Activity 1: Off the Menu:
Fishing is a really common activity in New Zealand. In fact, people have fished in New Zealand for centuries. Unfortunately, over the past few decades some people have caught too many fish in one area and left the region without enough fish to refill (replenish) the stocks. When this happens we call the area ‘over fished’ and it is closed to all private and commercial fishing. If people are caught fishing in these areas, they are required to pay a fine (money). The maximum fine for fishing in a restricted area is $100 000.
What do you think about this rule? Is it fair that people are charged up to $100 000 for over fishing?
What I think about this rule is that it is not fare that people have to pay $100 000 just for fishing. If they charged me with that much money I wouldn't even give them that much money so I would disagree about this rule and I wouldn't even put that rule as a LORE.
Activity 2: The Black Drain
Approximately two-thirds of all rivers and one-half of all lakes in New Zealand are too polluted to swim in, according to a recent article in an online newspaper. One of the most polluted is the Tarawera River in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. Pollution enters the river from a local pulp and paper mill, from local farms and through the local sewage system. Many other rivers in New Zealand are also polluted with waste from businesses and farms. Use Google to help you find two other polluted rivers in New Zealand.
The name of the first lake is called waikato lake.The place where this lake is from is Hamilton that is the place where waikato lake is in. Everybody in Hamilton sometimes go to waikato lake mainly to visit it but I think when they go to waikato lake they just walk past all the dirty rubbish that they chuck. But I think the people who work for a rubbish company try there best going around Hamilton picking up all the rubbish that the people just chuck on the floor and that is why they are trying their best at cleaning up all the dirty rubbish on the floor. The name of the second lake is called Biya lake. The place were Biya lake is in is a place called Altai mountains its a mountain with lots of rubbish and lots of dirty and some clean water some people go on boats and sale across the river just to look at this lovely beach but sometimes they don´t even notice rubbish dirty dirty rubbish in the lake sometimes people always work hard on cleaning up this lake and making this lake lovely fresh and clean so. People can sale on boats and ships and look at the fresh clean water their is an that is why it is good to always pick up rubbish that you see on the beach instead of letting the fishes eat it.
Activity 3: Faded Glory
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, made up of 2900 individual reefs. It is so big that it can actually be seen from space! The reef is located on the east coast of Australia and many people believe that it is millions and millions of years old. For most of its life, the reef has been a healthy, vibrant ecosystem. Over the past thirty years, however, it has changed dramatically. Much of the beautiful bright coral has become bleached and has lost its colour. Sections of the reef have also been damaged by tourists, cyclones and the introduction of new, damaging invasive species. The Australian government is working to protect and preserve the reef. Each year they spend about $200 million dollars repairing and protecting the reef. It is a lot of money and they could really use some help raising the money (funds) required to repair the reef. This is where you come in!
What I would do to help Barrier reef. Is by Fundraising and by doing that is I would bake some special cookies and make and shopping thing and then I would put the cookies on the side and on the top would be a big sign that say Cookies for $2. I would know how this works cause I´ve done Fundraising before and I would do it again to save Barrier reef.
THANK YOU:
Kia ora Precious,
ReplyDeleteWell done on your consistent effort with the Summer Learning Journey! We really love the fact that you have been making creative and informative posts, you should be so proud of yourself.
I believe you raise a very valid point that people can’t afford to pay a $100,000 fine. Do you have any ideas on other forms of punishments? Another student had an awesome idea of getting them to do community detention, this way the person can learn from their mistakes while taking care of the environment and making a real difference to that community.
You are right, the Waikato river (the longest river in New Zealand) is seriously polluted, mostly from farms that lead their waste to the river as a quick and cheap way to get rid of it. Unfortunately it is already highly polluted before it even reaches Hamilton, by the time it reaches the end (Port Waikato) it’s already a murky brown. Wow you’ve picked a river in Russia! How did you find this? You wouldn’t want to see rubbish in the water if you are at the beach! Thank you for telling me about Biya lake, I find it very interesting .
Wow, you have created an interesting idea to fundraise for the Great Barrier Reef! I especially liked the idea of having a cookie sale, you went into great detail explaining how you would do this!
To be rewarded with the full points for this last activity you will need to give us three different ideas or strategies for raising funds to preserve the Great Barrier Reef. You can post in the comments below your new ideas.
Can't wait to hear from you!
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Georgia E