Friday, August 25, 2017

Riparian Planting

Riparian Planting

Riparian planting is when someone plants trees and plants around a creek or river. When you have done that you should fence the creek if it is in a paddock so you keep the cattle out.

It is good because it soaks up the nasties that cattle leave behind so they don’t go into the river/creek. If it goes in the river it will go to the sea.

The second good thing is that the shade from the trees and plants keep the fish cool so they don’t get too hot and die. Would you like to have dead fish in your rivers and creeks?

The last good thing is how the roots of the plants hold the land together so erosion doesn’t happen. Erosion is when the banks fall into the creek or river.

Riparian planting is when you fence around a creek or river if there is cattle around.


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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Water Cycle Informtion Repot

The Water Cycle

Have you ever heard about water cycle? The water cycle is something that never stops and creates rain. It makes rain by using evaporation, condensation, transpiration, and precipitation.

First, Evaporation happens. The sun heats up the sea or lake and the water turns into water vapor. It also happens to plants when the water gets heated up and it goes up from the leaves. That is called Transpiration.

Then, the water vapor goes up and turns into clouds and clouds are made up of tiny bits of water. Water vapor spends ten days floating in the air. This process is called condensation.

Precipitation is the final step when it falls down as rain, hail, sleet, and snow. When it falls down it seeps into the ground and becomes groundwater and the rest of the water collects in the rivers and the sea. Rain droplets are not like a teardrop, they are shaped like a hamburger bun. Did you know, in some countries, there is acid rain where there is water and acid is mixed together?


In summary, the water cycle keeps on going and going forever. We will never have any more or less water but we can still pollute it.The water that we use is the same water that we use today.

Monday, August 14, 2017

Friday, August 11, 2017

when we planted the tree

Planting the tree

On Tuesday morning the Kea class planted a Banksia on the east side of the field. We did it because we wanted more birds, oxygen and they grow very fast. Banksia trees are native to Australia.

First, we gathered up all our gear like a shovel, a meter ruler, a wheelbarrow, the banksia tree and an iPad so Luke could be our photographer. When we got all our gear we went off and found a nice spot for the tree on the east side of the field.

Next, Dominic started to dig the hole that was in the shape of a cube. Meanwhile, Daniel was filling up the wheelbarrow with fresh soil. The hole must be double the size of the root ball. Billie started to mix the old soil and the fresh soil.

After that, I lifted the banksia tree and it had to be straight up. I also measured it with a meter ruler and it was 95 cm tall. That is nearly a meter.

Finally, we had a class photo.We had the tree in the photo as well. At lunch time Morgan watered the Banksia tree.

My favorite part was when we watched a video in slow motion because everything was slow and the words sounded funny.Screenshot 2017-08-11 at 10.35.25.png

Monday, August 7, 2017