Great Depression.

 Why was Germany hit the hardest by the great depression:  

The Germans were hit hard from the Great Depression and there are obvious clues hinting at why they might have been hit the hardest from the war. This is very bad for the Germans and their economy especially since they were coming off a war that they had lost. They also had to sign the treaty of Versailles and that forced them to have 5.9 million people lose their jobs as their army had to be cut from 6 million people to 100 thousand people. Germany also were put into heaps of debt after having to pay off the cost of the war which cost them a total of 6 billion dollars and they didn't pay it off till 2010 so that would cost their economy more. To make matters worse the US wanted some of their money back so they made the Germans pay off their debts that they have with the US. They also were trying to sort out the government as there were changes and many people in Germany came back after the war so there were more people in their country. Because of these circumstances, the effect that the great depression had on Germany was severe.

What did Germany have to agree to by signing the treaty of Versailles?

The Germans after the war were offered to sign a treaty, this treaty was the Treaty of Versailles. At first, the Germans didn't want to sign this treaty because it was made to take power away from Germany so they thought they just wouldn't show up to sign the treaty. When they did not show all the other countries that signed the treaty began to threaten them and said that if they didn't sign the treaty they would take over their land. The Germans ended up signing the treaty but they weren't happy especially because they had to pay off heaps of things and lose most of their army. The Germans were forced to reduce their army from six million all the way down to one hundred thousand. Germany also had to pay off all the damage from the war which would cost them 132 billion gold marks or 33 billion USD. Not only that they also lost all of the lands they had got from the french and other occupied territories and colonies. They also lost all of their battleships and submarines, military aircraft, and artillery, all they were left with was 6 small battleships. The Germans were not happy with having to sign the treaty and lose all of these things that had, plus to make it worse the US wanted the Germans to pay off their debt to them as well.

How was NZ affected by the great depression:

Not surprisingly New Zealand was a country affected by the Great Depression. This isn't unusual for most countries at this time as things like the export market and investments dropped heaps which started to affect the rest of the world apart from Russia. For a country like New Zealand, this was truly tuff as a big chunk of their economy was from exports. Now since fewer people from around the world wanted to buy things from us which caused heaps of people in our agricultural industry to lose their jobs. Since we are an agricultural country this would have caused the economy in our country to crash and the New Zealand economy would have lost heaps of money. This shows the Great Depression would have been devastating for New Zealand and the rest of the world.

Reflection Section

My Wellbeing:

14/6/21

My Wellbeing goals:

In the past 3 weeks, we have been doing different tasks to help us reach three well-being goals. The Goals I was doing were 1: Making a morning routine and following it. 2: Drink more water 3: Talk to my friends more at home. All of these tasks have helped and I and my well-being and it has had many other benefits than just my basic wellbeing. In New Zealand, there is a huge issue as we have some of the highest suicide rates in the world and we want everyone in the country to be happier and healthier. This can be caused by things like bullying or the way people treat others.

9/7/21

Schools and drugs

Stuff article:

Recently our school had been in stuff news for having a student sent to hospital for smoking synthetic cannabis on the school grounds. Out of the small group of students smoking lucky only one of them got impacted with issues to their health. Robin Sutton the school principal has stated that “As a result of this incident appropriate action was taken to ensure the safety of all students at school,” it said. “The matter now rests with the police.” As for now, the police have confirmed they are working with the school.

Why is this text written this way: The text was written this way to inform the public on the issue of synthetic cannabis and how this may affect students at high schools.

Ecotourism

 Eco-Tourism:

What is Eco-Tourism:

Eco-Tourism is when people are traveling around to natural areas to keep the environment clean and to help improve the well-being of the local people. This is important because if this wasn't a thing the earth would be in a far worse condition. We need ecotourism because it's a boost to our environment and it makes the places look better and become safer for humans to visit or for the animals to stay. This is working as nowadays when people do this they are getting to go on a holiday and cleaning up the environment well doing so. Ecotourism is used heaps in native areas as the point of it is to create respect for the environment. This is very important for the environment.

Why is it a growing trend?

Ecotourism is a growing trend and industry because many people are wanting to both help keep the environment safe and see new sites at the same time. Ecotourism is good and it is hugely important that more people are getting into eco-tourism. People are getting into eco-tourism more and it is having a big positive impact on our planet. This is great because flights and ways of transport to these destinations are getting cheaper and more common to buy. There is also the great fact that the people are wanting and are able to get joy out of it and it makes them feel better and feel eco friendly. This is huge and it is great to see more people are getting into eco-tourism.

How tourism helps our ocean?

Ecotourism is helping our ocean and it is something that is great for the rest of the world too. This is very important because if we save our oceans it could help with things like pollution. They are doing a lot to help our planet including our ocean. They are getting people from all over the world to come to places to help fix our ocean as it is a huge issue. This is very cool because it's great that they are getting many people from different countries to come and they all know the same issues as our ocean. They are trying to help with all of the ocean issues like cleaning up the rubbish that we dump as it's damaging our land on earth. We need more people to help clean our ocean like eco-tourism.

Wind Racers

Aim: To make a working wind racer.

Method:

Step 1:

Get the metal rod or bamboo stick and put it into your trolly this is your mask.

step 2:

Put down 3 pieces of cardboard into a triangle shape. Fill in the center of the triangle with paper to make your sail.

step 3:

Connect your sail to your mask using tape.

Step 4:

Add more paper to add extra support.

Step 5:

Using two popsicle sticks make a smaller mask.

Step 6:

repeat steps 2 and 3 to a smaller scale but use a plastic bag and connect the two masts using string.

Results:

(My Image coming soon)

(this is not mine so here is something similar.)

Discussion: When we were making these wind races we had to make sure that the wind it could pick up would have enough thrust to push our racer further ahead than the other wind racers. We had made two sails so that there was enough air to push it further ahead even with the drag force in place to make our racer stop at some point. Lift and weight didn't have as much of an effect in this task but because it was on the ground I would assume that there was more gravity and weight force in place.

Conclusion:

Our wind racer did work and we ended up coming 2nd but we won a prize for the most creative. Next time what we would do is make the 2nd mask stronger and add more paper and things to collect the air and push ours further and into first. I second we did a really good job and this shows how the forces are there and come into play.

Overfishing (Lawyer Paragraph)

Overfishing is becoming a huge problem for us humans. This is very bad as we are running out of these basic resources that we need to survive. Overfishing also is bad for the sea life in the ocean as it can cause extinction in some fish and overpopulation in other fish. Currently, places all over the world are having to put restrictions in place to stop overfishing. This is also causing pollution as more commercial fishing ships are going in and they are leaving their trash and are warming up the ocean. This causes things like the ice caps to melt and is an impact on heating up the ocean. Overfishing is and will continue to be a huge issue if something doesn't change and this can have a huge impact on our ocean and planet.

Interpersonal skills

Today in class we were seeing how doing things like playing games with friends can boost your wellbeing.

This shows how playing games can boost your attitude and make you a happier person which also makes your well-being stronger and you healthier.

I learned that games can be fun and it's fun to compete against others in your class.

Sustainable Fishing/Trashing our planet

Hi Guys

Recently in class, we have been learning about our ocean and sustainable fishing.

We had the task to make a Prezi on what we have learned here is mine.

I learned heaps on the ocean I hope you do too.

BYE!