MBS News Week 9

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World Ocean Day

Monday was world ocean day and we did some research into how humans are effecting our oceans. We also played a game that taught us some of the names and locations of the worlds seas and oceans. It is in the 'Other Links' tab on the right.

Here are some of our reports about marine debris, what it is and how it effects our seas and oceans.

Marine debris

Do you know that anything could be marine debris? Some people litter and don’t care. They don’t realise that they could kill an animal. Animals especially in the sea aren’t as smart as people. They can mistake a plastic bag for jelly fish

Causes   

Animals aren’t as good at seeing as humans. They could mistake anything for food.

Effects

Sea living animals die. If they die they will be left on the beach to create more marine debris.

What you can do to help

·      Don’t litter

·      Make sure when you put something in the rubbish it stays in the rubbish.

·      Recycle

By Sarah.

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Marine debris is when rubbish is in the water and kills sea life.

Main causes of marine debris are people littering and fishing nets falling over board, try not to let these things happen please!!!!

Main effects of marine debris are fish dying, turtles getting endangered, and having yucky oceans. Also in about 4 years the Great Barrier Reef will be gone because of marine debris.

What you can  do to help is stop littering and be careful where you put your rubbish.

By Josh

I’m going to tell you about marine debris.

Marine debris is when people litter on beaches and litter on water.

If you litter on water fish will think its food, and the fish will eat the litter.

We eat fish and if fish swallow litter we might the litter when we eat fish.

If we do not do anything we won’t want to swim at the beaches that have heaps of litter on them.    

 Do you want to swim on a beach with heaps of litter on it?

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

You can go on trips to pick up litter. And when you see people littering tell them not to. Put you litter in a safe place when you’re on a boat. Never ever dump you net your fishing net when it gets tangled in a rock

                                      By William

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Marine debris is when you put rubbish in the ocean.

If you put any of these things in the sea animals might die by Plastic, Rubber, Trash, Paper, Nets, metal, Plastic bags, Drink bottles and Rubbish.

Problem

If rubbish nets and lots of thing get in the sea or ocean animals will die because nets will tangle the animals. So don’t litter. All rubbish is bad for the sea so don’t litter. That is what marine debris is.

By Mojdeh

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Marine debris

Have you ever heard of marine Debris? Well it is when there is rubbish all in the water. The reason I'm talking to you about marine Debris is because it is polluting our ocean. Would you like to swim in a polluted ocean? The other reason is that it is killing our sea animals.

Causes

Things that cause sea animals to die are metal, rubbish, plastic, which is most common, fishing nets and lines, paper, tires and 6 pack rings. Also boats which drive past their fishing nets and rods could fall off and can catch all the sea animals, storm drains sometimes have rubbish going down the drain and then the rubbish will get washed down the pipes in the ocean and fish will eat all the rubbish and die. Sometime fishers even throw there rubbish over board.

Effects

The effects of it is that it is killing sea animals, like choking, eating and getting hooked stuck down their throat. They could even become extinct.

Conclusion

If this keeps happening to sea animals there will be no more of them. So make sure there's no Marin debris in the water. Start picking up rubbish for the animals, environment and us.

By Leela

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Marine debris is rubbish in the ocean and sea. It is also killing sea life and sea homes.

Do not throw rubbish in the ocean or sea and on land. Fisher man are losing fishing gear like: nets, rods and fishing nylon. Sometimes you can accidently drop rubbish outside, on land, beaches and seas. It is us that is causing marine debris.

It is killing animal’s habitats. Plastic bags are killing our turtles because the turtles think they are jelly fish. It can kill animals like: seals, turtles, fish and other sea animals like that. It can kill the sea animals like that. It can kill the sea world. A lot of sea animals get  caught in the net’s from fisher men. Sometimes metal rings can get stuck around turtles neck and it can grow with the turtles neck as it gets older.

We can start to pick up rubbish from the beach, ocean, sea and lakes. Stop throwing rubbish on the ground. It can make a big deference to the world

By Lucia

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 Marine debris is rubbish or in water and if rubbish goes to the sea fish will eat the rubbish then they will get sick die and the food will not die digest in their body.

Anything can be marine debris and if you throw stuff into the water you will go to jail because it is against the law.

If a rubbish bin is full and there is a plastic bin you must put the plastic stuff in the plastic bin and that will make the bin less full.

And sometimes nets wheels will get caught in seaweed and fish will not have homes to stay in.

And if you want to help you can pick up rubbish and that will save the environment.  

By Joshua

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Marine debris 

Do you know that marine debris happens in water?” well you said marine so of  course it happens in water ‘’ but do you what debris means ‘’hmmm no’’ it means rubbish.

It caused so many animals dying. When fish or other an animals that we also eat marine debris .Us humans cause marine debris.

Marine debris breaks habitat of sea animals. Marine debris can be anything, for example a net floating around can catch sea animals. Millions of sea animals are dying.

We can help by not littering. For more information go to the trash talk website.

By  Amy.

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Marine debris

Marine debris is rubbish in the ocean and it can be any rubbish like paper bags metal tiny beads even a six

Plastic rings

Marine debris killing strangling and suffocating sea life

It’s also killing fish so people who like fish help stop

Marine debris

Because the numbers are dropping

By Max

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Marine Debris

A Marine Debris is a patch pollution (Rubbish) in the ocean.

Causes

If someone litters somewhere then the rubbish could easily blow away and land in a drain or a nearby river or beach and all that water leads to the ocean.And that will affect all the animals in the ocean and even some rivers!

Effects

Some of effects are that when the animals see rubbish they sometimes mistake it for food and when they do they could get tangled or strangled and then they could die. Sometimes when turtles see metal rings they sometimes get their necks stuck by swimming through them by accident. And they could get strangled or it could grow into their skin.

If people don't stop littering then all the animals will die and the ocean will be very dirty and all the sea creatures will be gone!

By Emma

  

Week Three Term Two

Science week

Science in a van :]

On the 3^rd of May we went to the hall for science in a van there where two people that talked about science. We all learnt so much about science like we learnt about matter like the 3 states of matter are gas, solid and liquid.    

 

 Growing crystals !

On Monday we made crystals

We needed: water

Salt       washer

Cups    string

Pencil    spoon

Steps: first you put hot water into a cup then we put loads of salt into the hot water then we stired it until the salt has disolvied then you tie the end of the string onto the washer then tie the other end of the string to the pencil. after leave the washer to create crystals on it also make sure the washer doesn’t touch the bottom of the cup.  

 

Oobleck!

You will need:

Cornflour,    bowl,    spoon,

Water and a   baking tray

Steps: first you put the cornflour into the bowl then you add tiny bits of water at a time then keep stiring until its as thick as honey when it is you can hold it over the tray.

 BY Leela and Rose

 

This week we made 'Ghost Bubbles' with dry ice and dish washing liquid. See the instructions here.
They looked really cool and we were inspired to write some descriptive poems to describe them.

Ghost Bubbles

Slimy gooey bubbles

when it pops it looks like a misty cloud

it feels like tiny bits of dust falling down

slimy gooey bubbles

 

By James

 

 Ghost Bubbles!
when the ghost bubble pops
 it turns into gas
and it feels slimy
so so slimy
and it smells like bubbles

My Mojdeh

Ghost Bubbles
ghost bubbles are bubbles that fall very heavily
Pop! Bang! Pow!
It goes onto the children's hands and on the carpet

By Lucia


Ghost Bubbles
Ghost bubbles, heavy and white
they are very slimy and look like a shost
if you have slimy hands you can catch them
they make steam everywhere
they are cld and they are spooky

By Blake
 

Bee Poems

We finished off our writing this term by creating poems about bees.

Bees are as sweet as an angel.

A bee is as fluffy as a bunny.

Ouch a bee stings me.

It feels like a needle plucked me. The worker bees work as hard as a maid.

The bee is buzzing around like a lawn mower.

By Sophia

Bees fly to a flower and it sounds like buzz.

Then she flew to New Zealand on a journey and made rich honey and got a lot of money.

Bee was yellow and black. When you see the bee it is like no other without bees we are dead.

Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz.

Bees fly as fast as a person spiting for a medal. 

By Amy

There was a bee that had lots of money

Who collected pollen and honey

She’s yellow and black

And lives in a shack

But now is no longer funny.

By Leela 

Bees as bright as the morning sun

making yummy honey for your tummy

Springing from flower to flower making a soft buzzing sound

Working as hard as a builder carrying a big heavy pile of bricks

By Max

There was a bee that flew around

And could do this with no sound

She had three eyes

And liked to eat pies

But now cannot fly off the ground.

By Stella

Bees look like a stripy soldier,

Buzzing around your red towel,

Bee don’t go on that towel it not a flower,

Bees sound like a pepper shaker. 

By Lachlan 

Bees are a lovely thing

The make honey in the spring

You don’t have to kill Bees as they don’t sting

It sounds like a buzzing noise in my ear

Bees like honey because they are yummy.

By Mojdeh

I am black on a track with yellow stripes in the night

I eat chives with knives

Honey is good for my tummy

I get honey for my big fat tummy

By Lucia

The Bee

There was a bee from the city

That liked to fly hi

She’s working as hard as the teachers at meadow bank school

She makes everything good

By pollinating she’s really good

With her fluffy coat all around  

By Sarah

A bee looks like a zebra with the wrong colours. 

A bee sounds like a zipper going up and down. 

A bee works as hard as a builder building a house.

By Fox

Bees as yellow in the morning sun buzzing around gathering nectar

Bees are yellow and black they live in a shack

There’s a queen in the hive that lives with chives

Everyone is no longer funny because the queen bee has lots of money

By William

The bees work as hard as god making the world, the bees fly like they’re in trouble. They sound like someone saying “zzz” the wrong way, bees as bright as the morning sun and as dark as the midnight sky.

By Blake

A bee sounds like a lawn mower.

She looks like night but with yellow strips.

She works as hard as a builder that carries a block.

By Rose

Bee Days

On Thursday we had a Year 4 bee day. We had a go at making bee related products as part of our bee topic. Thank you to all of the lovely parent helpers who came along. We really could not have done it without you.
After making the products, we came back to class to write instructions for the things we made. Read some of these below.
On Friday Sue came into talk to use about her bee hives and how she gets honey from them. It was really interesting.
Before assembly we watched this video all about bees and why they are important and how we can help. We have been doing our own writing about this in class. See that below too.

How to make a bees wax candle

I am going to teach you how to make a bees wax candle I think you should have a bees wax candle because it smells so nice.

You will need:
1. Bees wax
2. Wick

First you get the wax then you get the wick after you place the wick on the edge of the bees wax then you roll the wax and the wick up really tight so it will make a cylinder shape and your done there you go your very own bees wax candle.
This kind of bees wax is actually recycled because if you were a bee keeper you won’t be able to do anything with the bees wax but now you can by making a candle.

Leela

 

Lunch Wraps

Today we made reusable lunch wraps.

You will need: beeswax, fabric, a pencil, a ruler, something to cut the fabric and a grinder.

What to do:

Cut the fabric into a square.

Grind the beeswax onto a plate using a grinder

Put the beeswax on the fabric put the fabric in the oven. And now you have a reusable lunch wrap.

Please wash it in hot water. 

By Fox

How to make a bees wax candle

I am going to tell you how to make a bees wax candle candles have been around for over 5,000 years.

First you will need: a sheet of wax paper and a wick

Firstly you put the wick on the edge of the wax. Next you roll up the wax. Finally you press the end of the wax down so it doesn’t flap around.

And that’s how you make a bees wax candle.

Ruby

Today all the year 4 did a little celebration for the amazing bees. I am going to tell you how to make a candle!!

1. get the wax and string

2. get the string and put on the wax.

3. roll it up carefully so it won’t break.

You can use it for the dark or you can give it to your mum. J

By Orlando

 

 

                                Seed bombs

What is a seed bomb?

A seed bomb is a big seed that grows by itself.

In London there are soldiers called gorilla solider, they go into damp and not nice places and threw seed bombs onto the land and make the place a better one.

You need…

Clay, dirt, water, seeds and a container.

First get the container and put in a little dirt and add a clump of clay. Next ad more dirt then add more water and mash and squish it up add the seeds and put it out to dry.

 

What can you do with it?

You can put it in your garden and it will grow and you don’t have to plant or water as long as it has got rain.   

By Jordan

 

WALT: Instruct

How to make seed bombs

Seed bombs are good for the bees because they plan more flowers and you don’t have to water them.

Step 1. First get some clay then put it in a bucket with soil then mix it around.

Step 2. Next pour some water into the bucket with the soil.

Step 3. Roll it into a ball and put some seeds in it and then leave it to dry. And then you can give it to someone or throw it in your garden and grow beautiful flowers to look at and that the bees can eat the nectar from.

By Mojdeh

 

                               Bees 

You can run through the forest hearing the soft humming and buzzing of bees. So if you like honey and food you better help save the bees do you want to live save the bees 1/3 of the food you eat is good because of bees so do something know.  

We need to do something about bees dying all over the world. If we don’t do something the world will end us humans and animals.

So help the bees.

Bees are important not just with honey but with our survival without bees,  

By Jordan