Nature

1. Playing outdoor.
2. Take runs.
3. Water the plants.
4. Study outdoor.
5. Plant trees.

I like to go outside and play a few sports with my bothers the sports we play are touch, soccer and sometimes we go outside to a ball up into the sky and watch it drop. The only time were inside is when it is raining, too hot and when we need a break.

The reason I chose this place was that when I and my family are together we go to the beach as a family and it is so much fun chilling with your family, and to have a bbq.

So god made two people and their names were Adam and Eve so god had this apple it was the apple of knowledge so they ate it and then they had interaction and made the world.

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.

New buildings

Hello, people this week we have recently moved into our new buildings every class has a new one there are three big buildings each building has its own name. The names are Mohua, Riroriro, and Tieke the building we're in is called Tieke when I walked into our new buildings I saw a lot of rooms. They also had a lot of space so I like that because the old classrooms were small even the break out space is big. I saw new things like TVs that had lights on the back of it and there is a new sitting place where we can sit when teachers are saying the roll.


When I walked into our new buildings I thought wow it looks so amazing and like I said before big it's doesn't have many doors so other people can hear so that means we have to be very quiet. Because we don't want to disturb the students learning, I thought it would be a challenge to have two classrooms together but it's not that bad you just carry on with your work and everything is normal.


When I walked into our new buildings I felt nervous at first but as the day went on I started feeling comfortable. The reason I felt nervous was that we were going into a new and we were going to share a room with another classroom. But like I said it got better now and doesn't seem like anyone is feeling uncomfortable.


Mohua, Riroriro, and Tieke are the names of birds they are NZ native land animals I think that is the reason why the principle named the new buildings those names.

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.

2019-2040

Hi, guys today 4 classes came together in the auditorium to watch a movie about climate change, so it was this man he wanted his 4-year-old child to help the earth and he wants her to know what happens when in the future if you do that. The two things I learned were that there are a lot of ways to stop climate change and I learnt that our ocean is sucking up the carbon dioxide that means that the clams won't be able to grow or form. In 2040 I would like to see a lot more trees and electric cars so we don't cause pollution. Plus maybe don't eat that much meat because the animals help us the earth like there poop helps make soil. What if we don't stop climate change the future will be scary like there will be floods because the ices are melting. What worried me was what will happen to the earth if we don't stop causing harm to it.

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:

Drama

This week on Tuesday we were finishing our puppet show work so that means we were recording our puppets doing stuff. When we were finished we were supposed to do a blog post I didn't do it because I was talking too much with my friend. But after an hour I and my friend got most of our work done so that was good plus we made up for not doing work for the first hour.

On Friday we were playing some games in the auditorium I don't know what the names are but let tell you how we played. So the first activity was we had to go in a circle then we would have to walk 16 steps to the right. Then again to the left, you keep doing the same thing over and over again except split the number so 16,8,4,2, and 1. The other games were tequila, pukana, copy circle, and this game when we had to be a machine.

To eat healthy you can eat these three things vegetables because they keep you healthy and fit and fruits keep you in shape, and if you drink protein shakes you can get big, strong and fit. You can it eggs too because they are good and give you protein. If you are a chicken fan and you still want to lose weight you can eat chicken breast. Here are a healthy dinner chicken breast and boiled potatoes.

 

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.

Maths DLO

This week for maths we have been working on divided abys so we had to make a DLO for another person our teacher chose for us. I got a Paea as my partner so I made him a math DLO that he had to answer. So this is my math DLO hope you like it and if you want to solve it then you can, you can ask me for the answer in the comments.

   

Tane mahuta

This week in our tane mahuta group we have been sweeping and digging dirt at the back near the soon to be the garden classroom. For weeks we have been cleaning the outside of that place so it can be clean for when we make that place a classroom. Some people were moving stuff around and chacking stuff we don't need into the compost bin, we were also brooming the dirt off the concrete so it looks nice. My job was to move all of the dirt and threw it into a pile so it looks nice. It was me, Jeff and Jared doing moving the dirt.

 The next period I didn't help because I went to gym sports, in gym sports we were doing gymnastics my favorite one was the small jumper line and the big one. it was really fun doing gymnastics with my friends, seeing everyone happy it was nice plus a lot of the people there did a lot of work. So they needed to have some fun, after that I would've helped more but they were finished and I had to go somewhere else. 

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

Puppets

Hi, guys today we did some puppet work some people working on taking videos of there puppet-like they would pick what to do on camera there was this group of  2 that did this video with there puppets. There was healthy music in the background and their puppets were singing so that's what we were supposed to do I think. So I didn't actually get the to recording but I did make two puppets. I don't have pictures but it looks so cool. I can't wait to till next week to record my puppet doing stuff it's going to be so funny and cool so yeah.

Laughter

When you laugh it helps you with stress and your health.

Description

Laughter relaxes decreases stress hormones resistance to disease. Laughter triggers the body's natural feel-good chemical. Laughter protects the heart by improving the function of blood vessels and increases blood flow. Laughter lightens anger heavy load. Laughter may even help you live longer this is one of the videos that make me laugh sometimes.

The reason why that video makes me laugh is that most videos I watch don't make me laugh but this one is funny. Like the way he sings I not being sad it's funny and when he went back onto that wall bruh and when he fell on his knees that part was my favorite part. But I'm happy for him because he is famous in one place I don't know were here is a video of him then and now.

Food Tech

This term the year 8s in Ts and Wh did food tech, at the start of it we had to line up and the teacher would pick where we go. If you were playing around then you will get told to switch places with another person from another group. I can't remember the first thing we cooked but the ones that were my favorites were the burger, cupcake and the cookies. So today we cooked cookies they were so delicious I would've taken a photo of one cookie but they were so yum that I ate them all before I could take a picture so here is one that kind of looks like what we made. In the cookies, we put a chocolate chip and this dried up looking thing it tasted good though so that is what we did food teach and the cookie tasted nice and the chocolate chip was melted so it tasted even better we made 12 whole cookies.

The Greenhouse Effect

The Greenhouse Effect experiment

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

Steps

1. Collect 2 bottles, 2 lamps and 2 thermometres from the teachers.
2. Set up bottles and lamps beside a powerpoint on a flat surface.
3. Pour 100ml of water and baking soda mixture into one of the bottles.
4. Start to record your findings taken from both thermometres these must be every 5 minutes.

Findings

Minutes	Bottle 1: Water	Bottle 2: CO2 Gas
0	21	21
5	25	20
10	26	19
15	24	21
20	24	22
25	25	23
30

Splitting strategy

In maths, our teacher has been teaching us this strategy is called a splitting strategy to help us do our times faster like the hundreds of times and it actually helps so this the DLO that I made about splitting strategy so I hope you enjoy.

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