Week seven

 This week we got all of our equipment together with the help from Mrs Hirschberg and Mr Georgetti. We used a led light to see the power.  We tried to see if the hose makes enough pressure but it didn't  so we had to use the taps. We are getting ready to present.

1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post?

gathered our equipment 

2. How effectively have you used your time this week?

very well

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress?

by helping with the testing

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project:

how we use communication 

5. Grows: Something you need to work on:

getting more work done

6. Where could you get help with this? 

i think if we stay on task better 

7. What are the next steps for your project?

to start our slides

week six

 what we did:

This week our group went to the mill down Mill road. Eva and I had to go on a journey into the stream to do water testing. We found out that  the stream is too slow for our plan. 

some of our results from water testing where

- Clarity was 30 cm of visibility

- The stream bed was made up off rocks,mud.weeds and rubbish

- The water temp was 16.6 inside the water.

- The flow was slow taking 2.20 minutes travailing 3 meters.

We also talked to Mr Thorn about getting a hydro generator and we saw how it works.

Power to the people - Preslee

For the past few weeks we have been learning about sustainable power and how it can be used. Our plan is to make energy using the Otaki water ways.

1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post?

So far I have learned about how hydro-power works and the different ways it can produce power. We also watched some videos and read some books about water mills and how they can create sustainable power.

2. How effectively have you used your time this week?

I have managed our time well this week finishing our proposal and starting on our research.

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress? I have collectively worked with my group and we have all been sharing all the load.

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project:

what is working well most is our collaboration and knowing what jobs need to be done.

5. Grows: Something you need to work on:

staying on task and making sure we know how to make our model.

6. Where could you get help with this? 

being punished by the teachers if we get off task.

7. What are the next steps for your project?

Figure out and make a water turbine, with help from Mr Thorn and Mr Gorgetti and maybe Matua T.