Hurumanu (Renewable Energy Investigation)

Aim: To make a presentation that investigates different renewable energy's.

Section 1: Title Page

Section 2: Definitions

1. Hydro Energy

Hydro energy is when water is used to create energy using a water turbine.

     2. Solar Energy

Solar energy is when we collect energy from the light of the sun using a solar panel.

     3.Wind Energy 

Wind energy is when you collect energy from the power of the wind force using a wind turbine.

4.Wave Energy

Wave energy is when you get energy from the waves and their speed and force they turn the waves into energy using a wave encounter machine.

Section 3; Investigate each of the 4 Energy types.
( Hydro ,Solar ,Wind ,Wave ) 

1. Type: Hydro
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes. Large turbines have been build in the central plateau region in the north island.
3. Other Countries that use it? Brazil, Canada, Norway, Paraguay, Austria, Switzerland, Venezuela, and many other countries.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? It is used to generate electricity when you put a hydro turbine in places like rivers that have a water stream.
5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator?
   

1. Type: Solar
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes. They have them all over New Zealand in places like Christchurch and maybe even around your town/city.
3. Other Countries that use it? Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, The United States, and Czechia.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? when the sunlight hits a solar panel the solar panel will absorb the sun's light and will produce energy.
5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator?

1. Type: Wind
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes. There are some wind farms in places like the cook straight and Manawatu Gorge.
3. Other Countries that use it? China, The United States, Germany, India, Spain, United Kindom, and France.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? When the wind pushes the huge wind turbine energy is made because of the wind's force.
5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator?

1. Type: Wave
2. Is it used in NZ? No.
3. Other Countries that use it? Scotland, Canada, Australia, and The United States.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? When waves hit wave energy generator the power from the waves hitting it creates some power and energy.
5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator?

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

List at 10 ways that renewable energy will be used in the future to replace our current activities.

1. To power cars
2. To give energy to houses
3. To fuel vehicles like planes and etc.
4. For cooking devices
5. Computers eg. chargers
6. phones eg. chargers
7. factories
8. printers
9. camera's
10. vacuum cleaners and electronics

BYE!

CIP

Hi Guys
Today in class for CIP we were researching about someone who is making/made a difference in the world to the people around them.

The person I decided to research about was Fred Hollows here is the research I did on him:

This was a really fun task and I would like to do it again.

BYE!

Drama

Hi Guys!
Today in class for drama we were given the task to make a poem about us and the things that make us ourselves.

The poems we made were because we are learning about slam poetry.

Here is some slam poetry:

Here is my poem:

Tobey

I am hardworking, friendly, cheeky, and intelligent.

I am the son of Chris and Emma, Siblings to Tim, Neika, Dylan, and Benaiah.

Things I find important to me is basketball and sports

Three emotions I fell the most are Joy, excitement, and frustration.

some of my fear/s are/is Heights

My achievements are Basketball ability and my academic achievements.

The place I want to go to the most is Cleveland Ohio because I want to watch their basketball team the Cleveland Cavaliers.

I live in New Zealand.

Geldard

This was a really fun week in drama and I really enjoyed it.

BYE!

Hurumanu (Wind Power)

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1. Anemometer:
2. Beaufort wind scale:

MATERIALS 

1. PLastic lid x4
2. tape
3. pencil
4. pin
5. skewers x2 

STEPS

1. Get all the materials you need.
2. Tape plastic lids to the skewers. (two on each skewer.)  
3.   Tape the two skewers together.
4.   Pin the skewers to the pencil.
5.   Test to make sure it spins.
6.  Go to winding spaces to see the wind speed.

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	0.5
2.	Old J Block site	1
3.	Grass hill in the quad	1
4.	Tennis Court gate	0

CONCLUSION:

There was much wind where we went today so the number of spins would be a low amount.

The places that had the most wind were the grass hill in the quad and the old J block site.

The field was the second most windest place in the school because it spun half the way around.

The Tennis Court was not windy at all and it spun 0 times.

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

Based on your findings what was the Wind Speed and the Beaufort Wind Force for each area.

	Spins per minute	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field	0.5	0-2	0
Old J Block site	1	0-2	0
Grass hill	1	0-2	0
Tennis Court Gate	0	0-2	0

The Boy who Harnessed the wind: 1:36

BYE!

Tieke Bird

Hi Guys!
Today In class we were given the task to research your Kahui bird.
My Kahui has the bird Tieke (Saddleback).
My research:

1. The Tieke bird is for the family of birds called Callaeidae.
2. The Tieke (saddleback) gets its name from its saddle on its back.
3. Its taxonomic family is also known as the wattlebirds.

This was really fun to research about and I would like to find out more about this bird in the future.

BYE!

My Holidays

Hi Guys!

Today in class we were given the task to write about one of your favorite events all holidays.
Here is the work I have done

On Thursday the 3rd of October my family and I went to go on the chair lift at the adventure park.

It was a nice day and I went to my grandparents’ house for the day because my cousins were there so they
thought it would be a good idea. When I got to my grandparent's house everyone was thinking of things to
do for the day because none of us wanted to stay there for the day. My uncle came up with the idea for us
all to go on the chairlift at the adventure park everyone agreed so that was the plan for the day.

We all put our things in the cars and got ready to go to the chairlifts. On the ride there we had to make sure
that the people on the chairlifts will be ok so I got put into a group with Finley (Cousin), Harrison (Cousin)
and I. we got dropped off at the top and would be picked up again at the bottom of the hill after the ride on the
chairlift. The chairlift was we walk away from where we got dropped off at so be began to walk until we
got to the chairlift.

When we made it to the chairlift we got into our groups and decided who was going in what order. My group
was going second after my sister's group. My sister's group went first and my group went second. When the
chairlift started it didn't look bad but as it got further down the hill the gap from the chairlift and the hill got
bigger. I got more scared because at one point it started to vibrate and you could tell that my cousin Finley
and I were starting to get scared but the vibrating stop not long after.

My sisters had finished the ride and we were just about to and I was glad that it was over but I would really
love to go on it again.

After everyone finished we got afternoon tea at the cafe there I got a coke and a caramel slice. After we
went home and hung out with my cousins for the rest of the day.

I really enjoyed that day and I would love to do those things again.

BYE!