Hurumanu - Wind Power

Hurumanu - Wind Power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS

1. 4 dishes
2. 2 sticks
3. sellotape 
4.   pin
5.   pencil
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STEPS

1.   Get to sicks and but them to giver with tape.
2.   Put 2 dishes on each side of the stick with one facing one and facing the other put them to giver with tape.
3.   Pin it to the ruber on the pencil.
4.   Them go out side with your Anemometer.
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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 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. 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.	Middle Of Field	11
2.	Front of tennis gate	0
3.	Old j block	0
4.	Hill	1

CONCLUSION:

The field was the wind easy part because it is the most open part of the school it spins 11 times .

The tennis gate did not spin.

 Old J block did not spin .

The  hill spins one times 

Wind

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.

	Spins per minute	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field	44	2-5	3
Old J Block site	0	0-1	0
Grass hill	0	0-1	0
Tennis Court Gate	4	0-2	0

Solar Energy

 Solar Energy

In pairs rate the livability of coal vs solar energy.

Comparing Coal energy with Solar energy ( Rate; 1 = poor to 10 = great)

Factor	Solar	Coal
Livability	10	3
Sustainability	10	2
Accessibility	10	5
Cost	9	7
Your choice...	Yes	No

 Water ,wind and sun are renewable energy's 
Solar is easy to get  and you can use it very easy to get.

Hurumanu - Decomposing and Recycling

Hurumanu - Decomposing and Recycling

Aim: To learn about the rate that different materials decompose. 

3 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Brown-ish green	The banana went brownish green.	The banana changed color to brownish green.
Paper	Brown	Nothing	Nothing changed about the paper.
Styrophone cup	White	Nothing	Nothing changed about the cup it was the same.
Bread	Green and white	The bread went greenish white	The bread changed green and white .

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• Hypothesis: I think that banana will rot the fastest because when it is left outside of its skin it is open to carbon dioxide which when food is left out it can be contaminated by flies and by diseases that are in the air from sick people or even from small bugs that are out and around us. The banana will then become black ,really soft , moldy and even can have flies in/ hovering/outside of it.The reason that i think it will rot first is because bananas are really soft and has things in it which can rot fast and can not preserve it. 
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5 weeks	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	green-ish browen white	The banana went brownish green.	The banana changed color to brownish green.
Paper	white with a little bit of browen	it started going a little bit browen	its starting to turn browen
Styrophone cup	white ittle bit of brown	its starting to go brown	its starting to turn more and more browen
Bread	green-ish browen	The bread went greenish white	The bread changed green and white .

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Images:

Conclusion: The answers for them both were the same because pretty much nothing changed. I found this experiment very weird and interesting seeing which food tube would \=
. The smell of these expermint was disgusting and i felt sick

Drama

Throughout the week we have been learning about slam poems.
We watched a slam poem by two girls. Later after that we had to write our own slam poem, me and belle made open about sexuality. We wrote about sexuality because a lot of people are being judged about there sexuality. I think that this is an important think to make a poem about it because most of this generation have changed also a a lot of people are being judged because they either like another gender or want to be another gender. I feel that people that are trans, gay, bisexual or lesbian are special no one should judge them because they are special.

Here is a slam poem example...
 
Here is mine and belles slam poem

SEXUALITY

As ur told by people around you that your not perfect

There expectations aren't high enough

What people think of you, your not worth it

If your trans bi or gay your not worth living

As you walk down the school path 

Your not worth it,no one cares for you

Your were born as one gender be it 

You were made as one gender \

If you try change you will be hated

Being female or male you have a role

You cant change who you are.

Dont try change it dosent work

No one will care about you

But None of that matters 

Your perfect just the way you are

Gay trans or bi what ever you are your perfect

Your loved and cared for no mater what

Being you is all that matters

We are perfect trans gay or bi

You are you

No one can change you

Being another gender is okay

Being you is okay

Dont change being you

Dont try change for someone else

Change for youself

Me and belle wrote this

Holidays

Hello everyone.Today I am going to be blogging about my holidays.During the holidays I went down to Dunedin to meet new family.When I did I got to meet my new baby cousins, I also got to meet my Nan.During the time we were there we got to try my Nan's cooking and we went to the park a lot.

We also helped my aunty pick a pet for my cousin  birthday.My aunty brought her two pet mice we got to name them, we named one  Max because he kept going to my baby cousin Max and also because we named most of our pets Max only because my aunty likes that name. We named the second mice tiger because my brothers favorite animals are tigers and the mice looked a bit similar to a tiger.     

After we got the animals we went to pick up my cousin from school, after we picked her up we took her home. As she opened her room door she was screaming in joy.We had brought an enclosure for the mice and set it up in her room.She got so many presents from other family's and from us. For her birthday she wanted a movie night so we went to my uncles house and in his backyard was a big movie set up.We watched old movies such as lion king,Dr do little, despicable me and toy story. 

As toy story was ending we had to pack because the next morning was our flight. As it was becoming morning we were rushed to wake up and get in the car.Our stuff were already in the car.As we got to the airport we had to get on the plane we almost missed our flight.

As we arrived in Christchurch our grandparents picked us up and took us home I found going down south amazing and it was great to meet new family and try my Nan's cooking but it was also good to be home in my warm comfy bed.

Bloggers that have read to this point I had an amazing holiday. Was your guys as much fun as mine I hope it was.