Jean Batten - Amelia Earhart

Kia Ora and welcome to my blog.  I will be showing you a Venn Diagram.  My two topic is about two Female Pilots.  

What is a Venn Diagram?

A Venn Diagram is basically a way to show different details or points.

Here is my Diagram:

Walking on the moon (SLJ)

Hello and welcome to my blog

Today I will be writing a poem, a poem is another style of writing.  Poems are pretty hard for me considering that I do not like writing them.   This will be a challenge.  I chose to make an acrostic poem.  It says "Mankinds Huge Step."

Here it is...

Bravery can be shown through kids (SLJ)

Kia ora and welcome to my blog,

I will be telling you a story about how my mum saved two peoples lives.
Here is a short story...
So once my mum went swimming with her friends.  They were having a good time until they went a little deeper.  The waves became stronger and stronger.  It kept pulling them in.  My mum pulled one of them up and the other couldn't really get up so she got pulled deeper.  They found her and luckily she was still alive.

My mother showed her bravery when she put the other girl's safety before her own.  I will like to be like this when I am older as well.

Full of power for a day (SLJ)

Malo e lelei and welcome to my blog,

For this activity, I will be telling you what superpowers I would have.  I get to choose three superpowers I chose, Invisibility, Telekinesis and the ability to understand every kind of language.  I will tell you what the power can do and also what I will be using it for.

Invisibility

This superpower basically means that I can choose when I become transparent.  This will be useful for many reasons.  One is when your parents are calling you.  They would just leave you or if you are playing hide and seek.

Telekinesis

Telekinesis is basically the power to move stuff with your mind.  This will be useful for when my parents want me to give something to them or to look really cool.  

Understanding Every Language

Having knowledge of every language.  It is very useful to understand every language.  Let's say if someone is saying stuff in a different language.  It can also help with travelling.

No Destination (SLJ)

Kia Ora and welcome to my blog.

Today I am going to be imagining that I have been selected to go on a trip to wherever in the pacific ocean.  You get to select 10 foods.  Also, you are going to keep in mind that you do not have any access to any kind of fridge or freezer and that you are out for three weeks.

In my opinion, I think that we are going to need a lot of canned foods as they last for a long period of time. I am also going to tell you a little bit about why I have selected these items.  I will think that they can also cook on their canoes.

This is what I came up with...

• Fish

I chose fish because you are surrounded by it why not eat it

• Corned Beef (Can)

I like Corn Beef and if it fits in a can I know that it will last long

• Kumara

I choose Kumara because it has a nice taste and because it is healthy.

• Tuna (Can)

I chose Tuna because we need a backup food

• Baked Beans (Can)

I chose baked beans because it is really healthy and it holds a lot of protein

• Fruits

I choose fruits because they last long. (Depends on the fruit)

• Vegetables

I think that vegetables are a need so we should keep in mind that we need healthy foods aswell

• Rice

Rice will be needed because it will taste

• Porridge 

This will be a nice and simple dish to eat every morning

• Chips ( Sealed)

Chips because they taste nice :)

Thank you for your time, I would like to end this with a couple questions...

Do you think that I need anything more?

Do you like my list?

What would you take?

Have a great day

Where do you come from ? (SLJ)

For this activity, we had to tell you where we came from and in my case, I told you how my parents came to New Zealand from the islands.  Here is my poster...

Can you be someones beacon of hope? (SLJ)

Kia Ora,  Welcome to my blog for this activity we had to research a charity.  We had these options SPCA, Aukland City Mission, Air Rescue and finally OXFAM.  I chose Aukland City Mission before I tell you about this let us ask ourselves this.  

What is Charity?

Charity is an organization set up to help those in need.  They do all kinds of things they might make food for the homeless or fundraise for more buildings for the homeless and much more.  Charity basically means a group of people wanting to help those that are unfortunate.  They also expect no profit or nothing in return.

What does Aukland City Mission do?

Now that we know a little about what Charity means let's find out what Aukland City Mission does for those who are in need.  They do Crisis Services, Homeless Services, Elderly Services, Distribution Services, Drug and Alcohol Services and, Health Services.  But I will be focusing on the Homeless Services.  They help the homeless by giving them food and helping them with their Finacial issues and much more.

Thank you for reading my blog.  Before you do anything I would like to ask that you may do one thing to help out someone in need.  It can be as simple and dropping a coin into a tin or giving them some fresh food.  Thank you for your time.

Summer Learning Journey

I would just like to start off and say that I am thankful for this opportunity to gain an education while I am on the holidays.   I cannot wait to compete with other schools and students to see who is the most active blogger. For me, I think that if I stay committed I will be able to achieve high scores.

I also hope that this will help me to achieve better academic scores as well.  I would like to finish off with thank you for this amazing opportunity to do some work in the holidays and also win prizes doing so.

Japanese

Hi and welcome to my blog,  today we wrote in Japanese.  We wrote a little blurb about ourselves and I think that I did an okay job thinking that my handwriting in Japanese is not the best.  It was really fun having the chance to write some stuff about me in a different language.  Bye and thank you for reading.

Solar Energy - Hurumanu

Solar Energy

Aim: To find out which color attracts the suns heat.

Hypothesis: I think that black attracts heat because sunlight does not reflect off it

Materials:

1.  Tin Foil
2.  Black Paper
3.  White paper
4.  Heater
5. Water 
6. Thermometer
7. cup

Steps

1. Place the different materials evenly so the heat waves would be separated to heat all waters at once
2. Cover the cups with the different papers  (etc Tin foil, Black Paper, White Paper)
3.  On the heater to apply from that direction
4.  Keep the thermometer on so you know what the recordings

Findings:

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16	16	16
15	18	19	17
30	21	25	23
45	24	26	25

Conclusion

In conclusion, I would like to say that I was intrigued to know what colour attracts the sunlight the most.  As my Hypothesis states I was correct.  Today I have proven the fact that black does indeed attract more sunlight or heat.  

Change the Future - Hurumanu

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

How is sea-level rise going to affect us in NZ

What places will be affected?

Close to the edge, Close to the sea.

What else do we need to think about?

Think wisely about where we create new buildings.  Saltwater becoming our drinking water.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

Near the coast around New Zealand

What does this do to our drinking water?

It will be more sal water

What are the main concerns?

1. Salt Water  
2. Water level rising

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.  Use public Transport
2.  Purchase an electric car
3.  Build a house that doesn't waste energy (Solar Panels)

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is no Silver Bullet

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

1.   Renewable energies more
2.   Using solar heating
3.   Transport that depends on fossil fuels

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.    Stop using vehicles and start walking
2.    Start reusing products
3.    Recycle what needs to be recycled

Activities:

Carbon Footprint: 

Carbon Footprint explained

Dwelling
Water
Recreation
Heating and cooling
Electricity
Transportation
Food
Waste
Air Travel
Consumption

Colour 1: for actions, they are already doing 

Colour 2: for actions that they pledge to undertake in the future

Ecological Handprint The Ecological handprint builds on the concepts from the Carbon Footprint. We will look at the positive actions of:

1. Transportation
2. Community
3. Consumption
4. Water
5. Food
6. Home
7. Waste

1 Colour: For each action, you are already doing 

2 Colour: For each action, you would like to do in the future

Fossil Fuels - Hurumanu

 

Mining Fossil Fuels

What Fossil Fuels are mined?

1. Oil  
2. Coal
3. Gas  

How are they mined?

1. There is a drill that digs into the ground,  it is called an Oil Rig
2. They use different kinds of tools to either mine on surface or underground
3. It is a thing that goes deep into the ground and brings back gas.  They are called Rig Drills
Where are they mined?

1. Oil - Underwater
2. Coal - Underground or on the surface
3. Gas - Land

Activity: Cookie Mining

Material:

1.  Toothpick
2.   Cookie (with choc chips)
3.   Plate

Steps:

1. Put the cookie on the plate
2. Start mining the choc chips without breaking the cookie in any way
3.   Collect as many as you can
4.   Whoever collects the most is the winner
5.   (Goal is to not break the cookie)

Findings: What did you find out as a result of your mining?

It is very hard to mine the cookie without breaking it. 

Conclusion: 

In conclusion, I have found out that we need to find more ways to gather valuable resources for our vehicles.  I think this because it is helping us but not the environment it may sound like nothing at the moment but in the future generations, it will get worse so we need to change now.  This is what I think thank you and bye.

Decomposition/Recycling - Hurumanu

Aim: To learn about the rate that different materials decompose. 

Hypothesis: I think that either the banana or the bread with water is going to rot the fastest.

Materials:

1. Bread  
2. Water  
3. Paper 
4. Banana  
5. Stylophone  
6. 4 test tubes  
7. Test tube rack  

Steps:

1. Collect materials  
2. Sort out the materials in the correct order 
3. Add in each of the 4 equipment in each separate 4 tubes 
4.  Get a sticky note from the teacher and write your names on it

Findings:

3 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Green	Rot	It turned into green rot
Paper	Brown	Nothing changed	Nothing changed, it still looks the same
Stylophone cup	White	Nothing changed	Nothing changed, it still looks the same
Bread	Light Brown	Mushy	It turned into this weird

Conclusion:

In conclusion, I would like to say that I have learnt a lot.  I have out how long it takes for stylophone to rot it takes thousands of years.  So that means that it takes the longest to break down.  Banana is also the easiest to rot out of the four it had already gone mouldy.  I'd like to finish off with I would like to do this again and bye.

Types of renewable energy - Hurumanu

Aim: To make a presentation that investigates different renewable energy.

Section 1: Title Page

Make a title page that incorporates all renewable energy 's Hydro, Solar, Wind, and Wave.

Section 2: Definitions

Define and provide a picture of each energy type.

Hydro Energy

Hydropower or hydroelectricity refers to the conversion of energy from flowing water into electricity. It is considered a renewable energy source because the water cycle is constantly renewed by the sun. Historically, one of the first uses of hydropower was for mechanical millings, such as grinding grains.

Solar Energy

the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.

Wind Energy

Wind power is sustainable and renewable energy and has a much smaller impact on the environment compared to burning fossil fuels. 

Wave Energy

This energy can be used to run turbines, and there are plenty of places where the winds are strong enough to produce a continuous wave motion.

Section 3; Investigate each of the 1 Energy Types.
(Hydro) 

1. Type: Hydro
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes in MacKenzie Basin
3. Other Countries that use it? Austria, Canada, Norway and many more
4. How is it used to generate electricity?
5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator? This can be done on paper and uploaded or on a drawing program on your device. I do not want any Internet images or pictures. They must be hand-drawn using a ruler and labeled

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

List 10 ways that renewable energy will be used in the future to replace our current activities.

Renewable Energy - Hurumanu

Aim: To make a solar-powered oven.

Materials: 

1. Scissors
2. Pizza Box
3. Straw
4. Marshmellow
5. Biscuit
6. Glad Wrap
7. Cello Tape
8. Tinfoil
9. Black
10. Ruler
11. NewsPaper
12. Black paper

Steps:

1. Cut a flap off the top of the pizza box leaving on the side connected onto the pizza box
2. Sellotape the tinfoil onto the flap you have cut
3. In the inside of the pizza box, place a glad wrap to cover the hole.
4. Use the black piece of paper to cover the inside of the pizza box leaving the hole the glad wrap that you used to cover the hole.
5. Then wrap the newspaper a small pole and place around the inner newspaper
6. Place contents(food) and put a ruler to hold up the tinfoil then leave it out in the sun

Hornby high vision

Today at Hornby high we worked outside and pulled out a lot of weeds.  This meant that we had time out of class and we were learning how to properly pull out weeds (from the root).

We pulled out a lot of different things that we didn't know.  It was fun to have time out of the classroom to work on something for the future. 

I hope that we do this more often and we get more time outside.  Thank you and bye.

Investigation on climate change - Hurumanu

My Investigation on climate change

ACIDIFICATION
DEFINITION: THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF MAKING OR ACIDIC.
What is happening to the oceans?
The oceans are absorbing the CO2, But it does take away the CO2 and that is a good thing but...

What does this do to shellfish?
The shellfish in the ocean, where the CO2 gets absorbed, they don't grow as they are supposed to or they are growing at a slower rate every year.

HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACIDIFICATION OF OUR OCEANS?


DEFORESTATION
DEFINITION: IT IS A WIDE CLEARING OF TREES IN AN AREA.
What are trees used for?
Trees help us breathe and to control the weather as well...
As for us humans breath in oxygen, we exhale carbon dioxide, so the trees take away the Carbon dioxide to make the weather a little bit better.

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE CLIMATE?

ICECAP MELT
DEFINITION: THE MELTING OF THE POLAR ICE CAPS IS CAUSED BY THE OVERALL INCREASE IN GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, AND THIS MELTING CAN HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL ORGANISMS ON EARTH. AS THE POLAR ICE CAPS MELT, SEA LEVELS RISE AND THE OCEANS BECOME LESS SALINE.
If all the ice melted what would happen?
The sea levels would rise and close coast city would be underwater...

HOW DOES ICECAP MELT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

WATER VAPOUR
DEFINITION: A DISPERSION, IN AIR, OF MOLECULES OF WATER, ESPECIALLY AS PRODUCED BY EVAPORATION AT AMBIENT TEMPERATURES RATHER THAN BY BOILING.
HOW DOES  WATER VAPOUR AND EVAPORATION CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
The Vapour and water contribute by making vapor to form clouds but...
if there aren't enough clouds or if there are too much, they could mess up the weather,

Two days with my cousins

In the holidays,  I went to Oamaru and when I came back my dad got a phone call from my cousin.  She asked if I would like to stay over for two nights,  my dad said that it was up to me.  In my head, all that I could think about was not cleaning up my room or the lounge and how much fun that it might be.

I then said yes and when we arrived home my dad must've forgotten or something because he didn't take it instead he just watched movies.  I then told my cousin to pick me up.  A couple of minutes later they came.  I arrived at there house and we stayed up watching some bridal and groom entrances for some odd reason.  We then went to bed.

As usual, I was the first one to wake up.  I woke them up and then we had breakfast we had toast.  We then had to pack lunch but my cousin chucked a bunch of random junk foods like chocolate, chips and a mountain dew drink.  We then planned out our day, we would go to Margret Mahi and then we would leave the park and go for a walk.

When we arrived at the park my cousins Kathy and Rosetta wanted to leave and go for a walk immediately so we left straight away.  Since Rosetta was from Aukland we wanted to show her our new Christchurch Library.  It was so cool they had so many different kinds of books they even had a game station which in my mind was amazing.  They had games like NBA 2k 19 and many more.  They even had a  Foosball table.  We took some photos and then we left.

After going to the library we went for a walk down a place with heaps of shops.  Rosetta wanted to go to a beauty salon for some reason and when we got there we waited for ages.   After we had gone to the salon we went to a table and ate some of the delicious lunch as in very unhealthy.

After that, we took some more photos of us and the unique street art around the area.  We then started making jokes and was then exhausted from all of that walking.  When we got I forgot to bring my own change of clothes so I showered with a new towel and wore my uncle's clothes which were very baggy on me so I wore a belt.

We then went to Westfield where we played at timezone.

This was a great experience and bye.

Behaviour in a Laboratory - Hurumanu

Aim: To learn about the expected behaviour in a science laboratory.

  Follow the instructions given to you by the Teacher.
  You must not enter the laboratory without your teacher.
  Report all breakages to your teacher.
  You must never eat or drink in a laboratory.
  Shoes must be worn at all times.
  If you spill something you should tell your teacher immediately.
 You should wash your hands after every practical activity.
You should know what you are doing. If in doubt ask your teacher.
Never taste or sniff chemicals.
In your group, discuss how the following scenarios could be dangerous.
Not putting your bag under your desk.
Running around in the laboratory.
Not wearing shoes in a laboratory.
Shaking a test tube with your thumb over its mouth?
How do we work in this laboratory?
Beginning and End of class: Lining up, Entry, Seating,
Equipment tray: equipment list and details.
Test tube - This is used for experiments using liquids. They have a bung that can be placed in the top. Test tubes sit in a test tube rack.

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Conical Flask - This is used for experiments with liquid up to 150 ml. The flask has a rubber bung for the top and the glass is heatproof.

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Glass Stirring rod - This is a 20cm glass rod used to stir and mix any liquids together.

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Test tube tongs - These are used to hold a hot test tube after an experiment.

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Spatula - This is for holding very small amounts of chemical powders.

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Funnel - used to channel liquids into a smaller container.

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Measuring Cylinder - This is used to measure liquids for experiments. The liquids will be poured into a beaker or test tube once measured out.
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Making anemometer - Hurumanu

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:

It is an instrument used to measure winds

1. Beaufort wind scale:

It is on land in the water

MATERIALS

1. 2 sticks

2. Pencil

3. Celetape

4. 4 cups

5. Pin

6 Sticky note

STEPS

1. Tape 2 sticks together to create the cross
2. Connect all 4 cups on both ends of the sticks with tape
3. Push in the pin in the center of the two sticks
4. Well done you have created an anemometer

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

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

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the time keeper 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. Repeat the above step four (4) times and record the number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.

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

WHICH IS THE WINDEST AREA AND WHY?

Field because there are no buildings surrounding it, therefore, letting the wind to be more powerful

WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY?

Tennis court gate

the gate is surrounded by trees

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE ON LAND TO BUILD A WINDMILL?

Field because a lot of wind will come through

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	20
2.	Old J Block	15
3.	Grass hill in the quad	10
4.	Tennis Court gate	3

CONCLUSION:

In conclusion, I have learnt that an Anemometer is an instrument used to measure how strong the wind is.  This means that they will have an object that says how strong the wind is blowing.  I know this because we got the chance to make our own.

Although we did not use it we got the chance to create one first hand.  But the Anemometer is not the only tool used to identify how strong the wind is.  I have also learnt how to know how strong the wind is with a Beaufort Wind Scale is something you use to identify what it means to how many spins that the Anemometer makes.  You will see an example when you continue down from my blog.

As always I have learnt so much about these powerful elements such as the good and the bad.  I would like to say that this was the most interesting science class that I have had.  I thank the teachers for this amazing lesson and goodbye.
My Graph:

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 the direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	The 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 lose 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

Spins per minute	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field - 20	6 - 12	The wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.
Old J Block site - 15	5 - 12	Shown by direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.
Grass hill - 10	2 - 5	Shown by the direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.
Tennis Court Gate - 3	0 - 2	Shown by the direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind: 1:36