Land Yatch | Science

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, for the past few weeks in science we have been working on a new unit called "Forces and Motion". Recently we built a land yacht to test out how fast it could do by using a formula where we calculate the speed. 

Aim: Our goal was to find out how to make our land yacht faster. 

Method+Equipment: 

- Cart

- Sticks (of any size)

- Strings 

- Plastic or anything that can be blown into.

- Leaf Blower 

Using a leaf blower, blow towards your land yacht at a reasonable distance and continue to move forward as the land yacht travels forwards, then stop only when you have reached where your land yacht started. Then measure the distance. (Start the time once the leaf blower is on, then decide on when you want to stop your time.) 

Result:

Our distance was 4.5m and our time was 7.3s. We had to use a formula to calculate the speed of our land yacht 

Calculating Speed:

v= d/t 

v (speed) = d (distance) ÷ t (time)

Conclusion:

Our final speed was 0.61m/s-1. 

Aerodynamics 

Wind tunnels: Wind tunnels are used by scientists to help them see the flow of air the travels over an object. Stream of smoke can be used to make the flow of air visible. 

Down Force: As air coming from the wind tunnels move down the rear wing of a car it produces something called downforce. This helps the car maintain speed when going around at high speeds. 

The Skeletal System | Health

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, for the past few weeks in health we have been working on a research topic called revelation. For this research topic, we had to choose from a range of health-related topics and conduct research about it. 

After choosing a topic to research about we had to choose/create some 5 questions that revolve around that topic, to answer. In those questions, we had to include one about the Values and Attitudes of people towards that particular topic. Finally, we then get to decide on how we present our work, I decided to present my work on a Prezi. 

References:

KidsHealth

Healthline : 1, 2, 

Cleveland Clinic, 

NCBI: 1, 2, 3

ASMBR

HINDAWI

Arthritis Foundation 

Everyday Health 

Mayo Clinic, 2

Bone Health NZ

Ministry of Health 

Cyber Security | DTE

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post for the past few weeks of term we have been working on learning more about computer science and about cybersecurity. For the first week, we learned about computer science and cybersecurity. We learned about computer fundamentals and how they relate to cybersecurity. To present our work we were introduced to CoSpaces where we created an interactive setting presenting our work. 

Personal Rubbish Diary | Social Studies

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today for social studies we did an activity about collecting rubbish. Last week we were tasked to track how much rubbish we have thrown for three days, it was categorised as rubbish, recycling and organics. After we have collected our data we had to put that data on a hand-drawn bar graph. 

What can be done to reduce what goes into your rubbish bin?

Use fewer plastics and throw organics in compost. Instead use reusable lids that can be used again, to cover up leftover food. 

Where was the majority of your waste going?

Organics/Recycling or Rubbish?

Most of my waste was rubbish according to the data. 

Did you find that one day had more waste than another day? Why was this? 

I had thrown away more waste on the first day because we didn't have food cooked for us. 

The Hunter Swoop 2 - The Search | English

The dark ebony branches of the bare trees stand amidst the odd mist. Withering dark trees stood parallel to the bare trees. Unclear water littered with dead leaves, reflecting towards parallel trees. 

A mysterious mist hanging above a path of fallen leaves signifying the beginning of the winter season. More bare trees litter across the barren land as he continues to walk to a mysterious place, not knowing the end he might face. 

Sustainable Fishing | Social Studies

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, in social studies we have been working on learning more about sustainable fishing and how it is useful to prevent us from damaging our oceans. We had to create a Prezi explaining why overfishing, bycatch and dolphin-safe labels are problems and what sustainable fishing can do to help with it. 

References:
National Geographic
IUCN
Scuba Diving 
Reefci
WWF
MSC
FAO

Recycling Bin | Social Studies

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post. Today for social studies we learned about how lazy recycling is affecting the environment and society. After reading an article about it, we needed to answer some questions about it. 

What % of rubbish can cause a recycling truck to be dumped?

10% of rubbish in trucks have to dump their contents. 

What is going into people's recycling bins?

People are currently putting in non-recyclable content inside yellow bins which harm the environment and creates a problem for the organizations that help with dealing with our everyday waste. 

What is the current penalty?

As of May 03, 664 bins has been removed by the city council due to the amount of lazy recycling that has been happening all around the country. Many other residents and citizens have received warnings because of their recycling habits. 

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