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Hurumanu-Climate Change can prevent the future

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 effected?
pacific island, it will affect different places in new zealand 

What else do we need to think about?

What other places around NZ will be affected?

What does this do to our drinking water?

What are the main concerns?

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What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

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Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

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

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What are 3 others you can think of?

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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 - Fossil Fuels.

 

Mining Fossil Fuels

What Fossil Fuels are mined?

1. Coal  
2.   Oil
3.   Natural

How are they mined?

1. Coal can be extracted from the earth either by surface mining or undergroundmining. Once coal has been extracted, it can be used directly (for heating and industrial processes) or to fuel power plants for electricity. If coal is less than 61 meters (200 feet) underground, it can be extracted through surface mining.
2. In conventional natural gas deposits, the natural gas generally flows easily up through wells to the surface. In the United States and in a few other countries, natural gas is produced from shale and other types of sedimentary rock formations by forcing water, chemicals, and sand down a well under high pressure
3. Other instruments such as gravimeters and magnetometers are also used in the search for petroleum. Extracting crude oil normally starts with drilling wells into an underground reservoir. When an oil well has been tapped, a geologist (known on the rig as the "mudlogger") will note its presence

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Where are they mined?

1. Oil - Today, petroleum is found in vast underground reservoirs where ancient seas were located. Petroleum reservoirs can be found beneath land or the ocean floor. Their crude oil isextracted with giant drilling machines.
2. Coal - New Zealand coal reserves are in excess of 15 billion tonnes, mainly in Waikato, Taranaki, West Coast, Otago and Southland. Over 80% of the reserves are in Southland lignite deposits worth $100 billion. Coal is produced from four underground and 21 opencast mines.
3. Gas - Oil and gas are produced from 21 petroleum licenses / permits, all in the Taranaki basin. The most important fields are Kapuni, Maui, Pohokura and Kupe. Exploration for oil and gas reserves includes the Great South Basin and offshore areas near Canterbury and Gisborne.

Activity: Cookie Mining

On the sheet provided you need to make two drawings of your cookie. 

1. Looking down at your cookie.

2. From Side on -  of the imaginary habitat that will live on the top of the cookie. ( trees, buses, flax, sea, etc)

Material:

1.  toot pick
2.   paper plate
3.  cookie 
4. paper

Steps:

1.   first you need to draw the cookie and after you finish the drawing miss will give you a stick
2.   after that you need to mined the chocolate on the cookie without breaking the cookie  
3.   you need a toot pick to mined it so you have to get a toot pick and use it 
4. while your mining you need to mined it at the top of the paper plate so you don't need to pick the small pieces up. 
5.   after you mined it you need to show it to a teacher and if she said it's ok you can it.

Findings: What did you find out as a result of your mining?
i actually didn't finished it cause we have esol but i still had finished the cookie mining but not the bog thats what i know for now

Conclusion: 
cookie mining is fun you can actually think you really we're mining cause you mined the chocolate carefully so yeah and i learned a lot on it.

Hurumanu Forensic Science

So today I'm going to show you my blog about Forensic Science

so here it is.

  Forensic Science

Definition:

5 Forensic Science topics;

1. DNA
2. Fingerprints
3. Clothes
4. Footprints
5. Ballistics

   

Finger prints

Aim: To look at the different types of fingerprints.

Materials:

1. plastic  
2. White powder  
3. Brush  

Steps:  

1. First get the the plastic and put it on the surface.
2. Then put your thumb finger and take it of.  
3. Put the white powder in the plastic.  
4. Then put your  index finger on it.
5. Then put the black paper under it.  
6.  Get  a magnifier glass and look at the finger prints that you made.

 

Insert two pictures here of your fingerprints

Ink prints

Thumb print	Index finger print

Record the types of fingerprints from those in your group.

Name	Fingerprint 1 (Thumb)	Fingerprint 2 (index finger)
Faye	Whorl	Loop
Qyn	Whorl	Loop
Kristille/me	Loop	Whorl

Questions:

Do people always have the same type of fingerprint on their thumb and index finger?

What was the most common type of fingerprint in your group?

Dusting fingerprints:

Equipment:

1. Magnifier glass
2.  Black paper  
3.  White powder
4.  plastic
5.  brush
6. Lifting fingerprints
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8. Aim: To learn how to lift hidden fingerprints from an object.
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10. 1. Lifting and Gathering fingerprints.
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12. Equipment

Method:

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Results:

Lifted fingerprints

Thumb print	Index finger print

Conclusion Questions:

What could you do to improve your results next time?

Why do you think fingerprints are useful to crime scene investigators?

Hurumanu - Wind Power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1. Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS

1. cello tape   
2. pencil 
3.   pin
4.   2 sticks
5.   4 cups

STEPS

1. cello tapes the stick to the cup
2.   cello tape the sticks together to make a cross
3.   pin the cross to the rubber to the pencil.
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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

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

• USING A4 PAPER DRAW YOUR RESULTS ON A GRAPH.
• TAKE A PICTURE OF THE GRAPH AND UPLOAD IT TO YOUR BLOG

WHICH IS THE WINDEST AREA AND WHY?

WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY?

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

CONCLUSION:

In this science project we did Measuring weather in this blog and as you can see you will notice the list like how many Spins per minute

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

Based on your findings what was the Wind Speed and the Beaufort Wind Force for each area.

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

Solar powered oven.

Aim: To make a solar powered oven.

Materials: 

1. Sellotape
2. Scissors
3. Pizza box
4. Straw
5. Marshmallow 
6. Biscuit
7. Glad wrap
8. Tinfoil
9. Black plastic
10. Ruler
11. Vivid marker   

Steps:

1. Cut out the flap on the lid of the pizza box so that it is Sun around the edge
2. Sellotape some tinfoil on the inside of the flap.
3. Sellotape some glad wrap so that the hole you have cut on the pizza box lid is covered over with glad wrap.
4. Put a piece of black plastic on the bottom of inside of the pizza box on the bottom.
5. Make a paper square that fit inside the pizza box and lays around the edge.
6.  Put a marshmallow on top of the chocolate biscuit, place it on a plastic plate and put it in the solar oven.
7. Put it on the sun to cook.

Time	Temperature
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15
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45

Conclusion





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

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.

1. Hydro Energy
2. Solar Energy
3. Wind Energy 
4. Wave Energy

Section 3; Investigate each of the 4 Energy types.
( Hydro ,Solar ,Wind ,Wave ) 

1. Type:
2. Is it used in NZ ?
3. Other Countries that use it?
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 labelled.

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

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