Volume & Capacity

No Need For Plastic!!

As part of our topic we have been learning about reducing waste. To help the environment with this my class made fabric bags to use instead of plastic bags. We also made lots of beeswax wraps. Beeswax wrap is used instead of glad wrap. Hopefully it helps the environment a little as we are not using plastic. I learnt how to make a beeswax cloth and hopefully I can make some more at home to help the environment. I enjoyed making these because they are so handy.

All you have to do is put fabric with grated beeswax on baking paper
and put another layer of baking paper on top of that. You then have to iron it and melt the wax into the cloth. For the fabric bags we had to cut out our pattern and then sew it. Here are some photo`s.

Were To Next?

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of
positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try
• and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our
• environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can
• help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences
so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check the
accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)  
to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea? Recycling is a good Idea because it gets reused and we
2. don't have to throw it out.

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year? New
3. Zealanders spend 2.5 million tonnes of rubbish to dumps each year.

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?  What environmental problem
4. does this contribute to? Its produces CO2 and Methane. It contributes to global warming.

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from  Earth`s__________        
5. Natural____________ Recources_____________

5. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood: Wood comes from trees or plants.

Metal: Metal comes from rocks that have been mined underground.

Plastic: Plastic comes from Oil.

6) How does oil form? Oil comes from Plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into?  Windows, More bottles, Glasses.                                                                     

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? Books, More cardboard and
Paper

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into? CD`s, Carpet, Containers. They are
Poisoning our underwater sea life and wrecking our sea life.

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1 plastics can be turned into
clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?They are poisoning our sea life
and wrecking the food chain. Microfibers are tiny fibres from our clothing.

12) What is Earth Overshoot day?Earth Overshoot day is when we reach the limit of
resources we should have used over that year. In 2017 it was August the 2nd.

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms:The smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself or be combined with
other atoms to form a molecule.

Carded:Aligned in the same direction.

Global Warming:A gradual increase in the earth's temperature.

Malt: Barley or other grain used for beer.

Natural resources: Materials found in nature.

Synthetic: something that is made by people and is the result of combining different chemicals.

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and what we can
do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Save Our Planet!

Success criteria;

• Describe some of the issues facing our environment today
• Explain some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try and help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help our environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and identify some ways in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check the accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)  to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Here is a good video we found on how to make beeswax wrap.