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Ideas for Journal Writing

IDEAS FOR JOURNAL WRITING: Listed are some specific ideas to write about. Most of them will mean doing some research and planning your ideas. Plan on spending at least 4 sessions on one piece of writing.

Explanation:

Rainforest's. Stream ecosystems. Ocean Ecosystems. The water cycle. A food web. How to decrease the amount of stuff you buy. Planned and perceived obsolescence.  Microbeads. An endangered NZ species. Deforestation. Global warming.

Letters:

• A letter to a family member telling them about our theme of humans impact on ecosystems. Explain the different workshops you have attended and what you learnt.
• A letter to the editor of a newspaper about the amount of rubbish people throw away
• letter to the Prime Minister about why water bottles should be banned in NZ

Arguments:

• Why not to use plastic water bottles
• The importance of recycling
• The negatives of recycling
• Why rainforest's are so important
• Being a vegetarian
• Against testing products on Animals/ for testing products on Animals
• Factory farming of chickens

Poems

Consider writing a poem about conservation, saving our endangered animals, protecting our ecosystems.

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       SCIENCE QUIZ

      

1   1. What type of animal is an amphibian?

2   2. What is photosynthesis?

     3. Name 3 allotropes of Carbon ( find out what an allotrope is first!).

4   4.What is a comet?

5   5.  When was Halley’s comet last seen in our skys?

6   6. What is the smallest bone in the human body?

7   7. What is the periodic table?

8   8. Name 2 ways to get rid of rubbish created by humans.

9   9. What element is the building block of all life?

    10.  Name 2 layers of the rainforest

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Week 4 General Knowledge Quiz

General Knowledge Science Quiz

• Use any research materials to find the answers to these questions - mark Friday

• Work in a group with other students you have NOT worked with yet
• Record your answers in the back of your writing book

1. Where would seagulls most typically be found?
2. Canis Major is also known as what?
3. What is Neptune’s main satellite?
4. Do we have rapid eye movement when we sleep?
5. What mechanical device allows the wheels of a vehicle to turn at different speeds when cornering?
6. Which of these is NOT the natural habitat of the tiger? Sumatra, Russia, India, Africa.
7. What type of being is a cicada?
8. What name is given to a compound of carbon and hydrogen? Hydroxide, Hydroxyl or Hydrocarbon.
9. What is the most common name for decompression sickness?
10. ‘General Sherman’ in California, USA, is the name of a what?
11. Absolute zero is at what temperature celsius?
12. What is the most abundant element in the universe?
13. What is most attracted by a magnet?
14. What is a bergamot?
15. Do pukeko eat shoots, leaves and grasses, or insects, spiders and worms?
16. What colours are on a monarch chrysalis?
17. Dichromacy is a form of what?    
18. What does a  Mohs Scale measure?  
19. What is the third planet from the sun?
20. Entomology is the study of what?   

Homework Week 3 & 4

Homework Week 3 & 4

LIVING MUSEUM

YOUR TASK:

1.     Investigate a person who was involved in WW1. This person doesn’t have to be well known or famous ( thought they can be). They could be a soldier, a medic, a resistance worker, a conscientious objector, an inventor, a scientist, a politician etc.

2.     Create a fact file page from your research. You will need to find out everything you can about them; their biographical details, role in the war and any other intersting facts.

3.     Present orally at our ‘Living Museum’ day: Friday the 15^th May. You must be able to speak for 1 – 2 minutes minimum.

4.     Costumes and props are encouraged.

NO POSTERS OR VISUAL PRESENTATIONS. THIS IS AN ORAL PRESENTATION ONLY

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