it will rain really hard)

2. Superstorms/typhoons and flooding

3.  It’s way hotter than it was before (dryer weather)

What is another effect of climate change? Ice melting/fusion

What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic? It’s losing 3 times of ice than it was 25 years ago, the glaciers that melt goes in the ocean causing the sea level to rise.

How does this affect people? They’re losing homes, the wetlands of Louisiana is disappearing, it protects Southern Louisiana but now it’s disappearing underwater.

What other things affect oceans change? The sea life, habitats/corals are getting destroyed/dying, fishes won’t have anything to live in.

What does to much heat do to coral? Because of the rising temperature of the ocean, it damages the corals, the sea life, it causes the algae from the corals to banish, without algae corals dies.

Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels? Because it’s the way to get energy, to produce energy

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: 
Fossil fuel is a natural fuel such as coal, gas, and oil. It's the sources that you get or were formed underground from the plants and animals remains from millions of years ago.

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 Gas

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? Oil, Coal and Natural Gas
How are they mined?

1.  For oils, they drill wells and when the oil has been tapped, the mudlogger will note its presence.
2. For coal, they use giant machines to dig or remove coal from the ground.
3. For natural gas, they use a type of machines to dig underground rock formations.


Where are they mined?

1. Oil - Saudi Arabia, Russia, US, Iran, Australia and China.
2. Coal - Every state of Australia mainly in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
3. Natural Gas - Iran, Russia and Qatar (Deep underground)

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.  Toothpick 
2.   Plate
3.   Chocolate Chip Cookie

Steps:

1.   First, get all the materials you need
2.   Carefully mine the chocolate chip cookie using a toothpick, you need to get as much chocolate chips as you can and then you're done
3.  Once you have drawn your cookies you must take 2 pictures and upload them to your blog.

Findings: What did you find out as a result of your mining? The cookie is hard to mine because it's fragile, easy to break, and it's also small and some of the chocolate chips were like stuck to the cookie. It's also a cookie, it's food and you don't usually mine a cookie.

Conclusion: 
I found out that Fossil fuel is a natural fuel such as coal, gas, and oil. It's the sources that you get or were formed underground from the plants and animals remains from millions of years ago. I've learnt a lot of stuff about our fossil fuels. 

These are the picture of what the cookie looked like before mining it and its habitat before it was destroyed

This is what it looks like now after mining the cookie and after destroying its habitat

Freeze Frames

On Tuesday, we did a very interesting activity that involves Hauora called "Freeze Frames", our wellbeing. Mental and Emotional Wellbeing (Taha Hinengaro), Social Wellbeing (Taha Whanau), Physical Wellbeing (Taha Tinana), and Spiritual Wellbeing (Taha Wairua).

Freeze Frames is an activity where there's a still image that is used to illustrate an event/situation/event/occasion.

We were told to make a group 4, our group chose Physical Wellbeing because we thought that it's the easiest and we had a lot of ideas in mind what to do.

Photo 1
Kaylea and Rieya

They're both stretching

Photo 2
Lhysette and Me

We're both doing karate

Photo 3
All the four of us

We're all stretching, I put an emoji to cover our faces because our eyes were both closed and it's just really bad.

Hurumanu

Investigation

Investigate the different Fossil Fuels listed

1. Coal - Coal have been used for thousands of years, they help people but it does the opposite to the world. One example is it's used for factories and making fire, it causes air pollution, it will make our ozone layer thinner and there's a big possibility that it will cause acid rain. It's also used to generate electricity.

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

Solar  - Solar panels - To use solar panels, how it works, it needs sunlight (UV rays) to make or to generate electricity

Wind -  Windmill - Windmills are used to generate power, like electricity. It's used for farms too, it lifts the water from the underground layer (aquifer) to water the crops.

Waves -  Water wave  - Wave power is to capture the energy of the water to generate electricity, water desalination.

Hydro - Hydroelectric power - It's fueled by water which doesn't pollute water or the air, it's a cleaner way,  it's a source of energy and it relies on the water cycle which is driven by the sun. It has the ability to generate electricity. it improves the air we breathe because it doesn't cause pollution like other fueled sources.

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

I've learnt that climate makes a big impact on the world and the people, how it destroys nature. I've learnt that people, we should start doing something, we should change the way we treat the environment, how we use our resources. It affects people's health, people get sick, it affects people's home, they'll get destroyed and people won't have a home to live in. It affects our food, we won't have anything to eat, the crops will get destroyed.

"If we keep treating the world like garbage, it will be garbage, we'll live in a world of garbage"

let's make the world a better place to live in