Climate Change & Global Warming

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Japan flooding and landslide 7/07/18

In the term holidays I have been looking into Climate Change and Global Warming, I have watched many natural calamities all over the world which I think its climate change and global warming is the number ONE reason why this is happening .Example is the flooding and landslide in Japan.
I hope you learn many things, alright now let get started.

But firstly let me ask a question ( Rhetorical question ), What's the difference between global warming and climate change?  Well Global warming only refers to the Earth's rising temperature in the average temperature, while Climate change refers to any kind of temperature, climate change can also be caused by humans.

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Now let's talk about what causes Climate Change:
Climate change is caused by humans, that is because of the things we do/human activities , what we are doing is we are releasing excessive amounts of greenhouse gas into our atmosphere.

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Next lets learn about what causes Global Warming:
Global warming is caused by Carbon Dioxide, if too much carbon dioxide get into the atmosphere it will create a blanket, trapping all the heat and warming the planet.

I have made a list on how to prevent Climate change:

• Eliminate the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. 
• Instead of using transit, we need to try to walk, or go cycling from work to home.  There are also many other ways of like rollerblading, skateboarding, jogging or scootering.  
• Make sure to turn off the lights when there is no one in that room, make sure to also unplug electronics when no one is using them and when you go off somewhere.
• This is probably the most important one and that is to spend time outside and don't play with electronics because it can save electricity and prevent Climate change. 

Here is another list on how we can prevent Global Warming:

• Cut greenhouse gases.
• Plant more trees as they absorb carbon dioxide as they grow.  
• Recycle more.
• Self discipline

Although global warming doesn't have much and that's because preventing global warming is hard  while climate change is quite easy to prevent.  But climate change and Global warming are quite the same, and that is because it both has something to do about the temperature on Earth. So we should Act now and be part of Preventing this problem to enjoy every single day.For US and for the next Generation.

Well I hope you learned something new, have great day!

Rock Pool

In the term holidays I have been working on my second science badge, it is Marine Biology.  For my first activity I had to draw a rock pool with the names of animals and plants that are in the rock pool.  I hope you like it and I hope you learn something. Have a great day and bye!

Goodbye Term 2!

Finally another term has passed by, term 2 was a great term because there was winter sports and we also did a cool kete.  We were also really lucky that we get an early start to our holiday, term 2 ended on Tuesday 3 of July and that is because we are moving into our new building, lucky right.  We also got to do cool events like the mascot house challenge and some year 7's & 8's got to go to National, young leaders day (NYLD). 

Here are some pictures

Ancient Animals

For the last few weeks of science we have been working on our science badge and my one is paleontology.  I have just finished my fourth activity and it is about Prehistoric animals, so what I am saying is I had to write down on the geological periods of earth's history and then draw either a plant or an animal from that period.  I have made a slide to display what i have done I hope you enjoy have a great day. 

Extinct Animals

For science we had to pick a badge to work on for our science badge so I picked Paleontology which is the study of field/ fossils.  So right I am working on my second activity and it is about researching 3 extinct animals and then writing 3 paragraphs about them.

I hope you learn and enjoy!

Extinct Animals: Moa, Haast Eagle, Woolly Mammoth

Moa:
The Moa was a huge species of birds who can't fly, which is mainly called a flightless bird.  Moa was native to New Zealand, they lived around the mainland of New Zealand, the Great Barrier, D'Urville and the Stewart Islands.  The Moa could grow up to approximately 2 metres in height and weigh about 230kg.  The Moa was originally hunted by the Haast eagle but in 1300 A.D, when the Māori people settled in, that is when they hunted the Moa.  Though it is uncertain how the Moa looked like, they said that the Moa looked similar to an Emus which had a domed back.  The Moa had a long neck that produced a low pitched sound, they also had rough and furry feathers.  Although there are still a lot of mysteries about the moa and how they live, it has been said that people have found Moa poop as a fossil.

• Source: https://teara.govt.nz/en/moa

Haast Eagle:
The Haast Eagle was the largest, the baddest and the most beautiful eagle to have ever existed in the world.  The Haast's eagle was mostly known as the Māori legend Pouakai and there's a doubt that the early settlers were hunted by these magnificent birds.  The Haast's had a wingspan between 2 to 3 metres and also weighing up to 13 kilograms, which is about 30 pounds.  It is thought that the Haast's eagle wings is heavier than any living eagle alive today.  It is aslso thought that the skeleton of the Haast's eagle relate to the Little Eagle of Australia.  The Haast;s eagle ;argest claws can reach up to 9cm long which is making it large as a tiger's/  It is likely that a Haast's eagle was a forest dweler or a eagle that lives in a forest.  The Haast's eagles cause of extinction is because of a Moa extinction which was cause by the Māori people, they also became extinct around the 1400.  The Haast's Eagles scientific name is Harpagornis Moorei. 

• Source: Haast's Eagle

Woolly Mammoth:

The Woolly Mammoth was the largest mammal that one roamed the Northern Landscape in large groups.  The Woolly Mammoth was believed to be related to present day Elephants, the Woolly Mammoth only remained in the wild until around 1700 BC when the Woolly Mammoth became extinct.  The Woolly Mammoth was found roaming the Arctic Tundra where they would often gather in groups for warmth ad protection.  Woolly Mammoths lived in 2 groups which people have thought to be different enough to characterized as separate species.  The Woolly Mammoths was an enormous animal with height reaching up to 4 metres, but only some can reach that height, some can only reach up to 1.8 metre.  The Woolly Mammoths scientific name is Mammuthus Primigenius, they can also weigh about 8000kg which is about 8.8 tons and their life span can be up to 60 to 80 years.  The colour of the Woolly Mammoth was brown, back and tan, the Woolly mammoth was originally extinct in 8000 BC but some o the Woolly Mammoths were located in the Arctic Ocean in 1700 BC.  

• Source: Woolly Mammoth

Exploring the World

For half of term 2 we have been working on our kete called "Our World, Our Life", but our topic for our kete is Science.  So in the first few weeks of our kete we went to different classes to try out the first class we tried out was obviously our own class, in our class we did the marble run and we had to see which one goes around the track the longest.

In the next class which was 7Al we learned about experiments with citric acid and many more which I probably don't remember although it was a really cool and I learned a lot.  Next was 7Tz, we learnt about parachutes and how they work and also how to make one that stays up in the air for longer.  Lastly was 7Ds although I was not there since I was in ESOL, I heard that the lesson was about flight and how an airplane flies through the air.

After all the experimenting we had time to get into groups and figure out what we were gonna for our presentation for our kete.  I was with Chloe and Mikayla, we did astronomy and we had to figure out a question to our genre.  We had  to experiment to find out things, when we finished we ended up making a google slide and a rocket ship.

Our Question was: What are the conditions on Earth that make it suitable for humans to live on and where else could we live?

Here is our presentation :

NYLD 2018

On Wednesday 30th of May year 7 and 8 students who were on the student council went to an event called NYLD 2018 (National Young Leaders Day.  The people who where included were Nate, Tobey, Isabella, Izzy, Faith, Emily, Makaea and I. The event was held in Horncastle Arena.

NYLD is an event where young leaders listen to role models/special people and learn new things, but mainly get inspired. 

My favourite speaker of the day was when Riley Hathaway talked about saving our ocean and cleaning up, it was really inspiring. But what caught my interest is when Jono Naylor talked about never giving up and it was really 

My personal highlight would be when there was a giant Inflated T-Rex was running and when there were giant inflatable balloons were being thrown around, it was really fun and exciting.

These are some key things I took away from the event (NYLD 2018)

• Never give up on your passion and your passion is yours. - Amanda Wilson
• Being different is good, doing what you want to do. - Amanda Wilson 
• Always be encouraging each other, never be sad, always be positive. 
• Don't be afraid to do things out of your comfort zone,
• Don't be scared of failing, failing is a good thing, make good choices, use your potential and risk failing, you can't succeed without failing.  - Jono Naylor
• There is always HOPE, H-Humility, O- Other Focused, P- Play to your Strengths, E- Extend your self.  HOPE is LOVE. - Jono Naylor 
• Try get over your fears, never be scared to try anything, inspire other people and get the word out. - Riley Hathaway
• Pick up rubbish to help clean the oceans and not make animals go extinct or endangered. - Riley Hathaway

Here are some pictures from the day:

This was the last performance of the day 

This were pictures when we were getting signed. 

Photo of Vince Harder and William Wairua.