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Guy Fawkes Wonderopolis Worksheet

this is my wonderopolis work sheet. i had to write down 3 things i learnt from reading a wonder about Guy Fawkes.  

Leading As a Learner

Cat in the Clouds

Today we made animations using slides and turned them into gifs using talltweets

Pyramid Poem

LSR VB EA: Healthy Eating

Ocean Poem

for the past 2 weeks I have been learning to put more descriptive words in my writing with a background that connects with our writing

My Watermelon

My watermelon

My watermelon tastes like sweet scrumptious pineapple

It looks like a green zebra

it sounds like a tree being cut down

it feels as smooth as a metal pole

My watermelon

Super Slow Writing

We are learning about making Slow Writing
Next time I need to add more punctuation

2018 shakeout

We are learning about the 2018 shakeout, it is a big earthquake drill that happens all around NZ

We can improve by making our images more quality

Cyclone Report

Cyclones

Did you know that cyclones can reach wind speeds of over 240 kph?

How do they form?

Cyclones form if there is a body of water that is 26.5oc or over, they also need it to be calm. The warm water heats up the air which makes it rise and then cold air replaces the warm air’s spot then heats up and rises, this happens until the eye forms and then more clouds forms, these are called rainbands and they create rings around the eye.

The parts of a cyclone

• Eye. The eye of a cyclone is very calm and it makes the illusion that the storm is over. The cold air falls down in eye but the warm air rises up in a spiral pattern

• Eye wall. The eye wall is the most windy part of the cyclone. The winds in the eye wall are the fastest winds of the cyclone, therefore it is the most dangerous part of the cyclone

• Rainbands. Rain bands are the main sources of wind because of how big they can get. Winds in rainbands get stronger the closer they are to the eye of the cyclone.

Māori connection

Tāwhirimātea is the god of wind and rain.

Example of impact to New Zealand

Over 900 mm of rain fell within 3 days, the max amount of water in gisborne was 917 mm, 3000 were evacuated and a bridge was destroyed.

How to get through it

Store all your drinking water and fill bathtubs and sinks with water. Make sure you have made a survival kit.

Trivia

The eye of a cyclone can be 100KM wide!  Cyclones can cause storm surges and it can destroy houses!

Bibliography

IStorm by Anita Ganeri 2014

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/101847286/memories-fresh-of-devastation-from-monster-cyclone-bola

Cyclones are dangerous because of their high wind speed. You should learn how to survive cyclone so the next time it happens you can get through it alive.