The Great Depression - Social Studies

 We began learning about a new topic for the past few lessons that we had in Social Studies. The topic that we started is about Wars. The first project that we had for the topic was to research the Great Depression and how it affected Germany and New Zealand. 

Why was Germany hit the hardest during the great depression?

In October 1929, the Wall Street stock market in New York City crashed, causing the Great Depression to occur. The Great Depression was an extreme worldwide economic depression which happened in the early 1930’s. The timing of it was different for every country though. In some countries, the Great Depression started in the late 1920’s and ended in the late 1930’s. The Great Depression affected the country of Germany the most. The crash of Wall Street caused the US to pull out their loans, including in Germany. This also resulted in the growth of unemployment in the country and rise of poverty which made the Germans desperate. With all of these hardships happening, it led to a chain of events as a result of the demolition of German democracy. The amount of people who got unemployed in Germany during the Great Depression rose to 24%. Compare that to America which only had a 20% rise of unemployment. Now  comparing that to each other, Germany is a smaller country than America yet it has more unemployment.  

Why did Germany have to agree to signing the Treaty of Versailles?

The German Government and the allies agreed to sign the Treaty of Versailles to make peace. They were required to sign the treaty since it was their country who started the war, therefore it’s their responsibility to pay the expenses. They signed the treaty in 1919, a year after World War 1 ended. Though the Germans signed the treaty, they did not participate in anything related to it because they believed that they weren’t the ones who started the war. The territories that were owned by the Germans were being claimed from them by other countries one by one.  The number of their troops went down from it being 6 million to only being 100 thousand. Now this is clearly unfair for the Germans. 

How was New Zealand affected by the Great Depression? 

The effect of the Great Depression on New Zealand was pretty major and affected the country really badly. The agriculture export lowered to 45% in the country in just a time span of two years. The national income of the country was also affected, falling to 40% in just three years. The amount of people who got unemployment during the Great Depression rose to 12% .

What does Music mean to me? - Music

 1. Have you studied music before? Perform?

Back when I was little, I was able to play the piano. I knew the basics and played a few songs as well, but now I've forgotten how to play it.

2. What type of music do you enjoy listening to? Why?

The types of music I like listening to are rap, hip hop, and soft music. I like listening to them because they take my stress away. It's like my stress reliever. I mostly like listening to soft music since they make me feel calm and somewhat protected. 

3. Name 3 bands/singers you like and why?

Three bands/singers that I like are Moira Della Torre, Arthur Miguel, and Justin Vasquez. I listen to them, most of the time because the way they sing is very calming and fun to listen to.

4. What would you like to learn in Music this term?

In Music this term, I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to know the basics about that instrument and play songs. I also want to learn how to sing properly. 

5. Why did you choose Music?

I chose music because I'm passionate about it. I really want to learn how to sing properly and step my game up. I also want to recall my ability to play the piano as well. 

Sustainable Fishing - Prezi

 Over the past few weeks in Social Studies, we have been gathering ideas and facts to put into our Prezi presentation. My presentation details are about by-catch, commercial fishing, sustainable fishing, and dolphin-safe labels. Those topics are explained much more in detail in my presentation together with some photos. The facts that are put in the paragraphs came from the research that we did while doing this topic. 

In our presentation, we also had to include different types of sentences and paragraphs. The type of paragraph that I used for my topics is the Lawyer paragraph. I used the lawyer paragraph since it suits the topics. These paragraphs also have to include a minimum of 6 sentences and up to how much you want to write. 

The main topic in my presentation is sustainable fishing. Sustainable fishing is important because it is what determines the ocean's circle of life. It also determines whether another kind of marine species would go extinct which would then cause an unbalance to both the prey and predator's diet. 

MY PRESENTATION

(I only placed the link because I didn't know how to embed it.)

Greenpeace - Social Studies

 Who and what is Greenpeace?

Greenpeace is a global, non-governmental organization. Greenpeace holds peaceful protests and creative ways of communication to expose global environmental problems. Those ways also allow them to find and give solutions to help improve the difficulties. Greenpeace has offices in over 55 countries around the world. They also have an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Greenpeace was found in the year 1971, Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe. Both being ex-pat environmental activists. 

What has Greenpeace done to make positive changes?

The Greenpeace organization documents investigate and expose the causes of environmental demolition. Greenpeace always prioritizes dealing with the problems in a calm, peaceful but direct way. The direct actions that they make are physically reacting to immediately stop the wrongdoing happening in the scene.

What are they doing now to help our oceans?

Greenpeace stated that they need all the help that there is to help our oceans. Problems that are making things a little too difficult are natural causes like climate change. That's why getting as many people involved with helping our oceans improve can make the possibility of issues lessen down. Us making a move on improving our oceans now can assure that 30% would be fully protected.  

Resources:

https://www.google.com/search?q=who+is+greenpeace&rlz=1CAUHAI_enNZ872&oq=who+is+greenpeace+&aqs=chrome..69i57j0j0i131i433j0i433j0i131i433j0i433j0l3j0i433.6276j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&safe=active&ssui=on

https://www.greenpeace.org.au/what-we-do/protecting-oceans/

https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/about-greenpeace/how-we-create-change/

Speed Investigation - Science

Aim: To see if any cars are speeding outside our school.

Method: 1. Measure distance... power pole --> power pole = 50 m 

2. Time how long it takes a car to travel the distance. 

-"flag" person indicates when a car passes their pole.

-"timer" person starts when a car passes their pole then stops when the flag person tells them to. 

-"writer" person writes down the times.

3. Collect the times 

4. Calculate speed in m/s --> convert to km/h

5. Are there any speeders?

Result:

Speed	Car1	Car2	Car3	Car4	Car5	Car6	Car7	Car8	Car9	Car10	Average
Time (s)	4.69	3.59	4.50	4.40	5.40	4.13	6.07	3.77	3.43	5.02	4.504
ms -1	10.6	13.9	11.1	11.3	9.25	12.0	8.21	13.2	14.5	9.96	11.402
km hr-1	38.1	50.0	39.9	40.1	33.3	43.2	29.5	47.5	52.2	35.8	46.01

Conclusion: 

After doing this experiment and seeing all the results, it is noticeable that all the cars that pass our school do not go at the same speed. Some are going slower than the speed limit and some are going a little faster. The reason being is that some are heavy vehicles/trucks, and some are small cars. All the calculations together, the average speed of the cars is 46.01 km/h. That is below the speed limit which means that the road is much safer. 

Wananga Reflection

 Yesterday after school, we celebrated salo-salo with the rest of the Filipino Youth Group; We celebrate salo-salo each year. The event is filled with different cultural dances performed by the students and teachers. That was a really fun experience and such a big milestone since they made it to the news for the Philippines. The performances that were done yesterday were already performed in an event in the city called Indep. The performance was really good and was also satisfying. My favorite one was the Tinikling. They performed it in such a beautiful way and always gave us chills.  It was so far the most beautiful performance I've seen.