Mt. Darius, erupting for vengeance!

WALHT: Create a review of the novel we've read.

Katie Glynn is a very determined person!

WALHT: Write a report for a target audience.

Katie Glynn, a very famous hockey player who is known for her determination. Overall, she has scored 77 goals and has played 134 matches in her international career.

She played for a special team called, 'Black Sticks'. She has made numerous friends throughout her hockey career. She started playing when she was five years old which amazes many people. Katie was inspired by her big brother who would always compete with her when they were young.

Her hockey experience has led her to many injuries throughout her career which lead her to resign from her favourite sport in 2016 due to her injured back that still has not healed. As a result, this made many people surprisingly shocked.

As time passed, it was time for Katie Glynn to watch the Rio Olympics 2016. She felt sad she couldn't participate but she pursued to cheer and support her team. Katie Glynn has a very important message to everyone and it is about enjoying what you would like to do and not all about fame.

A liquid source is always needed for experiments!

At Science on Thursday, we mixed a variety of powders and used our senses to find their different features. We started off by investigating icing sugar and listed the features on a piece of sheet so we can see the differences of each ingredient.

After the icing sugar, we went followed down the list which was sodium bicarbonate (baking powder). The icing sugar was different from the NaHCO₃ (sodium bicarbonate) because it tasted different but everything else was the same.

When we were done investigating both ingredients, we mixed both components and investigated on it. The next items on the list were vitafresh powder, C₆H₈O₇ (citric acid) and C₄H₆O₆ (tartaric acid). The vitafresh powder was extremely sweet, the citric acid which comes from the juices of orange skin and lime skin was extremely sour and the tartaric acid which comes from the skin of grapes, was also sour but not as sour as the citric acid.

When we were finished investigating all the ingredients, we all mixed them up in an enormous beaker. We didn't get a chemical reaction when we mixed them because they were all powder and some type of liquid is always needed to activate a chemical reaction. However, when we placed the mixture into our mouth, the chemical reaction activated because of the saliva that we produce. We could hear continuous bubbles dehydrating, making gas bubbles which is CO² (carbon dioxide). We were able to hear, taste, feel and smell the chemical reaction in our mouth.

Overall, this week of Science was a very interesting and fascinating day. I hope we could investigate on more types of powders for our last day of Science.

Great amounts of people suffer from water worries!

WALHT: Plan our ideas to ensure that we inform our reader audience

Water worries

All living things

Water Cycle are showing how waters are re-produced.

Manawatu River, how is it used?

Sediment?

Vapour is Gas

Aquifers?

Dirty water down drains are cleaned before it goes into the river by sewage plants

Erosion?

How to make a Rain Harvester

Things you will need.

• A container to hold the water
• A large plastic bag
• Two lengths of bamboo
• A twisty tie
• Some strong plastic tape
• Rain

What to do:

1. Take your bamboo sticks, cross the ends and push them into the ground at an angle halfway between upright and lying down.
2. Use the twisty tie to secure the crossed ends together
3. Cut off the end of rubbish bag, then cut down one side to make a large sheet.
4. Use the tape to attach the bag to the sticks. Make sure that you tape around the top of each stick so that the plastic can slide down. When you have finished, the rain harvester should look like a sail, with some extra plastic draped over the sides.
5. Position the container under the rain harvester at the bottom,where the sticks cross over.
6. Test your rain harvester by pouring water down the plastic to ensure the water collects in the container. You may need to make a small cut in the plastic at the bottom to direct the water into the container

Plan:

contaminate

filthy

infects

adulterates

amounts of rubbish

25 million litres

bad health

polluted

varieties of rubbish

plastic, tyres, glass, metal, aluminum cans

cleaning for many years

environmental health

poisonous carbon dioxide

Link: Stuff.co.nz

Sources say that there is a small amount of marine life living in the Tamaki River. Even though there is life, the river contains large amounts of rubbish which affects  the rivers and adulterates the water which can harm the marine life. They are trying to figure out how to clean the Tamaki River so marine life can continue to live in the river. Many reports have included how unacceptable the environmental health is. Cars that produce carbon dioxide, antique wheel tyres and unused paint buckets are one of the causes that can also contaminate the river's health. Therefore, swimming in the river is not recommended as it contain many bacteria. As the river becomes more polluted, the more chances it will infect other streams, rivers or oceans.

Link: Newshub
Sources say that the Navy has joined forces with a special charity to clean one of the filthiest waterways, the Tamaki River. Trainees have collected about 25 cubic metres of rubbish from three spots from the river. They collected many kinds of rubbish which includes plastic, tyres, glass, aluminum cans and metal. They say that they have been coming back to the Tamaki River to clean the rubbish for many years but it would refill again with rubbish. When they have been cleaning the river for two hours, they found out that they have collected over 25 thousand cubic metres or 25 millions litres of rubbish which was so atrocious to do. However it was all worth it at the end because they have reduced the rubbish levels at the Tamaki River. When they went back they looked at the rubbish they've collected for the past years, they saw they have collected over 4 millions cubic metres of rubbish which was insane.

Mon, 20 March

Plan:

• To remind people that some of us have water worries
• To persuade people that we need to take care of our water supplies.
• To stop people from wasting water.
• To increases the awareness of people losing water.
• To tell people that we can lose water at anytime.
• To let people know that we lose a great amount of water when it doesn't rain.
• Many reasons the article was made.
• It is faced by many people around the world.
• Many causes and effects for water shortages.

Problems of the Manawatu River:

• It has no fencing.
• Livestock animals can contaminate the water.
• Carbon dioxide from cars can pollute the river.
• Rubbish can easily get into the river.

Explanation

Water worries are faced by many people around the world whether they're living near a water source or far from a water source. The article 'Water Worries' made by Rachael McMillan was made for various reasons. These include:

• reminders to people about water worries
• to persuade people to take care of our water
• stop people from wasting water
• increase the awareness of people losing their water.

The article usually talks about:

• how water is made
• how important it is
• what would occur if we had a water shortage.

The article was made to mainly stop people from wasting water. If our water is wasted by many living humans, then one day we could have continuous water shortages and people would have many problems such as not being able to take showers and getting dehydrated. People waste water in many different ways such as taking long showers, leaving the sink on and pouring drinkable water outside. Many people already suffer from water shortages which is very sorrowful and depressing.

Another reason is to remind people that some of us are already suffering from water worries. This as a result can occur to many deaths because people getting dehydrated.  People should always remember to save water even if they think they have an infinite water source because our water source is isn't infinite and rain doesn't pour always which gives us our water.  

Water worries can get very severe so we need to start taking care of it. We can start by calling our community to help you clean the nearest river or stream. Landowners who own land that contains a river can build a barrier around it. However, they have to follow the rules when building a fence to help the river like how much space is needed between the fence and the river so plants and grass could grow. People are not allowed to get water from the river to purify unless they ask the landowner.

Increasing the awareness of people losing their water is also one of the causes the article was made. If people are aware of them losing their water, they will be more cautious and they will also start to clean in many different ways. They could even build a fence around so people would stop throwing rubbish because nature that grows will create a shield for the river.

Our precious rivers and stream that contain our water is very important. A lot of hardworking people have begun cleaning our streams around our planet. You can learn more about this in the article, "Water Worries" made by Rachael McMillan: Water Worries.