This week we got all the supplies to make a mini water generator. Mr Georgetti helped us get all the things we needed. In the science lab we used the tap and a rubber pipe as the water flow, we attatched the generator. Then we set up the wires so we could test the voltage and current.
We tested it outside and inside again. Each time we got different results but could always light up the little LED.
We also looked for waterfalls in the area so we can relate this to Otaki.
This week our group went to the Mangapouri stream and tested the water. These tests include
-Temp
-Flow
-Streambed composition
-invertebrae
-rocks
-clarity
We went to a different spot than we usually do, Mrs Torley took us to the part of the stream where the Mill used to be (The Mill the road was named after).
We have also talked to some teachers about hydroelectic watermills and how we could make one. We also used a mini generator using a hose as water flow.
1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post?
Was hydro-power is and how it works, also the different ways to make hydro power depending on the environment.
2. How effectively have you used your time this week?
Very effectively, I have been watching videos about water turbines and generators.
3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress?
I have been doing a lot to research how hydro-power works.
4. Glows: something that is going well in your project: Getting supplies and teacher help.
5. Grows: Something you need to work on: Some in-group fighting and tension.
6. Where could you get help with this? The ctg classes and teachers.
7. What are the next steps for your project? Start drawing up designs for the turbine.
Essay Question:
Describe at least one important technique used in the text. Explain how the technique created an emotional response in you.
In the Holocaust memoir 'Night' by Elie Wiesel, three events that impacted me emotionally were the time in the cattle car going to the camp, the hanging of the pipel, and the death march. The writer uses a range of language features including very short sentence, metaphor and repetition to describe his experiences in the concentration camps. These emotionally impacted me by enhancing just how cruel the conditions were and making me feel so much empathy for all the victims.
The first part of the book that affected me was the journey to the camp in the cattle car. For me it represents the downward dive in hope. At the start the Jews were clinging to the possibility that they were being transported somewhere nice, to escape the approaching warfare. But throughout the days in the cattle car they slowly start to understand their horrific fate. Mrs Schachter, a fellow passenger, had hallucinations of fire and distressed the cattle car. Her young son tried to comfort her but she was eventually silenced by an almost lethal blow to the head, "Her son was clinging desperately to her, not uttering a word. He was no longer crying." The author used a very short sentence to show how shocking it is that a six year old boy is no longer crying in this situation.
Reading this specific line made me think of my own mother, and how seeing her that way would break my heart. Watching the most important woman in your world, lose the spirit inside her, would shatter anyone. This also made me understand that the men who struck her did it to save themselves from her insanity. I think that this was an example of the dog eat dog world we live in, and how when everyone starts getting desperate, survival instincts kick in.
The second event that affected me emotionally was the hanging of the pipel. Elie Wiesel describes the hanging of a young boy alongside two adults. He writes in violent detail about how the pipel doesn't die immediately because his body is too light,
"'Where He is? This is where-hanging from the gallows ...'
That night, the soup tasted of corpses." .The metaphor at the end is used to show that although the Jews were seeing terrible things each day, this particular death impacted them all very much.
The third event that left an impact on me was the death march. The way he wrote it made me feel exhausted for them. The constant movement in already broken bodies showed the strength they had even when they were so fatigued,
"We were stronger than cold and hunger, stronger than the guns and the desire to die, doomed and rootless, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth." The author used repetition to reinforce and remind us of their constant bravery and how even though they had been beaten down in every way they were still so strong.
For me, reading this book shed light on the despairing truth that was the Holocaust. It always just a terrible thing that happened in the past, that never affected me directly. These specific moments, and the whole book, affected me hugely. The language features used in each of the quotes enhanced the meaning and deepened the impact on me. The horrors revealed to me in this book, were disgusting and heartbreaking all at once. What is even more heartbreaking is that the cruel behaviour shown in the holocaust hasn't ceased because of this tragic event. The fact the Neo-Nazism even exists proves that some people's sick views haven't changed. Despite this Elie Wiesel is unfathomably brave for going through a deeply traumatic experience and years later writing a book about it. Hopefully this book will educate generations to come.
Our English class is studying the memoir Night, by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.
I worked in a group with Preslee and Eva to create an Empathy Map for Elie at this age.
We watched two videos about Judaism (the Jewish Religion) and the Jewish people. Some things I found out were the history of Jews and what each of the Mitzvahs are and more of the rules and Jewish practises.
One thing I thought was interesting was that Jews don't mix dairy and meat. The reason for this is that they don't want you to accidentally cook children in their own milk.
I would like to find out more about the history and origin of Judaism.
