DAY 5: Here to Stay
Activity 1: Persistent Pollution [4 points]
In 2016, the World Health Organisation announced that Timaru, a small town in the South Island of New Zealand, had the highest recorded levels of air pollution in New Zealand. Some of this pollution was caused by natural events (eg. fires) but most of it was produced (made) by humans.
Watch this short video on air pollution. It will tell you more about the natural and human causes of pollution.
On your blog, share three new things that you learned about air pollution from this video.
- Some air pollutions come from natural sources like from a volcanic eruption, log fires and allergins.
- Greenhouse gases increase Smog, Mold and Pollen
- Smog is a type of air pollution that reduces visibility and has serious health effects.
Activity 2: Changing Climates [4 points]
Over the past decade, the climate in New Zealand (and around the world) has been changing. In fact, the climate has been getting warmer and warmer. While many of us like warm weather, climate change is not good news. Higher temperatures can cause glaciers to melt (leading to flooding) and increase the amount of rain that falls.
Here in New Zealand, we have noticed the change. In fact, we sometimes have torrential (huge) rain storms causing flooding, landslides and road closures. When it starts to rain really hard, Aronui and I usually hide out in our lounge and play games like Yahtzee, Monopoly and Uno. If it rains all day, we will also spend some time reading, watching movies and baking.
What about you? What do you like to do on a rainy day?
On your blog, tell us about five things that you like to do when it is too rainy to go outside.
Five things I like to do when it's raining Outside.
Five things I like to do when it's raining Outside.
- Play snakes and ladders with my brothers
- Spend time with my family
- Watch my favourite Youtuber (Theodd1sout)
- Read my favourite books (Tom Gates)
- Play Fortnite with my friends.
Activity 3: Let It Rain [10 points]
Over the past few decades, we have seen an increase in the amount of rain that falls here in New Zealand. We are lucky, however, that most of the rain that falls is regular rainwater and not polluted acid rain. Acid rain is rain that has bad chemicals (pollutants) in it. When acid rain hits the ground it can enter the water system, killing plants and animals. Click here to learn more about acid rain.
Let’s imagine that New Zealand was hit by a massive acid rain storm. Acidic rain fell for three days and three nights. When the rain fell, you stayed inside with your friends and family. When it stopped, however, you and your family decided to go for a walk outside. You opened the door and...
On your blog, write a short story about what happened when you opened the door and walked outside after the acid rain storm. To earn full points, you must write a story that is 8 – 10 sentences long
One day, after an enormous acid storm, my brother and I decided to go for a walk outside. I opened the door and I saw trees without any leaves. "What the heck," I said to myself. But that didn't stop us from going for a walk. When we proceeded to walk, we saw our neighbours doing the same thing we were doing. We asked them if they knew what has happened to the trees and they replied by saying "The acid storm did that". After hearing that, we decided to explore the trees. After minutes of searching, we found a baby Tree-Kangaroo looking for a new home. "Poor little creature," said my little brother. We took the baby Tree-Kangaroo and kept it in our house until it was strong enough to go out on his own. "We should name it Jacks" said my little brother. We fed it, we Kept it warm and we even tried to put clothes on it. A few weeks past, Jacks is doing great and were thinking of releasing him back to the wild but all of a sudden, he stops breathing. I quickly tell my dad about Jacks. We drive straight to the vet. As kids, my brother and I are scared and worried if he's going to make it. The veterinarian came in and said that he was only choking on a piece of french fry and it wasn't that serious. We all sighed in relieved. As we about to go, the veterinarian tells us that the Tree-Kangaroo has to stay with them because it was too dangerous for it to stay around a place that recently had an acid storm. So brother and I said our final goodbyes and left with tears.
One day, after an enormous acid storm, my brother and I decided to go for a walk outside. I opened the door and I saw trees without any leaves. "What the heck," I said to myself. But that didn't stop us from going for a walk. When we proceeded to walk, we saw our neighbours doing the same thing we were doing. We asked them if they knew what has happened to the trees and they replied by saying "The acid storm did that". After hearing that, we decided to explore the trees. After minutes of searching, we found a baby Tree-Kangaroo looking for a new home. "Poor little creature," said my little brother. We took the baby Tree-Kangaroo and kept it in our house until it was strong enough to go out on his own. "We should name it Jacks" said my little brother. We fed it, we Kept it warm and we even tried to put clothes on it. A few weeks past, Jacks is doing great and were thinking of releasing him back to the wild but all of a sudden, he stops breathing. I quickly tell my dad about Jacks. We drive straight to the vet. As kids, my brother and I are scared and worried if he's going to make it. The veterinarian came in and said that he was only choking on a piece of french fry and it wasn't that serious. We all sighed in relieved. As we about to go, the veterinarian tells us that the Tree-Kangaroo has to stay with them because it was too dangerous for it to stay around a place that recently had an acid storm. So brother and I said our final goodbyes and left with tears.
Kia Ora Siosaia
ReplyDeleteWell done on another awesome blog post. I absolutely love your story about the acid rain storm. You took me on an emotional journey. What food would you feed a baby kangaroo?
You have a cool list of wet weather activities that you enjoy doing. Snakes and ladders is a really fun game. Do you like to play any other board games? Playing board games is one of my favourite things to do when it rains.
Have a great weekend.
Izzy