Famous musicians:

Name: 

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

Stage name:

Adele

Decade: 

2000's

Date of Birth: 

May 5, 1988

Genre: 

Pop, Soul, contemporary R&B, Blue-eyed soul

Famous songs: 

"Rolling in the deep", "Someone like you", "Hello"

Challenges:

Adele suffered a heomorrhage in her vocal chords, luckily her voice was brought back after a surgery.

Instrumental Industries

This week on our music hurumanu, we further looked at the instruments, but this time their "families". Specifically the four main families of music, which are percussion, brass, woodwind and strings. We looked at the instruments that are parts of those families, for example in percussion, we have piano, drums, maracas, etc. Not only that but we also looked briefly on what an orchestra is. That is what we have done in this session.
Then we created a slide to represent what we have learned in this period, and the definitions of teh families and their function.

Maori Class

This week we started to learn to make hangi, we watched a video which was a humorous animation about making hangi. We then looked at making a step by step "tutorial" on making Hangi;  not only that but read a brief history of hangi in Aotearoa, as well as learning about what is hangi. In the past moas and seals were the most common to cooked in a hangi; however today, more sustainable sources,  chicken, pork, beef, etc. Umu and Luao are also very similar to a hangi, quite identical to the process of cooking. They are cooked underground and use a very similar form of heat.

In making our presentation, we paired into groups of no more than three. In our groups that is where we made our diagram; as well as where we answered questions and read about hangi. I made most of the diagram while my partner answered the questions. The questions were more or less about the brief story about hangi.

Here is our step by step "diagram" of making a hangi:

Instrumental Industries

On the next session of our music hurumanu, we further looked at different instruments; a brief quiz in which we had to name 10 instruments. After that, we then discussed some New Zealand musicians, both solos and bands. For the solo musician, I decided to choose John Clarke [Fred Dagg], I loved his NZ folk songs, I still do, very much so. I researched some information about him as well as Split Enz which was for the band part. Split Enz had many interesting songs as well, with my personal favourite is Six Months in a Leaky Boat. We wrote the information on paper in which we then transferred on a presentation.

Here is a slide show that  I have done, as well as the information that I have gathered.

Hurumanu: Music

This week we have now moved on into our next Hurumanu which is music. In the first session of this subject we started with answering questions about what we know/our prior knowledge about music. Next thing that we then did was changing a our "Music Hurumanu title" to a more suitable as well as a more creative name for our group. There were several ideas, however "Instrumental Industries" is what we have chosen. Subsequent to changing the name of our group we then also looked at a variety of music. Not only music but as well as instruments; Ukulele and the different parts of it, such as the neck, body, head, etc. That has been most if not all of what we covered during the first session.

Carbon Foot-print

My Investigation

Aim: To look at how I can prevent climate change in the future.

1. Complete the activity 'Ecological Handprint'.

2. Complete the activity 'Carbon Footprint'.

3. Write down your 10 changes to climate change below. Using ideas from the Ecological Handprint and Carbon Footprint list 10 changes that you can make to stop Climate change?

1.   Eat less meat.
2.   Compost and recycle.
3.   Shop as little as I can and think about my choices.
4.  Try to use less fossil-fueled vehicles.
5.  Use light efficient lightbulbs and turn things off hen I get the chance.
6.  Garden and use what I have grown for consumption.
7.  Turn lights and electronics off when not used.
8.  Save water and conserve.
9.   Conserve energy and use energy-efficient objects.
10.  Plant trees or small plants where I can.  

The Years of Living Dangerously (Film, 59 min.)

Science Hurumanu: Future of Climate Change

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.

Changing Our Future

Name 3 fossil fuels?

• Coal
• Oil
• Gas

What is the cost?
The cost is Carbon Dioxide

The CO2 level has soured since when?
During the industrial revolution that is when it all soured.

What are the effects in the UK?

1. 19 out of the 20 warmest days on the record are of this century.   
2.  Heatwaves.
3.  Species could disappear, meaning extinct.

How many climate refugees will there be in Britain by 2050?
There will be around 200 million climate refugees and some will be in Britain.

When will Fairborn be flooded?
Sometime in the next 26 will Fairborn be flooded.

What are some of the other things that will be 'swallowed by the waves'?

1.    1.5 million home in England are at risk of being covered by the sea.
2.     100,000 homes are of risk of erosion.
3.   100 toxic sites could be swallowed by the waves.

How can we stop climate change?

1.    Reducing gas emissions and changing them to non-CO2 emitting energy. 
2.    Plant 1.5 billion trees.
3.    Running vehicles on solar power and batteries.

What ideas are school children having about climate change?

1.    Protesting.
2.   Not having children as they might live unfair chances and the effects of climate change on then
3. Reduce the amount of fossil-fueled vehicles that you use.

What is the atmosphere called?

a Waste Dump.

What is the last statement the reporter made?

We know what we need to do, we have got the technology. What we lack is the

 political will.

How is sea-level rise going to affect us in NZ

What places will be affected?
There will be various places in New Zealand that will be affected.

What else do we need to think about?
Building structures where it is predicted that the sea-level will rise up to.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

The places that could be affected by climate change are the Pacific Islands.

What does this do to our drinking water?
More saltwater that could get to our sources where we get our fresh/drinking water.

What are the main concerns?

1.   Coastal flooding.
2.   Coastal Erosion.

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1.  Take out less amount of fossil-fuels, using public transport.
2.  Thinking about using vehicles that are non-fossil-fuel powered.
3.   If thinking about building a house get it designed so that it does not waste energy.

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution? There is nothing, as we can not totally solve this climate change problem.

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

1. Getting to use renewable energy, solar, wind, hydro, etc.
2.   Solar heating for houses.
3.  Using non-depended on fossil-fueled vehicles,

What are 3 others you can think of?

1.   Reducing the amount of rubbish produced.
2.  Walking to the store or a location where is not very far that we cannot walk it.
3.   Recycle objects and try to plant more plants or even trees around the area.

My Investigation

Where does our food come from?

• Choose your favourite food.

Beef Wellington

1. Upload a picture of it.
2. Draw a picture of it on A4.    

On your blog answer the following questions.

• Where does the food come from (e.g. is it from another province or country, was it purchased or made locally)? It can be made anywhere, but it originated in England.

• How many kilometres away did the food travel to get to you? 0 kilometres because it can be made anywhere you can cook at.

• What are the main ingredients? The main ingredients are; Beef fillet, Duxelles, Pate, and Puff Pastry.

• How is the food packaged? Beef Wellington is not really a type of food that needs to be packaged. It is sort of more restaurant and handmade food. 

• What resources do you need to produce this food item (e.g. land, water, oil, food, etc.)? The resources needed are land, water, oil, and food.

• Would this item have been processed? No, it wouldn't have been processed as this dish cannot be made using machinery.

• Is there anything unique or significant about the food item (e.g. fair-trade, local)? Yes, you can use local ingredients as well as imported ingredients.

• What else do you notice about this food that affects its climate friendliness? It does not need any transport, because you can get the ingredients locally without travelling much using vehicles.

• Do you think this food is climate-friendly (Circle)?       (YES)   NO 

• Why? Because it doesn't need any transport as such. Some ingredients could require transport however by using local ingredients it is fair to say that it doesn't need transport. However, the meat that is used from making the beef welling specifically the beef, is not too eco-friendly per se.  Cows produce methane, we would be able to counteract that by making it so that methane is collected and is put to use.

• If no, what would be a better alternative?  

Ko Au/Ta Moko

This week in Maori we started to learn about Ko Au/Ta Moko, as well as Mataoro and Niwareka. We watched the story of Mataoro and Niwareka; after watching the video we then looked at how the story can be summarized. And so we started to summarize and take the main parts of the story together which is basically summarizing. The summary wasn't very long, only about a paragraph long; after the summary, we then, looked at the different designs of the Ta Moko and in a template, we got to make our designs. I looked at some designs on the internet and incorporated it into my own.

Summary:
Link

Renewable Energy

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Renewable Energy film

Biomass

Aim: To compare the amount of gas that is produced from different types of biomass.

Material:

1.  (3) Bottles
2.  Permanent marker
3.  Disposable gloves
4.  Cup  
5.  Fresh manure  
6. Mashed banana
7.  Funnel
8.  Water
9.  (3) Balloons
10. Vegetable peelings

Steps:

1.   Label all 3 bottles: 1 Manure; 2 Manure and vegetable peelings; 3 Manure and mashed banana 
2.   Place 1 cup of manure; 1 cup manure and 1 cup of vegetable peels; 1 cup manure and 1 mashed banana.
3.  Fill the bottle with water but leave a space between the water and the top.
4.  Place a balloon on top, secure it with tape.

   

Investigation.

Research the following Biomass fuels. You will need to:

Write a definition of the fuel.

Write 8 sentences about the fuel. 

• How is it made? Plants and trees absorb sunlight and contain it in the form of energy and can be released by burning. It's not only plants and trees but animals and humans as well, animal manure (faeces) can be transformed into biogas, they could be burned.
• Where is it made? Biomass fuel can be made and used in ReEnergy's power generation facilities, which are equipped with the right and proper equipment for burning these fuels.
• What is it made with?  It is made with animal, human waste; plants and trees.
• What countries use it? Ireland, USA and Sweden.
• What uses will it have in the future?  Hopefully, it could possibly be one of the primary contributors to the world's energy and could reduce our usage of fossil fuels.

Place 1 image of the fuel.

Biomass Fuel types.

Name: Agricultural crops and wood fuels.

Definition: The use of Wood fuels to produce either electricity as well as heat. That defines the crops as well as they can be used to produce the same energy, (thermal and or electrical.)

Research:

Agricultural crops and woods fuels are a part of the sustainable energy that we might soon be using more frequently. Crops such as miscanthus have a different structure and or composition to wood and its combustion differs by how it's handled. Wood fuels, such uses are as follows: firewoods, charcoal, sawdust and many more.

Uses: It can be used as thermal energy as well as electrical in some ways.

Image:

Name: Animal waste.

Definition: Animals waste can be converted into biofuel by means of drying and burned.

Research:
The common method of turning animal waste into fuels is by drying the manure and then by burning the manure. It could also be turned into biodiesel, as well as gas.

Uses: Animals waste can be turned into bio-energy and fertilizer.

Image:

Name: Biogas

Definition: Biogas is the many organic gases that is or can be produced from the organic materials breaking down; it could be manure, plant material, sewage, etc.

Research:
When organic matters breakdown, gases form, most of the gases that is obtained is methane and carbon dioxide; which could also have traces of hydrogen sulfide.

Uses: Cooking or any other type of heating purposes.

Image:

Name: Biofuels

Definition: Biofuels is simply fuels that one can deprive from living thing such as animals, plants, trees, etc.

Research: Biofuels can possibly be produced from crops, the process of producing biofuels are fermentation and or chemical reactions. The matter is then refined so that it may fuel cars or any other vehicles.

Uses: work fuel, fuel for vehicles, automobiles, truck and possibly aircraft.

Image:

Books Alive Workshop

Last week, on Friday 2nd of August some year 8's,9's and 10's had the privledge of meeting/going to workshops of two fantastic authors (Eileen Merriman and Mandy Hager). The workshops were set at the Turanga Libary, it included several schools different which went to the workshops as well.  I enjoyed the visit very much, I love to read that is why visiting this library [which I've never been to before] with an astoning amount of books was very thriling and exciting to me. (They had mangas too....I mean come on...and chess...) On top of that we get to meet authors, which they then share their expirience which contributes to my knowledge about writing as I love to write. The first author was Eileen Merriman who wrote Invisibly Breathing "A moving story about unconventional love, bullying and being true to yourself." as quoted. Her book focused on bullying how the characters faced their challenging lives; also focusing on gay fiction genre, how they are treated int the world.  She talked about her experiences, her life and how she got to be an author.
It was an interesting story, we took notes while she spoke, there were a couple of sentences that I have writen but most have been kept in mind. However, Mrs.Handley [the teahcer supervising us] took notes on most if not all of what Eileen Merriman had talked to us about.

After the first workshop there was a break where we were allowed to wander around the library, eat and play. I looked at several shelves; going to the second floor and so on; wandered around and played  with a friend [Lasa] who came to the workshop as well; it was table foot ball that we played. An old game but such fun. The break then finishes and the next author in the workshop was Mandy Hager, the author of Ash Arising, it was a sequel to her another book she has written titiled The Natre of Ash. The two focused and was based on New Zealand being a currupted nation and wars being battled in and over it. They are higly political and action packed novels that I very likely enjoy to read as I do like a bit of politics every now and then.
(I enjoy debates especially the ones from my country Philippines, 2016 Philippine presidential debates were they bests for me. Not to spark conflics, but in my opinion the current president has been done the most impact on the country, in positive ways. Pres. Duterte and the deceased Sen.Miriam Snatiago are my favourite politicians.)
Again the amazing Mrs. Handley managed to write quite the plentiful amounts of notes again regerding the Mandy Hager and Ash Arising.

At the end of the workshops I thought about what I would enjoy writing, as Eileen Merriman advices to write what you want to read. The thought has nt some to me yet, the spark that I wait for has not gone off. Nonetheless I keep thinking about topics and problems that I want to bring a light on.

Hurumanu: Recylcing

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

The Zero Waste Climate Solution movie

How can we prevent climate change through recycling these products?

Plastics: Recycling plastic prevents burning it which produces C02.
Cycling or walking: We don't use fossil-fueled vehicles that emit C02.

Paper: Recycling paper helps us to sustain trees that we use to change C02 to Oxygen.
Steel: When we recycle steel we don't use as much coal [C02].

Video questions:

What is Zero Waste?

One of the quickest and cheapest ways a community can immediately reduce climate impact.
What can we do on the planet?

1.   Reduce the use of disposable material, disposable cups; Use more Reusable materials, using your own bags to shop, etc.

1.   Repairing broken produces and sharing products rather than buying each individualy.
2.   Recycle what we can, like steel, plastic, paper and other recyclable materials
3.  Put biodegradable materials compost disposal instead of other types of rubbish bins; or our soil, as it takes the most C02 off our atmosphere.

What do we need to recycle?

Anything that we can, plastic bags, plastic in general, steel, etc.

What does recycling do?

It prevents more damage to the planet as it does not use as much fossil fuels

How much of our rubbish is food scraps?

In New Zealand, we produce about 157,389 tonnes of food a year.

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Soil absorbs about 3 times more than the trees and the atmosphere

What do we need to do?

1. Make Changes. 
2. Have Zero Waste

What is a carbon footprint?

Carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and greenhouses gases.

How can you make your Carbon Footprint smaller?

Use other energy methods,  hydropower, solar power and any other non-fossil-fueled energy. Walk, cycle, instead of using fossil-fueled vehicles or mechanisms.

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

1.   Use, less electricity, turn off appliances when not needed.
2.   Put biodegradable materials in the soil or in the compost.
3.   Try to recycle more objects or use recycled materials.
4.   Reduce the amount of processed food that is consumed.

AT WHAT RATES DO DIFFERENT ITEMS DECOMPOSE?

MY INVESTIGATION.

Choose 5 items from the list and investigate them. 

Paper

Plastic bag

Aluminium can

Leaves

Styrofoam

You need to answer three questions.

Name: Paper

1. How long do they take to decompose? Around two to six weeks.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? They are made out of wood pulp and vegetable (Cellulose0 fibres.
3. How is this resource recycled? The paper is brought to a recycling plant, washed so that the ink or whatever materials that are in it is taken out; then made into cardboard, office paper, etc.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? Production of recycled paper reduces about 50% of the energy it takes to make unrecycled paper.

Name: Plastic bag

1. How long do they take to decompose? 10 to 1000 years
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? They are made from oils and even natural gases.
3. How is this resource recycled? Plastic bags can be recycled by melting down, that melted plastic can then be turned into new plastic bags.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? About a tonne of recycled plastic saves up around 4,100 kWh of energy as well as as16.8 barrels of oil; 98 million BTU's of energy and 30 cubic yards of landfill space.

Name: Aluminum can

1. How long do they take to decompose? 200 to 500 years
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from?  Aluminium and other types of metal.
3. How is this resource recycled?  Aluminium cans are recycled similar to plastic, the cans are melted and turned into aluminium ingots; then turned back into aluminium cans or any other products.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? Recycling aluminium saves up to 95% of energy compared to extracting it from its original source.

Name: Leaves

1. How long do they take to decompose? 1 to 12 months depending on the type or temperature.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? Trees, plants, etc.
3. How is this resource recycled?  Mulch Mowing; being left alone where they naturally are.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? By burning leaves and not leaving them alone would contribute to our carbon footprint.

Name: Styrofoam

1. How long do they take to decompose? forever.
2. What resource/fossil fuel are they made from? Petroleum/oils.
3. How is this resource recycled? Strofoam can be reused however not recycled as such.
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? Styrofoam manufacturing process affects the atmosphere as chemicals from making it causes air pollution.

Hurumanu - Science: 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 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. Pencil with a  rubber on top
2. Cups
3. Straws
4. Pins
5. Tape

STEPS

1.   Take your straws, bind two together to make a longer straw, do that twice.
2.  When bound for extra security tape the bound part.
3.  Lay them perpendicular to each other to form a cross.
4. Bind the elongated straws together in a cross position.
5. Pin where the two centres meet into the pencil.
6. Create small insitions in the cups and stick them into the straws in the same direction, either the opening facing right or left.

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 sec	8
2.	10 sec	9
3.	10sec	7
4.	10 sec	11

	Time Interval	Number of Spins
1.	1min	48
2.	1min	54
3.	1min	42
4.	1min	66

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

CONCLUSION:

The stronger the wind the more the anemometer will spin, The first and the third rounds were fairly the same. As for the other results they were stronger than the other two. In the scale they rank up to around the 6 and 7th beaufort wind scale. The force and how strong our blows determined the number of spins that it spun at. Our blows were fairly strong therefore our results were quite high, surpassing the half mark. Meaning of that were to happen, on a larger size/natural, smalll trees and branches will begin to sway as stated in the scale.