I am a student at Ōtaki College in Ōtaki, NZ. My blog is a place where I will be able to share some of my learning. Please note....some work won't be edited - they are just my first drafts, so there may be some errors. I would love your feedback, comments, thoughts and ideas on my posts.
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Research project - It's a small world
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Pinwheel
In class we have been learning a lot about wind. We are learning how to make a pinwheel which is a smaller version of a wind turbine. A wind turbine is a device that converts wind into electrical energy. The best place to put a wind turbine is in an open area like on the top of mountains and coastal areas.It was fun making them and it turns around pretty good. Do you think that the pinwheel went good?
Get creative
Thursday, 8 April 2021
Hurricanes
When you think of a hurricane you think of a big storm that turns around and around. Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons are like the same thing, but hurricanes are tropical storms that form over the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific. Cyclones are storm over the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Typhoons are formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean. See it’s like the same thing right.
How are hurricanes made? Hurricanes are made over the warm water of the tropics. When warm moist air over the water rises, It is replaced by cooler air. The cooler air over the warm up and starts to rise too. If there is enough warm water the cycle of the storm clouds and wind speed will grow and that makes a hurricane to form.
Here are some cool fun facts that you should know about hurricanes. Did you know that there is a hurricane season that starts on June 1 and ends on November 30. Hurricanes are given names so that the meteorologists can track that across the ocean. There is a hurricane called Danielle yes that’s my name, but it killed two people. Hurricanes drop more than 2.4 trillion gallons of rain each day. Did you know that hurricanes Katrina was the most destructive storm in history. Around 1,500 people died in that storm.
Hurricanes are cool because they are massive storms that are created above the sea. To learn more about hurricanes you should go on google and type up cool tithing about hurricanes.
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
Friday, 26 March 2021
Sitting At The Front Of The School
Sitting At The Front Of The School
The wind was blowing as the sun was shining. We perch at the front of the school on the compact ground that hurt my bum. The car vroomed past as I sat and wrote.
The police car drove into the yellow lined bus stop. He walked out of his car and walked to a house and thumped on the door. The policeman stood there for like 10 seconds and walked back to his car and drove away.
There were so many vans that went past that I felt like they were going to kidnap me. A van was driving into the school and suddenly Draco and his friend ran past. Draco is a boy at this school. We call him Draco because he looks like Draco off Harry Potter.
As we leaped up and were about to leave there was a man with an old man that strolled past. He looked so cool with his shades on. We walked back to class.