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Showing posts with label Term 4 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Term 4 2019. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Hurumanu: Climate Change and the future

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.



What places will be affected?  It will take up most of the land in NZ

What else do we need to think about? places near rivers and  Our native animals that are all going to die if we do not do something.

What other places around NZ will be affected? the other island like pacific islands.


What does this do to our drinking water? it can become saltier if saltwater is coming into the place where we get water like rivers,

What are the main concerns? saltwater will get in peoples drinking water.



What can we do?
  1.  try not to use cars that use fossil fuels like electric cars.
  2.    if you are building a new house trying to make a way to not use lots of energy.
  3.     use public transport.

What is the one, silver bullet solution?
there is no silver bullet



What is the mix of things we need to start doing?
  1.    get more renewable energy 
  2.   soler heating
  3. transports.
What are 3 others you can think of?
  1.   using a bike to get to school 
  2. recycling
  3.   reuse some stuff like plastic bags and plastic  bottles
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

    Hurumanu - Renewable Energy


    Hurumanu - Renewable Energy


    Materials: 

    1.   Pizza box
    2.  tin foil 
    3.   plastic raper
    4.   vivid
    5.   sisters
    6.   tape
    7.   straw
    Steps:
    1.  cut out a flap on the lid of the pizza box to that it is 5cm from the edge  
    2.   sellotape some tinfoil on the inside of the flap.
    3.    sellotape some glad wrap so that the hole you have cutis covered over it the glad wrap.
    4.   put a piece of black plastic at the bottom of the pizza box.
    5.    make a square with some paper that fits on the edge of the box.
    6.   put a marshmallow on the top of a biscuit
    7. put it on a plate and put it in the sun.




    Conclusion

    The smores were not cooked because of the sun near the oven. the positive thing that heat did not get out because we did our best and there was nowhere that the heat can get out.






    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.

    Hydro Energy/ Hydroelectric energy is energy derived from the movement of water. Water has mass. It falls and flows downward due to gravity.

    Solar Energy/energy emitted by the sun. 

    Wind Energy electrical energy obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills or wind turbines.

    Wave EnergyWave energy (or wave power) is the transport and capture of energy by ocean surface waves.

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






    1. Type: Hydro
    2. Is it used in NZ? yes, most of New Zealand's energy is made up of hydro.
    3. Other Countries that use it? Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Austria, Switzerland, Venezuela, and several other countries use hydro energy. 
    4. How is it used to generate electricity? energy derived from the movement of water. Water has mass. It falls and flows downward due to gravity.
    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.

    1. Type: wind

    2. Is it used in NZ? yes but not lots.

    3. Other Countries that use it?  Germany, India Spain, The United 

    4. Kingdom, France and Brazil all use wind power

    5. How is it used to generate electricity? wind turbine captures 
    6. the wind, which then produces a renewable energy source.
    7.  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.










  1. Type: wave
  2. Is it used in NZ? no there are lots of big waves but we no not use a wave as energy.
  3. Other Countries that use it?  Spain, Portugal, Ghana, Sweeden and many more

  4. How is it used to generate electricity? wind turbine captures the wind, which then produces a renewable energy source. wave energy is produced when electricity generators are placed on the surface of the ocean. 

  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.




    1. Type: soler

    2. Is it used in NZ? yes 

    3. Other Countries that use it?  Germany, India Spain, The United,
    4. Kingdom, France and Brazil all use sun power

    5. How is it used to generate electricity? Solar energy is produced when sunlight strikes solar panels, which then turn solar power into usable electricity.

    6.  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.

    1. boats cars
    2. robots
    3. houses
    4. petrel stations 
    trains
    planes
    soler powered batteries
    chargers
    fossil fuels


    Friday, October 18, 2019

    Hurumanu - Wind Power

    Hurumanu - Wind Power


    Measuring weather.

    Definitions:

    1.  Anemometer: An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind.
    2. Beaufort wind scale: The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. 

    Anemometer

    MATERIALS 

    1. tape  
    2. pencel  
    3. x2 sticks  
    4.   x4 cups
    5. pin

    STEPS

    1.   Step one tape the four the cups on each edge of the sticks.
    2.    Tape the sticks together to make a cross.
    3.   Pin the cross to the rubber that is on the pencel.
    Group Investigation.

    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

    Place name on school grounds                                    Number of Spins in 15 seconds
    1.Field20
    2.Old J Block site15
    3.Grass hill in a quad10
    4.Tennis Court gate3

    • 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? the filed is the windest area because there is nothing to stop the wind.

    WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY? the tennis court gate because there are trees to stop the wind.

    WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE ON LAND TO BUILD A WINDMILL? On the field, because  there is lots of space and there is lots of wind







    CONCLUSION:

    I found out the in a big open space will have more wind and a place with stuff blocking it will have not lots of wind. 

    On the field, the wind spun the anemometer 80 per min and the Beaufort Scale was a three.



    At the old J block, site wind spun the anemometer 60 per min. That is once per second.


     At the grass hill is crowned by buildings to there was not lots of wind. There were only 40 spins per minute. 



    And finally the gateway to the court It only spun 12 times per minute. because there were lots of trees around it and stopped the wind from getting there.










    Wind


    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
    8013-203
    Old J Block site
    6013-202
    Grass hill
    406-122
    Tennis Court Gate
    122-51