Kaupapa Kererū | School Journal

Hello everyone, this past few weeks I'm reading a book named Kaupapa Kereru by Ross Calman and I'm answering some question that is about the book. Here are the Q and A.

Kaupapa Kererū

Saving the Kererū on Banks Peninsula

by Ross Calman

Comprehension questions

Answer the following questions using your own words, write in full sentences:

1. Why are the Kereru special to New Zealand? 

The Kereru is special to New Zealand because they’re one of the native birds on the country.

2. Is the Kaupapa Kereru project is a success?

Yes, because the scientist found out that the population of Kereru is going up on Bank Peninsula.

3. How would the Kereru still be here if predators like rats and stoats weren’t introduced?

The population of Kereru will increase and they will leave healthily and happily. They will not worry about dying because of those animals.

4. How would supplying the Kereru with plenty of food help with repopulating?

Food can help the Kereru with repopulating because the adults Kereru can feed their chicks with a lot of food. It can help the chicks grow up healthy and make other baby birds.

5. How would destroying forests affect Kereru?

By destroying their habitats the Kereru will no longer a place to live and a place to find their foods and it makes some of the Kereru died. That will decrease the population of the Kereru.

If this is the answer, what is the question?

Write a question to match each of these answers.

1. Native
2. 90 percent
3. Calendar

Is the Kererus native on New Zealand? 

Before the people arrived in Aotearoa how many percents of the country including Bank Peninsula is covered with the forest? 

What is the artwork that children at Diamond Harbour School created to help Kaupapa Kereru? 

Vocabulary

What do these words mean?

Write the definition and use the word in a sentence

1. Plump - having a full rounded shape.

The berries were plump and sweet

2. Plumage - a bird's feathers collectively.

The male in full breeding plumage.

3. Plentiful - existing in or yielding great quantities; abundant.

Coal is cheap and plentiful.

Endangered Kererū

Imagine that you are an endangered kererū. 

Write a letter to the local newspaper telling them about what has caused you to become endangered and what people need to do to save you!

"Hello, humans, please stop illegal logging, hunting kererus because it’s killing our population and we are getting endangered because of what you guys have done. By illegal logging or cutting trees, our habitats or where we lived are getting destroyed and now we are nowhere to live in. By hunting kererus our population is getting lower because you guys are killing us.

Hope you humans stop what you’re doing to us because it makes our life harder and it’s killing our populations now we are endangered we are almost extinct. If we are extinct there will be no native Kererus on New Zealand. Can you humans please plant trees again, and leave us birds ALONE because we didn’t do anything to humans, we are living our life good until you humans came and start destroying our life. So please STOP, Thankyou."

Hurumanu - Renewable Energy | Solar powered oven

Aim: To make a solar-powered oven.

Materials: 

1.   Sellotape
2. Scissors
3. Pizza box
4. Straw
5. Marshmallow
6. Biscuit
7. Glad wrap
8. Tinfoil
9. Black plastic
10. Ruler
11. Vivid marker
12. Newspaper

Steps:

1. Measure the box
2. Cut the centre of the box
3. Cover the bit you cut, with tin foil
4. Put a piece of black plastic on the bottom of inside of the pizza on the bottom
5. Make a paper square that fits inside the pizza box and lays around the edge
6. Put a marshmallow on top of a chocolate biscuit, place  it on a plastic plate and put it in the solar oven
7. Put it in the sun to cook

Time	Temperature
0
15
30
45

Conclusion





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

Section 1: Title Page

Make a title page that incorporates all renewable energy 's Hydro, Solar, Wind and Wave.

Section 2: Definitions

Define and provide a picture of each energy type.

1. Hydro Energy - Hydroelectric energy is energy derived from the movement of water. Water has mass. It falls and flows downward due to gravity. When it moves, it has kinetic energy which can be harnessed. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Hydro or water energy is the conversion of hydropower into electricity. Hydropower refers to the force of water flow that turns turbines and powers generators, which then store the electricity into power grids for mass consumption. The hydropower process is a clean renewable energy resource because the water cycle occurs naturally. The movement of water throughout Earth’s systems is called the hydrologic cycle. This cycle is influenced by solar energy like other clean energy sources. This is because the amount of heat from the sun causes the water to change in the atmosphere, making it solid, liquid, or gas
2. Solar Energy - Solar energy is created and used by harnessing the sun's heat and light. The sun is able to generate enough solar energy in one minute to supply Earth’s entire population with energy for a year. The energy is stored in what are called photovoltaic cells formed from semiconductor material. This type of mechanism is found in basic solar panels on people’s homes as well as on spacecraft and other machines in need of immediate energy. Photovoltaic cells produce energy when the Sun's heat hits the cells and cause electrons to be shaken free from their atoms. Another mechanism to harness solar energy is using the Sun's heat to boil water, which then generates electricity through steam-turning turbines.
3. Wind Energy - Wind power or wind energy is the use of wind to provide the mechanical power through wind turbines to turn electric generators and traditionally to do other work, like milling or pumping. Wind power is sustainable and renewable energy and has a much smaller impact on the environment compared to burning fossil fuels. Electrical energy obtained from harnessing the wind with windmills or wind turbines.
4. Wave Energy - Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or pumping water. A machine that exploits wave power is a wave energy converter(WEC).
   Wave power is distinct from tidal power, which captures the energy of the current caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon. Waves and tides are also distinct from ocean currents which are caused by other forces including breaking waves, wind, the Coriolis effect, cabbeling, and differences in temperature and salinity.
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Section 3; Investigate each of the 4 Energy types.
( Hydro ,Solar ,Wind ,Wave ) 

1. Type: Hydro 
2. Is it used in NZ? Yes, New Zealand is using Hydro energy and New Zealand has been using it for over 100 years.
3. Other Countries that use it? More than 150 countries produce some hydroelectricity, although around 50% of all hydro-power is produced by just four countries: China, Brazil, Canada and the United States.
4. How is it used to generate electricity? 
5. Draw and label a diagram of the main parts of the electricity generator? This can be done on paper and uploaded or on a drawing program on your device. I do not want any Internet images or pictures. They must be hand-drawn using a ruler and labelled.

Section 4: Renewable Energy in the future.

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

Hurumanu - Wind Power

Extreme weather

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

 Anemometer: An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.

Beaufort wind scale: The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale. 

MATERIALS

1. Cellotape 
2. Pencil  
3.  Pen 
4.  Two sticks  
5. 4 Cups   
6. sticky note 
7. scissors 

STEPS

1.   Cellotape the sticks to the cups.
2.   Cellotape the sticks together to make a cross.
3.   Pin the cross to the rubber on the pencil. 
4.   
5.   
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Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind Manager

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. Repeat the above step four (4) times and record the number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.

• You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	20
2.	Old J blick site	15
3.	Grass hill in quad	10
4.	Tennis Court gate	3

CONCLUSION: I found out that the windiest area is in the field and the second one is the old j block and the third one is grass hill in the quad and the last one is tennis court gate.

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

	Spins per minu	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field	80	13-20	3
Old J Block site	60	6-12	2
Grass hill	40	6-12	2
Tennis Court Gate	12	2-5	1

WHICH IS THE WINDEST AREA AND WHY?

The windest area is on the field.

WHICH IS THE CALMEST AREA AND WHY?

The calmest area is on the tennis court gate.

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE ON LAND TO BUILD A WINDMILL?

The best place to build a windmill is on the windy place like the field

Hurumanu Science - Definition | Weather

Definition:

1. Anemometer: Anemometer is an instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas 
2. Beaufort wind scale: The Beaufort scale is an empirical measure that relates wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land.
3. Typhoon: Typhoon is a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.
4. Monsoon: Monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the north-east between October and April (the dry monsoon ).       
5. What is it when the weather is really nice and turns to hail? - Anticyclones, or “highs,” rotate in the opposite direction and are high-pressure areas - usually bringing clearer skies and more settled weather. The boundary between two air masses is called a weather front. Here, wind, temperature, and humidity change abruptly, producing atmospheric instability.