Summer Learning Journey Day 11

Hey there, I'm back!

And today, my blog post is going to be about the Summer Learning Journey Day 11 or week 3 day 1!

I am super excited because it is almost over but that means that the holidays are also almost over. (Sniff, sniff) Anyways here are the activities that we had to do for today, here is the first activity!

New Zealand is a pretty lovely place to live, isn’t it? Apparently, New Zealand (NZ) is also a pretty lovely place to visit. In 2017 approximately 2-3 million people came to visit NZ as tourists. Some of them chose to come in the middle of our summer, while others braved it and came in the middle of winter! When do you think is the best time of year (season) to visit NZ?

If you would like some help making a decision, feel free to read the Go New Zealand website. It has lots of information about the seasons in NZ!

I, personally, encourage my friends and family from overseas to come and visit NZ in early spring. The weather is usually warm and dry and the tourist attractions, beaches and holiday spots are less busy than they are in the middle of summer.

On your blog, tell us what time of year you think is best for tourists for come and visit. Be sure to share at least three things that tourists could do while they were here in NZ.

I think that its best to come when it is the early spring because that time it is a nice weather and it isn't too crowded at places and everywhere, there are flower blooming everywhere and the weather isn't too hot or too cold because it is just right.

Here is the second activity!

People in New Zealand love spending time outdoors. Unfortunately, the sun is very powerful and the rates of skin cancer are incredibly high in New Zealand. In fact, they are higher than anywhere else in the entire world! To protect ourselves against skin cancer, we need to be careful about how much time we spend in the sun. We have to be ‘Sunsmart.’

Read the Sunsmart website.

On your blog, list five different things that we can do to protect ourselves from the sun this summer!

You could use sun screen and apply it 20 minutes before you go outside and wear clothes that have sleeves. Wear brimmed hats so that it protects your face head and neck. You could stay under some shade and maybe take an umbrella with you whenever you go somewhere so you have some shade. Wear glasses to protect your eyes and make sure you put sunscreen on your legs, arms, face, ears and neck.

Here is what we had to do for the last activity!

While it can get hot in New Zealand, especially in the middle of summer, it gets even hotter in places like Dallol (Ethiopia), Dasht-e Loot (Iran), Tirat Zvi (Israel), Kabili (Tunisia) and Bandar-e Mahshahr (Iran).

The hottest temperature on record in each place is: Dallol: 41oC; Dasht-e Loot: 71oC; Tirat Zvi: 54oC; Kabili: 55oC; Bandar-e Mahshahr: 51oC. Crazy ‘eh?!

For this activity, you are asked to use this information to create a graph. The graph should have a title along with the names of each city and their hottest recorded temperatures. You can draw the graph by hand or use a computer programme like Google Draw to create your graph. It’s completely up to you!