In the weekend

Tody in period 3 our teacher Mrs Hastie said that we are going to write a 300-word story for this period. Then Mrs Hastie wrote some things on the board to choose to write about and I choose to write about the weekend.

This weekend I am going to Hanmer Springs with one of my friends called Tyson we are going on Saturday. Tyson is going to scooter to mine then I’ll get my mum to drop me and Tyson off to his house and do something before we have to go and watch his sister play softball for 30 minutes or longer. Once that is done we will get going to Hanmer Springs it will take us a while to get there so me and Tyson are going to do stuff to pass the time. When we get there we are going to go to the pool where you have to get a raft and go down in circles then you go down a tube then go straight then it’s finished then we are going to try and go on the new hydro slide a few times then we will go on some other ones.

Wind Power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer: An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.
2. Beaufort wind scale: This scale is used to relate wind in the sky to wind on land or in the sea.
3. Typhoon: A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western pacific ocean.
4. Monsoon: The rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.
5. What is it when the weather is really nice and it turns to hail: climate variability.

MATERIALS   

1. 2 Sticks

2. 4 cups

3. Sellotape

4.pencil with an eraser on the  bottom

5. pin

6. sticky note
7.Scissors

STEPS

1.   Stick the cups to each end of the sticks
2.   Tape the sticks together to make a cross
3.   Pin the cross to the rubber of the pencil
4.   
5.   
6. 
   

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.FINDINGS
3. findings

   	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
   1.	Field	20
   2.	Old J Block site	15
   3.	Grass hill in the quad	10
   4.	Tennis Court gate	3

   • 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 windest area in the school is the field because it was the most open area out of the four.

   WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY? The calmest place that we tested was the tennis court gate because it was the most inclosed because of the trees in the way.

   WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE ON LAND TO BUILD A WINDMILL? The best place to build a windmill is in an open area because it will have the most wind compeared to a place that has trees all around it.

   

   
   
   
   
   

   CONCLUSION:TODAY IN SCIENCE WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE BEAUFORT WIND SCALE WE DID SOME TESTS TO SEE WHAT PLACE HAD THE MOST WIND  THE FIRST PLACE WE DID WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD THE ORIGINAL SPIN PER 15 SECONDS WAS 20 SPINS THEN WE HAD TO TIMES BY 4 AND THAT IS 80 SO THEN WE HAD TO  LOOK AT THE CHART AND FIND 80 ONCE WE FOUND IT WE HAD TO FIND THE WIND SPEED AND PUT IT ON A CHART THEN WE MOVED ON TO THE OLD J BLOCK AND THAT ONE WAS 15 SPINS AND THEN TIMES BY 4 TO MAKE IT 60 THEN WE HAD TO DO THE WHOLE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN FOR THE  OTHER  ONES WHERE THE GRASS HILL AND THAT WAS 10 SPINS THEN  TO 40 AND THE LAST ONE  WAS THE TENNIS COURT GATE THAT WAS 3 SPINS THE ONE WITH THE MOST SPINS WAS OBVIOUSLY` THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST OPEN SPACE OUT OF THE FOUR THE LEST ONE WAS THE TENNIS COURT GATE BECAUSE IT HAD THE TREES BLOCKING THE WAY.

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 the direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	The 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	80	13-20	3
Old J Block site	60	2	0
Grass hill	40	6-12	2
Tennis Court Gate	12	10-20	1

CONCLUSION: TToday in science we are learning about the Beaufort wind scale we did some tests to see what place had the most wind  the first place we did was the middle of the field the original spin per 15 seconds was 20 spins then we had to times by 4 and that is 80 so then we had to  look at the chart and find 80 once we found it we had to find the wind speed and put it on a chart then we moved on to the old j block and that one was 15 spins and then times by 4 to make it 60 then we had to do the whole process all over again for the  other  ones where the grass hill and that was 10 spins then  to 40 and the last one  was the tennis court gate that was 3 spins the one with the most spins was obviously` the middle of the field because it was the most open space out of the four the lest one was the tennis court gate because it had the trees blocking the way.

CIP post

Today in C.i.p we have been pulling out some weeds from the garden because there is a lot of weeds from the 4 weeks where we didn't do any gardening When we pulled out the weeds we put them into a pile and when we were finished we put them piles into a 1 massive big pile. During that time we were just messing around for a while. Our teacher got us our plants that we grew a month or 2 ago and we dug them into our garden so we can water them until they are fully grown. When our teacher gave us the plat they weren't grown yet some of it was out of the dirt from around the plant. After that, we packed up and my friend and I put 2 of the shovels in the garage and my teacher gave us the keys to unlock and lock the garage while they went back to class. 

3D designer

This morning in CIP we had a choice to create some stuff, some of the things where create your dream house on tinkercad and create a water system to water the plants so Miss Allan Fletcher doesn't have to come down every two days or less and etc...When we got back to class from kiwi Kaha we went to Miss Allan Fletcher so she could tell us what we where doing the thing that I did was I had to make my dream house and I tried to make it but I have never used it before then it hit morning tea so we went to that then we came back to class then we heard that we where going out with mark to plant some trees the school is trying to get the back of the school filled with trees when I was digging the dirt I found a red rock and then we went back to class and finished off my tinker cad then once I finished the tinkercad I had to blog about it and here is a photo of my house or something.

Holiday Blog

This morning my class had to sit in a circle and say what we did in the holidays we could say our highlights of the holiday or the lowlights we had to say 2 highlights or 2 lowlights or 1of each.

The first one was a highlight my highlight was that yesterday me and my dad made some vanilla cupcakes I had to get everything ready then I had to put it in the small mixing ball and I had to mix slowly for 30 seconds then I had to mix faster then put it in the muffin tray then I cooked the muffins then I tried

New Kahui building

25.9.19

On Monday we moved into our new kahui the builders have been building the new kahui for about two years also the learning commons took two years to be built in the new kahui there are a lot of classes in the new kahui there are 15 classes in the kahui and the kahui is for the whole school the kahui I am in is tieke the other kahuis are mohua and riorio

when I walked into our new buildings I saw?
 The first thing I saw when I walked into the new kahui is that there are still a lot of holes in the wall and some of the power sockets didn't work and some of the lights didn't work either and there was an upstairs for the teachers to work quitely also that we are working with another class and we have teared seating and lights on the back of the tv.

When I walked into our new buildings I thought?
That there are a lot of new learning spaces for everyone to use and there were a lot of classes in the new kahui that it was cool that they have led lights on the back of the tv.

Science blog

Today in science we watched a documentary about solar energy the documentary was one hour and 40 minutes long it was about solar energy and climate change thought the documentary it switched from 2019 to 2040 the guy that when from country to country asking kids what they would like to see in 2040.

What are 2 things you learned

I learned that seaweed can grow up to 50 meters and that each day it can grow up to half a meter

I also learned that you can trap carbon dioxide in soil because it will get trap in there.

What I would like to see in 2040?

What I would like to see in 2040 is that there is no pollution in the ocean so no sea animals die and world peace.

science blog Solar energy 2

Climate Chaos

Written: By Cody

Title	Solar energy
Aim	To see what colour attracts the most heat
Hypothesis	I think that the colour black attracts the most heat because it absorbs everything coming in from the sun and the darkest colour.
Materials	1 White piece of paper 1 White cup 1 Black piece of plastic 1  clear cup and Black cover Piece of tinfoil Cup covered in tinfoil Heat lamp 100mls of water in each cup thermometer And a timer
Steps	Step 1 Go to the teacher and get the material Step 2 Get plastic cup with tinfoil on it  Step 3 get a foam cup and a clear cup  Step 4 Find a place to plug your heat lamp in  Step 5 full all of your cups up with 100mls of water   Step 6 Get a thermometer Step 7 cheek your temputer every 15 minutes
Data/Findings	Findings: Time  Cup 1 White Cup 2 Black Cup 3 Tinfoil 0 16 16 16 15 20 25 19 30 20 35 20 45 20 30 20 What happened in the plain plastic cup for 15 minutes it was 20 then 30 minutes was 20 then45 minutes was 20 again What happened for the black cup was 15 minutes was 25 then 30 minutes was 35 then 45 minutes was 30.
Conclusion	In Conclusion my findings in this experiment state that black attracts the most heat because A black object absorbs all wavelengths of light and converts them into heat, so the object gets warm. Over in hotter countries, they don’t want to paint there houses black because it attracts the most heat so they paint their house white or silver.

wood tech

In wood tech we have been doing some really cool work out of wood I made 2 things they where tringle on a stick and a turtle car.

Tane Mahuta

Today in Tane Mahuta we have been doing a lot of work in the garden and the classroom. The first thing we did was go to the garden and started to pull the weeds out of the garden and there were a lot of weeds in the garden then we went to morning tea.

After that, we went back to the garden then we started to plant some broccoli, lettuce and celery I did this with my friends Levi, Tyson Hunter ms and me and there where other people but I can't remember their names.

After that, we went back to the garden part that had the weeds in it but there weren't as many weeds left but there was still a good amount left.

Then I went to clean up some branches and put them in a pile the people that helped me were my friends Levi, Tyson Hunter ms and I also helped also the teacher aid mark helped us as well.

My favourite part of today was when I got to help put the plants in the Ground the plants were broccoli, lettuce and celery we also started to plant some flowers.

Ella west visit

Today in P1 we went to the auditorium and Ella west was there to talk to the year 7/8s about her books one of her books are night vision and rainfall.

Ella west has her own sheep farm, also when she wrote her first book it took her 3 years to make she also had to rewrite Her whole book, she has a dog with two different eye colours.

The book night vision was made in 2014 and it has her own dog as one of the characters and the dog has two eye colours one is brown and one is blue.

The book Rainfall was only made last year in 2018
also, the book cover is made out of 3 photos from clip art also this book was basted in NZ and it is about a coal mine and 1000 people lost there job.

The part that I enjoyed the most was when we learned that she makes stuff up about a place and people think that it actually happened there.

Water cycle exp

Last Friday we did an exp that was where we had to draw the water cycle and add 1/4 of water into the bag and then put blue food dye in the bag.

Climate Chaos

Written by: Cody

Title	Water Cycle
Purpose	To make a water Cycle to see what happens
Materials	Exp 1 1x Get a ziplock bag 1x Get a vivid and draw the Water Cycle 1 drop of blue food dye ¼ cup of cold water 1x A jug 2x Get two pieces of double-sided tape Exp 2 1x Get a zip lock bag 1x Get a vivid and draw the water cycle 1x get Litmus paper and put it in the corner of the bag half in and half out  Get ¼ of water into my bag  1x get 1 drop of  blue food dye in it  Move the bag around to mix it Get double-sided tape Put it on the window
Steps	Exp 1 Step 1 1x Get a ziplock bag and write your teams names on the top Step 2 Draw the water Cycle on one side of the bag Step 3 unzip the ziplock bag Step 4 Go to the teacher and get ¼ of cold water in the bag Step 5  Put one drop of blue food dye in the bag Step 6 Mix the food dye into the water Step 7 Get the double-sided tape  Step 8 Go to Miss Shehata and get her to take the other side off Step 9 Get  Miss Shehata to put the bag on the window Step 10 Wait on the mat for the teacher Exp 2 Step 1 1x Get a zip lock bag Step 2 1x Get a vivid and draw the water cycle Step 3 1x get Litmus paper and put it in the corner of the bag half in and half out Step 4 Get ¼ of water into  your bag  Step 5 1x get 1 drop of  blue food dye in it the bag around to mix it Step 6  2x get two pieces of double-sided tape Step 7  1x Put ¼ of baking soda in the bag Step 8 Close your bag tightly  Step 9  Put the double-sided tape on your bag Step 10  go to Miss Shehata and get her to put it on the window  Step 11 Wait on the mat for the teacher
Conclusion	Exp 1 I think the outcome of the exp will be?   That the water will flow up higher in the bag because of the moisture from the side of the bag. Exp 2  I think the outcome of the exp will be?  That the water will flow up higher in the bag because of them from the side of the bag and the Litmus paper will make it change colour.

Findings:

	The Water Cycle: Bag 1	CO2 Water Cycle: Bag 2 Acid	Desert Water Cycle Bag 3
Does it cycle?	2	3	0
Amount of Water	3	2	0
Acidity	2	1	0

Key: Water and acidity amount: 1 = none 

2 = small 

3 = large 

For bag one

Conclusion: Today for science we finished or water cycle exp the normal water cycle had good results from the cheeker where the 2 small change  then we got 3 that is large change and then we got two again then1 is no change then for the second bag we got 3 that is large change 2 that is small change then we got 1 that is no change