Topic



Tomorrow we are going down to the creek to see what is there. We are hypothesizing what should be there.

- clean water - healthy plants and trees - lots of fish and insects living in the stream

What I expect to find:

-weeds -mud -fishies -trees  

Biodiversity latest work

Today we watched a 20 minute movie called the Guardian of the Mauri.

My immediate thoughts were that it would be pretty suffocating to be a fish at the moment where many of our streams are polluted.

What does Mauri mean? <span style="color: #8600ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Life force, streams, rivers, nature.

<span style="color: #76ff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">What are the positive things about our streams and rivers? <span style="color: #8522f7; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">Some of them aren't polluted, but soon all of them will be if the streams carry on getting polluted.

<span style="color: #8522f7; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;"><span style="color: #a5f722; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">What are the negative things about our streams and rivers? The rubbish, chemicals, paint, waste.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">TERM TWO

Term two has started quickly and fast! We're doing disasters for our topic and for reading. And our group makes a another whole wikispace and have it all about disasters. Here is the link to it. It is called:

nzengrossingdisasters.wikispaces.com.

It's a brilliant name right? It's definitely not finished yet just so you know. But it will be! And it's going to be mind googling. That's a very weird word huh.

=<span style="color: #00ff6e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">**Biodiversity** =

<span style="color: #0ff01d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">I think it means: Variety of life, life forms, the ego system, and habitats of life.

<span style="color: #0ff01d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Wonderings: <span style="color: #0ff01d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">1: Is there a way to learn all about Biodiversity naturally, by ourselves and our discoveries?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Fresh Water Ecology

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lake Taupo is the la lake in New Zealand, as it has a big impact on the the land, plants and wildlife. It is the largest body of freshwater in Australasia. About 40 streams flow into Lake Taupo. Fresh water leaves Lake Taupo Waikato River.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is only so much water on earth. It is needed for all living things and must be looked after.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ecology is all living things. Living things die if their environment is damaged. There are many man-made things that can harm Freshwater Ecology, like changing waterways, towns and cities urbanisation, Nitrogen, and overfishing.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Getting rid of pest fish and plants is difficult. The only solution is to keep them out. Whenever you go into a new lake or river, always do the following:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-check for wet gear that has been used in water. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-clean all gear that has been used in water. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-dry all gear that has been used in water.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Because the gear could have weeds or fish eggs in it.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">TERM ONE

PUBERTY

One of our Topics is Puberty. We are learning about the girls and boys puberty at the moment - well, just finishing the boys. Soon we will be getting right into our Mini Inquiry. To begin with that, we are finding our Big question. Seeing that it is only a Mini Inquiry - we only have one big question (no subsidiary) And it is private to ourselves and the teacher. We choose a question that we are interested in, and want to find out about, and make it into a small presentation. Here are the boys and girls puberty.

Changes for Girls

 * ==== Breasts grow and develop ====
 * ==== Bones in face grow, faces grow longer. ====
 * ==== Acne ====
 * ==== Pubic hair, underarms and “down there” ====
 * ==== Periods. ====
 * ==== Thoughts are changing-thinking about guys/girls. ====
 * ==== Bones in hands change- gaps disappear between bones and they fuse ====
 * ==== Hormones change- produce progesterone and estrogen ====
 * ==== Mood swings. ====
 * ==== Sweat changes ====
 * ==== Make new friends ====
 * ==== Interests change ====
 * ==== Care about self appearance ====
 * ==== Hips widen, you get curvy ====
 * ==== Body hair growing and may need to start shaving ====

Changes for boys

 * Voice deepens or changes
 * Face gets longer
 * Growth spurts
 * They grow moustaches
 * Pubic hair
 * wet dreams
 * Things ‘down their’ enlarge
 * Their interests change
 * They start taking interest in girls/guys
 * Some boys develop boobs
 * They start raving like ravens