Hurumanu-Weather

Hurumanu - Weather

Aim: To Measure wind Speed by using an anemometer.

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 direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	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 loose 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 cups  
3. Pin  
4. Pencil
5. Tape

STEPS

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

CONCLUSION:

Hurumanu-Recycling

Hurumanu - Recycling

Aim: To learn practical ways of recycling so that we can make our world a better place.

The Zero Waste Climate Solution movie 

Video questions:

What has human activity done to our planet?

Created Globule Activity

What is Zero Waste?
Definition: One of the Quickest and cheapest ways a community can immediately reduce climate impact.

What stuff has a carbon footprint? 

Toothbrush

Food

Tv 

What are 4 easy things to help our planet?

1.   Reduce
2.   Redesign
3.  Reuse
4.  Repair

What do we need to recycle?

1. Cans 
2. Plastic
3. Carpet
4. fixing old ran down things

What does recycling do to our planet?

How much of our rubbish is made up of food scraps?

50%=COMPOSTABLE MATERIEL

What does methane gas do to our planet?

84X More Potent than C02 over the short term

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Help pulls it down from the Atmosphere

What do using zero waste practices do to our planet?

 Using things like windmills for energy 

What is a carbon footprint?

What is your Carbon Footprint?

Carbon Footprint Calculator

You are now going to look at your own carbon footprint by taking a questionirre. Remember to 'Add details to improve accurcay'.

Based on the questionaire what is your:

1. Ecological Footprint

2. Carbon Footprint

How many planets did you have?

What is your personal Earth overshoot day?

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

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2.   
3.   

MY INVESTIGATION.

• Choose 6 items from the list.
• Investigate them using Google.
• Answer the 4 questions below.

Name: 

1. How long does this resource take to decompose?
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from?
3. How does making this object contribute to climate change?
4. How is this resource recycled?

Kindness Animation

Today we had to make an animation about Kindness. Here is my Kindness Animation it is about Lily dropping her phone and nia picks it up for her.

Animaker

Animaker

Animaker is an animation site where you can use different features to create an animation.

Link:https://www.animaker.com/

This site is very fun there is many different things you can do like choose a character and you can change what they are doing and the emotions. You are able to pick a background and pick a place they may work at our visit. You could go and choose some type of text and create a title. I choose to use 2 characters, The First character i used was a nurse and then Used another person her name was Tori the fashion maker.

I enjoyed using this site because I didn't have to video record doing it I was able to open this site and use an avatar instead of me.