William Pike Challenge Hub

At school we are doing the William Pike Challenge. It is where you do a certain amount of passion projects, community service and outdoor activities. Today I learnt how to log onto the challenge hub where you log what you have done as part of the WPC.

Greenhouse Gases - Climate Change

Here is my persuasive writing about the greenhouse gases in climate change.
This is for my literacy work. I watched a video and took notes, then transferred those notes
into this piece of writing. I hope you enjoy.

Greenhouse Gases

We are destroying the planet. The types of gases we use, create a layer in the atmosphere, and let
the sun’s heat into our planet, but don’t let it out. That is why the name is called the greenhouse
effect, because the atmosphere layer is like the walls in a greenhouse. The more gases that go into
the earth’s atmosphere, the higher the temperature climbs. Some of our fun activities are actually
using bad gases and are increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere by ⅓ more
since the industrial revolution. 

The warming of the planet is really bad. The increase is heating the planet at an alarming rate.
The warmer temperature impacts our oceans, weather, food and health. The consequences of
climate is, the melting of ice countries such as greenland and Antarctica, is increasing our ocean
levels, which can result in bad floods in the coastal region. Our weather can also be affected. If we
don’t stop this, we will have extreme weather. It’s not just more storms, floods and snow falls, but
also longer and more intense droughts. That then impacts our food source. If there are droughts,
crops won’t grow and because of the flooding, our animals will move habitats. It impacts where
they live and how food grows. Climate change also affects people's health. Urban areas have
warmer atmospheres which trap and increase the amount of smog. This is because smog-ozone
particles increase fast at high levels. When the smog increases it causes health problems like
asthma, heart disease and lung cancer. 

We can stop this though.The rapid climate change rate is caused by humans.
Although humans can combat it though. If we replace our fuels with renewable energy sources
like wind, solar and water powered energy, (which don’t produce greenhouse gases) we could
still prevent the worst effects.

Plastics at Tech

Plastics at Tech

Today was our first day at tech since the COVID-19 lockdown. I was really nervous about going back because last time I was there I didn't really like being there. I do plastics and normally I really enjoy it. Before the lockdown, I was working on making a clock. My clock had a cheetah running where the six number usually goes, and the 12,3, and 9 number markers in their places. Today, my clock was ready for laser cutting, but it takes a while and the teacher does it when we are not there. I am so excited to get my finished clock back next week. Next week is my last week for plastics there so I am hoping it gets finished.

New Word to Watch Out For!

New Word...

A new word I have learnt is juxtaposition. This means 'to place next together or side by side but especially when being looked at for comparison or contrast.

Juxtaposition. Pronounced juk-sta-po-zish-in