Solar Energy Template

Title	Solar Energy Experiment
Aim	To see what colour it attracts more sun heat
Hypothesis	I think silver will attract the sun because it's the colour of metal and metal always gets hot when it's in the sun.
Materials	1. White A4 Paper 2. Styrofoam Plastic cup 3. Black Plastic 4. Clear cup covered with Black plastic 5. Cup covered with Tin Foil 6. Thermometer  7. Heat Lamp 8. 100mls water  9. Timer
Steps	Step 1: Collect Materials Step 2: Set up the cups Step 3:  Add 100mls water into each cup Step 4: Set up the Heat Lamp facing each cup Step 5:  Start recording the temperatures of the water
Data/Findings	Time  Cup 1 White Cup 2 Black Cup 3 Tinfoil 0 16'c 16'c 16'c 15 19.1'c 19'c 20'c 30 25'c 27'c 26'c 45 20'c 24.5'c 22.5'c I found out that a Black Plastic Cup can attract more heat than a Styrofoam cup and a Tin Foil Cup.
Conclusion	In conclusion, my findings on this experiment state that a cup covered with black plastic can attract more heat than a Styrofoam cup and a Tin Foil cup. I also found out that a styrofoam cup attracts less heat. I think that the Solar panels colour is black because it attracts more heat than any other colours.

Manakitanga - Hurumanu Art

Today in Hurumanu Art, my group and I have been focusing on making our characters out of clay for our stop motion film. We have been using different colour clay to try and make our characters have colour and creativity, and we also have a specific character that we're making. I'm making Trinity, who is the one getting bullied, Keyana is making Carlos, the one who show the act of kindness to Trinity and Kineka and Chloe is making the bully's, Victoria and Amber.

One of the challenging things I found challenging today was making our characters because they wouldn't stay together and stand.

Here is a photo of our characters currently looking now:

 

Maths Problems - Dividing using multiplication strategies

Today in Maths Interchange, my group and I have been focusing on our new Learning objective, Dividing using multiplication strategies. We had to create a DLO using any digital learning tools and write different word problems to share with a partner in our group. I hope you enjoy.  

Tane Mahuta - CIP

This week, week 8, in CIP Period 2, I was weeding grass and some old plants with Keyana and Janel. We were weeding because we were making the dirt fresh to start planting flowers seeds later on in period 3. After that, I was planting some broccoli, salary and lettuce and then using the buckets to start watering them once we've gently covered them inside the dirt.

In period 3 after morning tea, we went straight to the garden and started planting the flowers seeds near the area where we were doing weeding in the last period. Mr Tisch poured small little seeds into our hands for us to sprinkle all over into the dirt and then left them to see to go back and see them when we have our next CIP in week 10. I enjoyed planting all of those seeds today and I hope you enjoy my blog post.

 

Hurumanu - Solar Energy

Solar Energy

Aim: To find out which colour attracts the suns heat.

Hypothesis: 

I think silver will attract the sun because its the colour of metal and metal always gets hot when its in the sun.

Materials:

1.  White A4 Paper
2.  White Plastic Cup  
3.  Clear Plastic Cup 
4.  Tin foil Plastic cup
5. Black Plastic 
6.  Thermometer
7.  Heat Lamp
8. Water 

Step

1. Collect materials from the teacher. 

2. Set up the Cups:

- Plastic cup covered with the black plastic 

- A Tin foil Cup

- White cup 

3. Set up the Heat Lamp.

4. Add the water into each cup.

5. Start recording the temperatures of the water.

Findings:

Time	Cup 1 White	Cup 2 Black	Cup 3 Tinfoil
0	16'c	16'c	16'c
15	19.1'c	19'c	20'c
30	25'c	27'c	26'c
45	20'c	24.5'c	22.5'c

This is a photo of our experiment that my group are currently still recording the temperatures of the water in them.

Conclusion:

Today in science we have started on a new experiment called Solar Energy. I was in a group of four with Janel, Sierra and Rowina. We had to collect all of the materials that was needed for the experiment and had to record the temperatures of each of the cups. A tin foil cup, a white cup and a clear plastic cup covered with the black plastic.
Overall is was a great experiment and lesson learning about solar energy. 

The Author Ella West

Today in Period one, the year 7 and 8s went to the auditorium to met this fabulous writer, Ella west.  She is the author of these two novel books called Night Vision and Rainfall and told us about them. She also told us some things about herself and showed us some of her books she wrote ages ago.

A couple of facts about Ella west:
- Ella west doesn't design her own covers of her books
- She is a journalist
- The government earns more money than her just publishing her books
- She wrote lots of books
- She has a dog named Jim that has different eye colours, one is brown and the other is blue
- She lives in Dunedin
- She owns a sheep farm
- She won the Lianza award in 2015 with her title Night vision
- When Ella west wrote her book, the cover of her book was copied by some else.



Facts about the book called Night vision:
In the book Night Vision, it is about a girl who is allergic to the sun or sunlight and that she has to wear something that will cover her from the sun. The child was lost in a forest and she spotted something that she shouldn't have. She put her own dog name Jim in the story and it was based in Ashburton. In the story there a whole chapter about how to shear a sheep and she also used her own sheep farm in the story. In the rainfall story, I think it's about a boy who was missing and might have been murdered.   

Huruamanu - Climate Change

Last week in week 6, my class and Ds has been focusing on Climate Change in Science. We did a experiment about the weather cycle and I was in a group with Sierra and Rowina. We had to get a zip lock bag and draw the weather cycle on it and add some couple of ingredients in the bag and hang it up on the glass window where there is sun shining.

Here is a screenshot of my template with the materials and steps on it:

Title	Experiment 1 and Experiment 2:  Weather Cycle
Purpose	To understand the Water Cycle
Materials	Experiment 1: 1x Zip lock bag 1x Vivid pen 2x strips of Double sided tape ½ a cup of water 2x drops of blue food colouring 1x Scissors Experiment 2: 1x Zip lock bag 1x vivid pen 2x strips of double sided tape ½ a cup of water 2x drops of blue food colouring 1x Scissors 1x teaspoon of baking powder 1x Litmus paper  1x Soda water
Steps	Experiment 1: Step 1: Grab your Zip lock bag. Step 2: Grab a vivid pen. Step 3: Draw the water cycle on the zip lock bag with the vivid. Step 4: Get the 2x of the strip double tape.  Step 5: Stick the tape on the top below the zip and at the bottom of the bag. Step 6: Carefully add ½ a cup of warm water and 2x drops of blue food colouring into the bag. Step 7: Close the zip lock bag and give it to the teacher to stick on the glass window where there is sun shining on.   Experiment 2 steps: Step 1: Grab your zip lock bag Step 2: Grab a vivid pen Step 3: Draw the water cycle on the zip lock bag with the vivid. Step 4: Get the 2x of the strip double tape.  Step 5: Stick the tape on the top below the zip and at the bottom of the bag. Step 6: Carefully add ½ a cup of warm water and soda water into the bag. Step 7: Add 2x drops of blue food colouring into the bag. Step 8: Add 1 teaspoon of baking powder into the bag Step 9: Close the zip lock bag with the litmus paper at the tip of the zip and give it to the teacher to stick on the glass window where there is sun shining on.
Conclusion	I think the outcome of experiment 1 is going to look the same because it’s only blue food colouring in water.  I think the outcome of experiment 2 is going to probably change because you have added baking powder into the water with the blue food colouring and also used the litmus paper in there to see if it has changed colour.   What happened: