Carbon footprint pledge

I pledge to do the following.

1. I conserve but still need to shower every day.
2. I enjoy carbon-intensive.
3. I use energy-efficient light bulbs and turn things off every chance I get.
4. I check labels and try to buy local foods.
5. I am an informed eco-shopper.
6. I travel by plane a couple times.
7. I compost and recycle.
8. I try to bike or every chance I get.
9. I live in a 3+ bedroom house.
10. I conserve every chance I get.

Climate change in the future

How is sea-level rise going to affect us in NZ

What places will be affected?

People close to the coast, people near beaches.

What else do we need to think about?

New areas for people to live because the houses will get destroyed. Using public transport, get an electric car don't drive when you are the only using the car.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

Pacific Island People near the coast and beaches

What does this do to our drinking water?

The people on the coast will have more saltwater.

What are the main concerns?

The floods.

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.  Use public transport.
2.  Electric car.
3.  Solar panels.

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

Nothing cause no scientist is going to figure out a way to get rid of climate change.

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

1.   Solar heating.
2.   Renewable energy.
3.   Get rid of fossil fuel

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.   Walking.
2.    Biking.
3.    Reuse and recycle.

Solar-Powered Oven

Aim: To make a solar-powered oven.

Materials: 

1.   Pizza box.
2.   Scissors.
3.   Tape.
4.   Ruler.
5.   Tinfoil
6.   Gladerap.
7.   Sticks.
8.   Black plastic.
9.   Vivid.
10.   Newspaper.

Steps:
  

1. Draw a rectangle on the pizza box lid using a vivid and a ruler.
2. Get a pair of scissors and cut out where you marked the lines.  
3. Cut off some plastic wrap as wide as the rectangle you cut out in the pizza box.  
4. Put the plastic wrap against the pizza box lid where you cut out and tape it down and make sure it's nice and tight. 
5. Then Put tinfoil around that flappy part of the box.
6.  Put black plastic in the box where the pizza goes and on the sides too.
7. Now put food in there and put it somewhere in the sun then use the stick to hold up the flappy part. 

Conclusion:
The reason we couldn't do the experiment was that there wasn't much sun on the day we did it because it was raining because the main thing you need is the sun to heat up.

Investigation

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

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: Hydro
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes
3. Other Countries that use it? Over more than 150
4. How is it used to generate electricity? Hydropower plants capture the energy from falling water into a mechanical energy machine.
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 labeled.

1. Type: Solar
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes
3. Other Countries that use it? Other Countries that use it?Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, the United States, and Czechia. 
4. How is it used to generate electricity? Solar panels convert the sun's rays into electricity that we can use.
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 labeled.

1. Type: Wind
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes
3. Other Countries that use it?  France, Canada, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, The United States, and China.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? Wind turbines convert the energy in the wind into a mechanical power then it can help homes.
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 labeled.

1. Type: Wave 
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes
3. Other Countries that use it? Western coast of Scotland, northern Canada, southern Africa, Australia, and the Northwest Coast of the United States.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? There is equipment on the surface of the ocean the gets energy from the movement in the water. 
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 labeled.

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

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

1. Wind.
2. Solar.
3. Wave.
4. Hydro.
5. Biomass.
6. Geothermal power.
7. Electric cars.
8. Hydrogen and fuels.
9. Natural gas.
10. Propane

Wind

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALs

1. Plastic lid x4.
2. Tape.
3. Scheuer.
4. Pencil.
5. Pin.

STEPS

1.  Tape to plastic lids onto a Scheuer.
2.   Do the same as number 1.
3.   Tape the Scheuer's together like a cross.
4.   Put a pin through the middle of the tape in the middle.
5.   Stick the pin through the pencil eraser.

Groups size: 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

• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.

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

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	0.5
2.	Old J block site	1
3.	Grass hill quad	1
4.	Tennis Court gate	0

CONCLUSION:

The tennis court gate had 0 spins, the field had 0.5 spins and the old j block site and grass hill quad had the same amount of spins 1 I didn't think any of these places were gonna get any spins because it wasn't as windy outside. When we got to those places we had to time 15sec then once we get to 0sec we move on to the next location, we asked what other people got they said they got 0 spins for most of their's so not everyone had the same amount of spins. 

My Investigation on Climate Change

My Investigation on climate change

ACIDIFICATION

DEFINITION:

It could mean the action or process of making or becoming acidic, the acidification of the arctic seas threatens organisms. Organisms are when molecules have an assembly so it can be anything living like planets, animals and anything capable of growth and devolvement. 

What is happening to the oceans?

• They are sucking up carbine dioxide and it is not good for the ocean.
• Some things in the ocean can't survive in the sea.

What does this do to shellfish?

•  Since carbine dioxide is going straight into the oceans shellfish can't handle it and die or can't fully grow, and when carbine dioxide goes into the ocean that makes the ph level high so they stop growing. 

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

Because the water cycle is a part of climate change so when the sun shines on the acidification something happens and acid gets released into the air danger.  

DEFORESTATION

DEFINITION:

It is when people cut down trees and don't replant.

What are trees used for?

They are used for furniture.

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE CLIMATE?

It is a part of the water cycle and that is a part of climate change because trees have taken water in and it vibrates and that's good when there are no trees the water will just sit there.

ICECAP MELT

DEFINITION: 

Icecap melting.

If all the ice melted what would happen

Sea-level rise no saltwater.

HOW DOES ICECAP MELT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

People would have to leave their homes to move because of the sea level.

WATER VAPOUR

DEFINITION: WHEN WATER IS EVAPORATING.

WATER VAPOUR: HOW DOES  WATER VAPOUR AND EVAPORATION CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?  

The surface temperature increases in the heat so do atmospheric humidity and then dumping greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and water vapor itself is a greenhouse gas.

Science

What is a carbon footprint?

What is your Carbon Footprint?

Carbon Footprint Calculator

You are now going to look at your own carbon footprint by taking a questionnaire. Remember to 'Add details to improve accuracy'.

Based on the questionnaire, what is your:

1. Ecological Footprint

2. Carbon Footprint

How many planets did you have?

4.2

What is your personal Earth overshoot day?

28 March

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 2 of the tips.

1.   Take off all plugs when gone somewhere.
2.   Use public transport.

The Zero Waste Climate Solution movie 

Video questions:

What has human activity done to our planet?
We are making co2 every day because we are traveling and we are burning too much fossil fuel to make or fossil fuel. everything we have basically has carbon dioxide in it.
What is Zero Waste?
Definition: Using the less amount of trash as you can.

What stuff has a carbon footprint?
Clothing, Toothbrush, cellphone almost everything we have has a carbon footprintWhat are 2 easy things to help our planet?

1.   Reuse
2. Repair   

What do we need to recycle?

1. Clothing
2. Devices

What does recycling do to our planet?
It helps take co2 go down plus we don't create that much co2 because we are repairing items and recycling them.

How much of our rubbish is made up of food scraps?


What does methane gas do to our planet?
It is very bad because it twice as bad as carbon dioxide so that means bad for our earth

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?


What do using zero waste practices do to our planet?

It helps get rid of rubbish around the world and if they do it will take a lot of co2 away because rubbish holds co2.

Science Laboratory introduction

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


Our R9 Class Treaty

1.  Quiet voices.
2. Sitting with appropriate people.
3. Not fidgetting.  
4. Not disrupting.   
5. Respecting equipment.  
6. Making good choices.
7. Put your hand up when you want to ask a question/ Don't call out.

Images:

Material:

• Test tube- They are used for most experiments to hold liquids. They have a bung that goes on top.
• Conical flask- used for experiments with liquids upto 150ml. The flask has a rubber bung for the top and the glass is heatproof.
• Glass stirring rod- 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- For holding very small amounts of chemical powders.
• Measuring Cylinder- this is used to measure liquids for an experiment. The liquids will be poured into a beaker or test tube once measured out.

Decomposition

Aim: To learn about the rate that different materials decompose.

Hypothesis: Bananas, white stylophone, paper, and bread. I think the bread will decompose the fastest.

Materials:

• Test tubes X4

• Test tube holder.
• White stylophone.
• Paper.
• Bread.
• Bananas.
• Water.

Steps:

1. Set up a test tube holder.
2. Put 4 test tubes in the holder.
3. Put Bread in one tube.
4. Put paper in one tube.
5. Put white stylophone in one tube.
6. Put Bananas in one tube,

Findings:

3 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Yellow	Black/brown	Got fluffy on it. steam is brown. juice out. Stinks.
Paper	Brown	Brown	It looks exactly the same 3 weeks ago.
Stylophone cup	White	White	It looks exactly the same 3 weeks ago
Bread	White/Brown	Black/White	Changed form. black piece in it. A lot of water at the bottom.

Conclusion:

Science (Water cycle)

THE WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT

Bag 1: Normal Water cycle it was a 2 so that means that it had a lot of water or acidity but this had more water

Bag 2: Water cycle with CO2 added: like Oceans in climate change

Bag 3: Water cycle with ice added: like Antarctica in climate change

Material:

1.  3 bags.
2.  Food coloring
3.  A4 zip lock bag x2
4.   50ml soda water.
5. 2 teaspoons of baking soda.
6. vivid maker x1

Steps:

1.  Draw the water cycle.
2. Pour 50ml of water into the bag.
3.  Zip-up bag.
4.  Use double-sided tape.
5. Put on the window.

Two Images:

Findings:

	The Water Cycle	Acid Water Cycle
Does it cycle?	2	2
Amount of Water	2	1
Acidity	0	1.5

Key: Water and acidity amount: 0 = none 

1 = small 

2 = large 

Other comments:

Conclusion:

Science

Today in science we have been learning about our solar system so our first activity was to write down what Mr. Mitchle was saying. Then we had to get into a group of 4 to write what he said but it wasn't as easy as it seems because most of the people in the class couldn't write what he said.

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

Factor	Solar	Coal
Livability	10	4
Sustainability	10	2
Accessibility	9	2
Cost	10	5
Your choice...	10	2

1. We had to link hexagons together but it had to match.
2. Solar panels are really cheap.
3. Solar power is reusable.
4. Coal costs more than solar panels.
5. Solar power is better than coal.
6. Solar power hard to access but easier to access then coal.

Solar Energy

Aim: To learn about how solar energy is used.

Hypothesis. I think that black will attract the most heat.

Materials:

1. 3 cups black, white and clear
2. Thermal.
3. Paper, Tinfoil, and black paper.

Steps:

1. Get the materials.
2. Put tinfoil around the clear cup.
3. Put the tinfoil cup on tinfoil.
4. Put black stuff around the black cup.
5. Put the black cup on black paper.
6. Put the white cup on white paper.
7. Put a light in front of all the cups.
8. Check the temperature every 15 minutes.

Findings:

That I was right, black attracts the most heat.

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16	16	16
15	20	21	20
30	20	21	21
45	21	25	21

Issues of climate change

Aim: To learn about the different activities that contribute to climate change.
1. Industry - They make clothes, cars, electronics, and processing which creates a lot of pollution.
2.Transport - every time a car gets turned on then it create carbon dioxide that goes to the atmosphere.
3. Waste - When it breaks down in landfills greenhouse gas is made.
4. Cows - Cows create green gas every time they fart or burp that is 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide
5. Food - When people transport food it causes a lot of pollution like with all the planes and stuff.
6. Electricity - this has a source called fossil fuels that sends stuff to the atmosophere