Science (Volcano) Experiment

Pick a volcano - White Island


Where is it? It is located 48km from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, in the Bay of Plenty


What's special about it? It has been built up by continuous volcanic activity over the past 150,000 years.


When did it last erupt? What was the damage? 9 Dec 2019: Eighteen people were killed and a further 26 were seriously injured, many crucially. It also sent a plume of ash and gas more than 3.5km into the air.


What are the local stories/ myths about this volcano? The volcanoes Ngauruhoe, Tongariro, and White Island are present in a Maori legend. A medicine man named Ngatoro was climbing up Tongariro with a woman named Auruhoe. He told his followers not to eat while he was gone in order to give him strength on top of the cold mountain.

Conclusion?

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Climate Change

 What is the greenhouse effect?

The greenhouse effect is a process that happens when the gases in the earths atmosphere traps the suns heat, this process makes earth much warmer than it would be without an atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is one of the thing that makes earth a comfortable place to live. It's also warming the earths surface and the air above it, that's caused by the gases in the air that trap energy from the sun. These heat-trapping gases are called greenhouse gases, the most common greenhouse gases are water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane.

What are 3 bad things/consequences?

• Climate change by trapping in the heat.
• Extreme weather.
• Food supply disruptions.

Possible solution?

There a lot of possible solutions to fixing the greenhouse effect, here are a few ways to stop the greenhouse effect. Using renewable things and other climate-friendly energy resources, examples include rooftop solar  panels, solar water heating, and small-scale wind generation.

What is the Paris agreement?

The Paris agreement is the legally binding international treaty on climate change, it was adopted by 196 parties at COP 21 in Paris. On 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016, it's a goal to limit global warming to well below 2 preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius.  

Science (Eclipses)

 Solar Eclipse (Day)

The moon blocks the sun during the day which means the sun will disappear and in the middle of the day it would go pitch black for 15mins. Sadly the the path of the total solar eclipse doesn't cross our small country very often, the last one was 1965 and the next one will be in 2028 in which it will cross over the lower south island.

Lunar Eclipse (Night)

A lunar eclipse appears when the earths shadow block the sun and it's light reflects off the moon, a lunar eclipse can only occur if the moon is opposite of the sun in the sky, a monthly occurrence we know as the full moon. The lunar eclipse will be in November 19, and the next one is not comfrimed.