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Wednesday 12 September 2018

Plastic in the air.

Lately, for a while now we have been learning about pollution and all the different types that can affect the world and the things living in it, we have our own groups I am in group five and we are focusing on Air pollution.
Firstly what is Air pollution, pollution is now a commonplace term, that our ears are attuned to. We hear about the various forms of pollution and read about it through the mass media. Air pollution is one such form that refers to the contamination of the air, irrespective of indoors or outside. A physical, biological or chemical alteration to the air in the atmosphere can be termed as pollution. It occurs when any harmful gases, dust, smoke enters into the atmosphere and makes it difficult for plants, animals, and humans to survive as the air becomes dirty.

what are the causes:

  • the burning of fossil fuels
  • agricultural activities 
  • exhaust from factories and industrials
  • mining operations
  • indoor air pollution
and the effects:
  • respiratory and heart problems
  • global warming 
  • acid rain
  • effect of wildlife
  • eutrophication
So these are all the problems of Air pollution and the effects are really bad towards us, so we need to try and stop air pollution before it becomes worse.
thanks for reading!


Wednesday 5 September 2018

Discovering our heritage

For Te Reo, we are learning about our heritage and what to do. The teachers gave me a choice on what I wanted to learn more about the culture, I choose to learn more about the greenstones and the meanings. here is an example of what I have to do. There is an awesome site that gives the prices, how its made and the history of the greenstone. I have a similar one to this one but its made from a whalebone.
here is the site