Crazy Hair day

As part of Deegan's community service she organised a crazy hair day to raise money for Kids Can. Her Mum and sister Taylor are doing the Pork Pie mini run to also raise money. It was such an awesome day and there were so many amazing hair styles. Well done Deegan and everyone. Awesome!

The sun has disappeared!

What if it did? What if they sun suddenly disappeared? What would the consequences be for our Earth? Could we survive? This is a great hypothetical question to bring together a lot of what we have learnt over this term so far. We had a fascinating discussion around what would happen and it really got us thinking. I was really impressed with your ideas and questions guys. You are curious and that is a great learning position to be in! After exploring our own ideas we used this short article and video to further guide our discussion.

Photosynthesis

We have taken a brief look into how plants make food through photosynthesis. The ingredients for this process are carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), and visible light. Nutrient full water is drawn up through the roots and stem into the leaves. Carbon dioxide is absorbed through little pores under the leaves. These ingredients meet in small sacks called chloroplasts (which are full of chlorophyll, the substance that makes plants green) and in the presence of sunlight they are converted to carbohydrates and oxygen.  This is another reason why sunlight is essential to our existence.

Here are a few images and videos which we used to learn about photosynthesis.