WALT: Explain a scientific phenomenon
Our Task: Write an explanation that explains why and how the water gets hot in the hot pools at Hanmer.
Kia Ora Everyone ,
Do you know how the natural hot pools are hot ?
Well I’m going to teach you how the Hanmer springs hot pools are hot !
In the small town Hanmer Springs there are natural hot pools that are formed by themselves . The water gets to high temperatures by the earth's core . Now I bet you are wondering how they are hot well what happens is …
In the world there is a thing called the ring of fire and New Zealand is right in the middle of it . There is also a fault line in New Zealand and the fault line causes earthquakes . The Earthquakes make cracks into the ground and the water goes into the cracks . It goes close to the earth's core so it heats up to high temperatures .
After the water heats up to high temperatures it goes back up the cracks and that’s how the water is so hot . Right now the water is about 173 years old and has been evaporating for years now .
I hope today you learnt something about Hanmer Springs and next time of you go to Hanmer try to find out some more facts !
