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BTN Classroom Episode 33 2021 - Coggle Diagram
BTN Classroom Episode 33 2021
EV Charging Stations
Less than 1% of new car sales are electric but the government wants that to change.
$250 million is invested to ensure the use of more electric cars.
1.7 EVs are estimated to be on Australian roads by 2030 and at least 100 more charging stations.
Norway and South Korea both have plans to completely ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2025.
Transport makes up about 20% of carbon emissions.
Electric cars are a better change for our planet.
Switch to electric cars are slow. People are saying it is too expensive and there are not enough models.
Pacific Island Climate Change
Climate change is an issue that these countries have been facing for years up until now.
The middle part of the island with 100 plus houses are now covered with the sea. This has caused to separate the whole island of Nuatambu into two different islands.
Sea levels have risen by 30 centimetres in the past 30 years threatening many island countries and warming oceans.
Kids in the Pacific are 10 times more likely to experience extreme weather events than their parents.
Climate change has affected, families, villages and homes.
Wealthy countries promised to put more money to help poorer countries deal with climate change.
Life In Space
In 24 hours, the space station makes 16 orbits of Earth travelling through 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets.
Anything might float away and clog an air vent or contaminate equipment or get stuck in your eyes, mouth or nose.
You can still heat things up or use water to restore dehydrated food.
Food is stored in air tight bags so it lasts longer.
Astronauts get to a shower on the ISS with a cloth with a bit of soap on it.
You have to swallow toothpaste when brushing teeth and you can shower with rinse-less shampoo.
There is always time for leisure like exercise.
Koala Fitness Trackers
Drones are used to keep track of the koala population.
Fitness tracker on a koala to measure the heart rate to find out how they feel and their stress rates.
Their heart rates are going down, so they don't show an immediate stress response,
Facial recognition is used for koalas.
Each koala's nostril is unique and different.
Koala keepers has photo albums full of different photos of koalas.
Drones can be noisy for koalas and because their eyesight is bad they only hear it.
Kangaroo Island Dunnarts
After the fires in Kangaroo Island Dunnarts were a rare find.
They were threatened by feral cats.
They made a refuge called the Western River Refuge.
The refuge had to be made feral cat free.
The used cat traps to trap cats.
A few months ago the refuge was declared feral cat free.
The Kangaroo Island Wildlife is now safe.