We had a fabulous start to the term! We were so lucky to have presenters from Genesis Energy.
They came in and taught so many exciting things about how energy is formed. We also had the opportunity to generate energy manually using the 'Human Generator'.
Some facts from the session were:
There are different ways of collecting energy.
Solar panels collect energy from the sun.
Water hydro dam gathers water from everywhere and put it through huge pipes. Starts of as potential energy and kinetic energy when it goes down the pipes
Wind energy - Mostly used in Wellington and Palmerston north areas as it is very windy. Wind turbines are used to collect energy.
Fossil fuel ise used. There are two main ones used in New Zealand. Natural gas is burnt to make energy and coal.
Geo-thermal electricity comes from under the ground. Extracts steam from the ground.
Here are some pictures from our session!
Emrico and Scarlet were lucky first to be selected to have a go with the Human Generator in the senior school
Kia ora Feu'u Class 2019,
ReplyDeleteWe really enjoyed reading all about your visit from Genesis Energy! We have a local business here called the Electric Village, which some of us visited last year and learned about energy. We really enjoyed learning about the wind turbines being in places like Palmerston North and Wellington... we also realised that we have three wind turbines just out of Gisborne, on the plains by the river. There must be enough wind there to power them. We would have loved to have seen your photos, especially if they showed something about the Human Generator, but unfortunately they're not showing. Maybe you could check that they have been inserted properly and we can check back next week? We're looking forward to seeing them.
Ma te wa,
Ruaumoko Class
(written by Ruaumoko and posted by our facilitator as our internet went down while we were trying to post today!)
Kia ora Ruaumoko Class and Amie,
DeleteThank you for your nice comment, we really appreciate your compliments. Some of us have been to Gisborne before, but never seen the wind turbines. Thanks for the information, if we are ever in Gisborne we would love to check them out! Sorry about the pictures going missing! We will get our teacher Ms Chand and Gerhard to fix them. We would love to stay in touch with you!
From all the learners in Feu'u Class (and Gerhard).
hi my name is theo i am 9 years old i like how you learnt about he different types of energy.you taught me about geothermal energy. next time i think that you could learn about how much energy each source makes
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ReplyDeleteMy favourite part was when they was 2 light bulb and the expensive one was easy to make it light up but the cheap one was hard to make it light up.This part reminded me when my light went off and i had to get another one and from that day on i never turn on my light when it is daytime.What does geothermal mean?
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DeleteHi room 9 I really enjoyed reading about when Genesis Energy came to vist. Next time could you tell us about what the Human Generator is and does?
ReplyDeletehi my name is Hamzah and the human generator there are two light bulbs and one of them is one dollar and the other one is nine dollars
ReplyDeleteHi feuu class its Lanisi emrico you look so strong when you twisted the lightbulb
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading all of your nice blog coment's. I liked how all of you guys all explained all your coment's really nicely. Next time Hamzah and Lanisi could explain their ideas a little more.