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. 
   
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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).