Topic 7: Osmosis and Transpiration

 L.I: To learn the science of osmosis and transpiration. This week for science tech we looked into Osmosis and Transpiration. Osmosis is when water moves from the bottom of a plant to the top. Xylem which is a tiny cell in the plant helps the water move upwards. Transpiration is when the sunlight evaporates the water. A thing we learnt during this lesson was photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is a process where the plants creates the food. Its made by carbon dioxide, water, sunlight, sugar or glucose and oxygen. 

Our activity was to find the xylem in a celery. First we pour 150 mls of water in a beaker and put ten drops of food colouring. Next we grab a celery and cut the end of the celery. Then we mix the celery into the food colouring water. After that we put the leaves of the celery in a bag and wait 30 minutes. After 30 minutes we open the bag and start cutitng the middle of the celery. Finally we look for the Xylem and take photos of it.

I found this activty fun because the xylem looks really cool with the food colouring. I also found the facts really interesting. 

Matariki Brouchures

 L.I: To stregnthen our connections with Matariki 

Inside

Outside

This week for Matariki we created Matariki Brochures. The inside brochure shows the trandition and the clothing of Matariki. The photo in the middle shows Papatuanuku, the grandmother of the 6 sisters. A fun fact, Ururangi likes to race her sister to Papatuanuku and wrap her arms around herself. The outside brochure shows facts about the Matariki stars. It also explains about the Matariki celebration. A fun fact about Matariki is that it will get its public holiday on June 24th 2022. I found this activity fun because the facts I found were very interesting. I was also surprised because the public holiday announcment. 

Matariki

L.I: To stengthen our connections to Matariki

Matariki is the Maori new year celebration. It takes places each year when the cluster of stars known as Matariki are seen in our skies. The new year is a time for new beginnings and is a time to embrace tradition.
To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities. I found out that Tupu-a-rangi likes to sing for the forest and the children of Tane Mahuta and I also found out that Waipuna-a-rangi to the seas, lake and rivers. I enjoyed doing the Matariki stars because I like how my group and I created the stars.