Vector Visit-By Limiteti

Ruapotaka School had a guest from Vector teach us all about how electricity is created and what electricity does when we use it.

When we use electricity it can be quite expensive to pay for but I found out that a cheaper way to use electricity is by using solar panels. The way it works is when the solar panels are on your roof or where the sun is reflecting on the solar panels, the sun shines through the solar panels and that's what makes the electricity function.

Being Sustainable With Energy by Athens

A few weeks ago on Thursday a lady named Estah from Vector came to our school to talk about 'Being Sustainable With Energy'. She talked to us about the different types of energy for example, mechanical energy which moves objects from place to place. There are also electrical, chemical and radiant energy. She talked to us about how we can save energy and made some suggestions such as to take shorter showers, turn off light switches, etc.

Estah also showed us a wooden plane that had no batteries in it and the top moved when there was light shining on it. That was called radiant energy and mechanical energy. There was also a car that had no batteries in it and the same thing happened, it moved when there was light shining on it.