Hurumanu - Renewable Energy

Aim: To make a solar powered oven.

Materials: 

1.   Cellotape
2.   Pizza box
3.   Glab wrap
4.   Tin Foil
5.   Scissors
6.   Newspaper
7.   Ruler
8. Straw
9. Vivid Marker
10. Black Plastic
11. Marshmallow
12. Biscuit

Steps:

1. Cut out the flap on the lid of the Pizza Box so that it is 5cm around the edge.
2. Cellotape some Tinfoil on the inside of the flap.
3. Cellotape some glad-wrap so that the hole you have cut on the Pizza Box lid is covered over with the Glad-Wrap.
4. Put a piece of Black Plastic on the bottom of the inside of the Pizza Box.
5. Make a Paper square that fits inside the Pizza Box and lays around the edge.
6. Put a Marshmallow on top of a Chocolate Biscuit, place it on a Plastic Plate and put it in the Solar Oven.
7. Put it in the sun to cook.

Findings:

Time	Temperature
0	Haven't started
15	Haven't started
30	Haven't started
45	Haven't started

Conclusion:

This term in week 2 in science, we have started a new experiment called Renewable energy. We got into groups of four and I am with Janel, Keyana and Tahnesha. We had to make a solar powered oven by using the following materials on Mr Palmer's blog and also watch a video and write down the steps on how to make it. After that we got to make a s'more and put it in our solar oven that we made and leave it resting in the sun to cook.
Overall it was a great experiment and lesson and I enjoyed learning about renewable energy.


Aim: To make a presentation that investigates different renewable energy's.

Section 1: Title Page

Make a title page that incorporates all renewable energy 's Hydro, Solar, Wind and Wave. 

I have done my title page on paper.

Section 2: Definitions

Define and provide a picture of each energy type.

Hydro Energy:

Solar Energy:

Wind Energy: 

Wave Energy:

Section 3; Investigate each of the 4 Energy types.
( Hydro ,Solar ,Wind ,Wave ) 

1. Type: 

Hydro energy is a type of energy that comes from flowing water into electricity. 

Solar energy is a type of energy that is emitted from the sun, for example, it is sunlight that shines through a window and heats up a room.

Wind energy is a electrical energy obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills or wind turbines.  

Wave energy is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work for example, electricity generation or pumping water. 

1. Is it used in NZ ?

Hydro energy has been a part of New Zealand's energy system for over 100 years and continues to provide more than half of the country's electricity needs. 

Solar energy in New Zealand is on the rise, but operates in an entirely free market with no form of subsidies or intervention from the New Zealand Government

Wind power- In New Zealand there are 17 wind farms operating. As of December 2017, New Zealand had an installed wind generation capacity of 690 MW. IN the 2017 Calendar year, wind power produced 2,120 GWh of electricity.    

 New Zealand has large ocean energy resources but does not yet generate any power from them. TVNZ reported in 2007 that over 20 wave and tidal power projects are currently under development.  

Other Countries that use it?

Hydro energy - There are also other countries that have hydro power such as China, Canada, Brazil, the United States and Russia, they also have big land masses.

 Solar energy - China, United states, Japan, Germany, India, Italy, United Kingdom and Australia have Solar Energy. 

Wind energy - France, Canada United Kingdom, Spain, India, Germany, United States and China have Wind energy.

Wave energy - The Western coasts of Scotland, Northern Canada, Southern Africa, Australia, Northwest Coast of United States and particularly Alaska have Wind energy.   

How is it used to generate electricity?

Hydro Power plants capture the energy of falling water to generate electricity.

Solar energy generates electricity indirectly by capturing the heat of the sun to produce steam, which runs a turbine that produces electricity.  

Wind power converts the kinetic energy in wind to generate electricity or mechanical power. 

Wave energy is produced when electricity generators are placed on the surface of the ocean.   


Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator?
This can be done on paper and uploaded or on a drawing program on your device. I do not want any internet images or pictures. They must be hand drawn using a ruler and labelled. 

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

List 10 ways that renewable energy will be used in the future to replace our current activities.

  

My Narrative Story About My Stop Motion Film

Today in Hurumanu Art, my group and I have been focusing on voice recording our stop motion. We have been doing it for 2 weeks now and finally finished today. Overall I enjoyed every part of making the stop motion with my group and here is my narrative story that I wrote myself about the Stop Motion Film, I hope you enjoy.


The holiday had finished and everyone was starting school. There was a girl named Trinity and she just started High School. She walked in through the gates not knowing anyone at her school, so she was very lonely. Her whole body was shaking and she was getting butterflies in her stomach. She had her left arm holding onto her other arm with a frown on her face looking down feeling shy. 

She was wearing a black top with a rock star on it and was wearing ripped jeans with blue bright shoes. As she walked into her new school, there were already girls staring at her named Victoria and Amber. They were the school bully’s that everyone was afraid of. They were also wearing blue ripped jeans with a yellow top, old skool vans and their hair up in a bun with a scrunchies around the wrist. They were gossiping into each others ears, laughing and making fun of Trinity’s outfit. Trinity was flustered by the way they were staring at her, so she just ignored them and started walking towards her classroom.

Trinity entered her classroom and sat at a desk, there were kids behind her following behind just when she spotted Victoria and Amber in the same class as her. Trinity started doing some work, she was doing a piece of writing introducing herself, as the time goes on the bell rings at 12:40 for their lunch. She grabbed her bag just about to walk out the door, then BOOM!! at the corner of her eye Victoria pushed her and Trinity fell splat on the ground. Her face started turning red and everyone who saw were laughing at her. 

When Trinity was on the ground feeling embarrassed, a girl was looking at her from a different class, she went up to her and lended her a hand, her name was Brittany. She helped Trinity up and she was feeling less embarrassed. Brittany asked her “ are you okay”, Trinity answered “ yeah”. They became friends and Brittany offered her if she wanted to pop over at her house after school, Trinity was relieved and said “sure”. 

     

Tane Mahuta - CIP

Today in Tane Mahuta CIP, during period 2 all the way to period 4, we have started clearing and weeding around the vegetables and the trees we have planted last term. I did some weeding around the beetroot and the cabbage with Khaylanie and Bailey and it took us all the way through the last 3 periods. We didn't have the opportunity to do some last week because it was raining so we had more work to do today. Today was a success and looking forward next week. 

     

My Dream House - CIP

Today in Tane Mahuta CIP, the teachers set up a task board filled with different chooses relating to gardening. We were supposed to do more gardening at our gardening area but instead it was raining so we did a activities that the teachers planed for us.  I chose to use Tinkercad, which is a site for creating things 3D,  to create a 3D model of your dream house and a Garden.

Here is the task board that had all of the chooses for us to pick out of:

   



















It was my first time using Tinker cad and It was a struggle to try and figure out how to use it. I was very difficult to make a house and a garden but I am proud of how much I've done.  It was a success through the three periods and I enjoyed using a new learning tool/site, Tinkercad. 
This is what my dream house and garden turned out:

I created my dream house and garden like this because I didn't want to make a huge house to make it difficult for me to create and also because I wanted to be creative about the house with colours and different shapes. But I had fun making my dream house and garden and hope you enjoy it. 

Holiday Recount / My highlights

The holidays had finish and everyone is returning to school for Term 4. We had to think about 2 highlights or a low highlight we did in the holidays and write a holiday recount about what we enjoyed, what events we did, who were we with and what was our favourite part.

1. Highlight

During the first week of the holidays, on Thursday, I went to go and see a movie at palms cinema. I went with my mum and siblings and we watched Abominable. It was about a girl who's father that passed away and also owned a violin. Since her father passed away she has kept the violin and played some tunes she had learned from her father when he was still alive. She also met this creature called a yeti who was on top of her roof and discovered that he has been chased by some bad people who wanted to kill him and she wanted to help him get to his home.

It was a nice and enjoyable movie I enjoyed every part of it. 

2. Highlight

On the second week of the holidays, I went to this restaurant called Denny's, twice. The first time with my cousins and brother for dinner, and the other with my mum and brother for breakfast. When I went there for breakfast, I had Oreo Waffles with a Oreo milkshake, my mum had a small 3 stack of normal pancakes with a hot chocolate and my brother had his original order which is Oreo pancakes with a hot chocolate also. The second time when I went to Denny's, I was having dinner. I had Mini Spring rolls, Curly fries and a Oreo Milkshake. It was a delicious meal.     

Overall it was a nice holiday spending time with my family and having a lot of rest. I hope you enjoy reading my highlights of my holiday.