Friday, 19 October 2012

Wordle About Energy

This is my wordle about Energy

My Holiday Description

Holiday Description
Visiting the caves in Auckland,near the mountains,was one of the things I did in the school holidays. We had to take torches and wear suitable shoes so we couldn’t get cut from the glass that was smashed on the ground.I went with all of my family so that we could discover what happened while they were getting ready for war.We discovered guns and the gunpowder they used in the war and one of the places where they practised was a place where they practice shooting their enemy to get better at aiming.

On saturday morning my big brother Kamaka broke his leg from rugby.There was a small crack on his bone so then he could not walk. When we went to the doctors to get the cast they offered us some crutches and my dad said he had some at my granddads. We went to my grandad’s house and we took the crutches back home for my brother. I had an awesome day and dinner was delicious.


The End.

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Kai Garden Day


On Wednesday The 26 Of September 2012 We had a community celebration for our Kai garden.
We learn't about what Maori people used for gardens and what the materials are used for.
We learn't how to use the material's and what the Maori people planted in a Kai Garden.

My Topic Reflection


Topic Reflection

Energy –The Balance of Life

What is energy? Energy is power and is the balance of life.


Where do humans get energy from?Water,air,sunlight,tree’s and plant’s.

Plants
1. What substance does a tree use for food?(highlight your answer in yellow)
a. photosynthesis                                                       b. chlorophyll

c. glucose                                                                   d. leaves

2. What four things does a tree need for photosynthesis? (highlight your answer in yellow)
a)_Air_______________________
b)_Water_______________________
c)_Sunlight_______________________
d) ____Glucose____________________

3. What causes a tree's leaves to appear green?
Chlorophyll.

4. What signals a tree to preparing for winter?(highlight your answer in yellow)

a. The days become colder.
b. The weather becomes dry.
c. There are more rainy days.
d. There are fewer hours of sunlight.

5. How does a tree get water?(highlight your answer in yellow)

a. It makes water in its leaves.
b. It turns glucose into water.
c. It absorbs water through its roots.
d. It uses photosynthesis.


6. Why do a tree's leaves change color in the fall? (highlight your answer in yellow)

a. The tree has less chlorophyll.
b. The tree has less water.
c. The tree has no leaves.
d. The tree is growing quickly before the winter sets in.

Compost
What is compost?
Compost is an organic matter.It helps the environment to be clean and green.


What are the things that you cannot put in a compost bin?
  • Dairy products.
  • Fat.
  • Meat.
  • Bones.
List 5 things that you can put in a compost bin.

  • Food Scraps.
  • Banana peels.
  • Grass.
  • Leaves.
  • Brown stuff.

Sustainability
This term you have completed a group project about the roles, rights and responsibilities of how people maintain sustainable food sources.
Draw a flow chart that represents the responsibility that people have to maintain the food source your group researched this term.

Sustainability group topic (e.g pork farming): Lamb Farming



Draw and label a picture that represents a healthy Kai Garden.





MY TOPIC REFLECTION

  • What have you learnt about this topic?
  • What did you like about this topic?
  • What is your role in practicing sustainability for a balanced future - at home, at school, in my community?

Sustainability helps the plants and humans to live well and to grow and have energy.Keeping the plants alive will help the environment and the compost will help the worms produce nutrients for the plants so they can be healthy.To be sustainable at home I need to  recycle things like cans,plastic and cupboard.At school I can be sustainable by looking after our school Kai Garden by taking out the weeds and watering it.My role in the community to be sustainable is to pick up rubbish so that our environment can be clean and green.

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Thinkers Keys - Different Uses Key

Different Uses key.
Record nine different and unusual uses for a horse.

  1. You can ride it backwards.
  2. you can make a ponytail on it’s hair.
  3. You can braid it’s hair.
  4. You can draw patterns on it.
  5. You can colour it too.
  6. You can make a dress for the horse.
  7. You can make pants for it and a t shirt.
  8. You can feed it with carrots and popcorn.
  9. You can make a bike for a horse.