Famillies of instruments

We had to write about a famous singer and I done.......

Buddy Holly

Name: Charles Holley

Decade: 1950s

Date of birth: 7 September 1936 

Date of death: 3 February 1959

jonre: Rock ‘n’ roll

Famous songs: ‘Maybe Baby’, ‘Rave On’

Challenge: Not being good at playing the violin as a child

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    < Link

Name 3 fossil fuels? 

Coal, Oil, Natural Gas.

What is the cost?

The CO2 level has soared since when?

The industrial revolution

What are the effects in the UK?

160 Air balloons per second are filled with CO2 … The amount per year is 5045760000

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How many climate refugees will there be in Britain by 2050?

200 million

When will Fairborn be flooded?

1.5 Million homes at risk by flooding by 2080, 100,000 homes at risk from coastal erosion. 1000 Toxic sites at risk.

What are some of the other things that will be 'swallowed by the waves'?

1. Houses    
2. Land 
3. Other buildings 

How can we stop climate change?

1. Having things like Cars, motorbikes, (ETC) on hydro or solar     
2. Closing big nuclear powered comapanys.    

What ideas are school children having about climate change?

1. Not having children.
2. Protesting.
3. They were shouting turn your engine off

What is the atmosphere called?

A Waste Dump. 

What is the last statement the reporter made?

We know that we need to do, we have got the technology What we lack is the political will

 

How is sea level rise going to effect us in NZ

What places will be affected?

various places in the world.

What else do we need to think about?

Not building houses near the sea

What other places around NZ will be affected?

The Pacific Islands

What does this do to our drinking water?

Pollution

What are the main concerns?

Coastal Erosion

Coastal foolding 

  

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1. Have an Electric vehicle  
2. Have hydro    
3. Have solar.    

Curbing climate change

What is the one silver bullet solution?

Nobody

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

1.   Use public transport.  
2.   Have hydro 
3.  Have solar.

What are 3 others you can think of?

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My Investigation

Where does our food come from?

• Choose your favourite food.

1. Upload a picture of it.
2. Draw a picture of it on A4.    

On your blog answer the following questions.

• Where does the food come from (e.g. is it from another province or country, was it purchased or made locally)? 

• How many kilometres away did the food travel to get to you?

• What are the main ingredients? 

• How is the food packaged? 

• What resources do you need to produce this food item (e.g. land, water, oil, food, etc.)? 

• Would this item have been processed? 

• Is there anything unique or significant about the food item (e.g. fair-trade, local)? 

• What else do you notice about this food that affects its climate friendliness? 

• Do you think this food is climate-friendly (Circle)?       YES NO 

• Why?

• If no, what would be a better alternative?  
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Weather and Climate Change 

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

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

Wind speed - Making an anemometer.

MATERIALS

1. 1. straws 
2. 2. pin  
3. 3. Styrofoam Cup  
4. 4. pencil  
5. 5. cardboard straws  

STEPS

1. Tape the straws together.
2. poke the pin threw the straws and into the rubber from the pencil. 
3. put the ends of the straws threw the Styrofoam cups and tape the ends together with the cup.
4.  time and count the for as many times the cups spins.
5.  go twice inside
6. go twice outside

Once you have made an anemometer we are going to record the wind speed.

Group size: 5

Anemometer (above) 

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

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. If possible, repeat the above step four (4) times and record the average number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins using the table below.

You will need to create the wind yourself by blowing. Get 4 different wind speeds by blowing.

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

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
1.	10 secs	6
2.	10 secs	5
3.	10 secs	8
4.	10 secs	10

• Can you make a statement connecting the number of spins of your anemometer and the speed of the wind? When using this anemometer, 10 turns per minute means the wind speed is about one mile per hour. ... For example, "when our anemometer read 20 spins a minute, the commercial anemometer read 2 miles per hour." Blow on the anemometer or turn an electric fan on low to make sure that it spins easily.

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
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• 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

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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.