The Horse 2019/20

Technology & Environment

Targets for today 6th of December '19

Goals for today's work

Today we want to discuss the survey with our teacher and publish it afterwards. Then we will collect information about junk food and make a post about it. Lisa will be responsible for the revision of the survey and Noémie for collecting information. Both of us will make a post about each of our "To Do's". More...

Units of energy and calculation

I wanted to know, how I can convert kcal (kilocalories) or even kJ (kilojoules) to kWh (kilowatt-hours). 

To calculate this, I created an Excel-file with the units of energy and below my calculations with two products, which I usually eat for breakfast.

Picture: Energy units and my calculations

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Climate change – how it all started

The earth's climate has changed throughout history. With the end of the last ice age, began the modern climate era. Then the 18th century came the industrial age, which has contributed to climate change. The country of origin was England, where innovations, such as the steam engine (Dampfmaschine) enabled the mechanical production of goods and therefore a new form of economic growth. At the end of the 19th century was an oil rush in America. Soon they used oil – the black gold – for their illumination, heating, the manufacture of cement and concrete, candles, cosmetics and much more. Consequently, it changed their life completely - in a very positive way. Because then, most of the things became easier to handle. More...