WEEK 3: RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION
My inquiry question
how does our school generate and consume energy, and how could we design a completely solar-powered campus for the future?
My guiding questions
• how could science help in the future?
• How does school generate power?
My smaller research questions
• What current data or history exists about this issue?
• When did the transition from seasonal fashion cycles to ultra-fast fashion begin?
• How many tons of textile waste enter landfills globally each year?
My search keywords
School Power
Biology
Chemistry
physics
Expreiment
My research findings
1. Science Learning Hub
Type: Website
Link: https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/
Important information in my own words: Right now I’m learning about sound. Sound travels at around 343 meters per second, so that means that it travels at around 1,235 Km/h.
How this helps my inquiry: Sound keeps us safe when there is like a tsunami or an earthquake.
Evidence type: A mixture of facts and opinions
2. School-gen
Type: Website
Link: https://solarnetwork.org.nz/case-studies/schoolgen.html
Important information in my own words: Genesis energy helps schools learn about putting up solar panels
How this helps my inquiry: Track how we use power
Evidence type: Mostly facts
3. Solar Schools
Type: Website
Link: https://powertech.co.nz/pages/new-zealand-solar-schools?srsltid=AfmBOoogHuEFtaVr4doPbuvnBTpOs6Yyb03Nw2gK_Q9gXD82DCrpugv2
Important information in my own words: The benefits of a solar panel is that they lower your energy bills and they give sunlight into clean electricity.
How this helps my inquiry: This helps because it gives you free electricity
Evidence type: Mostly facts
4. Wintec
Type: Website
Link: https://www.wintec.ac.nz/future-you/explore/jobs/conservation/environmental-scientist
Important information in my own words: They always use clean tools like, a clean shovel,pump, and material
How this helps my inquiry: This helps because using clean tools prevent spreading germ and it kills bacteria.
Evidence type: Mostly facts
My reflection
One important thing I discovered was: They always have to use clean tools.
One thing I still need to investigate is: I still need to invesigate how it helps
My next research step will be: How does sound travel.