What is that white powder?

Upload a photo of each powder.

1.  Cornflour

2.  Baking Soda

3.  Salt

4. Sugar 

Materials:

1.  Powdered Beverage

2.  Citric Acid 

3.  Tartaric Acid 

4.  Baking Soda

5.  Ziplock Bag

6. Spoon

Findings:

Sherbet
Taste]	Acidic, sweet, sour, a bit tangy, bubbly, a cooling effect on mouth and throat.
Colour	White with a little bit of a pinkish colour.

Conclusion:

The sherbet was a success it had the right amount of sourness and sweetness to it. It also changes your tongue colour. It had a cooling effect on my mouth and throat too. Anyways it was a pretty successful sherbet

Food Chains

Ecosystems

DEFINITION: AN ECOSYSTEM IS A LARGE COMMUNITY OF LIVING (PLANTS, ANIMALS AND MICROBES)AND NON-LIVING ORGANISMS (SUNLIGHT, WATER, SOIL, TEMPERATURE) IN A PARTICULAR AREA. 

Food chain

Definition: a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Wetlands

Wetlands

Aim: To learn about the wetland ecosystem.

                                                                         

What is a Wetland?

Any land consisting of marshes or swamps and land that is saturated with water.                                                                

4 different kinds of wetlands

1. Marsh - a wetland that is dominated by plants.
2. Swamp - an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects.
3. Bog - an area of wet muddy ground is very soft.
4. Mire / fen - a stretch of swampy or boggy ground.

Common wetland plants in NZ

Name	Image	Purpose
EG: Swamp weed		Food for fish and birds Home for fish and birds Cleans the water
Bulrush		1. Can be made for flour, syrup and sugar. 2. Can act as a filter 3. Can be used to make weaves, baskets, chair seats. etc.
Harakeke		1. Can treat boils, burns etc. 2. Produced rope and linen.
Raupo		Raupo and bulrush are the same. They both have the same purposes. 1. Can be made for flour, syrup and sugar. 2. Can act as a filter 3. Can be used to make weaves, baskets, chair seats. etc.
Toitoi		1. Can be used to make baskets, kites, mats, wall linings and roof thatching. 2. It can also be used to make containers to cook food in hot springs. 3. The seed heads were used on flesh wounds to stop bleeding.

Common animals, insects, birds you may find in a NZ wetland.

Name	Image	Food
Duck		Insects Seeds Plants
Frog		1. Insects 2. Meat
Butterfly		1. Nectar from flowers 2. Tree sap 3. Pollen
Grey Heron		1. Fish 2. Amphibians 3. Reptiles
Dragonfly		1. Mosquitoes 2. Moths 3. Midges
Fish		1. Larvae 2. Other fishes

Seed Planting Community Impact Project (C.I.P)

This week on community impact project, we are trying to find out what seed we can plant that is best for winter. Since winter is almost here. Anyways what we have to do is to find 6 different kinds of seeds we can plant for autumn but it also has to survive in winter. Although we can use a seed twice, for example, I want to plant peas. I can plant 2 peas then find another 4 seeds to get 6 seeds.

Here are my 6 seeds.

1. Peas (x2)

2. Kale  

3. Broad Beans

4. Beetroot

5. Pak Choi

I picked these seeds because they can grow in autumn and they can also survive and grow in winter as well. When it is autumn sowing is ideal for peas. Kale is also good for autumn and winter, broad beans can grow in the late autumn and also grow in winter. But they don't like to grow in summer. Beetroot also grows in autumn and winter, and even in summer. Pak choi is also a really good crop for autumn and winter. Anyways this is why I chose these crops for our school.