Inquiry Block

This is were I will show you what I have leaned in Inquiry.

What I found out about the Moon and the Tides

On a New Moon we relized that the high tide was not the highest out of the 8 phases.

The highest tide out of the 8 phases was a Waxing Crescent.

The high tide was 2.24m and the low tide was 0.21m.

I thought that on a New Moon the high tide would be the highest because it is getting the water

from the earth.

Out of the 8 phases the New Moon had the lowest tide.

It was 0.2m.






Fishermen go out wen it is a high tide because that is when the most fish come out.

Most people that fish go out a on a high tide because that is the best time.

A good high tide would be 2.24m.

Not many Fishermen go out on a low tide because the fish aren't out.

I would not go out on a high tide because your boat could get stuck.

Fishermen would go out at about 12.00pm or around that time. Some people that fish might go

earlier.



That was what I learnt about Moons and Tides.

Moons and Tides

Today I did the Inquiry for my homework.

For Inquiry we have to do a wallwisher or a bubblus to show question of how the Moon and tides affect us.

I have done a wallwisher to show you my question.

Here it is:

Tide and Moon

For homework in Inquiry we have to do a wordlle about

HOW THE MOON AND TIDES EFFECT US!

Here is my wordlle I made for homework.

title="Wordle: Moon tides "> src="http://www.wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/1029264/Moon_tides_"
alt="Wordle: Moon tides "
style="padding:4px;border:1px solid #ddd">

I thought that this was a bit hard to do because I could not think of what to write.

Some times I do not like the Inquiry homework bit but this time was fun.

SCRAP PAPER BOX

Today is the 16Th of June 2009.

4/5r have split into groups of about 6-7 to help our school and our environment.

The groups have been called ''SCRAP PAPER BOX, NO PLASTIC DAY, RECYCLING AND COMPOST GROUP.

I am in the SCRAP PAPER BOX group.

What we Plan to do is to reduce the amount of paper at this school.

Each class has a scrap paper box to put all there scraps in.

We hope that when we leave the school it will continue through as a school.

Reverse GARBAGE

Today is the 10Th of June and all of the year 4/5's went to it.
Here is a pictures trail of all of the nice things we did in Reverse Garbage.
I really had a fun time and so did everyone else.
I think that everyone should have a go at it.
It is very very fun.

Foot print

Today is the 9Th of June. This is my homework for inquiry.
You have to fill in all of this info and then at the end it will tell you how many Earths we will need if you keep living like this. This is what it said for me.

Estimate of your ecological footprint: About 4 hectares.

Average footprint for all Australians: About 10 hectare.

Average footprint for all people in the world: About 2.5 hectares

If everyone living today had an ecological footprint of 4 hectares.... and if 15% of all productive land and sea were reserved for other species it would take 2 earths to provide all the natural resources needed.

The total productive land and sea on the planet is about 13 billion hectares.

How many hectares of land and sea do you think should be left as nature reserves to preserve?biodiversity?

R R R 3 R's

I have put this on my blog to show you that you need to recycle more and use your GREEN bags. Have a look and I hope you like it.

R R R

This is my glogster. I have made this to show you what I do for my inquiry block for home work. If you want to make one the wed site is glogster.com. I hope you like it.

Carbon Cycle

I have put this on my blog to show you what we are doing for inquiry. I thought it was a bit hard because you had to get mot things neat and tidy. I got to do it so I hope you like it. Art pad is what i used. I think you should have a go at one and comment if you like it. Have a look at my ART pad and if you like it then tell me by leaving me a comment.

Earth the Planet

I am puting this on my blog so you can see what home work we do for INQUIRY!!!!!

Rules & Laws

WHY DO WE NEED RULES AND LAWS?

We need rules because if we didn't have rules the Earth would be a pig sty and very

dangerous. If we didn't have laws people would be able to do what ever they like.

They would steal and take what ever they wanted and not get in trouble.

People need rules and laws in there life so they can tell right from wrong.

What is a Rule and a Law?

A Rule is a Principle governing conduct, action,

procedures and arrangements.

A Law is a legislation of principles and regulations written by the Government which is

applicable to the people of the nation.

Why should rules apply equally and be public?

Rules apply equally to everyone so that every body has to follow one set

of rules, and there isn't different standards for different people.

An example of this is the speed limit on the road.

All rules have a reason e.g children go to school so that everyone has

an equal chance of getting a good education and getting a good job.

How are laws made in Austalia?

Before a law is made it has to go to Parliament in the House of Representatives as a Bill. It then

gets voted on by all the members so everyone gets a say.

Changes might have to be made to it until they all agree on it. It then gets passed on to the

Senate or Upper House for the people in the Senate to have their say.

If the Senate is not happy with the Bill it gets sent back to the House of Representatives for

them to change it more. Then it can go back to the Senate and if more people agree than don't

agree the Bill gets turned into a law.