The Amazon Rainforest

We are learning about climate change. The Amazon Rainforest is burning down because of climate change and deforestation.
I really enjoyed researching different animals.
At first, I wasn't sure what to put on my google drawing.

Energy

A few weeks ago I went to an energy workshop and this is what we learned.
At first, understanding the processes were confusing but it got easier as I listened.

Math Quiz

During Cybersmart, we made a math quiz.

I really enjoyed this because I needed to work on my 6, 7, and 8 times tables.

I found hard to find a free GIF.

I learned how to link images to other slides in the presentation.

Caged Chickens Should Be Banned

 We are learning to structure speeches.
I found it hard to keep up and at the same time have good information.
I didn't find anything easy.

How would you feel if you cooped up all you live in a cage no bigger than an A4 piece of paper? Well, caged chickens go through egg-xactly that. Yes, they have cage no bigger than an A4 piece of paper, they get diseases, they can’t act like a normal chicken and they get absolutely no vitamin D. One of the main reasons that caged chickens should be banned is that there are WAY too much-caged chickens. One battery hen shed may contain as many as 45,000 hens. 82% of the 3.2 million hens that produce eggs are caged!


Another reason is that chickens can get diseased. The fatty liver syndrome is a disease only chickens; mainly caged, get. One of the causes is thought to be stress. The chickens inside the cage are so cooped up they get stress and get this disease. Another disease is rickets. Rickets is a brittle bone disease. This is caused by the lack of vitamin D. Vitamin D is from the sun. As the chickens are in the tiny space they get absolutely no sun. So if a chicken nudges them, their bone would break. 


The last reason is that they can’t act like a normal chicken. They can’t stretch their wings, they can’t scuff around in dirt. How would you feel if you couldn’t act like a human? It would be a horrible, horrible life. This is why I think that caged chickens should be banned because they get diseased, they get cooped up, and they are not able to act like a normal chicken.

Pollination Animation

We were learning about bees and now are learning about pollination.
I really enjoyed seeing how it looked at the end.
It took a lot of patience to move slowly and not make the object jump.
My apologies it is slow so feel free to click the arrow button to speed it up.

Interdependence

Today we were learning about interdependence. I enjoyed learning that interdependence is completely different to independence. It was challenging to explain interdependence. My digital learning shows that I know what interdependence means. Next time I would screencastify with my work in the background.

Tom Fedro

In Room One we were learning about Tom Fedro. I liked blending the colours. Finding information was hard because there was not much info about Tom Fedro. Our success criteria was to...
* Use bold lines
*Use both sides of the paintbrush
*Use bright colours
*Use light direction

Tom was born in 1969, Chicago. He uses acrylic for his distinctive Picasso- like art. His paintings are bold and have thick, black lines and uses bright colours to blend, showing light direction.
This is my art. 

Saint Mary MacKillop

On 8th of August our whole school went to Mass to celebrate Mary MacKillop's feast day. Now in Room 1 we are answering the questions she asked us. It was easy to get it done but putting it in my own words was tricky.
Who was Saint Mary Mackillop?
Saint Mary Helen Mackillop was an Austrailian nun. She was born 15 January 1842, Fitzroy, Victoria, a city in Australia. Mary’s parents were not wealthy. She was the eldest of 8 children. Her education was mostly taught at home.

What did Mary Mackillop do?
Mary’s first job was when she was 14, a clerk at a printing shop. This money went mostly to food and the family’s bills. Then, she went with her cousins to teach the young. Soon she loved children and later became a school teacher. In South Australia she met a priest named Father Julian Tenison Woods. He also wanted to help poor children go to  school. Together they built the stable school in 1866.

How did Mary Mackillop become a Saint?
In 1866 Mary MacKillop and Father Tenison Woods started the religious order of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites) and in 1867 Mary MacKillop became a nun – Sister Mary of the Cross.
She helped the poor and had never seen a need without doing something about it.
Her feast day is the 8th of August.