Good question.
Man is the most dangerous animal on the earth - like any other animal when they feel threatened they will kill. Man has the resources to kill so a whole species, such that they become extinct. This is a significant problem for the tiger, where man is wanting to live in areas where the tiger lives.
Without education, man would annihilate all animals - hopefully, there are enough of us who care, and will support these dangerous animals. For example the world wildlife foundation actively help these dangerous endangered species.
http://www.wwf.org.uk/
But even when not directly threatened they still kill - for example for sport - fishing, big game shooting, bull fighting.
Sunday, 14 June 2009
4.BIG. What transport will we have in the future?
This is a BIG question
It is very dependant on the type of fuel we have available to power our transport.
If there is no oil - how would we power today's cars, buses, trains etc. Also current transport forms are not good for the planet producing CO2.
Much talk of alternative fuels - for example, using oil from plants - the problem with this is there is not enough food in the world to feed everyone so it is really not a good idea to use the food to power transport.
Hydrogen power - this gas makes up 80% of the air, + is in water - so lots of it. When used, the only exhaust is water vapour.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle for more information.
Power from the sun, using the sun rays to create electricity in solar panels.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_vehicle
The target will be for transport to be designed to be lighter and faster and hopefully more fuel efficient.
Some good ideas are on:
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01249/
There are a few games in this website as well.
It is very dependant on the type of fuel we have available to power our transport.
If there is no oil - how would we power today's cars, buses, trains etc. Also current transport forms are not good for the planet producing CO2.
Much talk of alternative fuels - for example, using oil from plants - the problem with this is there is not enough food in the world to feed everyone so it is really not a good idea to use the food to power transport.
Hydrogen power - this gas makes up 80% of the air, + is in water - so lots of it. When used, the only exhaust is water vapour.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_vehicle for more information.
Power from the sun, using the sun rays to create electricity in solar panels.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_vehicle
The target will be for transport to be designed to be lighter and faster and hopefully more fuel efficient.
Some good ideas are on:
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/01249/
There are a few games in this website as well.
Sunday, 24 May 2009
What would the world be like without dangerous animals?
This is very difficult for us to imagine, since there are many dangerous animals.
If a meat eating dangerous animal was not dangerous, it would not be able to catch its prey. As a result it would die. Eventually there would be no more meat eating animals in the world.
The world would be populated with plant eating animals. Since they would not be in danger from being eaten, more and more of these animals would populate the world.
A point could come when there was not enough food for them to eat and they to would start to die.
If animals were not dangerous to help protect their young, then the young could die. As a result
less animals would mature into adults and so the population would reduce.
If a meat eating dangerous animal was not dangerous, it would not be able to catch its prey. As a result it would die. Eventually there would be no more meat eating animals in the world.
The world would be populated with plant eating animals. Since they would not be in danger from being eaten, more and more of these animals would populate the world.
A point could come when there was not enough food for them to eat and they to would start to die.
If animals were not dangerous to help protect their young, then the young could die. As a result
less animals would mature into adults and so the population would reduce.
What would the world be like without transport?
This is very difficult for us to imagine.
In the extreme scenario where there is NO transport.
We would have to walk everywhere - slow, would have to stay local, not go very far away on holiday etc.
We would have to carry everything we wanted. All of our food would be grown locally, just like it was for most people 150 years ago, no more food from other countries.
Everything we use would have to be found locally, for example, bricks to make houses.
Many things we take for granted would just not be available.
What will life be like when we run out of oil ? So many different types of transport we have depend on oil (petrol, diesel etc) for energy.
In the extreme scenario where there is NO transport.
We would have to walk everywhere - slow, would have to stay local, not go very far away on holiday etc.
We would have to carry everything we wanted. All of our food would be grown locally, just like it was for most people 150 years ago, no more food from other countries.
Everything we use would have to be found locally, for example, bricks to make houses.
Many things we take for granted would just not be available.
What will life be like when we run out of oil ? So many different types of transport we have depend on oil (petrol, diesel etc) for energy.
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Why do we have DANGEROUS animals ?
They are dangerous either to:
(a) get food - hunger, catch prey
(b) to protect themselves or their young - for example hippos - they are very aggressive but do not eat meat. Kill 100-150 humans/year.
It is a way of keeping the population of some animals down
Note - just because it is dangerous to say humans - it may not be dangerous to others.
(a) get food - hunger, catch prey
(b) to protect themselves or their young - for example hippos - they are very aggressive but do not eat meat. Kill 100-150 humans/year.
It is a way of keeping the population of some animals down
Note - just because it is dangerous to say humans - it may not be dangerous to others.
Why do we have Transport ?
We have transport, so we can move people or 'goods' from one location to another.
Man has always wanted to move
Started by walking - cheap, not very fast, can't carry very much.
Invented quicker ways to move and carry more, including:
For land - animals - horse,
Human powered - scooter, roller skates, bicycle
Mechanical power -
For Air
For Water - human powered - swimming
Also transport allows man to travel to / across places he would not normally be able to travel to/across. For example:
Boats allow man to travel across water.
Submarines allow man to travel down to great depths in the oceans.
Rockets allow man to travel in space.
Yes without transport life would be very different.
Man has always wanted to move
Started by walking - cheap, not very fast, can't carry very much.
Invented quicker ways to move and carry more, including:
For land - animals - horse,
Human powered - scooter, roller skates, bicycle
Mechanical power -
For Air
For Water - human powered - swimming
Also transport allows man to travel to / across places he would not normally be able to travel to/across. For example:
Boats allow man to travel across water.
Submarines allow man to travel down to great depths in the oceans.
Rockets allow man to travel in space.
Yes without transport life would be very different.
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Hi I`m going to tell you about p5 assembly ,well as you already know p5 are doing an assembly Friday the 3rd of April we are doing it about Mary queen of Scots .We are going to do a dance by Queen and then we are going to say a little bit about what we have been doing so we`ve got a lot to do this week.
Thursday, 12 February 2009
I have found a new website about Mary Queen of Scots.
Have a Look!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/renaissance/features_renaissance_mary.shtml
Have a Look!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/renaissance/features_renaissance_mary.shtml
Mary's head goes by by
This is MQS's family
Some good Internet Links for MQS
I have researched the internet for some good web sites on MQS.
Try these out:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/hist/mary/
Try these out:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/hist/mary/
Sunday, 8 February 2009
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Sunday, 1 February 2009
P5 are studying Mary Queen of Scots (MQS) this term. To help them discover information about MQS, they visited the Scottish National Museum on the 27th January.
During the visit they saw many interesting objects which MQS owned and they also met MQS (well someone acting as her).
The pupils have updated this blog with details of the trip they found most interesting along with some photos.
A good source of photos is on scran. (These are only permissible in thumbnail view, to ensure all users can view the picture).
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Saturday, 17 January 2009
Thursday, 15 January 2009
P5 - RULES of using the Blog
- Keep your blog message short and to the point.
- Check for grammar, spelling and punctuation before publication.
- Ensure you use appropriate language.
- Only use first names and not full name - for example 'Micky' rather than 'Micky Mouse'.
- DO NOT provide any personal details.
- Check for grammar, spelling and punctuation before publication.
- Ensure you use appropriate language.
- Only use first names and not full name - for example 'Micky' rather than 'Micky Mouse'.
- DO NOT provide any personal details.
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Dussera Festival Lion
To Add a Photo
Photos can either be added from your photo album or from photos on the web which are NOT copyright protected.
To source images which are allowed to be used, then link to
'Open Photo' http://openphoto.net/
'Flickr: Creative Commons' http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
'Creative Commons Search' http://search.creativecommons.org/
OR
(a) Select the web link to your photo album. http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/home
THEN
When you have found the picture you want.
(b) If possible - Use the thumb nail picture so the quality is poor if expanded.
(c) Right Mouse Button on the picture and select properties.
(d) Cut & Paste the Address (URL) into the buffer (Highlight it and press, CTRL-C on a PC, or Apple-C on the Mac) Be VERY careful and make sure you have copied the total link, it will usually end .jpg and be at least 3 lines long.
(e) Select the 'Add Image' icon when in the 'Postings' box when editing your blog text, and paste in your URL, (using CTRL-V on a PC, or Apple-V on the Mac).
(f) You can resize the picture once added, so that the text flows around it.
(g) NOTE - if the photo is deleted from 'picasa' or other source site, then the photo will no longer be displayed on the blog.
To source images which are allowed to be used, then link to
'Open Photo' http://openphoto.net/
'Flickr: Creative Commons' http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
'Creative Commons Search' http://search.creativecommons.org/
OR
(a) Select the web link to your photo album. http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/home
THEN
When you have found the picture you want.
(b) If possible - Use the thumb nail picture so the quality is poor if expanded.
(c) Right Mouse Button on the picture and select properties.
(d) Cut & Paste the Address (URL) into the buffer (Highlight it and press, CTRL-C on a PC, or Apple-C on the Mac) Be VERY careful and make sure you have copied the total link, it will usually end .jpg and be at least 3 lines long.
(e) Select the 'Add Image' icon when in the 'Postings' box when editing your blog text, and paste in your URL, (using CTRL-V on a PC, or Apple-V on the Mac).
(f) You can resize the picture once added, so that the text flows around it.
(g) NOTE - if the photo is deleted from 'picasa' or other source site, then the photo will no longer be displayed on the blog.
Hosted Photos
Photographs taken by P5 to be used on this blog site have been hosted on the Internet by the service - Picasa. The pictures on this site have
(a) been uploaded with the minimum of resolution.
(b) are either pictures of objects or group photos.
(c) individual photos are only permitted where the individual cannot be easily cut and pasted into another picture for inappropriate use.
(d) pictures of people are only displayed where permission has been given.
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The pictures on the site have been set so they can only be viewed by an authorised user signing on.
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The principle purpose of the site is to host all photos in one location to allow the pupils to easily attach them to the blog site.
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Photos on this site may be accessed by signing on via picasaweb.google.co.uk/home
(a) been uploaded with the minimum of resolution.
(b) are either pictures of objects or group photos.
(c) individual photos are only permitted where the individual cannot be easily cut and pasted into another picture for inappropriate use.
(d) pictures of people are only displayed where permission has been given.
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The pictures on the site have been set so they can only be viewed by an authorised user signing on.
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The principle purpose of the site is to host all photos in one location to allow the pupils to easily attach them to the blog site.
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Photos on this site may be accessed by signing on via picasaweb.google.co.uk/home
Sunday, 11 January 2009
Introduction
This is a Blog site for P5 - to enable them to post details on what they have been learning.
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