SLJ Teaser Week Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce

  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Similies 

Is as fast as a cheetah on a hunt 

Is tall as the biggest tree 

Is as small as a tree on its journey to grow 

Is as beautiful as a Beautiful flower shining in the sunlight                                                              

Reading task

                         

In reading, we have been reading a book called Wildlife of Aotearoa - Gavin bishop Nature, and I chose to do the deep sea wildlife the animals you don't usually see or maybe even know about and that's why we made these slides. 

I like the viperfish because it's really cool and I like it's jaw because it can go really far. 

Inspired writing

1. Dog lying in a field 
2. The dog is wondering his eyes in a field
3.  The dog is lying in a field of grass like a blanket on a picnic 
4. The dog is calm while lying down in the field of grass bathing in the sun’s warmth
5. The dog is relaxed in the sun, nearly falling asleep basking in the warmth the sun gives 

6. It was a warm day for the young pup he was as cute as a button unclear of where to go until he found an empty field. he laid down in the middle of the field to bask in the sun. 


Reflection:
I enjoyed writing in these different writing levels and learning how much the difference makes.

Hurumanu - Wind power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS

1.  Sellotape
2.   Pencil
3.   Pin
4.   2 Sticks
5.   4 cups 

STEPS

1. Sellotape the sticks to the cups   
2. Sellotape the sticks together to make a cross
3. Pin the cross to the rubber in the pencil
4.   
5.   
6. 
   

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 2,3,5 
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 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. Repeat the above step four (4) times and record the number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

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

CONCLUSION: 

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 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

	Spins per minute	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field	16	6-12	2
Old J Block site	10	2-5	1
Grass hill	5	2-5	0
Tennis Court Gate	3	2-5	0

The Boy who Harnessed the wind: 1:36

Wind Farm construction

Fossil Fuels

Aim: To learn about the impact of fossil fuels on our environment.

The first thing was that we looked at Mining Fossil Fuels. We had to answer:


What Fossil Fuels are mined?

1. Coal
2. Oil
3. Natural Gas

We had a Chocolate Chip Cookie and we had to draw it. Also, we had to draw a habitat. Here are our drawings.

After doing the activity, we had to answer a few questions. 

 What type of habitat is it?:

 In the sea.

What plants and animals live there?:

 Fish, Sharks, dolphins, etc

 How do humans use your habitat?:

They dig up Oil, do fishing, do scuba diving, swimming, etc.

After Mining

After digging our cookie, we had to answer reflection questions.

 How was your habitat (cookie) changed?:
 It had holes and crumbs falling.

How can we avoid this in the future?:
By starting from the middle part of the cookie.

What lives there now?:

Nothing 

Materials:

1. Plastic plate
2. Chocolate Chip Cookie
3. A Toothpick

Steps:

1. Get a Plastic Plate and put the Cookie in the middle
2. take a  book.
3. Draw two drawings
1. Draw a picture of the cookie.
2. Draw a picture of the habitat.
4. With a toothpick, dig the chocolate chip.
5. After digging the cookie, count how many chocolate chips you have.
6. Draw the cookie after being dug up 
7. Eat the cookie

Conclusion:

There was new information that I have learned today.There are 3 fossil fuels which are dug up, Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas.

Climate change

climate change

AIM: TO LOOK AT CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT

Materials

1. 1 plastic bottle
2. 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda and Citric Acid
3. 1 heat lamp
4. 1 Thermometer
5. 100 ml of water
6. 1 rubber bung

Procedure:

1. Get all the equipment you need for the science projects 
2. Set up the lights, bottles, thermometers, and bungs.
3.  Add the baking soda mix along with 100ml of water.
4.  Wait for 5 minutes and start recording the temperature for each cup start the timer again. 

Variables:

All water added to the bottles was from the classroom tap

Minutes	Bottle 1: Water	Bottle 2: CO2 Gas
0	18.c	18.c
5	25.c	18.c
10	26.c	25.c
15	No Recording.	No Recording.
20	No Recording.	No Recording.
25	No Recording.	No Recording.
30	No Recording.	No Recording.
35	No Recording.	No Recording.
40	28.c	38.c

Conclusion:

The normal bottle of water didn't get as hot as the CO2 water. This is just the same as climate change. I also found this experiment interesting.

Climate change - Orana Park

This week the year 7 & 8's got to go on a trip to Orana park which was very very thrilling and exciting, In this post, I will be sharing 3 things I enjoyed on the trip, with 4 facts about the animals and 4 facts about how climate change affects the animals in the zoo.

3 things I enjoyed:

I enjoyed the Lunch

The kiwi 

the lions & Tiger & cheetah 

4 Facts I learned:

I learned that cheetahs are more closely related to domestic dogs when they run sometimes they don't barely touch the ground so they use their tails to guide them.

I learned that the flaps around orangutans head help them flow their voice

I learned that for African wild dogs only the alpha and alpha female are the only ones that can have pups and if any females have pups the alpha female kills their pups.

I learned that some lizards are different from other lizards because some of them blink instead of lick their eyes.

4 climate change facts I learned at Orana park :

Tasmanian devils are effects by disease in Australia 

Scenery

White mountain
Snow fall
Crusty ice
Light feather float
Run fast
Fly past
Starts burn
Beautiful black sky
Bright blue sunshine
witch river
Water puddles


We had to come up with 25 words, with the words given to us.

My Investigation on climate change

My Investigation on climate change

ACIDIFICATION

DEFINITION: acidification occurs when CO2 is absorbed into the water at a high rate

What is happening to the oceans?

The ocean is taking to much CO2, because of that the fish can't settle by the ocean taking to much of CO2 the shellfish start to aciditate making them not able to form their shells. 

What does this do to shellfish?

They start to aciditate wish enables them to create their shells.

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

2 Images;

DEFORESTATION

DEFINITION: clearcutting of forests

What are trees used for?

They're used for the water cycle, and transpiration and CO2 wood is mostly used for houses household items paper and pencils. 

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE CLIMATE?

2 Images;

ICECAP MELT

DEFINITION: Ice melting and falling into the ocean  

If all the ice melted what would happen?

The seawater will rise higher and higher The ocean would cover all the coastal cities. And land area would shrink

HOW DOES ICECAP MELT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

2 Images;

WATER VAPOUR

DEFINITION:

Gas water 

HOW DOES  WATER VAPOUR AND EVAPORATION CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE? 

As the climate warms, air temperatures rise more evaporation from water sources

2 Images;

New science lab

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

Our R9 Class Treaty

1.    Bags under your desk 
2.    No food or drink/s 
3.   No running
4.   Don't touch experiments 
5.  report any breakages or spills 
6.   Do not taste or sniff anything

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 - 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.
• 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.
• 
• Glass Stirring rod - This is a 20cm glass rod used to stir and mix any liquids together.
• 
• Test tube tongs - These are used to hold a hot test tube after an experiment.
• 
• Spatula - This is for holding very small amounts of chemical powders.
• 
• Funnel - used to channel liquids into a smaller container.
• 
• Measuring Cylinder - This is used to measure liquids for experiments. The liquids will be poured into a beaker or test tube once measured out.
• 

2040 documentary

What are 2 things you learned:
 I learned that there are good things to climate change, like how you can make and change bad situations into good ones by instead of using electricity, you can use solar energy. Instead of feeding cows grain, you can feed them your crops and parts of the field you don't use. 

What surprised you?: I got surprised when I learned how much fossil fuel we use.

What excited you?: I got excited knowing that there are good things to climate change and not just bad things 

What worried you?:  I got worried when I thought the clean world we need won't come to us.

Solar Energy

Solar Energy

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

Hypothesis: I think black attracts more heat because it's a darker color. 

Materials:

1.  White paper
2.  Black paper
3.  Tin foil
4.  Heat lamp
5. Styrofoam cup
6. Clear cup

Steps

1. Get your materials and get in a group of three or four 
2. Put your tin foil and black plastic around the two cups
3.  Put the heat lamp on and wait for the minutes on the chart 
4.  after your timer is up put the thermometer into the water for one minute 
5.  Take out the thermometer out of the water and put a timer for another one minute 
6. Record what the result was. 

Findings:

In this photo, it includes three cups and a heat lamp two of the cups are covered and one is not, one of them is covered with a black garbage bag, and the other is covered with tin foil. the other cup is just a normal styrofoam cup, in each cup, there is 1/4 of water in all three cups. 

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16	16	16
15	18	18	17
30	17	18	18
45

Conclusion

Activity:

In pairs rate the livability of coal vs solar energy.

Comparing Coal energy with Solar energy ( Rate; 1 = poor to 10 = great)

Factor	Solar	Coal
Livability
Sustainability
Accessibility
Cost
Your choice...

Solar Sharing ( from 2040)