Topic Reflection

Energy –The Balance of Life
What is energy?
Energy is like eating healthy food it’s  gives you energy so you can run fast
and do stuff you haven't done.


Where do humans get energy from?
Humans get energy form eating fruit and drink water.

Plants

1. What substance does a tree use for food?
a. photosynthesis                                                       b. chlorophyll

c. glucose                                                                   d. leaves

2. What four things does a tree need for photosynthesis? (highlight your answer in yellow)
a) Roots
b) Stem
c) Leaves
d) Flowers

3. What causes a tree's leaves to appear green?
chlorophyll

4. What signals a tree to preparing for winter?

a. The days become colder.
b. The weather becomes dry.
c. There are more rainy days.
d. There are fewer hours of sunlight.

5. How does a tree get water?(highlight your answer in yellow)
a. It makes water in its leaves.
b. It turns glucose into water.
c. It absorbs water through its roots.
d. It uses photosynthesis.

6. Why do a tree's leaves change color in the fall? (highlight your answer in yellow)
a. The tree has less chlorophyll.
b. The tree has less water.
c. The tree has no leaves.
d. The tree is growing quickly before the winter sets in.

Compost

What is compost?
Compost is like fertilizer that help make plants grow healthy and strong.

What are the things that you cannot put in a compost bin?
List 5 things that you can put in a compost bin.

• Brown stuff
• Green stuff
• Leaves
• Food scraps
• Dead plants

Sustainability

This term you have completed a group project about the roles, rights and responsibilities of how people maintain sustainable food sources.
Draw a flow chart that represents the responsibility that people have to maintain the food source your group researched this term.
Sustainability group topic (e.g pork farming): Pork Farming  



Draw and label a picture that represents a healthy kai garden.

MY TOPIC REFLECTION

• What have you learnt about this topic?
• What did you like about this topic?
• What is your role in practicing sustainability for a balanced future - at home, at school, in my community?

1. To be sustainable at home I need to do my homework at home clean up my room an the house and also I have to always look after my bother and sister.

2. At school I can be sustainable by working a little faster and think fast. Also throwing rubbish in the bin.

3. My roles in the community to be sustainable is to make the right choices. But if i make the wrong choice that is bad.