Inspired Writing

For a few weeks, we have been doing writing with Mr Scott. So far I enjoyed it and surprisingly my writing turned out good. It was not much of writing it was more of making the sentence more interesting so that we can all understand what the person is trying to say. We did this because the teacher wanted us to improve our sentence more so we can master that. My starting is number 1 and I had to improve and stretch my sentence from there.

Instructions For Writing

Yellow-Add adjectives to the simple sentence, to add more detail.
Blue-Add more language features like similes or metaphors to enhance the sentence.
Purple-Use topic words directly related to the picture.
Red-Use emotive language to create/clarify mood.
Green-Paint a clear picture in the mind of my readers and give the reader detailed and specific information.

1. The soldiers watched the battle.

2. The soldiers rode a huge aircraft and watched the battle.

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3. The soldiers rode a huge aircraft and watched the world collapses as if the earth broke in half.

4. Soldiers containing heavy weapons rode a tremendous aircraft, viewed the world collapse as if the world broke in half, Half Good and Evil.

5. Lionhearted soldiers carrying weapons rode a tremendous aircraft, viewed the world collapse as if the world shattered in half, half good & half cruel.

6. The lionhearted soldiers, each leaving their lives behind rode on a tremendous flying metal, as far as their eyes can see was the world collapsing as if the world was telling to choose a side to continue your life, the clouds turned deep dark grey as if it was controlled by god. They had no hesitation to back up now. The world’s life was in their hands in order to keep Earth in balance, which would you choose…

            Good or Cruel

Hurumanu- Carbon Footprint

Today in science, we have been doing an activity about Carbon footprint. So what is Carbon footprint?

Carbon footprint is a mark you leave on your planet, not with your shoes but every action that releases Carbons. Carbon is a harmful gas such as CO2 which are formed by burning fossil fuels like oil and gas, the more fuel you use the bigger your footprint will be. So using fuel comes from a long way by taking oil out from the ground, shipping it which contains carbon, operating the oil by factories which produce carbon to trucking it to a petrol station which also contains carbon.

So basically everything we own has a carbon footprint like computers, phones, furniture and etc. The book you read is a carbon footprint because it uses energy to be created by factories and trucks or ships transport it. Even something so basic like an apple could be transported by a plane which produces more carbon polluting the air which is hard to get rid of, then it is delivered to supermarkets.

It is clearly impossible to leave your carbon footprint behind as long as you make the right choice like using more transport or biking to work, growing your own fruits and veggies and other local food that are not transported. That's what a Carbon Footprint is and I hope you learned something from it.

Carbon Footprint explained-This is a video explaining what Carbon footprint is.

Carbon Footprint- This was printed and handed out to all students doing Science.

You will need:

1. 2 different colouring pencils
2. The Carbon Footprint Handout.

We will look at our Carbon Footprint under the following headings.

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

Orange: For actions, I am already doing 

Blue: For actions that I pledge to undertake in the future

List 5 of the actions you pledge to undertake in the future.

1.   Check labels and try to buy local foods
2.   Recycle everything as much as I can
3.   Conserve more water
4.   Hang out with my friends more and do activities that don't involve Carbon Footprint 
5.   Use less power

Ecological Footprint explained film

Ecological Handprint 

You will need:

1. 2 different colouring pencils
2. The Ecological Footprint Handout.

The Ecological handprint builds on the concepts from the Carbon Footprint. We will look at the positive actions you can take with:

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

List 7 of the actions you pledge to do in the future.

2.   I look at labels and try to buy the local foods
3.   I conserve energy every chance i get 
4.   I use energy efficient light bulbs and turn things off every chance i get.
5.   I try to walk or bike every chance i get.
6.   I compost and recycle 
7.   I live in a 1 or 2 bedroom house 
8.   I conserve but still need to shower everyday.

Hurumanu-Climate Change and the Future

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

How is sea level rise going to effect us in NZ

What places will be affected?

Most places near the harbour and sea will be affected by sea rise, people live by the sea will probably make them move out and find another place to stay so this is a risk to the people by harbour and sea.

What else do we need to think about?

Basic thinks like drinking water will be bad and people by sea will get more saltwater instead of freshwater. We should use more transport and fewer cars that produce carbon, using cars like hybrid or electric cars can mean less carbon dioxide and no harmful gas that will affect humans. 

What other places around NZ will be affected?

This can mostly affect people living by the coastal, harbour or even by a beach. If the sea level rises it can cause wet-lands being flooded, lots of habitats will be destroyed or ruined, for example, if the salt and freshwater mix up, it can cause extinction to all the fish and birds that have their habitats by the beach or etc. This is also including the plants...

What does this do to our drinking water?

People living by the harbour or sea need water so they are filtered but once salt and freshwater mix it can cause a big problem for people by the sea if they do realize they were drinking saltwater. It can cause dehydration to families and other's that will be affected.

What are the main concerns?

• Drinking water
• Flooding
• Ice melting
• Sea level rise
• Extinction
• Loss of habitats for sea animals

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.  Use more public transport
2.  Use more electric cars and/or cars that don't produce carbon  
3.  Building a house that doesn't waste energy

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

Something that provides a straightaway or effective answer to a difficult question. So scientist can't just come up with a totally solved problem so that we don't have to worry about greenhouse gasses anymore. In particular, we produce or burn a lot of fossil fuel and getting that out of the atmosphere is challenging. 

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

1.   Using solar heating so we don't have to use a lot of energy to keep the house warm or cold.
2.   Using more transport and not depending on cars that produce fossil fuel.
3. , Using more cars that don't burn fossil fuel or produce carbon dioxide, use more electric cars, hybrids and other cars that don't produce or burn any fossil fuel & carbon dioxide.

What are 3 others you can think of?

1. Walk more instead of using cars that burn fossil fuel or produce carbon
2. Use Solar heating more to save energy other than wasting it
3. Use less fossil fuels

Show of Emotions

Today in drama we have been given a slideshow with two videos, we were told to watch them both and see what emotions they show. One of them was Mr bean acted by Rowan Atkinson, we had to explain what emotions they show and how we see them like body language, face expression and gestures.

Here is the video for Mr bean...

So what expressions did he show: So this is a classic comedy tv-series, so the emotions he showed at the very start was him being happy about the things that were going on around him and the way I knew was that he was smiling, as he sat down he saw a man with his breakfast. Mr Bean(Rowan Atkinson) saw the man feasting on his sandwich and decided to bring a whole supermarket in his pocket. When I said supermarket I meant that he brought butter, big loaf of bread, lettuce and etc. Even a hot water bag to make his tea. He felt worried at first and then sooner or later felt happy because he can have breakfast too.

When he was about to bite into his sandwich, he accidentally sniffed in the black pepper and then once he had the sandwich up to his nose, he sneezed into his sandwich and his tea went everywhere. That made him sad and depressed until the man offered him one of his sandwiches. He was happy again but still sad because he did not have tea. 

Here is the second video...

So what expressions did he show: So surprisingly I did not know that this is Johnny Depp at a young age,  

Hurumanu- Feelings & Emotions

This week and the week before we have been doing a few activities relating to puberty, feelings and the changes. Let me tell you a little about emotions and the meaning of it. Emotions are a psychic event companion with the nervous process brought on by a chemical reaction or changes differently. With thoughts, feelings, behavioural responses and a degree of satisfaction or annoyance, there is currently no scientific agreement on a description.

Anyways, Few of my class and Mt made a Poem kinda relating to puberty and changes but normally about our life, I have finished it and I am happy with it. It wasn't a year 8 and 7 quality work but I did my best to make it sense. Here is my poem...


My Bio poem

(Line 1) Ranit

(Line 2)  Fast, Sporty, Intelligent & Respectful

(Line 3) Mum, Dad, Brother, Me...

(Line 4) Me, love my Grandpa and Grandma

(Line 5) I face Challenges, fear, happiness & sadness

(Line 6) I fear Spiders, nightmares & losing things/people I love

(Line 7) I am good at Football, Eating, Running & Respecting others

(Line 8) I want to experience how it feels to be a professional footballer like Ronaldo and how he lives his life

(Line 9) Small house but life continues for me, anything is possible as long as we live under a shelter 

(Line 10) Born in Fiji and living in Christchurch

Lal

I am proud of this and I learnt so much from this subject, learning about puberty at this age will be helpful to you in the future so you at least know what to say to your children when they ask you a question or when your a teacher and teaching about puberty, they will know what to go through and how to handle them so they don't get worried or anything.

Anyways, I hope you like my Bio poem and have a great day... 😄👍

Hurumanu: Renewable Energy

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

1. Hydro Energy - The Energy is generated through hydropower depends on the water cycle which is operated by the sun, this makes it a renewable power source making it a more reliable source other than fossil fuels that are quickly being wasted.

2. Solar Energy - Solar Energy is luminous light and heat from the sun that is harnessed using a reach of technologies such as solar heating & Solar Panels. It is a renewable resource, 

it is obtained from the sun's rays. Solar energy is transformed immediately to electricity through a solar photovoltaic panel. Solar rays are collected off reflective surfaces and heats an object to process it that creates solar thermal energy.

3. Wind Energy - Wind Power or Wind Energy is operated by the wind to provide it to function and make power through wind turbines to turn electric generators, it can do other work like milling or pumping. Wind power is sustainable and renewable energy and has a much smaller impact on the environment compared to burning fossil fuels.

4. Wave Energy - Wave power is generated by the up and down motion of floating devices placed on the surface of the ocean, Let's say that wind produces waves and waves produce energy, it is also renewable energy. As the waves travel across the ocean, very high-tech devices capture the physical movements of the ocean currents and the flow to generate power. 

This energy can be used to run turbines and there are plenty of places where the winds are strong enough to produce continuous wave movements or motions.

1. Type: Hydro
2. Is it used in NZ? Big hydropower systems have been built in the Central Plateau area of the North Island and in the Mackenzie Basin in the South Island, as a range of power stations on the Waikato River. Early designs such as the Waipori project selected in 1903 and the Lake Coleridge power station approved in 1914 organised New Zealand's use of renewable hydro energy. 
3. Other Countries that use it? A lot of countries use hydropower energy and it is the officiant way to get energy, countries like Nepal, Zambia, Paraguay, Albania and etc are using hydroelectric power.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? Hydropower capture's the energy of falling water to generate electricity. A turbine transforms the active energy of falling water into manufacturing energy, then a generator converts the energy from the turbine that is constantly spinning and turning it into electrical energy.

1. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator?

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

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

By using more renewable energy instead of fossil fuels, we would remarkably decrease the current levels of greenhouse gas release and this would have a positive impact on our environment for our entire planet. Renewable energy is not only all about the environment but also give a strong boost to our earnings in order of new jobs. I was told to list it but it is better if it was explained more into details. 

Hurumanu - Solar-powered oven

Aim: To make a solar-powered oven.

Materials: 

1. Pizza Box
2. Scissors  
3. CelloTape
4. Tinfoil
5. Black plastic
6. Ruler  
7. Pencil
8. Glad Wrap
9. Stick
10. Newspaper

Steps:

1. Make a little square hole on top of the box  
2. Surround the square cut out in tin foil  
3. Tape the square hole with the glad wrap on the underside
4. Cover the inside with black paper
5. Tape the inside of the side of the box by the black plastic  
6. Put the pizza inside and see if it gets hot/warm 
7. Enjoy your warm/hot pizza or something else you want to put in

Conclusion:

Unfortunately, we couldn't do the experiment due to the weather, there wasn't much sunlight to do this on that day because it was raining by then and the main thing to make this experiment work was that you needed the sun's ray or sunlight to heat it up.

RWC Research

Today for P3(Period 3) we were told to fill out a sheet about one of the teams that are participating/playing in the Rugby World Cup(RWC). I chose Fiji because I am part of one and I respect my country, I even watch all of its game and it is great how they play, I wanted to be a rugby player but I somehow got into football and I'm into that now.

So mainly I filled the sheet and I put in interesting piece's of information so maybe you could learn something from it, hope you like it and have a great day... 😄👍

MY SHEET:

Hurumanu - Wind Power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1. Anemometer: An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind.
2. Beaufort wind scale: The Beaufort scale is to measure relating to the wind to see the conditions in the sea or/and on land.

MATERIALS  

1. Pencil w/rubber on top  
2.   x1 Pin
3.   x2 Long sticks
4. x4 Cups
5. Sellotape
6. Scissor

STEPS

1. Put the stick on top of each other in an X shape and tape it in the middle.
2. Get a pencil and put the X shape on top of the rubber of the pencil and pin it together through the tape of the X.
3. Tape all the cup at the end of each end of the X so that can catch the wind.
4. Take it outside and it should start catching wind... if there is any and depending on how strong it is. 

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

• Timekeeper ( watch)

• Counter

• Recorder ( chromebook or refill )

• Anemometer Manager ( Anemometer)

• Wind Manager

Instructions:

• Go to the measuring place and set up your wind gauge.
• Make sure everyone in your group is ready to start their roles.
• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.
• Count the number of spins in 15 seconds.
• Record it on your chart.

FINDINGS

We found that on the Field it was an open space but there was no wind at all and we got "0" spins in 15 secs, the old J block site was removed but has an open space and enough wind to go past, but unfortunately there was no wind and there were "0" spins in 15 secs, we were not sure what was happening. Whether the Anemometer was the problem or there was just no wind, we weren't sure but we did our best to make it at least go in the whole spin. We went to the new artificial grass hill area to see if we can get wind there, but the same results were coming over and over again. Once we moved to the Tennis Court gate there was a difference, we got a little breeze and it had much more wind power to make it spin all the way and we got "1" spin-in 15 secs.

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	0
2.	Old J Block site	0
3.	Grass hill in quad	0
4.	Tennis Court gate	1

CONCLUSION:

The wind was calm and did not produce that much wind to make the Anemometer spin all the way around to call it a full spin, the Anemometer was unstabled between the rubber of the pencil and the pin connected to the rubber. We were given a comment from a gym teacher we should have added a small straw between them to make it more stable and catch more wind.

My Holiday

We were given two weeks of the holiday so today we are back at school telling you what I did in those two weeks…

Week 1

Day 1 Event: Low highlight

For the first day of the holiday on Monday, it was sunny but a little cloudy. That’s when my mum thought we should clean our whole house this whole week, but I didn’t know that until I woke up. I woke up at 11:30 and my dad was at work and my mum stayed home to take care of my little brother and me for the whole two weeks, I got up and heard that my mum said that today we were cleaning our whole house so I turned around and fell onto my bed again.

Later my brother came into my room and pulled the curtains, brothers can be so annoying(sigh). So I woke up and after brushing my teeth and eating my breakfast, I got straight into cleaning my whole room which is where we will start cleaning and move on to the other parts of the house. My mum was a little sick so I cleaned the room myself and tidy it a little, once my mum was ok to work on my room she started cleaning under the bed and taking out stuff that was under there.

It was hard at the same time because my two cousins were dropped off at our house because their parents work and their grandpa & grandma were on a trip to visit someone, they stayed at our house for 5 days. The thing that was difficult about them was watching them all the time because they sometimes get into a fight and jumps around in the sitting room because they have so much energy after all my cousins do play football and do all the running as I do.

Sometimes we like to go to Denton Park and play kicks and goalkeepers, it is just a fun time for them but me…

I constantly get kicked by the ball but it is all for my cousins to make them happy when they are staying with us.

I told my cousins to go back to the house because I wanted to get my room cleaned up, my mum was on a break because she was tired and so was I. We struggled a little and my cousin’s and my brother did make us mad but we lived through it and finished working on my room, by 2:00 they were gone which was a relief. Not that I don’t want my cousins to come back, it was that we were tired and my poor mum had to go to work and she did not take a rest. She had a few hours left so she took a snooze.

I fell asleep too a little but I was happy it was cleaned up, but when I woke up at 3:45 I went to the front and my mum was drinking tea and getting ready for work. Surprisingly I saw my brother still on his iPad since this morning at 8:30 when my cousins arrived, I was angry so I told him to go study a little before he will start needing eyeglasses. He started crying and sobbing but my mum said I was right and he should so he got angry and started swearing a little and doing bad things, that is when my dad arrived home from work exhausted.

All this was only one day and imagine how it would have been for 2 weeks, it was a low light for the first week but the weekends was the day I get to rest a little and play some video games, hang out with my friends and take some rest.

Spiritual Wellbeing

Hi guys, I will explain how in 5 ways to be healthy in nature.

Nature Guide

• Planting vegetable's 
• Eating Fruits & Vege to grow faster and healthier
• Plant trees so you get the opportunity to help & save Earth
• Stay hydrated and drink water every day and every time you're exhausted
• Exercise everyday daily to stay in a fit shape

If I had a goal and turned it into a game what will it be?

• It would be to run the fastest and I would turn it into football and hopefully always be successful in football

Put a picture of a favourite outdoor place with a caption explaining why it is important to you and your whanau [Famiy]

My family don't have a favourite outdoor place, we normally like to stay close to home because everyone is normally busy and we rarely go on a trip. I think for me it's Denton park, kyle park tracks or I normally hang out with friends.

How I think the earth was formed

Earth formed around 4.54 billion years ago, approximately one-third the age of the universe, by accretion from the solar nebula. Volcanic outgassing probably created the primordial atmosphere and then the ocean, but the early atmosphere contained almost no oxygen.

My Investigation on Climate Change

Acidification Investigation

ACIDIFICATION

Definition: Acid has been created from carbon dioxide when the ocean or sea absorbs carbon dioxide. It turns the water acid which is called acidification. It causes it from the atmosphere where there's lot's of carbon dioxide due to human activities which are producing more acid than ocean absorbs into itself causing it to be more acidic.

What is happening to the oceans?

• More carbon dioxide is created due to human activity
• Sealife is having difficulties living in there environment because it has a lot of acid in it
• More acidic in oceans will harm sea life

What does this do to Shellfish?

• The Acidification is making shellfish's environment difficult for it to live and increases their death rate including extinction.

How Does Climate Change Contribute To The Acidification Of Our Oceans?

How the carbon dioxide is sucked into the ocean is by doing the water cycle, the carbon is let out into the atmosphere and evaporations happen at the same time mixing the water vapour and the carbon dioxide, turning it into a cloud called condensation. This makes the cloud acidic and then it rains into the ocean enabling it for the ocean to suck all the carbon or acid into itself making it acidic called Acidification.

DEFORESTATION

DEFINITION: Deforestation is making a clearance, room or clearing for other uses like agriculture, horticulture, ranches & etc. most deforestation is happening in tropical forest's to clear land to make more buildings. 

What are trees used for?

• Furniture
• Houses
• Buildings
• Pencils
• Book
• Paper
• Basic School stationary

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE CLIMATE?

The carbon we breathe out is absorbed by the trees so they can turn it into fresh oxygen, but without them, we will be breathing the same carbon over and over again, it releases greenhouse gas including carbon dioxide. Forest has an ability to take carbon, absorb sunlight, process water and also to block the wind. Without the trees, water won't be absorbed by them and it makes a little stream called a runoff. 

ICE CAP MELT

DEFINITION: ice melting into water, basically polar ice cap melting directly into the oceans increasing the volume of water.

If all the ice melted what would happen?

The sea levels would rise causing citys and towns being flooded or be taken over by the ocean. Also, the salt in the water will mix with the freshwater making all the creatures suffer from the environment and causing extinction for all sea life in the world.

HOW DOES ICE CAP MELT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

As the water rises it will affect countries around the globe causing them to move to another country, some may lose homes, family members. Melting ice uncovers land or ocean beneath causing it to absorb more sunlight which means more heating.

New Kahui

This week we moved into our amazing new learning spaces, on Monday we had finally moved into our new classrooms and the buildings were not completely finished yet because its a work in progress. In the morning we went to the auditorium to have a big meeting and sort out where we are going and who is going on the trip to Orana Park, we went to Orana Park the day after that but that's not what I am going to talk about. After the meeting in the auditorium, we walked to our new classrooms to have a good look at it.

My class which is Ts was shocked and surprised on how big it was and the spaces we had, but we weren't the only class in the new Kahui, with us was another class Sh which we had to share the space with & work with. It will be hard for us to work with but we can improve it slowly and work together like one big class. There were three buildings/Kahui, each building has there own name, the first one is Mohua, Riroriro & Tieke.

The block we were in was Tieke and each name represents a bird, when I walked into our new buildings I saw big spaces to work in, new furniture like TVs and etc. In our building are different classes, there are Japanese rooms and other subject classes. We were all shown the different classes and we liked it because of how much rooms there were. I thought that the new buildings will be great, but it was even better than I expected it to look like.

I felt like I was working in a university or something similar, it felt like a fresh new start because it was a modern building like any other schools. I am so far enjoying it.

Hurumanu- Science Laboratory introduction

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


Our R9 Class Treaty

1.   Quiet voices
2.   Sitting with appropriate people
3.   Not fidgetting
4.   Not disturbing
5.   Respecting equipment
6.   Making good choices

Safety in a laboratory.

teacher   shoes   practical  teacher laboratory   ask  sniff teacher  breakages 

1.   Follow the instructions given to you by the ____Teacher______ .
2.   You must not enter the laboratory without your ____Teacher____.
3.   Report all _____breakages_______ to your teacher.
4.   You must never eat or drink in a ______laboratory______ .
5.   ___Shoes____ must be worn at all times.
6.   If you spill something you should tell your ____Teacher_____ immediately.
7.  You should wash your hands after every __practical_____ activity.
8. You should know what you are doing. If in doubt __ask____ your teacher.
9. Never taste or __sniff____ chemicals.

In your group discuss how the following scenarios could be dangerous.

1. Not putting your bag under your desk.
2. Running around in the laboratory.
3. Not wearing shoes in a laboratory.
4. Shaking a test tube with your thumb over its mouth?

How do we work in this laboratory?

1. Beginning and End of class: Lining up, Entry, Seating, 
2. Equipment tray: equipment list and details.

• Test Tube - Used for most experiments using some form of liquid. They have a bung that goes on the top to seal it.
• Conical Flask - Used for experiments with liquid up to 150 mL. The Flask has a rubber bung for the top and the glass is heatproof.
• Glass Stirring rod - A 20cm rod used for stirring and mixing any type of chemicals or liquid.
• Test tube tongs - Used for holding hot Test Tubes after an experiment.
• Spatula - For holding very small amounts of chemical powders.
• Funnel - Used for adding chemicals and liquid into a beaker or etc so it doesn't spill everywhere.
• Measuring Cylinder - Used to measure liquids for experiments. The liquid will be poured into the beaker or etc to measure the right amount so you can put it into a beaker later on.

Equipment Tray

250mL

100mL beaker

250mL Conical Flask

Spatula

Test Tube rack with Test Tubes

Test Tube Tongs

Funnel

Stirring Rod

100mL Measuring Cylinder

10mL Measuring Cylinder