Hurumanu - Music - Adele

For music on period 5, we did an activity where we need to research a famous artist on each decade, we had options, Adele, Buddy Holly, Lady Gaga and Bruce Springsteen. I chose Adele because my mum likes to listen to her music back in the days.

Name: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins 

Age: 31

Born: 5th of May 1988 in Tottenham, London, United Kingdom

Decade: 2000

Popular Music: 

• Hello 
• Someone like you
• Rolling in the deep
• When we were young
• Set fire to the rain

Genre: Pop, R&B (Rythm and blues), Soul Music, Blue-eyed soul

Challenge: She nearly lost her voice, she had vocal voice haemorrhage where she could permanently lose for voice, to bring her voice back she's undergone a surgery.

Hurumanu - Music - Instrument Family

Today in music, we learnt about the Instrument Family, our music teacher showed us each definitions and videos of the members of Instruments Family; how they play it, the sound they make and what it looked like.

 We also made a presentation about it, we wrote the the definitons of the member of the Instrument Family in our own words then post it on our blog.

Maori - Hangi

In Maori, yesterday, our class made our own presentation of how to make a hangi, we can work individually or in partners. Lhysette and I decided to be partners for this activity and we did really well on making the presentation on Google Drawing, we're both pretty happy and satisfied with the way it turned out.

Hangi links to the Matariki, traditionally, Maori people make hangi during Nu la (New Year), after it cooks, they offer it to wairua (spirits). 

With the Hangi, I've learnt that Hangi is New Zealand's traditional way/method of cooking. They cook it underground in an umu (an Earth oven) and wait for about 3 to 4 hours or so for it to cook. It's similar to "luau" in Hawaii and "umu" in Samoa. It feeds a lot of people like your whanau (family), the manuhiri (visitors). 

Interesting fact: Umu is called earth oven in Maori and a traditional method of cooking in Samoa.

Would I try hangi out in the future? No, it will take a lot of time, patient, people and effort; to prepare and if you were to feed a lot of people, they'll lose patience and be starving by then. It will also taste earthy which I'm not a big fan of.

Hurumanu - Music - New Zealand Musician and Band

Today, for Music, we did an activity where we write down on a piece of paper a famous Musician; Soloist and Band. I chose "Lorde" for a New Zealand Soloist and "The Exponents" for The New Zealand Band. After that, we need to make a slideshow presentation about it and post it on our blog.

It's Cool To Be Kind - C.I.P (Community Impact Project)

Today, in CIP (Community Impact Project) the class shared what was on the new lately about All Blacks and what recently happened to them.

We've done a research about All Blacks, we then put down what we know, what we want to know and what we have found out about All Blacks. I don't really watch the news and I'm not a fan of rugby but a lot of people talk about All Blacks.

Hurumanu - Science - My Investigation; Carbon Footprint & Ecological Footprint

My Investigation

1. Aim: To look at how I can prevent climate change in the future.

   1. Complete the activity 'Ecological Handprint'.
   

   

   
   
   2. Complete the activity 'Carbon Footprint'.
   

   

   
   3. Write down your 10 changes to climate change below. Using ideas from the Ecological Hand print and Carbon Footprint list 10 changes that you can make to stop Climate change?
   

   1. I need to check the labels when buying food; for example, go to the butcher when buying meat. And try to buy local foods.
   2. Repair things that can still be repaired and used than throwing them out.
   3. When I see rubbish lying around, throw them away. 
   4. Grow foods so I don't have to buy, so I can eat the food that I grow.
   5. Plant more.
   6. Talk to parents and friends about protecting the environment and the changed we can do.
   7.  Conserve energy and turning off the appliances that aren't needed.
   8.  I need to compost and recycle more instead of throwing them.
   9.  I need to be more considerate of the environment when buying.
   10.  Walk to the mall instead of riding a vehicle.

   
   

   The Years of Living Dangerously (Film, 59 min.)

Hurumanu - Science - 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, it blankets the Earth, trapping the heat

The CO2 level has soured since when? Since the start of the Industrial Revolution

What are the effects in the UK?

1.  Twenty warmest years
2.  Species could disappear
3.  Could suffer lethal heatwaves

How many climate refugees will there be in Britain by 2050? 200 million climate refugees

When will Fairborn be flooded?  It will be flooded in the next 26 years

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

1. Over 1.5m homes in England are at risk from flooding by 2080   
2.  100,000 homes are at risk from Coastal Erosion 
3.  1000 toxic sites are also at risk

How can we stop climate change?

1. Reducing and replacing gas boilers    
2. Plant 1.5 billion trees
3. Running the cars on solar and hydro batteries

What ideas are school children having about climate change?

1.  Protesting
2.  The students can die of overheating
3. Students panics and worries what the future will be like in the next few years
4.  Politicians don't take charge until the youths start to speak up
5. Worried of their future kids getting affected by climate change 
6. Reduce using cars, instead, ride bikes and walk

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 affect us in NZ

What places will be affected? Various places in New Zealand

What else do we need to think about? People in general, developing new areas for people to live in, making sure to build houses that isn't not near the sea because when it floods or there's a tsunami, it will more likely swallow the houses

What other places around NZ will be affected? Pacific Islands in New Zealand

What does this do to our drinking water? Since we drink water from the undergrounds, when drinking water from the undergrounds that  are in the Coastals, it will more likely to have saltwater which is bad for our health.

What are the main concerns?  

1.   Coastal Flooding
2.   Coastal Erosion 

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1. Reducing emissions 
2. Taking out less fossil fuels, for example, using public transports
3. Buy an efficient car, like electric cars
4. Use public transport
5. Make sure you don't use much energy when building a house

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

there isn't one

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

1.   Getting to be able to use renewable force to generate energy 
2.   Transport, getting away with vehicles that depend on fossil fuels
3.   Using public transport

What are 3 others you can think of?

1. Walking to school
2. Reduce, reuse, recycle, and repair
3. Using less amount of energy at home

My Investigation

Where does our food come from?

• Choose your favourite food.   Sushi is one of my favourite food

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

• Where does the food come from (e.g. is it from another province or country, was it purchased or made locally)? It had been first made around in the 8th century of Japan. But is now made from all around the world. There's another version of it but made in Korea, called "Gimbap". The rice that is used to make gimbap is much sweeter than sushi

• How many kilometres away did the food travel to get to you? 9,517 km, takes 13 hours and 50 minutes from Japan to New Zealand, but it's not the exact amount of time.

• What are the main ingredients? 

1. Vinegard Rice that's been combined with other seasonings. 
2. Dried Seaweed
3. Fillings of your choices, can be tuna, raw fish, cucumber, etc.

• How is the food packaged? It's usually packaged in a plastic container but you don't need a plastic container if you make it yourself

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

• Would this item have been processed?  Yes

• Is there anything unique or significant about the food item (e.g. fair-trade, local)? It has travelled far and been loved by many worldwide 

• What else do you notice about this food that affects its climate friendliness? You don't need to use a lot of fossil fuels. It doesn't use much energy as well. It also depends if people make it traditionally.

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

• Why? You don't need to use a lot of fossil fuels when making this food because you can get dried seaweed at a local store, season your rice if you have rice (can also use leftover rice). 

Maori - Ta Moko

Yesterday, in Maori class, we learnt about Maori Face Tattoo, in Maori, it's called Ta Moko. We watched a video about the Legend of Mataora and Niwareka. After watching the video, we were told to write the story again but in our own words, writing down the Maori words as well. Mataora is the husband and Niwareka is the wife, Rarohenga/Rarohinga is the underworld, a place where all spirits lives, it's not hell nor heaven.

"The Legend of Mataora and Niwareka"

Mataora and Niwareka, they were living in peace, they were happy but one day Mataora he got jealous and hit Niwareka. Niwareka was hurt, she went to her people, to Rarohinga, the underworld. Mataora was guilty, he regretted his actions towards Niwareka, he wanted her back. He decided that he’ll go after his wife.

He then drew a hopara makaura on his face because he wanted to show Niwareka’s dad that he’s strong enough to protect his wife. Once he had finished, he travelled miles to miles to go where his wife, Niwareka is. Once he got to the underworld (Rarohenga/Rarohinga), his face was smudged with paint because he travelled through rain and the paint ran down his face. Niwareka’s family insulted Mataora because it wasn’t a Ta Moko he’s wearing. Mataora begged for his wife and her family’s forgiveness. Once he got forgiven, he was taught what Ta Moko actually is, he got it tattooed on his face, Niwareka’s father told Mataora that once he got the tattoo, he’ll never dare to hurt his daughter again. They headed back to their home. Niwareka, brining a Taniko and Mataora bringing a Ta Moko.

After that, we had an activity about it as well where we get to put draw hopara makaura (Maori Tattoo) on a face template. I researched pictures on googles for inspiration on my design and I ended up with this.

I put traditional crown with feathers to make it look more traditional-like. 

On Tuesday, In drama, our teacher wanted us to make a poem, that will be performed by groups no more than 3 or pairs. Rieya, Shiela and I were in a group but Shiela had ESOL so it was only me and Rieya. Rieya and I brainstormed ideas and we finally came up with a BTS Poem, since the both of us are ARMY's (Adorable Representatives for MC Youth), the fandom name of BTS. The poem can be any topic, but there were certain pieces of information we need to put, if we're doing a famous person, their name has to be in there, four adjectives to describe them, etc.

Both os of added movements with the poem like hand gestures and others. Rieya and I were really happy with how our poem turned out, we both shared ideas and both of us worked on it really hard and we did our best.

This our poem 

Bangtan Sonyeondan

Strivers, Inspiring, Passionate, Remarkable

Idols that helped their fans to develop high self-esteem, to love themselves, to keep on moving forward even if things gets hard, to smile.

For their fans to appreciate themselves, family, friends, fans, and each other.

Pain, Loved and Fulfilled

Doubting themselves, Not being good enough, Families not supporting their dream

Artist of the Year, Billboard Singers, The next  Beatles, The First Korean Boy Band who performed in Wembley Stadium, earned a Big Fandom

They want to keep on making music that will inspire people, that will be the cure for people’s misery, that will teach their fans to love themselves 

Seoul, South Korea

Kim Namjoon, Kim Seokjin, Min Yoongi, Jung Hoseok, Park Jimin, Kim Taehyung, Jeon Jungkook BTS!

This is the video, only some of the people were in the video 

at 0:35, is where our part is

Hurumanu - Science Badges: Introduction

Science Badges:

  

'Conservation'  

• Climate Science
• Global Warming
• Recycling
• Renewable Energy
• Fossil Fuels
• Ecology
• Our Planet
• Water
• Plants

1. 15 Points are needed to get a badge
2. A high standard of work.

• All experiments are written up ( Aim, Materials, Steps, Conclusion)
• Two photos of your experiment
• 6 sentences at least for a conclusion

Science will be twice per week.

• Lesson 1: This will be an Experiment that involves blogging. You will be expected to open a new post, copy Mr Palmer's blog and paste it on your new post.
• Lesson 2: This will be an Investigation that relates to the topic from Lesson 1. It will be own choice and displayed in a way that you prefer. For example - PowerPoint, Doc, etc

BLOGGING.

All the blogs and science lessons will be displayed on Mr Palmers blog: 

http://mrpalmersscience.blogspot.com/

Bookmark it!

Expectations:

• 1 blog must be completed per Hurumanu lesson.
• A completed blog must have the four headings ( Aim, Method, Findings, Conclusion), correct writing and punctuation under each heading and be published. No post, no points.
• 2 images of the experiment / investigation on the blog.

Using the Scientific method of investigation:

Aim: What the experiment / investigation is about.

Method: Instructions on how the experiment / investigation is carried out. This includes the equipment.

Findings: What have we learnt or found out from our experiment/investigation. This is called Data, Information or Facts. It is displayed in a chart, table or picture.

Conclusion: 

Hurumanu Science Goals

• Putting pictures to show people what I've been working on and uploading them on my blog.
• Finishing my science blog post on time, if I don't finish it, I'll do it at home.
• Improving my vocabulary
• Not letting anything distract me

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION.

THE BIG PICTURE

• What animals keep our jackets warm?
• What animal makes our boots waterproof?
• Where does the water in our rivers come from?
• Why do we need healthy rivers?
• What are some of the good things about mosquitoes?
• Why are bees dying?
• What do bugs do to our leaves

• R
• R
• R
• How much dung would we be in if there were no dung de- composers?
• Who runs this planet?

GROUP ACTIVITY; 

1. Groups of 3 or 4 students.
2. Need A3 copy paper.

THE ICECAPS HAVE MELTED. MOST OF THE LAND IN THE WORLD HAS BEEN FLOODED AND YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE ON A BOAT IN THE MIDDLE OF KNOW WHERE. YOUR BOAT IS SUDDENLY STRUCK BY A STORM AND YOU BECOME SHIPWRECKED ON A SMALL ISLAND. YOU ARE ONLY ALOUD TO SELECT 20 ITEMS FOR YOUR GROUP. A SECOND BOAT IS TRAVELLING NEAR YOU BUT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH YOU FOR 1 MONTH SO YOU NEED TO GATHER ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO LAST FOR A MONTH.

Hurumanu - Science - Weather

Weather and Climate Change 

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

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.	Hurricane

Wind speed - Making an anemometer.

MATERIALS

1. Straw  4x
2. Styrofoam Cup  4x
3.   Pencil
4.   Pin
5.   Tape

STEPS

1. Put holes on both the sides of the cups
2. Tape the straw together, making it longer that's why we need 4 straws because the straws will be too small, the cups aren't gonna do what they're supposed to do because they're going to be too close to each other.
3. Poke the straw on the holes on each cups securing it with tape to it won't fall of when it spins.
4.  Put the straws with cups together, making a cross , one on top of another
5. Pin the middle of the straws through the eraser of the pencil, make sure it doesn't come off
6. After you've finished, test it if it moves with the wind, if it spins by blowing on the cups.

Once you have made an anemometer we are going to record the wind speed.

Group size: 5

I had Kayla, Jayden and James in my group

You will need:

Anemometer (above) 

Roles:

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

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the timekeeper 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. If possible, repeat the above step four (4) times and record the average number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins using the table below.

You will need to create the wind yourself by blowing. Get 4 different wind speeds by blowing.

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

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
1.	10s	11
2.	10s	13
3.	10s	7
4.	10s	24

• Can you make a statement connecting the number of spins of your anemometer and the speed of the wind?  The last source of wind made my group and I's anemometer spins faster and since it spins faster, the number of spins increases.

CONCLUSION:

My group and I tried another technique, more like another source of the wind. Our teacher suggested us a really good idea, a heat pump, since we use it in the classroom because the weather was cold. I figured out that it's because the anemometer is closer to the source of the wind. The heat pump makes our anemometer spins faster, since it spins faster, the number of spins increases. Overall, the heat pump spins faster out of 4 of them.

CIP - It's Cool To Be Kind

"You Can Make A Difference Today" 

For period 4, we were given selections of what we should do relating to Kidscan:

1. DLO Poster about KidsCan and how they help people.

2. Write a letter of appreciation to KidsCan.

3. Create a video explaining what KidsCan does. 

I chose number 1. I researched about KidsCan in their site and what they do to help children around the world. This is their site link: https://www.kidscan.org.nz/

I made a poster using Google Drawing, putting pictures down and wrote all the information down, writing it in my own words.




It'd be really helpful if you donate in KidsCan, you can make a big difference in children's future.

CIP - It's Cool To Be Kind

Last week for C.I.P (Community Impact Project) our CIP group were having a Mufti Day for around the school. All of us had two options either we make posters or D.L.O (Digital Learning Object). Bh (The name of one class in year 7 and 8's block) put up all the posters from around the school and for the people who were making a DLO, posted it on their blog and it's also on the TV (TV here in highschool are where we put up important information that had happened in the past, some upcoming events and some achievements). The Mufti Day will be happening tomorrow, 8th of August, Thursday.

For the planning process, we were into groups no more than 4, we brainstormed ideas of what the theme could be; wearing for Mufti Day. My friends and I had a few ideas. I had a lot of stuff in mind that I thought everyone has in their closet.

• Black & White (B&W)
• Denim
• Edgy
• Bright Colours
• Pigtails

We all then our ideas to the class, we also voted for the best theme. The majority won, we ended up with the theme "Radical Rainbow".

We are raising money for Kids Can, a charity/program that provides children with their needs from all around New Zealand.

To have a successful Mufti Day, we need to follow the theme, bring a gold coin for donation and have fun.

We are spreading kindness to the community by helping and donating money for a program that helps children from all around New Zealand.

This is my poster, I posted it on my blog as well from last week.

Hurumanu - Solar Energy

Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

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

Steps

1. Collect your materials, fill the 4 cups with water, 3/4 each cups
2. Using the large cup, choose one of the small cups to put the large cup on, to cover it
3. The cup with the large cup covering it, put it on top of one of the white paper
4.  Put one of the cup on the white paper again, you'll have two cups left, put one of the cup left on the foil, for the last cup, put it on the black paper
5.  Put the paper and foils close together, light up the cups just 20cm away  from the cups
6.  Using a thermometer, measure the temperature of the water after 15 minutes after you checked that, wait for 30 minutes and then after that, wait for 45 minutes. When measuring the temperature, make sure you leave it for 2 minutes.

Which surface conducts/attracts the most heat?

Tin foil

Time + temperature	Cup 1 White paper	Cup 2 White paper+ plastic.	Cup 3 Black paper	Cup 4 Tinfoil
0	12 d	12 d	12 d	12 d
15 minutes	15 d	17 d	21 d	25 d
30 minutes	17 d	18 d	21 d	23 d
45 minutes	18 d	19 d	20 d	22 d

Findings:

I found out that the cup on the tin foil conducts more heat than the rest of the cup. 

Conclusion:

We did the experiment in the corner of the classroom. Each and one of us in my group took turns measuring the temperature of the water. The surfaces of the cups (where we put the cups on top of, a white paper for example) were next to each other. The cups of the tinfoil conducts more heat, it's like putting tinfoil in the oven, once it gets heated, it's gets warm, and we were using a heat lamp.