Climate change

Climate change 

Think about how the weather has changed throughout your childhood. Has the weather gradually turned warmer? Colder? Maybe, you noticed more snowfall or stronger winds? These are all caused directly by climate change and global warming. All this is real, it's happening right now. Rivers are drying up, glaciers are melting, incredible high water levels, global warming, sudden extreme weather. These are only parts of what happens to the world we live in so the future maybe even worse. 

Global warming has led the Arctic sea ice to be shrinking away for decades. This is a major problem to our animal life, animals such as seal pups depend on the ice covers to survive their first week of life, and these large ice blocks are slowly melting away leaving them to have no choice but to fight for survival under the sea, trying to escape their predators who lurk beneath them. Not only is this a problem for animals but it's a concern for all living life, for us humans. 

Places like the Maldives ( an Island nation in the Indian Ocean) are vanishing right before our eyes, its intense sea levels are becoming a threat to this low -lying country. Currently, the highest point is 2 feet above sea level. 

Climate change is even threatening our health and wellbeing, it can also cause a huge problem for community health effects and mental health. Indirect environmental effects from climate change include exposure to microbial contamination, pollen, etc. Scientists have confirmed that in recent decades, climate change has contributed to increasing the levels of ill health mostly because of heatwaves. 

Solutions?

Some of these easy solutions won't just stop climate change. Switching from dirty fossil fuels to clean renewable energy will be better for people, communities, and businesses all around the world. You don't need to do big things to make big changes. Things like turning off lights when you are not using them can save energy and a small change for the future. 

Opinion

My definition of : Opinion piece/ editorial piece
I think that opinion piece/ editorial piece means you writing about your own opinion based of the facts you discovered  so being involved in preparing a newspaper, magazine  or something written for public. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/119385975/coronavirus-a-matter-of-when-not-if

I agree with the opinion piece given from the linked site because their main point was :

"stay united; all focused on keeping New Zealanders here and abroad, and our Pacific neighbours, safe"


People are still entering our country who may have been in contact with the virus, but are expected to isolate themselves, how many will actually do this? It should have been compulsory from the beginning
People are still entering our country who may have been in contact with the virus, but are expected to isolate themselves, how many will actually do this? It should have been compulsory from the beginning
My opinion. 
People are still entering our country who may have been in contact with the virus, but are expected to isolate themselves, how many will actually do this? It should have been compulsory from the beginning
I think that as people are still entering NZ who may have already been in contact with the virus, and are expected to separate themselves for 14 days? not everyone will follow these orders so I think it should have been compulsory from the start.  

algebra

Essay - Captain Cook/Abel Tasman

How did Abel Tasman’s map of New Zealand change life for the Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa?

On 24th November 1642, Abel Janszoon Tasman was known to be the first European explorer to discover New Zealand in history. Have you ever wondered if things would take a different turn if it weren't for Abel Tasman's map of where the slightest idea New Zealand was? Would Captain Cook’s visit still be an impact on the Tangata whenua of Aotearoa?

People used to think that there was a possibility of there being a huge piece of land in the southern hemisphere. Therefore Abel Janszoon Tasman was sent out to investigate the soon to be New Zealand in 1642. Able Tasman was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages in 1642 and 1644.

Tasman was given two small ships for the expedition, the “Heemskerck” and the “Zeehaen”. As Tasman was sailing his ship to the northern end of D’Urville Island, Although he already suspected the existence of a strait ahead of him. Bad weather prevented him from investigating that particular area so he sailed North. Tasman named his discovery ( NZ ) Staten Landt in honour of the States General.

With Tasman’s mapping skills, he drew only partially of the New Zealand map because He didn't explore the rest of New Zealand but was able to roughly draw on his map where it was. He drew two charts, and in 1646 the narrow islands of New Zealand was shown on a world map for the first time.

This evidence that there was land, was enough for the people in England and Europe to get excited and wanted to complete the rest of the map, since Tasman did not explore the rest of New Zealand this left a big gap in the mapping history. This then guided Captain Cook coming to New Zealand 127 years later after Tasman. 1769, he too had reached New Zealand and sailed around, making the first complete outline of the coasts. This was evidence that the country was not part of a larger land mass. Cook and his crew landed Poverty Bay two days later on 8th October. He drew accurate maps and wrote about the Maori people.

There are still some major questions people of New Zealand are debating about. Whether it's good or bad we aren't entirely sure. If Abel Tasman hadn't found New Zealand and left the map of where the country was, would Captain Cook still be the one that would find the rest of New Zealand?

Tasman played a small part in our history and there are still many people that don't know his achievements. He may have only just set the scene for Captain Cook’s even greater success, but discovering Tasmania and then New Zealand was an amazing discovery. It was Tasman who opened the way for the European history of New Zealand.


Able Tasmans NZ map                  Cooks NZ map                                        NZ map now

Abel Tasman's NZ Map

Algebra problem

Yesterday me and my group did some problem solving and these were my answers :)

Lawyer paragraph.

Lawyer paragraph Children should be aware of what devices can do to your eyesight. Each year more and more children are having to get glasses at a young age because of the amount of time they spend on devices and electronics Kids should be outside more than indoors, they should be playing sports with others and enjoying the sun. Children nowadays often spend their whole afternoon holding devices close to their eyes which can cause them to becoming short sighted. A majority of 61 percent in the world's population are reported to wear glasses and many of them are children With adults limiting their children's screen time can lead to a smaller chance of their children's eyes getting damaged. Children need to be taught to limit their screen time