Ecosystem In Science

For science we're learning about the ecosystems. Our ecosystems include three important things. Producers, consumers and decomposes. This contains food chains and food webs. What does an ecosystem do? An ecosystem is an area where plants, animals and other organisms etc, work together to form a bubble of life. Ecosystems contain biotic living parts as well as the aboitic factors, non-living parts. Ecosystems exist to function exchange of energy and nutrients in the food chain. 

Hungarians Migration Group

 

Today my group presented our migration group about Hungarians. My group researched about each slide and presented it to the class to show them what we had learnt. 

Science Lava Lamp Experiement

For science we experimented lava lamps. Once we mixed all the ingredients together in the water bottle, my group started seeing the acid foam to the top. It was pretty cool. 

Making Dumplings in Food Tech

For the last day of Food Tech we made dumplings. I think my best skill while cooking these was turning the dumplings on the stove and making sure they wouldn’t burn. Every five minutes there would be a burnt side on the dumplings, so you had to keep an eye on them. It was also my first time trying dumplings and to be honest I don't think I like them. But they are still so good. I think I’m a pro at the twirly twisty thing.

What I Learnt in Science So Far...

 

Beginning from the first week I came here in Science, I learnt about a lot of things that I guess I can fully understand. The best topic I think I did really well in was probably the plate boundaries. There are three plate boundaries, convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries and transform boundaries. 

1. convergent boundary : where two plates are colliding. subduction zones occur when one or both of the tectonic plates are composed of oceanic crust. 

2. divergent boundary : where two plates are moving apart

3. transform boundary : where two plates slide pass each other

Understand Migration Theories

migration - move from one place to another

theory - a formal idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain something

For social studies, we are researching about where Polynesians migrated from. We looked into documentary's, websites and history. Here is what we found out. 

1. Hawaiiki

Some Maori believe that they came from a place called Hawaiiki, which was their ancient Polynesian homeland. This theory suggests that people left their island of Hawaiiki because of rivalry between the two tribes. Whetenia and Rauru. 

2. South America

A theorist named Thor Heyerdrahl believes Maori originally came from South America. He noticed the wind and ocean currents from the East may have pushed travellers to the Pacific. To test his theory, he sailed on raft called "Kon-Tiki" from South America to the Tuamotu Island. 

3. Asia

Some theorists believe that Maori came from Asia. A lot of the language is similar throughout the Pacific. Most common foods like taro, yams and bananas come from Asia. 

The theory that I believe is right could be Polynesian people may have migrated from South America to Asia, then our islands coming to New Zealand. I think this because there's a lot of clues and Polynesian theories in each of these mentioned countries. 

Made In Taiwan Documentary

For Social Studies we watched a documentary called "Made In Taiwan". This documentary was all about how two guys who go on a journey to search and understand about their ancestral history. As my class watched the documentary, we would write a summary about what they did, saw, felt etc. They travelled to Rarotonga, Mahia in Aotearoa, Vanuatu and Taiwan.