Inquiry

This is Jaydans and I's inquiry This is our inquiry about rugby. media type="custom" key="10746914" We watched a movie which was about our streams and people polluting it and it was pretty bad. The positives were that that creatures were living in there and fish having babies. The negatives were Water tastes bad, no food, the water was slimy, the water was shallow, things were dumped and people were littering, there were dead fish and eels and stuff like that and there were chemicals.

Freshwater ecology 7/6/11 We went on the learnz website and learned about fresh water. I learned how the water cycle works. Fresh water ecology-Taupo/ Turangi

1. Tell us about lake Taupo/ Turangi 2. Why is it precious? * Streams, rivers and lakes/ provide habitat for certain types of aquatic plants, fish, insects and birds. Some of these organisms need very pure freshwater. Almost all organismson Earth today contain at least 50% water in their bodies. Living things use water to transport nutrients, hormones and oxygen to their cells, cleanse waste from their systems and cool their bodies.

3. Why is it under threat? *

Mount Ruapehu is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. If there was a large eruption, the ash and material ejected into the surrounding Taupo area could get into local waterways. This material could pollute the rivers and lakes and kill the organisms living in them. Storms and flooding could also affect the quality of the local waterways with large amounts of silt/parakiwai being carried into the rivers and lakes. The silt could make it difficult for water creatures to breathe and hunt for food.

4. What is being done about the threats? *

Biodiversity 2/6/11 WALT: Understand the human impact on the planet. I don't really know what biodiversity is so I am going to ask questions.

Why do people hunt animals when they know they are endangered? What is causing the ice caps melting?

Our class has been talking about puberty which is our topic and we are learning about girls and boys. We are starting a mini inquiry about puberty.

21/3/11 WALT Understand the body changes that happens for boys at puberty. Changes for boys. Private part gets bigger. Voice gets deeper and it changes. Private part gets pubic hairs. Get pubic hair. Bones get bigger. Brain grows. Sweat changes. Grow taller.

18/3/11 WALT Understand the body changes that happens for girls at puberty.

Changes for girls. Their heads go Round to oval. Their breasts get bigger. Thinking more about self appearance. Interests change. Sweat changes. Body hair growing and may need to start shaving. Hips widen and body fat changes.

Technolgy This is my video about ict. I did mine about whats good about having laptops. Here it is. media type="custom" key="8918848"