What is global warming?

What is global warming?

Global warming means warming of the Earth.
Global warming happens when the
atmosphere traps heat from the sun.

Earth is becoming too hot because
the carbon dioxide is responsible for
absorbing heat. The temperature is rising
because the level of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere is increasing. If the temperature
rises glaciers will melt, it will cause wildfires,

heatwaves and animals will lose their habitats.

We can slow this process of global warming by
growing more trees. Trees will absorb extra
carbon dioxide and help in cooling down the
Earth.

Earthquake word cloud

Earthquake

 Earthquake

In an earthquake there is loss of life and property. Sometimes the whole city gets destroyed and can cost millions of dollars. So people have to live in camps together for months. There is scarcity of food and water. People are devastated and miserable because their houses are busted down. When there is an earthquake there is a possibility that there will be a tsunami and when it  happens people feel vulnerable because they don’t know when it’s coming and they get scared because they may lose their loved ones. So people need to prepare themselves against the dangers of disasters.

Shallow earthquakes are the strongest and they are the closest to the Earth’s surface. Earthquakes that are magnitude 2 or 3 do not damage property but

earthquakes with magnitude over 6 can be dangerous.

Example

The christchurch earthquake that happened in 2011 was a magnitude of 6.4 on the richter scale.

WALT: Use word cloud to write feeling words for people in an earthquake

Natural disasters

Tsunami
Volcano eruptions
Tornado
Cyclone
Bad weather
Hail
Storms
Blizzards
Wildfire
Floods
Earthquakes
Avalanche
Heat wave
Drought

Man made disasters


Candle near a curtain
Fire in the house
Epidemic
Pollution
Chemical
Biologic
No water and food
No oxygen

Road accidents

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Survey

                                           

Today we went to the Pakuranga mall to do a survey. We asked only one question which was do you know what Matariki is? Out of 20 people 14 did not know what Matariki was and 6 knew about it we asked people from different cultures but all people lived in New Zealand. Some Maori people did not know about their new year too.

It shows us that many people don’t know about Matariki even though they live in New Zealand. We should celebrate Matariki more by putting Matariki on the calendar, putting up posters, decorate malls and put it on the radio. We should also celebrate it in the city so that people know about an important festival of New Zealand.

Big book

Matariki big book introduction

We in Aotearoa are busy preparing for
the Maori new year. It is Known as Matariki.
Matariki is an important Maori festival that
falls in the end of May or Early June.

Matariki is something to do with the cluster
of seven stars in the sky. It is commonly
known as Pleiades.

It is celebrated over 15 days. Matariki is
the time when families get together to wish
good fortune.