Should we have solar panels at home?

I believe we should have solar panels at home.

Firstly, if we use electricity we will be wasting resources. Coal is a nonrenewable resource. People use it to make electricity. But if we use solar panels, we will be catching the sunlight to make electricity instead.

Secondly, with solar p0wer you don't have to pay for how much power you use. But you have to pay for how much you use with power from power lines.

Thirdly, generating power from other resources such as coal, makes pollution but solar power doesn't because it is energy from the sun.

Daniel

Should we have a compost heap at home?

I think we should have a compost heap.
Firstly, we put all our food scraps in the compost heap instead of the rubbish bin. Then less rubbish will go to the landfill.

Secondly, we can use some kitchen and garden waste to make compost for our garden.

Thirdly, composting recycles nutrients into the soil and the plants can have healthier soil.

Therefore I believe that we should have a compost heap at home.

By Bridget

Botanic Gardens Trip

Making a Worm Farm

Litter Adjective Poem

On my way to school
I saw a packet
It was a broken packet
It was a brown, broken packet
It was a cold, brown, broken packet
It was a plastic, cold, brown, broken, packet
It was a round, plastic, cold, brown, broken packet
So I picked it up and put it in the rubbish bin.
By Angeline

Home Movie

This movie is about how humans are using Earth's resources. http://www.youtube.com/homeproject

Police Visit

Constable Dave came to our school and into our class. His job is to go to schools and tell children about the police and to help people. We talked about the police.

Then Constable Dave gave us some photos. We had to write the number on the paper and write what's happening in the pictures.

Constable Dave took his jacket off and showed us his tools. He had a baton, pepper spray, hand cuffs and a first aid kit.

This is the fun part. We walked to the car park. Constable Dave turned the car sirens and lights on. We sat in the car. I sat on the front seat. I spoke on the radio.

It was so much fun. I can't wait to next year to have fun again.

By Kanwar

Police Visit

On Friday a police man came to our class to tell us about the police.

First he told us about the jobs police do like catch robbers, stop drink drivers, stop speeders and much more.

After that he put some pictures on the desks for us to explain to him.

Then he showed us his tools. They were handcuffs, pepper spray, baton, firearm, walkie talkie, taser, first aid kit and bullet proof vest.

After that we walked to his car.When we got there he put on his siren and let us sit in his car.

I had so much fun I can't wait for next time.My favourite part was sitting in the police car.

By Daniel

Oil and Water Don't Mix!!!

Oil and water don't mix because oil sits on top of the water.

Oil gets into water because of boats loaded with oil breaking in half, people pouring oil into drains or sinks and people spilling oil into the water when filling up their boat.

When oil gets into water birds swim into it and get covered with oil so they can't fly very well. Sometimes fish swim into oil thats on top of the sea, that causes the fish to not swim very well and die.

People put up a floating wall called a boom on top of the sea around the oil spill to make it stop getting any bigger, then they use a thing like a vacuum cleaner to suck up all of the oil that was on top of the water.

If you want to help stop oil getting into the water and help save the enviroment, you can try to be careful when filling up your boat and not pouring oil into drains and sinks.

By Deken

Decomposition

Decomposition is when animals and plants die and their bodies break down and turn into soil by worms helping a lot. For dead animals and plants to turn into soil it needs some worms, bacteria, fungi, air, water and sun. Without worms dead animals and plants would just lie there and cover the world and wouldn't turn into soil.

When an animal or plant dies a worm will come along and eat all the good stuff out of it and poop it out to make really good fertiliser for the plants. When a Tui dies its body breaks up and a maggot eats all the soft bits and leaves the hard bits like its bones, feathers, beak, legs and head. Eventually the hard bits break up and turn into soil.
By Hannah M.

Toondoo

We have been learning to make cartoons using Freeware called Toondoo. Our cartoons are about where petroleum comes from. Here are two of our cartoons. We hope you enjoy reading them.

Petroleum Cartoons

by mancent | Create your own Cartoon at www.toondoo.com

Oil and Water don't Mix

Today we watched a very interesting video about the damage oil does to the environment when it gets into water. Follow this link to view the video.