Carbon Footprint - Climate Chaos

Today in science we got given a picture of a foot with circles and writing. We got told that it was our carbon footprint and we had to highlight everything we were doing in one color, but in another highlight everything, we want to do. I thought I was pretty good with my carbon footprint until I highlighted everything. Then I found out I am doing more damage in the world then fixing. The blue represents everything that I am doing and the revolting pink ( I HATE PINK ) represents what I can be doing.

Here are my pledges to make my carbon footprint

1. Recycle everything I can.
2. Check labels and try to buy local food.
3. Conserve more water.
4. Use less power.
5. Do more things with friends that don't leave a carbon footprint.

Hurumanu - Wind Power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1. Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS

1.   Tape
2.   Pencil
3.   Four circular dishes ( NOT REAL DISHES
4.   Pin
5.   2 Kabab sticks

STEPS

1. Tape your circles onto the sticks so all of them would be facing the same way when tapes together.
2.  Tape the sticks together making an x.
3.  Put the pin through the tape on the sticks but making sure that you don't tape the pin.
4.  In the other end where the pin came out, put the end of the pencil ( the rubber ) on the sharp pin.
5.  Go around your place and record how many spins it makes in the different places.

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

• Timekeeper ( watch)

• Counter

• Recorder ( Chromebook or refill )

• Anemometer Manager ( Anemometer)

• Wind Manager

Instructions:

• Go to the measuring place and set up your wind gauge.
• Make sure everyone in your group is ready to start their roles.
• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.
• Count the number of spins in 15 seconds.
• Record it on your chart.

FINDINGS

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	0
2.	Old J Block site	2
3.	Grass hill in the quad	1
4.	Tennis Court gate	0

CONCLUSION:

I think that the old J block site has the most wind because of all of the construction that has been going on. The Feld and Tenis courts Had the least amount of wind because today was a calm day and there has been nothing going on around those places. The Grass hill had 1 spin because the higher we go the more the wind blows. In conclusion, It doesn't matter if you measure at the same time It just matters where you are and how much the wind blows there.

Climate Chaos - My Investigation on climate change

My Investigation on climate change

ACIDIFICATION

          

DEFINITION: Making or changing something into an acid.

What is happening to the oceans?

• The ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide.
• People are polluting the oceans.
• Poisoning the oceans with different chemicals.

What does this do to shellfish?

• The shellfish are dying cause they aren't able to make their shells.
• The carbon is hurting sea life.
• Poisoning the oceans kills the ocean critters and shellfish.

HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACIDIFICATION OF OUR OCEANS?

The water cycle evaporates into the air and the carbon dioxide is condensation into the water cycle and perpetuates into the oceans.

DEFORESTATION

             

DEFINITION: When people cut down trees but don't replace them.

What are trees used for?

Buildings, Furniture, Things

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE CLIMATE?

The carbon we breath out has nowhere to go.

ICECAP MELT

                   

DEFINITION: The ice in antarcicta mealts.

If all the ice melted what would happen?

The sea levels would rise, Citys would be flodded. The salt in the water would go and the sea salt creatures would die not being able to get use to freash water.

HOW DOES ICECAP MELT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

It changes that way the water gies. More people would have to move and the trees would be cut down to get more space and stuff for them.

Climate Chaos - Stuff

In period 3 and 4 watched a documentary about the good things that we can do to help keep our earth a nice, clean place. While watching this documentary I learned that climate change can be a good and a bad thing it just depends on your opinion on the heat/coldness. The other thing that I learned was that the world could be a great place if you just stop and think for a minute on what you're doing. I was surprised that one little thing that we all decide to do could change the world for the better. When I first heard we were gonna watch it I was excited because I wanted to know what I ould do to help this world become a better place for humanity. When I watched it I was worried about the fact that some people in this world wouldn't care about the earth and continue with destroying the earth.

Hurumanu - Decomposing and Recycling

Aim: To learn about the rate that different materials decompose.
Hypothesis: I think that the bread will decompose the fastest because it is placed in water.

Materials:

1. Test tubes x 4
2. Corks x 4
3. Test tube stand
4. Bread
5. Banana
6. Styrophone
7. Brown paper/cardboard
8. Water

Steps:

1. Collect your materials from your science teacher.
2. Put the banana, styrophone, paper/cardboard, and bread into their own test tubes.
3. Add half a tube of water to the bread.
4. Write the names of your team members down so you know whos thing is whos
5. Set them out and wait for your results.

Findings:

TODAY	Colour	Change	Observations
Banana	Yellow	Nothing	It is getting brown quickly
Paper	Brown	Nothing	Nothing is happening
Styrophone cup	White	Nothing	Nothing is happening
Bread	White	Nothing	Nothing is happening

Climate Chaos - The Water Cycle

Draft: Water Cycle Experiments

The purpose of these experiments is to duplicate the water cycle process in a plastic bag.

Materials -

• 2 x A4 plastic ziplock bag
• 50mm of water
• 50mm of sparkling water
• Blue food coloring
• Baking soda
• Litmus paper
• Marker
• Double-sided tape

Steps -

1. Draw the water cycle (with labels) on both the A4 plastic, ziplock bags.
2. Open the ziplock bags and pour 50mm water in one of the plastic bags.
3. Open the other bag and put 50mm of sparkling water into it.
4. Put 2 drops of blue food coloring in each of the bags.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the bag with the sparkling water.
6. Add to the same bag a strip of litmus paper on the top half of the paper is sticking up and the other in the bag.
7. Seal both of the bags tight making sure to conceal everything inside.
8. Use double-sided tape to attach both bags onto a window.

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Feedback (Positive, Thoughtful, Helpful):

Hi Emily, your writing is coming along very well, I have come across something that just needs to be changed. Firstly just check the spelling in the first paragraph, secondly just fix up mm to ml. The steps are looking good. Have you got a conclusion, sorry I can’t really tell you? 

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Final: Water Cycle Experiments

The purpose of these experiments is to duplicate the water cycle process in a plastic bag.

Materials -

• 2 x A4 plastic ziplock bag
• 50ml of water
• 50ml of sparkling water
• Blue food coloring
• Baking soda
• Litmus paper
• Marker
• 20 cm double-sided tape

Steps -

1. Draw the water cycle (with labels) on both the A4 plastic, ziplock bags.
2. Open the ziplock bags and pour 50ml water in one of the plastic bags.
3. Open the other bag and put 50ml of sparkling water into it.
4. Put 2 drops of blue food coloring in each of the bags.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to the bag with the sparkling water.
6. Add to the same bag a strip of litmus paper on the top half of the paper is sticking up and the other in the bag.
7. Seal both of the bags tight making sure to conceal everything, inside.
8. Use double-sided tape to attach both bags onto a window.

Conclusion -

In conclusion, I think that this experiment is worthwhile and very educational. Creating the water cycle in a plastic bag may take some time but in the end, you would be one step closer to finding out more about how the water cycle works and what we can do to help stop climate change.

Findings:

	The Water Cycle	Acid Water Cycle
Does it cycle?	1	1
Amount of Water	1	1
Acidity	0	2

Key: Water and acidity amount: 0 = none 

1 = small 

2 = large 

Conclusion:

The water cycle experiment takes a lot of time so making it would mean you would have to have patience. It takes a little while to get going but afterward it is amazing with how the condensation completes it. The water cycle moves around like a circle. It all comes along if all of the parts do their job. If you didn't have one of these vital parts the water cycle wouldn't exist which means the rain would be no more.