the bird of the year writing,persuasive text the ruru

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Ruru is the bird of the year

Introduction

I firmly believe that the ruru should be the bird of the year. These are three reasons why you should agree with me. First of all, the ruru in Maori is seen as a watchful guardian. Secondly, it has very elegant and different body features. Lastly, they have useful and unique physical features and characteristics that help them in everyday life.

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 The Maori always believed that the ruru was a watchful guardian. As the bird is the watchful guardian and known as the bird of the night,the ruru is connected with the spirit world.

When the ruru makes an occasional  high piercing noise, it signifies that there is bad news such as death . 

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The ruru are elegant and unique with unique.  The ruru is a small, compact, dark brown owl. It has striking yellow to lime green eyes that are very bold and piercing and two facial discs on either side of the bill. The ruru’s bill is an olive green that has a very stinging and pointed end.  Their back feathers are a dark russet colour, gingerly spotted in white .

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Lastly, they have useful and unique physical features and characteristics that help them in everyday life.first  are it’s wings, the ruru has very short and broad wings which help them to fly. Their wings are small so they can fly through the dense forest. Just like other owls, the ruru has serrated or jagged flight feathers that reduces the air turbulence. Next, is it’s eyesight, the ruru has eyes forward facing eyes. The forward facing eyes of theirs give them binocular vision. The eyes are perfect for spying on prey. The last thing is that they have really sharp claws, the ruru’s claws are really sharp to grip on to branches. Also their sharp claws are used to rip body parts off of their delicious food

conclusion

Now you have heard all my ideas explained in detail you should now agree with me, that the ruru should be bird of the year. First of all, in Maori the bird is known as a watchful guardian. Secondly, the ruru has elegant and different body features. Lastly,  they have useful and unique physical features and characteristics that help them in everyday life. Go and vote for the ruru NOW!!!

 https://teara.govt.nz/en/birds-of-prey/page-2

https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/morepork-ruru/

http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/morepork

we did the baking soda and vinegar

Inquiry experiment  

Aim/Purpose : 

To see what happens when baking soda and vinegar mix/combine 

To see the reaction that occurs when these two substances are mixed

Prediction - What do we think is going to happen:

We think it will explode/ It’s going to blow up

The ziplock bag will pop open and the liquid will spill out

It could fizz up 

The bag might fill up with air 

Fizz up like soda when shaken

The air pressure created inside the bag will cause the seal on the bag to pop open

Steps:     

1.  Open up a paper towel on a flat surface
2. Put 4 levelled teaspoons of baking soda in the centre of the paper towel
3. Wrap up the baking soda in the paper towel like a package - Keep the baking soda concentrated in the middle of the paper towel
4. Tape down your package of baking soda with a piece of masking tape so that everything stays in place
5. Open the vinegar and pour it into a cup - until the cup is half full
6. Then open a zip lock bag and pour the vinegar into it
7. Hold the package inside the zip lock bag, making sure it doesn’t yet make contact with the vinegar - then zip up the bag - making sure that it is completely closed
8. Let the package of baking soda drop into the vinegar and shake the bag up a little so that they start to mix
9. Observe what happens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlmsiPxEuK0

Materials/equipment:

• Baking Soda  (4 x tablespoons) 
• Vinegar (half a cup)
• Ziplock sandwich bags 
• Plastic spoon
• Paper towel 
• Masking tape

Roles within the group:

1. Presenter - conducts the experiment 
2. Assistant - collects all the materials 
3. Videographer - takes a video of the experiment 
4. Recorder - Record the result

After students have prepared they can present the experiment in front of the class who will be the audience. The videographer can record the experiment and the recording can be shared at a later stage.  

The Result - What did we see happen?

When we had put everything in a ziplock bag and shook it up it started to fizz and rise up and expand then it popped 

Variables - How could we change the variables?

Predict what might happen if we change the variables 

Experiment - Were our predictions accurate?

Put 5 or more teaspoons of baking soda into the package - Bigger explosion/more powerful 

If there is too much baking soda and not enough vinegar, it may not work

What happened in this variable is that it took a while because it took the vinegar  a long time to activate the loads of baking soda, to explode and a lot of shaking then after ages it finally made a small popping sound.

Put more vinegar  - Bigger explosion/not pop 

In this variable when the vinegar soaked through the paper towel it practically exploded straight away.

The paper towel absorb the vinegar way faster. It made all the baking soda have the chemical reaction faster.

The Science - Why did it happen?  Here are some websites to look at…. You may be able to find other websites too!

The bag started to get larger and the paper towel got bigger. The air pressure got stronger and stronger, then it popped with a loud boom as the bag exploded.  The chemical reaction was caused by mixing the bicarbonate soda (base) with the liquid acid.  

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/balloon-baking-soda-vinegar-experiment-kids/

https://www.science-sparks.com/amazing-baking-soda-experiments/

https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-happens-when-you-mix-vinegar-and-baking-soda

https://carrotsareorange.com/baking-soda-vinegar-reaction-experiment/

cabbage,food colouring and water experiment why plants need water

Plants Absorbing Water 

Aim:

To colour celery or cabbage leaves - Try and see how plants absorb water

Materials 

Glass jars x4 

Celery

Cabbage leaves 

4 different colours of food colouring 

Water 

Scissors/knife/chopping board to cut the celery

Method 

Fill up 4 glass jars up to around half way 

Put approximately 10 drops of different coloured food colouring into each jar

Place a celery stick or a cabbage leaf into each jar

Explanation 

Part 1 - Explain why plants need water

Plants need water because otherwise they will die of dehydration because water makes up 95% of the body. Water helps plants keep hydrated,healthy and alive. If water wasn’t a thing nothing would live and it wouldn’t grow at all. They would have nothing to drink. And the bees would have no pollen to collect they wouldn’t even be alive.   

Part 2 - How they absorb water

They absorb water through their roots,stems and leaves. The root hair is the main source of how plants absorb water. The root hair absorbs the water by cell membranes in the soil. Then the root hair cells become turgid (swollen). 

describe an animal from a specific habitat

compare and contrast rain forests

rm-6 inquiry rotation