Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process of converting light energy to chemical and keeping it it the form of sugar. This process occurs in plants and some algae. Plants only need sunlight, Co2, and H2o to create and form sugar.

Tesselation

Learning Intention: Design and create tessellations to explore transformation.

 Procedure: Activity 1

• Open ‘Paint’. 
• Draw a parallelogram. 
• Draw an irregular along the top edge; copy and paste it to the bottom edge. 
• Draw an irregular line along the left edge; copy and paste it to the right edge. 
• Delete the original parallelogram. Give the picture some colour. 
• Copy and paste the tile to make the tessellation. 
• FINISH!  

Activity 1:

Procedure: Activity 2 

• Open Microsoft Word. 
• Look at the bottom; click draw and then draw irregular lines. 
• Copy and paste to 'Paint'.
• Copy and paste then rotate it to a 120౦ angle, repeat. 
• Draw an equilateral triangle around your 3 squiggles. 
• Copy and reflect the triangle design about one of its edges. 
• Copy the double triangle design and rotate it 120o degrees about the point marked on the diagram with a dot, repeat. You made a hexagon. 
• Use the hexagon to tile a surface. 

Activity 2:

Three Words can mean a lot.

Way to go St.Pius X! Your movie was very exciting and fun. I was shocked by how you made three words mean a lot. WELL DONE!

Water Safety New Zealand

New Zealand swim schools recognise swimming as a very important skill for young kids and adults too.

Swimming can can be fun and at the same time keep you safe around water. Swimming is a sport that you can use in pools and beaches.Swimming can be also used for things like Water sports and Snorkeling. According to Water Safety NZ over the last 5 years 105 New Zealanders have died because of Drowning.

It is essential for New Zealanders to teach their children or themselves to swim so maybe one day they could save somebody's life.