Climate disruption (or climate change) is causing huge problems for our penguins, and the effects are set to get even worse over time. What changes are your whānau (family) or kura (school/centre) making to help?

How climate change is affecting Canterbury is what this booklet is all about. We investigate what it will mean for you, your family and friends, and the natural environment.

Scientists know that global warming is leading to rising sea levels, but the rate of change and its likely impact are less clear. Scientists investigate what is happening and use the evidence to suggest how we might adapt to the changes.

Geologists James Goff and Scott Nichol had an idea that the landscape at Henderson Bay in Northland was changed by a huge tsunami that took place hundreds of years ago. Can they find evidence to support their idea?

The Samoan village of Sa’anapu is under threat from tsunamis, cyclones, and rising sea levels. To protect their village, the Council of Matai are working with an architect and scientist from New Zealand. Together, they’re drawing on cultural, scientific, and technological knowledge to build a safer future for Sa’anapu.

On average, a volcanic eruption occurs somewhere on Earth each week! Volcanic eruptions are often seen as devastating events, but they are also instrumental in providing rich fertile soils and mineral deposits.

Erosion is going on all day, all the time. It’s happening right now!

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkralMlDmSA

Here are some things that you can do at home or in your community that lessen the chances of being hurt and/or your home and surroundings devastated.

Ride the rapids with Bill Nye in the “Rivers and Streams” episode.

Link to video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/Bill+Nye+Rivers+and+Streams/1_tx8sf4c9

Bill’s grabbing his galoshes and his slicker to weather the “Storms” episode.

Link to video: https://www.schooltube.com/media/Bill%20Nye%20Storms/1_kbogvt51

Topics that relate to the weather are popular for study in schools, especially the extreme and exciting conditions of stormy weather. This book offers an exciting context in which children can study storms within the science concepts that relate to weather.

Where does the water go when it rains? This is a very good question and hopefully rainwater is the only thing that arrives at that final destination!

Learn how you can make a tornado in a bottle with just a few simple items that you can find around the house.

The Q Files go deep into the ocean to uncover the facts about tsunamis and find out what you can do to be prepared...

Make your own tornado in a bottle.

Bill Nye the Science Guy is bogged down with information about wetlands.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xrj01xi3E

Some answers, my friend, do in fact, blow in the wind.

In this issue we bunker down and contemplate how our
changing world impacts on the way we do things now and in the future.

This issue looks at natural hazards, particularly those that have occurred in Canterbury in the past.