Film study - 35 second film

Before starting this film, we learnt about music, lighting, colour and camera angles that helped us make our own 30-second film. Me, Jolly Rose, Lilly and Sharney made a 35-second film about as student stealing a book from the school's library and then getting caught by a teacher. Jolly helped me with the storyline and we immediately agreed with each other on what we should do as actors. Sharney did most of the filming while me and Jolly acted as the thief (me) and the teacher (Jolly). Me and jolly did most of the editing. Filming was fun but the editing...not so much, I did most of the editing at home and had enough time to finish it off by myself.

Sustainability Report - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction/Climate Change

 Research Evidence/Sources used: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

- Introduction -

Greenhouse gas emissions are one of the biggest problems we are facing today. Many organizations are tracking the latest climate change science and measuring greenhouse gases trying to find ways to reduce greenhouse emissions and how they can still make power plants, road transportation and other manufacturing industries that produce little to no greenhouse gas emissions. 

(P-1) What are greenhouse gases? 

Gases in our atmosphere help trap the sun’s heat, therefore, it can sustain life on Earth. These gases allow the sun’s rays to pass through and provide heat to the Earth, but it prevents this warmth from escaping from our atmosphere. Without naturally occurring, heat-trapping gases (mainly water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane) Earth would be too cold to even sustain life and this is what causes Climate change. 

Greenhouse gas emissions cause climate change which is produced from fossil fuels, agriculture, transport, waste, power plants, deforestation, energy industry, commercial buildings, iron and steel manufacturing, chemical and petrochemical industries, oil and gas production, and coal mining, these are the examples of the things that emit most of the greenhouse gases in our environment.

(P-2) What is the effect of Greenhouse gas emissions in our environment and on the atmosphere?

The main effect of greenhouse gas emissions is Climate change. Climate Change is the result of trapped heat caused by greenhouse gases, they also cause respiratory diseases from smog and other types of air pollution. Unnatural weather patterns, increased wild and forest fires, and food supply disruption are some of the things that are mostly affected by climate change caused by greenhouse gases. Climate change takes a huge part in animal endangerment and different species of animals disappearing. Because of Climate change, animals such as polar bears are losing their habitats and also starving due to the lack of ice which they depend on for getting food from the sea. Animals are not the only ones affected by climate change, we humans are also affected by these changing weather patterns. People with asthma and other respiratory problems will have difficulty breathing because of the heat, smog and other air pollutants trapped in the atmosphere causing hundreds of thousands of people getting sick every single day.

 

(P-3) What can we do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate change?

There are a lot of examples of ways on how we can help reduce the amount of climate change and greenhouse gasses that are currently occurring in our environment. Examples of how we can reduce the amount of Climate change and Greenhouse gasses are avoiding the use of fossil fuels, planting more trees, finding more sustainable and environmentally helpful ways to produce energy or even creating campaigns that focus on getting rid of Climate change and Greenhouse gas emissions throughout the years, and these are just a few of the ways we can reduce the number of greenhouse gasses and climate change and even by just doing and changing these few things we do in our everyday lives, we can definitely make a greater future for the next generations to come.

 -Conclusion -

In conclusion, Climate change and Greenhouse gas emissions have a huge impact on us and our environment and as you can see, we can do a lot of things to help reduce the amount of climate change and gas emissions but we are just not acting on it and sometimes ignoring the fact that problems such as climate change are getting worse, so if we can just change a few things in the way we treat our environment it could make a huge difference and can greatly affect and help reduce the amount of Climate change and Greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere. 

Sustainability Investigation - Graphs ( Threatened Species )

Me, Lyan and Alliah made sustainability-based graphs that represent the different kinds of threatened species throughout the years. This is the site we used to get information - https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/summary-statistics.

 

Sustainability Project

Me, Alliah and Lyan created a game based on sustainability. Here are the results of our finished physical activity

 <<<Title: Seeds, Planters and the Polluters>>> 

There are three teams in this game - The Planters, Seedlings and the Polluters.

3 - 4 Planters

2 - 3 Polluters

The rest of the remaining of the class are seedlings 

Main Objective: Catch all the seedlings and turn them into whatever role has the most seedlings. 

How to start the game

The seedlings are given time to hide at the beginning of the game. After a minute or so the planters are released, they have to find the seedlings. A few seconds after the planters are released, the polluters will be released, and they have to find the seedlings. 

• Note: YOU´RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO THE OTHER TEAM’S JAIL/GARDEN AND GET THE SEEDLINGS, ONLY THE SEEDLINGS ARE ALLOWED TO GET THEM!)  DON'T PRETEND TO BE ONE OF THE SEEDLINGS. PLEASE DO NOT CHEAT! 

Rules: 

• The taggers ( planters and polluters ) are not allowed to just barge in a prison and steal the seedlings 

• No cheating

• The seedlings are the only ones allowed to get/tag other seedlings from jail.

~Roles~

• Seedlings: Their main objective is to hide from both the planters and the polluters. If a planter tags them they are then taken to the planters prison where a planter will be stationed too. A seedling can get out of their prison/garden when another seedling has tagged them. The same happens with the polluter. Except when the seedlings are there for more than 3 minutes they become a polluter.

• Planters: Their main objective is to catch as many seedlings as they can. 1 of them has to guard the jail, and they have to be at least 2 metres away from the prison. The other has to try and tag all of the seedlings and bring them to their garden. The planters can tag the polluters to turn them into a planter, which will only happen when they are stuck in their garden for 2-3 minutes. 

• Polluters: The main polluters objective is to catch all of the seedlings and turn them into polluters.  The polluters also have a prison of their own where a guard will be stationed, and they have to be at least 2 metres away from the prison.

<<< Prison/Gardens >>>

The prison for the planters is called a garden because a planter is a positive role so their prison should be positive too. In their garden, one planter can be stationed in front of the garden but they have to be at least 2 metres away from the garden. If they tag a seedling and the seedling is still in their 

The prison for the polluters is called a prison because a polluter is a negative role. When a seedling is captured and put into the prison there is a high chance that they can turn into a polluter. If they are still in prison for 3 minutes then they are now polluters and will help them capture other seedlings. The polluter can also have a guard stand by the prison, but they have to be at least 2 metres away from it.

When a seedling is captured in any of these prisons, they can get the captured seedling back. To do that they need to risk their lives and try to get into each tagger's prisons and tag the seedling so they could get out.

Graphic:

1. Kahui / Plan 1

 

2. Field / Plan 2