Zero Waste

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 though recycling these products?

Plastics:So we dont need to use coal or electricity
Cycling or walking:so we dont need to use gas or oils
Paper:less cutting down trees
Steel:Not going to burn as much coal burning it and releasing CO2 

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.  Reduse 
2.  Reuse
3. Recycle
4. Repair 
5. Redesign

What do we need to recycle?

Plastic, Paper, Metal and Glass

What does recycling do?

prevents less CO2 being released into the air  

How much of our rubbish is food scraps?

157,389 tonnes in New Zealand 

What does soil do to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
absorb the CO2 and stores the CO2

What is a carbon footprint?

The amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community.

How can you make your Carbon Footprint smaller?

not burn as much fossil fuel from factory and etc, also by sharing resorses and recycling.

ENERGY SAVING TIPS FILM

Name 4 of the tips.

1.   Solar Power
2.   reducing your rubbish that you put in the land fills
3.   Turning off switches to things your not using
4.    consuming less stuff

AT WHAT RATES DO DIFFERENT ITEMS DECOMPOSE?

MY INVESTIGATION.

Choose 5 items from the list and investigate them. 

You need to answer three questions.

Name: News Paper

1. How long do they take to decompose/ 2-4 weeks
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from?Trees
3. How is this resource recycled?It gets put in the yellow bins
4. How does this object contribute to climate change?cutting down trees and releasing CO2 when they are getting burned

Name: orange Peels

1. How long do they take to decompose?3-6 months
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from? Trees
3. How is this resource recycled?put it in the green bin
4. How does this object contribute to climate change? cutting down trees and releasing CO2 when they are getting burned

Name:Plastic Bag 

1. How long do they take to decompose?10-20 years
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from?oil
3. How is this resource recycled?by putting it in the red bin
4. How does this object contribute to climate change?fossil fuels are released when the plastic bags are being made

Name: Plastic 6 Pk Ring

1. How long do they take to decompose?400-500 years
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from?disposable packaging
3. How is this resource recycled? by putting it in the recycling bin
4. How does this object contribute to climate change?CO2 is being released by getting made 

Name: Glass Bottle

1. How long do they take to decompose?500-Forever
2. What resource / fossil fuel are they made from?liquid sand
3. How is this resource recycled?put in the recycling bin
4. How does this object contribute to climate change?Releasing CO2 into the air by making it

Water Cycle

Hurumanu: The Water Cycle

AIM: TO LOOK AT THE WATER CYCLE AND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING IT.

Definition:

Scientific words:

• Evaporation. When water is heated by radiant energy it turns into water vapor.
• Transpiration. Evaporation from plants.
• Condensation. When water vapor cools, molecules join together and form clouds.
• Precipitation. When clouds get heavy the waters falls as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
• Acidification: the action or process of making or becoming acidic.

We will be conducting an experiment that looks at the different ways that climate change is affecting the water cycle.

THE WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT

Bag 1: Normal Water cycle

Bag 2: Water cycle with CO2 added: like Oceans in climate change

Bag 3: Water cycle with ice added: like Antarctica in climate change

Material:

1.  plastic bag
2.  water
3.  food coloring
4.   sand or soda water

Steps:

1. Draw the water cycle on the plastic bag. 
2.  Put one cup of liquid into the bag.
3. Put 2 drop of food coloring in the plastic bag with the liquid. 
4. If soda water was used, place a piece of litmus paper at the top.
5. Seal the bag and hang it up in the sun.

	The Water Cycle: Bag 1	CO2 Water Cycle: Bag 2 Acid	Desert Water Cycle Bag 3
Does it cycle?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amount of Water	2	2	2
Acidity	1	2	1

Key: Water and acidity amount: 1 = none 

2 = small drips

3 = large drips

Other comments:

1. Water cycle in Bag 1 had no acidity
2. The water cycled in bag one
3. The water formed in small drops in Bag 1

1. The water cycled in bag 2
2. The water formed in small drops in bag 2
3. Water cycle in bag 2 had small drops of acidity

1.The water formed in small drops in bag 3
2.Water cycle in bag 3 had no acidity
3. The water cycled in bag 3

Conclusion:

The water cycle in bag 1 and 3 had no acidity.In all 3 bags formed small drops.Also in bag 1 2 and 3 the water cycled.

Draw a labelled diagram of the Water Cycle

Water cycle words:

1. Precipitation
2. Hurricanes
3. Acid rain
4. Evaporation
5. Carbon Dioxide
6. Water
7. Deforestation
8. Water vapor
9. Transpiration
10. Flooding

SOLO Hexagons Activity

TODAY YOU WILL BE INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ON THE WATER CYCLE.

1. Using your SOLO hexagons poster write a paragraph about the different aspects of climate change.
2. Write about the following Climate Change concepts:

You can do these by powerpoint, embedding a movie , on your blog, on a doc or any other form of presentation. It is up to you.

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

Picture:

Diagram of how it affects the water cycle.

DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

DEFORESTATION: HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

Picture:

Diagram of how it affects the water cycle.

ICE CAP MELT: HOW DOES ICE CAP MELT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

Picture:

Diagram of how it affects the water cycle.

WATER VAPOUR: HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTE TO WATER VAPOUR AND EVAPORATION?

Picture:

Diagram of how it affects the water cycle.

Definition:Ice caps are formed when snow that falls builds up and does not melt in the warmer weather. As time passes the layers of snow become layers if ice as they become compressed.

The temperature of the earth has increased by one half of a degree Celsius in the last 100 years, which might seem small but it can have drastic effects on the earth as a whole. This temperature change can melt ice caps and cause water levels to rise globally.

While sea ice exists primarily in the polar regions, it influences the global climate. ... When warming temperatures gradually melt sea ice over time, fewer bright surfaces are available to reflect sunlight back into the atmosphere. More solar energy is absorbed at the surface and ocean temperatures rise.

Ocean acidification is the decrease in the pH and increase in acidity of the Earth's oceans. It is caused by the increase of carbon dioxide that humans have put into the atmosphere. More than 30% of the carbon dioxide in the air goes into the oceans. Therefore, when carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, the carbon dioxide in the ocean increases, too.

When carbon dioxide enters the oceans, it makes it more acidic.

The reason is that adding carbon dioxide to water is like adding a few drops of lemon juice. It makes the water a little acidic.

In the past 200 years, the ocean has become much more acidic. In that time, it has absorbed 500 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It’s hard to imagine that amount of a gas. 

Deforestation is the permanent destruction of forests in order to make the land available for other uses

Deforestation is when forests are destroyed by cutting and not replanted. Sometimes deforestation happens when people change the land into farms, ranches and cities. A lot of deforestation is caused by the removal of all the trees from a forest for wood or fuel. Without the forest, the habitats of the animals are lost and many animals die. It also results in global warming (climate change).

Water vapor is water that is in the form of a vapor, or gas. It is a part of the watercycle. When liquid water is heated to boiling temperature, 100 degrees Celsius, it all turns into vapor.

 Water vapor can also be produced directly from ice this is called Deposition. Steam is water vapor, but clouds are liquid water. Water vapor affects weather conditions. Water vapor is found in most of the air. In the cold, breathing out causes the water vapor breathed in to freeze.Water vapour weighs less than air, which is part of the reason clouds float high in the sky.

Paper Puppets

This week we have been making and acting with our paper puppets. First we made puppets out of paper bags.We had to make a character that would contribute to eating heathy.Then we made a play or song to do with heathy eating with our characters.

Taha Tinana
Eating is good for your body after working out it is also good for your food balance.When you eat fibres those fibres make you go toilet more and clean out your system.

Taha wairua
Is your believes such as being vegan not eating anything with a face and how you harvest and what time you harvest and ect.

Taha Whanau
Say eating with friends and family probably makes you feel good.
Example
Me and my friends we go to the mall and have a look around and then we go and eat.

Taha Hinengaro
Is when you are sad and you eat all your problems away like eating junk food that is bad for you but makes you feel good and safe.








In the holidays I'm going to try and not eat as much junk food.

Acidifacation

TODAY YOU WILL BE INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS ON THE WATER CYCLE.

1. Using your SOLO hexagons poster write a paragraph about the different aspects of climate change.
2. Write about the following Climate Change concepts:

You can do these bullet powerpoint, embedding a movie , on your blog, on a doc or any other form of presentation. It is up to you.

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

The heat and fossil fuels contribute to the acidification of the water. The fossil fuels that rise into the sky get absorbed by the clouds. Then when it rains the acid in the clouds go into the water. Which then creates the acid water. Then there is heat, heat is caused by carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide then heats up the earth and the acid goes into the clouds. Which then goes into the water. The ocean absorbs %30 of carbon dioxide. 

Picture:

Diagram of how it affects the water cycle.

Water Cycle

Draw a labelled diagram of the Water Cycle

Water cycle words:

1. Precipitation
2. Hurricanes
3. Storms
4. Evaporation
5. Carbon Dioxide
6. Water
7. Oceans
8. Water vapour
9. Freshwater
10. Flooding

SOLO Hexagons Activity

Water cycle words: Definition

1. Precipitation :When clouds get heavy the water falls as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
2. Hurricanes : a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
3. Storms : a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
4. Evaporation : the process of turning from liquid into vapour.
5. Carbon Dioxide : a colourless, odourless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. It is naturally present in air (about 0.03 per cent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.
6. Water : a colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
7. Oceans : a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
8. Water vapour : Water vapor is water in its gaseous state-instead of liquid or solid (ice). Water vapor is totally invisible.
9. Freshwater :of or found in freshwater; not of the sea.
10. Flooding : the covering or submerging of normally dry land with a large amount of water.
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