Definition for instruments

Woodwind
The woodwind instrument is an instrument that you do with your mouth and sometimes you do it with your fingers this instrument is the best instrument you can do with your mouth.

Brass
This instrument is like a woodwind but except this is bigger and harder this instrument is more useful and it can do more things all what you do is blow into it brass is using your air and your fingers just like  woodwind

String
This instrument is like vibrating the strings on it the strings are in it to produce the sound this instrument is more useful this instrument can be used I always kinds of songs.

Percussion
This instrument can be used by using your hand foot all kinds of things this instrument is more like a drum but this is more like an eco sound and drum.

Drama

Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1.  Cups x4
2.  Water
3.  Tin foil
4.  2 sheets of water paper
5.  1 sheet of black paper
6. Thermometer
7. 1 large cup
8. 2 heat lamp

Steps

1.   Get all the materials needed.
2.  Fill the small cups up with water.
3.  Put the cups on the respected place.
4.  Put the large cup on one of the small cups that is on white paper.
5.  Get the heat lamps and shine it on the cups. 
6. Wait till a time then measure the heat of the water.

Which surface conducts / attracts the most heat?

Time + temperature	Cup 1 White paper	Cup 2 White paper+ plastic.	Cup 3 Black paper	Cup 4 Tinfoil
0	15	13	12	13
40 minutes	17	16	24	22
-15 minutes	18	17	23	22
-30 minutes	17	18	22	22

Findings:

That findings that I have is that some cups temperature went up after the heat lamps were taken away. I think that it did that is because the room was closed in and we were talking and it heated the temperature. 

Conclusion:

My conclusion is that some water heat was different than others. Because of the material that some were on. Also the room that our cups were in was closed off. Also we were in the room so the heat of our breath had an affect on the temperatures. So I do not know if this is a precise recording. 

FRIDAY, 2 AUGUST 2019

Drama

Drama - Week 6

In drama this week we did a lot of this. Firstly we learnt a little bit about puberty, and the changes we have to go through. We learnt about the scientific names of each part of the body and the menstruation cycle.

We practice our voice and doing different tough twisters. We also looked at slam poetry and chorus work. Then we got our poems and practice performing them. Later we performed them in front of the class. 

MONDAY, 29 JULY 2019

Weather

Weather and Climate Change 

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

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 lose 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

Wind speed - Making an anemometer.

MATERIALS       

1. 4 straws

2. 4 Styrofoam cups

3. A pin

4. A pencil

5. Tape

STEPS

1. Tape 2 straws together then do that again.

2. The pin the straws into the pin.

3. Next put the pin into the rubber of the pencil.

4. After put to hole on each side of the Styrofoam cups.

5. Then put the straws into the holes of the cups.

6. The blow the cups and see it spin.

Once you have made an anemometer we are going to record the wind speed.

Group size: 3

You will need:

Anemometer (above) 

Roles:

• Timekeeper Chloe
• Counter Chloe
• Recorder Makaea
• Anemometer Manager Shontae
• Wind generator Shontae

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the time keeper says "Go", the counter in each group will count how many times the marked cup passes them in one minute and write it down.
3. If possible, repeat the above step four (4) times and record the average number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins using the table below.

You will need to create the wind yourself by blowing. Get 4 different wind speeds by blowing.

You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
1.	10	8
2.	10	7
3.	10	4
4.	10	5

• Can you make a statement connecting the number of spins of your anemometer and the speed of the wind? 

CONCLUSION:

My conclusion is that our anemometer was not as good as real anemometers. Also that the wind today was very calm and not ruff. Our anemometer did not work very well.

biomass

From Trash to Gas: Biomass - Investigation

Biomass Fuel types.

Name Agricultural crops and wood fuels.

Definition:

Agricultural crops: A crop is usually expanded to include macroscopic fungus.

Wood Fuels: Wood fuel is the largest use of energy derived from solid fuel biomass.

Research:

Agricultural crops: Agricultural crops are just like straws with bark.

Wood Fuel: Using wood as a renewable source of energy has the potential to deliver considerable social and economic benefits as well as mitigate climate change. 

Uses: 

Agricultural crops: provides most of the world's food and fabrics.

Image:

Name Animal waste.

Definition:

Animal waste is mostly known as animal manure. But also animal waste can be considered as hay, straw and wood shavings.

Research:

The removal of metabolic waste products from the body of an organism is known as excretion. The major excretory products are carbon dioxide, excess water, and nitrogenous compounds like ammonia, urea, uric acid, etc. Carbon dioxide and water are produced in the process of tissue respiration.

Uses: 

Cow manure is the resource to generate renewable energy. The manure is collected and heated, creating the natural byproduct of methane gas. 

Image:

Name: Biogas

Definition: 
Gaseous fuel, especially methane, produced by the fermentation of organic matter.

Research:

Biogas is a mixture of gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Biogas can be produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal waste, plant material, sewage, green waste or food waste. 

Uses:
Bio gases a renewable energy source.

Image:

Name: Bio fuels

Definition:

 A fuel derived immediately from living matter.

Research:

Biofuels can also include solid fuels like wood pellets and biogas or syngas. There are two main types of biofuels. Ethanol and bio diesel. The simplest way to distinguish between the two is to remember ethanol is an alcohol and biodiesel is an oil.

Uses:

It can be used as a fuel for vehicles in its pure form but it is usually used as a diesel.

Image:

                        bn

Weather and climate change

Weather and Climate Change 

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

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 lose 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

Wind speed - Making an anemometer.

MATERIALS

1. x4 cups 
2. x4 straws  
3. tape  
4. pin  
5. pencil  

STEPS

1.   get your materials
2.  put the holes in the cup
3. put the staws threw the holes that you made
4. put the pins threw the straws/make a cross then put the pin in
5. put the pin in the pencil 
6. then your done and you can blow and it will spin 

Once you have made an anemometer we are going to record the wind speed.

Group size: 5

You will need:

Anemometer (above) 

Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind generator

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.
3. If possible, repeat the above step four (4) times and record the average number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins using the table below.

You will need to create the wind yourself by blowing. Get 4 different wind speeds by blowing.

You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
1.	10	T40
2.	10	L70
3.	10	80
4.	10	J80

• Can you make a statement connecting the number of spins of your anemometer and the speed of the wind? 

CONCLUSION:

Can I discuss puberty/create text/work with others
Folder what do I blog about?

x our poem/poems
x skills for slam poetry    using VOICE     pitch, pace, volume, action
choral speaking
chorus


x examples - slam poetry NZ
x puberty rituals stones       

  Is my

• Title interesting 
• content detailed descript
• examples (usual) 
• learning objects clear     
•   

What should I blog about 

Can I discuss puberty?     yes or no 

My poem: see me grow up.

See me cry 

See me the then behind the lies

see me smile, see me laugh

see the flashbacks of my past

see my bad habits come to the end 

see me leave my footprints in the snow 

see me know 

Solar Energy

Catching the sun movie

Materials:

1. 4 cups 
2. Water 
3. Tinfoil 
4. 2 sheets of white paper 
5. 1 sheet of black paper 
6. Thermometre 
7. 1 large cup
8. 1 heat lamp 

Steps

1.  Get your materials
2.  Fill your 4 cups with water so that quarter of it isn't filled 
3.  Put each cups on the papers/ tin foil 

• One cup on the foil 
• One cup on one of the white sheets 

• Another on the other white sheet and put the large cup on top of it making          the two cups connected 
• One the black paper.

4. Turn your heat lamp on and face it towards your cups  
5. Then wait for 40 minutes 
6. Once it’s over then use your   and check the temperature for each cup

Which surface conducts/attracts the most heat?

Time + temperature	Cup 1 White paper	Cup 2 White paper + plastic	Cup 3 Black paper	Cup 4 Tinfoil
0 minutes	12	12	12	12
40 minutes	17	21	23	29
minutes	20	15	24	20

 

Findings:

That somehow cup 1 heated up instead of cooling down

Cup 2 cooled down very fast 

Cup 3 only cooled down 1 degree

Cup 4 went 9 temperatures down which was a lot 

Conclusion

I think that this experiment went very well and it was quick and fun to do 

It also shows that all the water was from the same tap and was the same temperature at the start and then it heated at different temperatures