NZ Sign Language

Information Report On Bees

WALT

 We are learning to write an information report.

Success Criteria:

 We will plan and then write an information report on a topic of our choice related to bees.

Our report will:

• Be interesting!
• Give information about a topic of our choice related to bees.
• Show a clear link to our planning.
• Start with an opening statement about our topic.
• Have at least 3 paragraphs.  Each paragraph will have an opening statement
• and a series of facts related to that statement.
• Include some complex or compound sentence structures.
• Include at least one diagram, photograph, illustration or map to go with the text.
• Finish with a general statement about the topic.
• Use information from at least 3 different sources. This information will be written
• in our own words and we will write down our sources at the end of our report.

What Would The World Be Like Without Bees?

Bees are declining at a frightening rate and this is why?

 Did you know bees are declining at a frightening rate in the past decade?
This is happening because of colony collapse disorder,  global warming, the
varroa mite and pesticides. It has been found that tiny amounts of neonics
have caused honeybees to struggle to find where their food sources are or
how to find their way home again. Colony collapse disorder is when they
slowly die out or abandon their hives. During the winter the varroa mite
sucks the honeys bees blood and attacks the honey bees developing larvae. 

A world without bees just couldn’t sustain because the bees feed ninety percent
of humanity and without them we would have half the amount of fruit and vegetables.
  Some foods they pollinate are tomatoes, strawberries, lemons and more. Without bees
we would lose heaps of plants because we need bees to pollinate them so that they
can grow into fruit or vegetables. Bees pollinate flowers to get pollen to make into
nectar, but some of the pollen sticks to their fur like velcro and when it lands on
another flower the pollen brushes off them and the pollen goes on the other flower
and then that flower makes seeds.  So without bees we would not be able to have
pizza because they pollinate the tomatoes that go on the base. 

If bees went extinct we would lose most of the plants they pollinate.
This would mean that the foods would be less available to other people
because the farmers will want to keep lots of the food to themselves and
maybe their friends. If bees went extinct it would mean more work for farmers
and others because they would have to pollinate the plants by hand.  This would
be more expensive and a lot more work for heaps of other people. The prices of the
food would go up. To stop bees from going extinct we need to make sure that we look
after them and try to stop using pesticides and make sure that we look after our planet. 

Sources

I Got Most Of My Information Of This Link

This Is About Neonics

This Is A Video That I got Information Off

Bee Experts

Learning Intentions

We are learning to understand the importance of bees in
nature through learning about pollination and interdependence.

We are learning to take key information from an information report
and write it in our own words. 

Writing task: Bee experts

Write a paragraph about how bees pollinate flowers. 

The paragraph should:

• Have a heading.
• Have a minimum of four sentences.
• Explain how bees pollinate flowers.
• Tell us why this is important.
• Be aimed for Miss Ireland’s class so they can understand this.
• Be written in your own words.
• Use your photo of your flower cut in half.
• Use an additional photo or diagram if you wish.

How Do Bees Pollinate?

Have you ever wondered how flowers get pollinated or how bees pollinate them?
Bees are very important to us humans and other animals on the food chain. These
are critical pollinators.  They pollinate things you wouldn't even think of, such as
tomatoes, lemons nuts, apples, carrots and so on. This is crucial because we
would only have two thirds of the food in the supermarkets if it weren't for bees.
We would also have less vitamins than we have now. 

 So how do Bees pollinate? 

The innocent bee goes into the flower looking for nectar but doesn't know
it's getting set up to reproduce the flower seeds. As the bee goes into the
flower to get the nectar it gets pollen brushed on it from the anther (male part)
part of the flower. When the bee has done it's stuff( eating), it goes  to the next
flower where the pollen brushes off it and onto the stigma (female part). This is
fertilizing the seeds so the flower can reproduce. The pollen from that flower
can only go to the same species of flower. 

Lake Daniell

Lake Daniell Tramp

On Wednesday the 12th of January we went to Lake Daniells. I traveled with Milan,
Stephen and Aimee. On the way there we got to have some lollies in the car. When
we arrived in Reefton we went to the toilet and had a little run around on the Reefton campground.

When we arrived at the Lake Daniell we got ready and I put my raincoat on and waited
till everyone was ready. We all got numbers, my number was twenty six. We had a
sheet of paper which was our scavenger hunt with plants and animals. My favourite
thing on the piece of paper was the rainbow trout and the nz bat. When were about 5
minutes into the track we saw Sluice Box creek. The colour of the Sluice Box creek
was a turquoise colour.

As we kept walking we stopped 15 minutes later to check that everyone was okay.
While we were stopped I had a drink of water. I saw a tree that was a right angle. We
kept walking and then we stopped half an hour later to have a snack. There were heaps
of little creeks coming down from the mountains.

Later that day we arrived at Lake Daniells, everyone had their lunch and a drink of water.

When I finished my lunch I walked onto the platform and the water was so clear that you
could see the bottom. I heard heaps of bird noises while I was in the bush.

On the way back I walked with Mackenzie and Jennae. Some of the way we ran
and some of the way we walked. There were heaps of bridges and steps. There were
heaps of views of the river. As we walked back we the river was getting greener and bluer.
When we got back to the start we had wait under the small hut for the others to arrive.

The Umbles Hypothermia Symptoms

The “Umbles”

• Hypothermia Symptoms

WALT manage risks on a winter tramp in the Southern Alps.

1) Mumbles: Speaking unclearly and words are not right.

2) Grumbles: Getting grumpy easily over nothing.

3) Stumbles: Being clumsy and your feet and legs aren’t        working properly.

4) Fumbles: You can’t use your hands properly.

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E Noho Ra Word Of The Week

Celebrating Being Us

Identity, sensitivity, and respect. WALT Recognise
instances of discrimination and act responsibly to support
their own rights and feelings and those of other people

Celebrating me celebrating you

Celebrating all the things we can both do.

Celebrating all the animals,

Trees and plants too. If you start to feel blue

You’ll always have a friend or two

That can help you feel happy and not so blue.

But a beautiful rose striking a pose.

So don’t feel down, don’t feel blue

‘Cause now I know that you’ll start celebrating too.

Cline

Cline


Today we made a Cline so that we could pick out the strongest and weakest vocabulary. We used a Cline to help us with our persuasive writing.