Weather

Weather and Climate Change 

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

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Beaufort Wind Scale

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

Wind speed - Making an anemometer.

MATERIALS  

1. Cups
2. Pin
3. Pencil
4. Tape
5. Straws   

STEPS

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Once you have made an anemometer we are going to record the wind speed.

Group size: 5

You will need:

Anemometer (above) 

Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind generator

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the time keeper 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. If possible, repeat the above step four (4) times and record the average number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins using the table below.

You will need to create the wind yourself by blowing. Get 4 different wind speeds by blowing.

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

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
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• Can you make a statement connecting the number of spins of your anemometer and the speed of the wind? 

CONCLUSION:

Recycling

Hurumanu - Recycling

Aim: To learn practical ways of recycling so that we can make our world a better place.

The Zero Waste Climate Solution movie 

Video questions:

What has human activity done to our planet?
It has created global activity

What is Zero Waste? 
Definition:
One of the quickest and cheapest ways a community can immediately reduce climate impact.

What stuff has a carbon footprint? Cars, phone, Tooth brush, bags, breakfeast

What are 4 easy things to help our planet?

1.   Reduce
2.   Reuse 
3.  Repair
4.  Redesign

What do we need to recycle?

fixing broken things, sharing products

1. Repairing broken stuff
2. sharing products
3. Reduce co2 emissions 
4. 50%

What does recycling do to our planet?
releases co2 emissions 

How much of our rubbish is made up of food scraps?
50%
What does methane gas do to our planet?
It traps a lot of sunlight then co2 over the short term

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
cause carbon dioxide down from the atmosphere
What do using zero waste practices do to our planet?
To lower co2 emissions and putting stuff in the right bins

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 questionirre. Remember to 'Add details to improve accurcay'.

Based on the questionaire what is your:

1. Ecological Footprint

2. Carbon Footprint

How many planets did you have?

What is your personal Earth overshoot day?

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

1.   
2.   
3.   

MY INVESTIGATION.

• Choose 6 items from the list.
• Investigate them using Google.
• Answer the 4 questions below.

Name: 

1. How long does this resource take to decompose?200/400 years
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from? Polyethylene 
3. How does making this object contribute to climate change? Gas emissions
4. How is this resource recycled? Biodegradable

Manakitanga

Today we were doing art and we were doing manakitanga and this is mine we were doing stop motion about clay

Manakitanga


It is the end of the day and TJ, Josh ,Ashton and Jesse were going to the gym and it was a sunny day. We got changed into our PE gear and then we went to go play soccer on the field Ashton had the ball and he is not passing the ball to anyone he was acting like he was the best player and then Ashton lets the other team get a goal and then he blames it on TJ ,Josh and Jesse and then TJ got the ball back and then he passes it to Josh and then Josh passed the ball to Jesse and then we scored a goal.

Ashton started with the ball and went up and tried to score but the person in the goal blocked it and kicks it to one of his teammates and TJ runs after him and gets the ball and the other team got another goal and Ashton walked up to TJ and he said fight me.

And then he got mad and kicks the ball really far and then TJ ran over to the ball to get it and then Ashton comes back and he starts to pass the ball. Everyone then we got a goal and then we got more points than the other team and then we won the game and then we had another game and we won that one and we were on top of the leaderboard and then we vs the second best team and we bet them we were almost undefeated. Until we got told that we are going to vs people from the championship game.

Fantastic Mr Fox

Today we were reading Fantastic Mr Fox and we were reading up to chapter one there were three farmers and the names were Farmer Boggis, farmer bunce and also Farmer Bean. Farmer Boggis was enormously fat and all he ate was three boiled chickens and dumplings for breakfast lunch and supper and then Farmer Bunce ate donuts mixed into a paste and then Farmer Bean did not eat he only drank.


What are we doing this term for Reading?  This term we are reading a novel study called Fantastic Mr Fox

By only looking at the cover, what can we infer or guess about the story? By looking at the cover of the book we can probably tell that its about a Fox

After reading the back cover, what do you think the story is about? Make a prediction on what will happen. I thought it was going to be about sloth.

Using your prior knowledge, why do you think I have selected this book for us to read?  I think the teacher chose this book because it is our first novel study.

Water Cycle

Material:

1. Water/soda water 
2.  Litmus paper
3. Vivid
4. sand 
5. food coloring
6. bag

Steps:

1.  Get equipment
2.  Draw water cycle on bag
3.  Get one cup of water or soda water
4.  Add two drops of food coloring 
5. Hang the bag up on the window
6. Put litmus paper in bag two by the top

	The Water Cycle: Bag 1	CO2 Water Cycle: Bag 2 Acid	Desert Water Cycle Bag 3
Does it cycle?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amount of Water	2	2	2
Acidity	1	3	1

Key: Water and acidity amount: 1 = none 

2 = small 

3 = large 

Other comments: 

1. Bag one cycled 
2. Bag one had a small amount of water
3. Bag 1 had no acidity

1. Bag two cycled
2. Bag two had a small amount of water 
3. The acidity had a large amount of water

1. Bag three cycled 
2. Bag three had a small amount of water
3. Bag three had no acidity 

Conclusion: Bag one had a successful cycle it only had water in it. Bag two also had cycled but it had a small amount of water. And then bag three cycled but it had no acidity.

Hurumanu Art

Hello my name is Jesse today we were doing Hurumanu Art for art we were doing stop motions and we had to make it by using clay. Cody made all of the people while I done the car Camryn and Cody made a car to we mixed some colors together and then we traded some for other colors we needed black the most because we had all ready used all of our black we made purple for one of the other and then they gave us black back and then we could finish all of the cars. Then we made brown we had to mix a couple of colors together and then we made trees with green and brown we had to make the colors warm and then it was really easy to squish. Cody and me finished all of the cars and all of the trees and also the people that are going to be in the story they have names but I forgot them but the very first thing we had to do was create a story board mine was about two cars crashing into each other and then the ranger came to save them and get the out of the car and then the police came to check who done the crash.

Cip

Hello my name is Jesse yesterday we were creating coloring competitions everyone that was in Sh and Bh all made cards they went to schools like Hornby Primary School and St Bernadette's. Not everyone finished all of the card but everybody made at least one for the younger kids at the other schools. Then we made some for Paper plus The Warehouse and Warehouse stationary some of the people form our school took the cards down to all of the places and they asked if they could donate. After morning tea I went to gym sports and we played dodge ball and tricky line tag I came first in tricky line tag and then my team lost in dodge ball after that I done rugby academy we were playing game were you had to kick the ball over the line to get a try. After we played a game of touch but the rules were different and once you got touched to would have to role onto your back and then pass to one o you teammates it was hard but we scored at least one try.