Hydro Dam Explanation

WALT write an explanation of how a Hydro-power station works







A hydro-dam is a amazing structure that makes electricity from water!

Firstly you build a dam to block the river.Water then builds up behind the dam.This is called the reservoir.

It then goes through the intake and all the water rushes down  the penstock. Then it goes to the turbine and the water goes around it and makes the turbine spin.

This makes electricity which is stored in the  generator . It goes out to the power lines and it travels to peoples houses.

A dam is a very helpful thing that gives you lots of electricity and it is a very big structure.Hydropower is also renewable.

Solar Energy

WAL about different power sources (where we get power from), and whether they are renewable or non-renewable:

Renewable (will not run out)   energy source: solar, wind, water, biomass,geothermal.

Non-renewable (will run out) energy source:coal,natural gas and oil.


This is how solar  is used to generate (make) power:

How Is Power Generated?

Maths blog

In Maths this term we have been learning about FRACTIONS


I can find fractions of whole numbers like:

½ of 12 =6                     ⅓ of 9= 3               1/10 of 20=2

⅔ of 12= 8                       ⅘ of 10= 8              

I can recognise when a  fraction is greater than 1:

½ + ½ + ½ =1 1/2

⅓ + ⅓ + ⅓ + ⅓ =1 1/3

7/4 =1 3/4

Best Garden Day

GARDEN DAY ACTIVITY REFLECTION SHEET
This document is a reflection on the purpose, process and outcomes of our Garden Day Activities
ACTIVITY:  Flax Baskets

MATERIALS
(What did we use to carry out the activity?)

• We used flax.
• We used a shredder.
• We used  pegs.

PURPOSE
(Why did we carry out these activities?)

• to learn how to weave flax baskets
• To collect the vegetables from the garden

PROCESS
(What we did).

• We got some flax
• We got as a group and Missi weaved the flax into a bag with us.
• We put some pegs on it.
• Last we used the shredder to cut some of the flax that was sticking out into a thin one.

WHAT WORKED WELL
(What did we do well to make sure our activity was successful?)

• the patterns.
• The top of the basket.
• second time using the shredder to cut the flax.

WHAT DIDN’T WORK WELL
(What do think didn’t work well during your activity?  Why? How did you/could you fix this?)

• first time using the shredder.
• starting to make the basket.

WHAT THINGS DID YOU LEARN ?

• I learnt to weave  flax and I learned to have a great time at making the flax basket.
• I learnt to share the materials with the people that were helping me.

Kiwi Facts

WAL facts about a kiwi for our report writing.
Interesting facts

• Kiwis can run faster than a human. 
• Kiwis can grow very big
• The Kiwi's name doesn't come from its call, but from the Polynesian name for the Bristle- Thighed Curlew, the Kivi.This bird has the same way of feeding as the Kiwi, by poking it's long beak into soft ground.
• Adult kiwi usually mate for life and they can grow very fast.
• The kiwi is related to a group of birds called ratites. The closest relatives to kiwi today are emus and cassowaries in Australia, but also the now-extinct moa of New Zealand. 

How to grow plants

1.The scientific study of plant life is known as what? Botany

2. The process of plants using energy from sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into food is known as what?Photosynthesis

3. True or false? In the right conditions bamboo can grow over 60cm (24in) in just one day.True

4. The movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower is known as what?Pollination

5. Amber is made from fossilized tree Resin

6. True or false? Humans were on Earth before plants.False

7. What grain has the highest level of worldwide production? (Hint: Rice is second)  Corn or Maize

8. A trailing or climbing plant is also known as a Vine.

9. True or false? Pitcher plants are carnivorous.True

10. The Japanese word “sakura” means the blossoming of what kind of tree? cherry tree