The Digestive System

 

EOTC Days Pre-Work | A Moment In Time | Adrenalin Forest

 Challenge: Write about a moment in time where you were challenged to do something new. Describe the feelings that you felt, and the thoughts in your head.

20 Bucks For Dinner BST

 

Cannabis Essay

 Hello, 4 weeks ago in Health Vin and I decided to team up. Our tasks were to answer 5 questions of our choice, then describe 3 ways to improve and manage our chosen health issue if you or a friend were to experience it. Explain how it will improve wellbeing in the short term and long term. Then after that, we needed to create an activity or make something that teaches another group or the class about your topic/findings, so we chose to do an essay

Answers to the questions 

1 Cannabis can cause schizophrenia and anxiety it can also heighten your senses (colors might seem brighter and sounds might seem louder) Distort your sense of time Hurt your motor skills and make driving more dangerous.

2 People around you might smoke so you could be forced to smoke or feel forced to smoke because you want to fit in with others around you, people also think it could help them in their daily life so that might be another reason why they chose to smoke weed.

3 In NZ it's medically legal but recreationally illegal, only people with a prescription are able to purchase it. People that have serious conditions such as Cancer and Epilepsy are able to get a prescription

4 You can become addicted after constant abuse of weed, if you're addicted and stop smoking withdrawal symptoms are diminished appetite mood changes irritability sleep difficulties, including insomnia headaches loss of focus cravings for marijuana sweating, including cold sweats chills increased feelings of depression stomach problems.

5 When a person uses marijuana, the principal psychoactive chemical called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) passes from the lungs (with smoking) or digestive tract (with edibles) into the bloodstream. The blood carries THC to the brain, where it acts on specific cannabinoid receptors. These receptors are predominantly found in areas of the brain associated with concentration, thinking, sensory and time perception, pleasure, memory, and coordination. Overactivation of these areas by THC causes the “high” that people feel. Marijuana use can impair functions such as attention, memory, and learning, and these effects can last up to several days beyond the time of actual “high”.

 

Vin and I worked very well together since we already had a lot of knowledge about weed because we have researched this before, and we also work very well together. I think this was too easy because we were given too much time.

Coraline Timeline

 

English Water Pollution Essay

The Worldwide Problem: Water Pollution

Written By Kody Davison

What is Water Pollution in New Zealand and  why is it such a big problem?

Water Pollution is a major global problem. Water pollution is the contamination of water, usually as a result of human activities. Water bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and groundwater. This water can be released into natural water bodies, this can lead to public health problems for people living downstream. They may use the same polluted river water for drinking, bathing or irrigation. In New Zealand in particular agriculture is a big portion of the money income. Cattle are spread widely across New Zealand including near water bodies. As well as the methane from the cattle, the urine of the cattle contains high levels of nitrogen. When they urinate on the paddock, it's too much nitrogen for the grass to be able to benefit from so it seeps down into the groundwater, which then makes its way to the streams, rivers and lakes. 

There are many ways to help stop pollution!

DO NOT pour fat from cooking or any other type of fat, oil, or grease down the sink. 

DO NOT dispose of household chemicals or cleaning products down the sink or toilet. 

DO NOT flush pills, liquid or powder medications or drugs down the toilet. 

Avoid using the toilet as a bin. Most tissues, wrappers, and other paper products should be properly taken care of in a bin. 

DO NOT dispose of these chemicals, motor oil, or other car fluids into the sanitary sewer or storm sewer systems. Both of them end at the river.

Preventing water pollution and conserving water are important to keep a continuing amount of water that is safe to use for ourselves and future generations. With such a low percentage of the earth's water being drinkable (3%) it is very essential to keep water clean and healthy for us humans and wildlife alike to drink.

 

I learned that water is the most valuable resource this earth has and is quickly becoming very hard to get, if we don’t change this soon then the world as we know it will most likely be over. There are simple ways to fix this problem as I learned and I am going to use my knowledge to the best of my ability to help this cause and fight against water pollution.

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Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/poll

ution/

 

https://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/fresh-water/our-freshwater-2020/

issue-2-water-polluted-urban-farming-and-forestry-areas

 

https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/teacher_resources/webfieldtrips/

water_pollution/

 

My Parents knowledge as well as my own

Dissecting a Pig's Heart

On November 4th we were given the task of dissecting a pigs heart, Why are we dissecting a pigs heart? Most mammals have similar hearts to humans and have the same function as well. Human hearts are made up of 4 chambers each including different parts The four chambers of the heart are attached to major veins or arteries that either bring blood into or carry blood away from the heart. We cut the heart open to look at the parts inside. Overall it was pretty smelly, but still fun. Thanks for reading