Topic Reflection
Energy –The Balance of Life
What is energy?
Energy is a type of a strong power where there is the Solar energy,Gas light and the muscular energy.
Where do humans get energy from?
Humans can get there get energy from our plants,healthy food and by exercising.
Plants
1. What substance does a tree use for food?(highlight your answer in yellow)a. photosynthesis b. chlorophyll
c. glucose d. leaves
2. What four things does a tree need for photosynthesis? (highlight your answer in yellow)
a)_________Water _______________
b)________Light Energy ________________
c)___________Sunlight _____________
d)____________Chlorophyll____________
3. What causes a tree's leaves to appear green?
The tree that causes a tree to appear green is Chlorophyll.
4. What signals a tree to preparing for winter?(highlight your answer in yellow)
a. The days become colder.
b. The weather becomes dry.
c. There are more rainy days.
d. There are fewer hours of sunlight.
5. How does a tree get water?(highlight your answer in yellow)
a. It makes water in its leaves.
b. It turns glucose into water.
c. It absorbs water through its roots.
d. It uses photosynthesis.
6. Why do a tree's leaves change color in the fall? (highlight your answer in yellow)
a. The tree has less chlorophyll.
b. The tree has less water.
c. The tree has no leaves.
d. The tree is growing quickly before the winter sets in.
Compost
What is compost? Compost is a place where worms lives and where people can throw their food scraps and left overs.
What are the things that you cannot put in a compost bin?
List 5 things that you can put in a compost bin.
- Apple
- Left overs
- Banana skin
- Pear
- Carrot
Sustainability
This term you have completed a group project about the roles, rights and responsibilities of how people maintain sustainable food sources. Draw a flow chart that represents the responsibility that people have to maintain the food source your group researched this term.
Sustainability group topic (e.g pork farming):Planting Around The World.
Draw and label a picture that represents a healthy kai garden.
MY TOPIC REFLECTION
- What have you learnt about this topic?
- What did you like about this topic?
- What is your role in practicing sustainability for a balanced future - at home, at school, in my community?
This term I have learnt how to grow plants and ‘what you need to plant something.I also learnt that you can get energy by eating the right amount of the healthy food sources so you can stay strong and fit.
What I really liked about this topic is that how I learned lots and lots of new thing like growing plants and making a compost and beaning sustainable.I also loved beaning with my teacher and contributed well with everyone in the school.
At school I can be sustainable by beaning around with my friends and teachers.To be sustainable at home I need to be clean and green and to also be positive at all times.My role in the community to be sustainable and to be tidy and also try to recycle everyone and to reuse everything.
