Kaitiakitanga means Guardians of the earth and is a Māori concept for

the Guardian of the sky, sea and land.They give us crops to grow/food

and fresh water to drink but most importantly air which all helps us survive.

Conservation:

Conservation is a type of island closed to all people to help it survive and

Prevention of humans wasting the resources there and many native species

can live without worry of extinction because if it weren’t a conserved island

humans would cut down there habitats which most likely have the food that

Is good for them leaving them to die.

THINGS TO DO TO HELP WILDLIFE AND PLANTS:

• DON’T CUT DOWN TOO MANY TREES!
• DON’T DRIVE IN A VEHICLE AS MUCH BECAUSE IT POLLUTES THE AIR!
• IF YOU SEE RUBBISH ON THE GROUND EVEN IF IT ISN’T YOURS PICK IT UP!
• REUSE, REDUCE AND RECYCLE.
• SAVE FOOD AND DON’T WASTE IT!
• USE BROWN PAPER BAGS INSTEAD OF PLASTIC BAGS!
• VOLUNTEER FOR CLEANUPS IN YOUR AREA!

EVERY-TIME YOU CUT DOWN A TREE GROW 3!!!

In STEAM week1 with Miss Goodwin we learned about Kaitiakitanga

with 2 or more partners and did a poster about it and after that we all took turns

presenting them and while someone else was presenting there poster we were a good

audience, it was a good session because we learned HEAPS about Kaitiakitanga!

Our poster:

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Questions & Answers 

1.The differences between a Cicada & a Weta is that a Cicada has wings and a Weta does not and a cicada also has compound eyes which the Weta also doesn’t have, But a Weta has spiracles that a cicada doesn’t have.The similarities between the 2 is that their both insects and that they both have antennae, a head, legs and a thorax.They both live in dark places in No as-well

2.The difference between the 2 that affects their ways of how they live is that cicadas live most of their live underground and move quite a lot in the day time and not as much at nighttime, wetas on the other hand live in grassland, shrub lands and caves and move quite a lot to find food at night and so times in the day.Wetas protect/defend themselves from predators by waving their spiking legs to scare or scratch predators and Cicadas can’t defend themselves.

3.Other insects that have these characteristics are a grass-hopper that have strong legs like the weta and the bee that has wings like the cicada.There are other insects that are similar to a cicada because they are in the same family group such as a Aphid, scales, plant hoppers and a spittle bug there are also insects that are similar to the Weta for the same reason like grasshoppers, locus, crickets and katydids.

4.The cicada has spiracles, it has 10 pairs 2 on the thorax and 8 on the abdomen and i know because we learned about the weta and the cicada body with Mr.Vande.Kraats.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AzuVpEnnAFQ-3p6mVHgw_CWiRfQPx-q8j_V12vghorg/edit
In week 2 in STEAM we learned about 5 ways insects help our world. The first reason is that Insects Pollinate plants and I learned that beetles are one of the many pollinators. The second reason is that insects are an important part of the food chain cause many mammals and animals eat them, I learned that Dogs eat them as well. The third reason is that insects decompose waste and organic matter and one of them is a dung beetle, I learned that without them the world would be pretty smelly. The fourth thing is that insects control pest populations and I learned that some insects hunt other insects this helps populations keep in check which turns in turn protects gardens and farm crops. The fifth reason is insects are inspiring and I learned that insects can be inspired from deep connections of nature.