Solar Energy

This is my solar energy post. I had to brainstorm the questions and answer them. The blue writing is "How does the wind and the sun affect your daily life?", and the yellow writing is "What activities do you do that engage the energy of the sun and the wind?".

The hardest part was thinking of ways that the sun affects my daily life. Even though I know it affects my life heaps, I just couldn't think of ways that it did. To be BTB, I think I could have added more to the "How does the wind and sun affect your daily life?" part.

My Energy Word No. 3🌩🗱🗲

This is my third energy word map. Friction is when something rubs against something else, and causes friction. Low drag causes less friction, and high drag causes more. If I rubbed my finger against the carpet, I would create more friction than if I rubbed it against glass.

The hardest part was finding a picture that people would actually understand. The one I put on is OK, but a few people still might not be able to understand it. To be BTB, I could have added more explanation to what friction is.

My Energy Word No. 2🌩🗱🗲

This is my second energy word map. I did it about potential energy. Potential energy is in everything. If you kicked a ball up a hill, it would gain potential energy at the top of the hill. When it rolled back down again, that potential energy would turn into kinetic energy. 

The hardest part was finding a picture. The first picture is really confusing, and I don't get it, but the second picture shows how much potential energy something would have. A would have low potential energy, B would have high potential energy, and C would have low potential energy. To be BTB, I could have added more facts about how potential energy related to energy.

My Energy word No. 1🌩🗱🗲

This is my energy word for T-shaped literacy. I had to choose a word about energy then fill out the google drawing. Not knowing I was supposed to do only one word, I did three. This one was the first one I did. Solar panels are my second favorite way of getting energy. My first is wind turbines.

My favorite part was making the picture. Because I couldn't find any pictures that fitted what I wanted, I had to make one. To be BTB, I could have added more to my definition. The hardest part was saying how it related to energy. It relates in a lot of ways, but I just couldn't put it into words!

🌩Energy Venn Diagram🌩

This is my energy Venn diagram that I made for literacy. I had to read text A and text B then compare them and do the usual Venn diagram stuff. It was really hard to compare them because they didn't really have much actual information. 

My favorite part was looking at the Gen Less site because it had some really cool ways to conserve energy and some really different things than what you normally see energy sites. To be BTB, I could have added more to what both of the sites have in common.

Text A - https://www.eia.gov/kids/using-and-saving-energy/

Text B - https://genless.govt.nz/