I'm Curious About

8/5/12 The Moon and the Tides

In B4 we were discussing the ‘Supermoon’ that was clearly visible in the night sky earlier this month. It could be seen not just in New Zealand, but in other countries around the world. We were curious about what effect the Moon has on the earth, and discovered that the Moon (as well as the Sun), cause the tides that we experience at the beach. The Moon, and the Sun, have a magnetic effect on the Earth.

 

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In the second week of Term One, we were discussing how animals belong to a variety of families. We discussed how dogs were from the canine family, cats were felines, but were curious about what family humans are in. After searching on Google, using the search terms ‘human’ and ‘family we found the following information:

Australopithecus africanus reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorrhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Parvorder:	Catarrhini
Superfamily:	Hominoidea
Family:	Hominidae Gray, 1825
Genera
·         Subfamily Ponginae o    Pongo – orangutans ·         Subfamily Homininae o    Gorilla – gorillas o    Homo – humans o    Pan – chimpanzees
Synonyms
·         Pongidae Elliot, 1913

The Hominidae (  /hɒˈmɪnɨdiː/; anglicized hominids, also known as great apes^{[notes 1]}), as the term is used here, form a taxonomic family, including four extant genera: chimpanzees (Pan), gorillas (Gorilla), humans (Homo), and orangutans (Pongo).^[1]

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8/5/12 The Moon and the Tides

In B4 we were discussing the ‘Supermoon’ that was clearly visible in the night sky earlier this month. It could be seen not just in New Zealand, but in other countries around the world. We were curious about what effect the Moon has on the earth, and discovered that the Moon (as well as the Sun), cause the tides that we experience at the beach. The Moon, and the Sun, have a magnetic effect on the Earth.

 

_________________________________________________________________ In B4 we did a variety of activities to increase our awareness about what ANZAC Day is, and what many New Zealanders went through so we could lead a better life. We also put our thinking caps on, and completed a Compare and Contrast map, where we compared a WW1 Lee Enfield Rifle, with a modern day Steyr rifle. After our intense discussion we composed a conclusion that explained why there are so many differences between the two, despite them both being rifles.

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