Teaser week, Day 1 Activity 2: Exploring our roots

Below is my pepeha:

Inspired writing

In writing with Mr Scott we had to do inspired writing. Inspired writing is when you look at a picture and write what you see in the picture. We had 5 choices of a topic. They were Space, Animals, Apocalyptic, Fantasy and Our world. Each of the topics had several pictures and we got to choose them and then write about them. We had a certain way on what to write, we had to write 6 sentences about the picture but we had certain Vocabs. So here was what we had to write:

1. Write a simple sentence that describes something about the picture.
2. Add adjectives to the simple sentence, to add more detail.
3. Add more language features like similes or metaphors to enhance the sentence.
4. Use topic words directly related to the picture.
5. Use emotive language to create/clarify mood.
6. Paint a clear picture in the mind of my readers and give the reader detailed and specific information.

So here was the order then we had to do like order. I chose to do Apocalyptic because the photos looked interesting. So here are my sentences on my story and my picture:

1. An abandoned city.
2. An abandon dark city.
3. An abandon dark city. It’s quiet just like space. Signs standing there just like boring cows munching on the grass.
4. An abandon dark city. It’s quiet just like space. Signs standing there just like boring cows munching on the grass. The pole lights were rusting while sitting there like trees. Rubbish on the ground looks like its been there for long. 
5. An abandon dark city. It’s quiet just like space. The pole lights were rusting while sitting there like trees. Signs standing there just like boring cows munching on grassThe streets are filled with loneliness and sadness. 
6. An abandon the dark city. It’s quiet just like space. The lights were rusting while sitting there like trees. Signs standing there just like boring cows munching on grassThe streets are filled with loneliness and sadness. The sun shines through the stained windows.

am/pm time and 24-hour time

Maths this week was kinda easy but I still got it done so here is my slide on what we did and what I learned from it:

Renewable energy

In science, we had to learn about different types of renewable energy and what they are used for. We had to make a dlo or a normal blog about each of the renewable energy's so here is my slide: 

Cliate change

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

What places will be affected?

Were places are already flooding

What else do we need to think about?

Islands and where they're lower building

What other places around NZ will be affected?

Coastal areas

What does this do to our drinking water?

Adds more salt

What are the main concerns?

 

1.   Drinking water
2. Floodings

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.  To use fewer fossil fuels
2.    Walk more often
3.   Cut home energy 

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is no solution

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

1.   Using electric vehicles
2.   Use electric heating
3. Renewable energy

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.   Walking or biking
2. Using fewer fossil fuels
3.   Use solar power

Biography

Today in drama we had to write down someone we had to admire and put down everything we know about them. I did a slide for my Idol. I had put down my idols biography and nationality etc. So hope you enjoy my slide:

Wind experiment

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS

4 dishes 

1.   2 sticks
2.   Cellotape
3. Pin  
4.   Pencil (rubber end)
5. Plastic round lids

STEPS

1.   Grab the 2 stick and form them as across the tape them in the middle 
2.   Tape the plastic lids to the sticks (2 on each end)
3.   Put the pin through the middle of the sticks and tape
4.   Grab the pencil and put the pin inside the rubber end of the pencil

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
2.	Old J block site	7
3.	Grass hill	6
4.	Tennis court gate	2

CONCLUSION:

There was not much wind today so the experiment didn't really work, but we did get a bit of wind on the other side of the school. The ones that had the most spins was Old J block and the Grass hill. The one that had the most spins was the Old J block, the second was the Grass hill and then the Tennis courts. Somehow there was less wind comming from the Field. That means the areas that what surrounded got more wind the field was open spaced which had less wind.