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This term our concept is Sustainability of the earth. We will be learning about the earth and its resources.

Our Enduring Understandings are: Students will understand that.... *Earth provides all the resources required to sustain life and we act as guardians of these finite resources. *Science has a role to play in developing new technologies to sustain the environment.

Our Topical Understanding are: Students will understand that... - the earth provides all the resources required to sustain life. - we need to look after the earth's resources for the future. - the human population continues to grow, but the earth has limited resources to sustain us. - the ever-increasing population growth puts more pressure on the earth's resources. - renewable resources will be available for future use but we still need to limit their use. - non-renewable resources must be conserved. - we need to manage resources and ecosystems to protect our future and that of our planet. - companies are developing machinery, equipment and other methods which will help sustain our resources for the future.

See the discussion page for some of our thoughts about this topic.

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Write your information about oil drilling and its effects on the environment below. An oil slick is oil floting on top of the water after the driling rig has sunk. This is bad for sea animals and sea birds that make it bad for the sea. There has been three oil rig disasters recently. before they strike oil they find gas . This pollutes the air. The oil is made from the sea animals.  ﻿The oil is bad for sea animals because they can die and the seaweed will be all coverd in oil and the sea animals will have no food to eat so they will die.

The oil rige is under the water that is under the ocen.