Activity 2: Changing Climates [4 points]
Over the past decade, the climate in New Zealand (and around the world) has been changing. In fact, the climate has been getting warmer and warmer. While many of us like warm weather, climate change is not good news. Higher temperatures can cause glaciers to melt (leading to flooding) and increase the amount of rain that falls.
Here in New Zealand, we have noticed the change. In fact, we sometimes have torrential (huge) rain storms causing flooding, landslides and road closures. When it starts to rain really hard, Aronui and I usually hide out in our lounge and play games like Yahtzee, Monopoly and Uno. If it rains all day, we will also spend some time reading, watching movies and baking.
What about you? What do you like to do on a rainy day?
On your blog, tell us about five things that you like to do when it is too rainy to go outside..
Activity 3: Let It Rain [10 points]
Over the past few decades, we have seen an increase in the amount of rain that falls here in New Zealand. We are lucky, however, that most of the rain that falls is regular rainwater and not polluted acid rain. Acid rain is rain that has bad chemicals (pollutants) in it. When acid rain hits the ground it can enter the water system, killing plants and animals. Click here to learn more about acid rain.Let’s imagine that New Zealand was hit by a massive acid rain storm. Acidic rain fell for three days and three nights. When the rain fell, you stayed inside with your friends and family. When it stopped, however, you and your family decided to go for a walk outside. You opened the door and...
On your blog, write a short story about what happened when you opened the door and walked outside after the acid rain storm. To earn full points, you must write a story that is 8 – 10 sentences long.
Tāwhirimātea
Tāwhirimātea sent rain
with the force of a thousand oceans
i didn't think our tin roof
was going to make it
at night it was like it
couldn't make a decision
whether to stay
or to go
but in the morning
Tāwhirimātea still hadn't found his hiding place
at least not yet
the Pounamu was
corroded
dissolved
worn down
as if Maui had taken a hammer to it
tap tap tap
the trees
they were singed
as if Mahuika had sent fire to their roots
and it had crawled
up
and up
until it left the tips wilted and rusted.
the grass resembled straw
the clouds resembled coal
as Tāwhirimātea lingered
in the sky
pondering whether or not to pay another visit
to the place we call
home.
Kia ora Jaime,
ReplyDeleteI see from one of your blog posts that you have been in Timaru recently - did you notice any smog? I think the smog is much worse in winter (with the smoke from wood fires) and I also think people in Timaru have been trying hard to reduce the smog in their town.
I would take some of your recommendations for things to do on a rainy day, but not all! I think reading is a great idea, but I am not a fan of horror movies! I would rather watch a comedy, drama, or even a thriller than a horror movie. I just get too scared!
Did you write this poem yourself? It's amazing! Where did you get the ideas from?
Another awesome blog post - well done.
From Laura