Hurumanu science - science badges

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: 

1. Staying on task to get the work finished.

2. Sitting in the right place so that I can't talk to anyone.

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.

In your group you need to:

1. Make a list of the 10 things you are going to collect.
2. Draw a map of the island.
4. Draw and label the activities you will be involved with.

• Renewable energy sites ( wind, solar, hydro, )
• Living / shelter
• Growing food
• Write 3 sentences about how your group is going to live for the next month.

When you are drawing your map you need to list 4 places you can have renewable energy sites.

Hurumanu - Climate change

Aim: To look at the causes of climate change and how to prevent it.

Climate Change video; The Facts video

As you watch the video answer these questions:

What is our greatest threat in thousands of years? Climate Change

How do we see climate change affecting the globe?

1.   Carbon dioxide 
2.   Water rise
3.   Lava flow
4.   Heat

What is needed to change history?
start building more electric cars.

Is climate change a man made disaster?
No because the heat is causing huge fires and destroying the planet.

Dramatic action must be made in the next 10 years to change it? 

Why is our climate changing?
Antarctica is melting and rising the sea level and makes country smaller and smaller.

What is causing the warming trend of the climate?
fossil fuels burning and is releasing too much of carbon dioxide in to the earth and making the earth too hot.

What is the main problem? That the sea level is rising and the heat is getting hotter.

What are examples of these? Fires, Sea rising, Carbon dioxide.

Burning fossil fuels releases what gas? nitrogen, carbon, dioxide.

How much hotter now is our world?
0.8 degrees Celsius 

What do we call this global warming?
climate change

How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats?
temperature of the lakes.

What percentage of species are near extinction?
99.9%

How could this effect the world ecosystems?
Rain Forrests and desserts will make the animals die and rise the temperature rise even more too how it was.

What global change was seen and recording breaking last year?

increased heat caused by fires.

How is climate change affecting our weather systems?

1. fires

2. carbon dioxide

What is another effect of climate change?
see level rises, heat level rises, more storms 

What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic?
The earth can be just water and we will have to live on another planet.

How does this affect people?
They will lose land and a way to make a living.

What other things affect oceans change?

plastic pollution

What does too much heat do to the coral?
kills the bacteria and it dies

Why did some industries not want to stop burning fossil fuels?
It helps them make lots of money by selling energy

1

Investigation

You can decide on how you would like to do this investigation. Your presentation could be on the blog, slides, or Powerpoint.

Write a definition, upload an image and list where these fossil fuels are mined.

1. Coal
2. Oil
3. Natural Gas

Write a paragraph of 5 sentence,upload an image and name 2 countries that use this type of renewable energy.

1. Solar
2. Wind
3. Waves
4. Hydro

Write a 5 sentence reflection about what you have learnt about Climate Change and how it is going to affect us in the future.  

Hurumanu - Solar Energy

Solar Energy

By: Kadyn, Callum, Shikarn & Kody.

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1. Cups x(4).the 
2. Water water.
3. Tinfoil.
4. 2 sheets of white paper.
5. 1 sheet black paper.
6. 1 large cup.
7. Thermometer

Steps

1. Get 3 small cups and 1 large cup
2. Fill the small cups with tap water. 
3. Put the big cup on top of one of the small cups. 
4. Put two of the cups on the white piece of paper and the other two on the tin foil and on the black paper.

Which surface conducts/attracts the most heat?

Tidxx c xk,  me + temperature	Cup 1 White paper	Cup 2 White paper + plastic.	Cup 3 Black paper	Cup 4 Tinfoil
0	14-15	14-15	14-15	14-15
15 minutes	18	16	24	26
30 minutes	19	19	24	23
45 minutes	20	20	23	24

Findings: Findings: We found that they were all different temperatures and that the one with the big cup on it did not change temperatures at all and the one that was on the tinfoil was the hottest. 
 

Hurumanu Drama - Adolescence

This week we have been learning about puberty, and I got embarrassed seeing pictures of body parts.

Makin’ Jump Shots

He waltzes into the lane

’cross the free-throw line,

fakes a drive, pivots,

floats from the asphalt turf

in an arc of black light,

and sinks two into the chains.

One on one he fakes

down the main, passes

into the free lane

and hits the chains.

A sniff in the fallen air—

he stuffs it through the chains

riding high:

“traveling” someone calls—

and he laughs, stepping

to a silent beat, gliding

as he sinks two into the chains.

Hurumanu Science - Renewable energy

Hurumanu - From Trash to Gas: Biomass

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Renewable Energy film

Biomass

Aim: To compare the amount of gas that is produced from different types of biomass.

Material:

1. (3x) plastic bottle
2. 3 balloons
3. permanent marker  
4. disposable gloves   
5.  Cup
6. Fresh horse manure 
7.   mashed banana 
8.   funnel 
9.  water. 
10. heat lamp

Steps:

1.  label al three bottles
2.  add Horse manure to one bottle
3. add horse manure and mashed banana to one bottle
4. add Horse manure vegetable peelings to the other bottle
5.  fill the bottle with water
6. place the balloons on the 3 bottles.

   

Investigation.

Research the following Biomass fuels. You will need to:

Write a definition of fuel.

Write 8 sentences about fuel. 

• How is it made? 
• Where is it made? 
• What is it made with? 
• What countries use it? 
• What uses will it have in the future?  

Place 1 image of the fuel.

Biomass Fuel types.

Name Agricultural crops and wood fuels.

Research: 

Name Animal waste.

Definition: Animal poo and wee

Research: Horse manure cow manure...

Name: BIO GAS

Definition: Gas

Research: gaseous fuel, especially methane, produced by the fermentation of organic matter.

botel

Name: BIO FUELS

Definition: Natural gases.

By Kadyn