I am Feeling so grateful for my science class this year! Every lesson was filled with new learning, exciting topics, and plenty of laughter. I have learned so much—from understanding how the world works to exploring big questions that make us think deeper.

I am very grateful for both my teachers Mr Prakash and Whaea Shweta. I am grateful that they taught me so many different things and that they helped me throughout my journey in science.

Overall I really enjoyed my time in science this year.

Kia ora. In term 2, my level 1 science class has been focused on Newton’s laws of motion. Newton’s first law is that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a force. Newton’s second law is that the harder you push (the larger the force), the faster an object will accelerate. Lastly, Newton’s third law is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I have recently just finished an assessment. The assessment was about balloon propulsion. For this assessment we had to do an experiment and we had to write about the different things that happened in the process of this experiment and more. This is the end of my blog post.

Naku Noa.

Kia ora, my name is Khloe Reti. Firstly we learnt about the characteristics of Motion. Throughout this topic I learnt about distance, speed, time and how to calculate each of them. Distance is calculated by multiplying speed and time. Speed is calculated by dividing distance by time and time is calculated by dividing distance by speed. I learnt multiple things from this topic which were very interesting bits of information. Lately I have been learning about forces and their effects. During this topic I have been learning primarily about Newton’s laws. Newton’s first law is that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by a force. Newton’s second law is that the harder you push (the larger the force), the faster an object will accelerate. Lastly, Newton’s third law is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is the end of my blog post.

Naku noa.

Kia ora

Throughout this whole term myself alongside the rest of my level 1 science class have been focused primarily on the four spheres and the effect that human-induced activities have on them. We have also been learning about global warming, fossil fuels, acid rain, eutrophication, and ocean acidification. Written below is the human-induced activity that I will be writing about, which is how deforestation impacts the four spheres.

Hydrosphere

Deforestation affects the hydrosphere and also bodies of water because trees and forests play a crucial role when regulating the water cycle by absorbing rain water, preventing soil erosion, and releasing water vapor into the atmosphere. Deforestation disrupts these processes leading to an increase of runoff, floods and reduced water availability and also the quality of the water as well.

Geosphere

Deforestation affects the geosphere because it causes the exposure of soil to erosion, leading to soil degradation,  loss of nutrients, and reduced agriculture productivity.

Atmosphere

Deforestation affects the atmosphere because trees absorb Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. When deforestation occurs it disrupts this absorption, releasing stored carbon back into the atmosphere, also contributing to climate change and global warming.

Biosphere

Deforestation affects the biosphere because  it contributes to loss of habitat and fragmentation. When there is a loss of habitat it leads to the endangerment or elimination of plant and animal species.

This is a bit of what I have been learning about in term 1 of school.

Naku noa, 

Khloe Reti.