Volume and Capacity

Where To Next?

Where To Next?  Connected, Level 4

Turning Old into New

Literacy

Science/Social Science learning goals

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and
the negative of positive impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;

• identify and explain some of the issues facing our environment today
• identify some of the negative impacts humans are having on the environment
• identify some positive actions people are taking both here and around the world to try and
• help look after our environment.  
• identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own lives to help
• our environment.
• learn about our local bush track and creek and
• identify some ways in which we can help to look after (kaitiakitanga) these areas.

Reading Learning Goals

-I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

-I am learning to use illustrations, text boxes, charts and graphs to help me make inferences
so I get more information from the text.

-I am learning to use more than one text, in print or electronic formats, to gather and check
the accuracy of information.

-I am learning to read a wide range of texts (e.g. encyclopaedias, websites, newspapers)  
to gather and check information on a topic.

-I am learning to explain why the author has written a text.

-I am learning to read and understand text that contains academic and topic-specific vocabulary.

Read the text, ‘Turning Old Into New’ and then complete the following activities.

1. Why is recycling a good idea?
2. recycling is a good idea because it regesis the amount of waste that is put into the
3. environment and it means you can. Reuse  all you materials again.

2. How many tons of rubbish do New Zealanders send to landfills every year?about
3. 2.5million tons which is more than a tonne per household

3. When rubbish breaks down what gas does it produce?
4.  What environmental problem does this contribute to?
5. Methane gas which contributes to global warming

4. Complete this sentence:  Everything we use is made from
5. Earth's        Natural Resources

6. Explain where these resources come from;

Wood:wood is made from trees or plants

Metal:metal is a mineral that comes from the ground we get this through mins

Plastic:most plastic is made out of oil but you can also make it out of milk.

Coal:coal is a fossil fuel that is made from trees getting bored in the ground for millions of years

6) How does oil form?oil forms by dead animals plants getting buried in
the ground for millions of years

7) What are some of the things glass can be recycled into?more glass objects

8) What are some of the things cardboard can be recycled into? Roof tiles

9) What can plastic with the number 1 be recycled into?pillows carpet clothes

10)  Attach a google drawing here that explains how number 1
plastics can be turned into clothing.

11) What are microfibres and what is the problem with them?
microfibres are tiny fibers that wash out of are cloths into the ocean

12) What is Earth Overshoot day? Earth overshoot is a day when we use all of E.N.R.

Glossary - Write what these words mean

Atoms: atoms are very small. That make up everything from cups to trees.

Carded:firdes aligned in the same directions

Global Warming:

Malt:barley or grain that has been used for brewing beer

Natural resources: a Natural resources that are made by the earth or non human animals

Synthetic: things that humans have made that are toxic to the earth

In class we will be working on projects looking at issues around rubbish and
what we can do to help reduce this problem.  

Video Links

NZ Recycling Crises

Diver Filming Swimming Through Plastic

The Pacific Garbage Patch

Save Our Planet

here is the video we found on how to make beeswax wrap

https://youtu.be/uCfl6Z3FhjE

We are learning to understand about the environments around us and the negative of positive
impact our actions can have on these environments.

Success criteria;
identify some positive actions we can take at school and in our own
lives to help our environment.