Year 4 Autumn 2 Topic

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Read...
Look out for these books in your classroom, in the hall or at Brierfield Library!

Key vocabulary...

biodegradable
condensation
environment
evaporation
flotsam
pollution
reservoir
source
transpiration
water cycle 

Fantastic facts...

  • The water cycle follows the journey of water from the oceans to clouds, to rain, to streams, to rivers and back to the oceans.

  • Marine biomes are the largest biomes on Earth and differ to freshwater biomes because they contain saltwater.

  • The world’s longest rivers include the Nile and the Amazon.

  • Most cities are located by a river because they are a good source of food for the people who live in the cities and goods can be transported to and from cities easily.

  • Plastic pollution is causing damage to the planet, including to marine life and humans.

Explore...

BBC Newsround has lots of information and videos about plastic pollution and how it effects our seas and oceans.  Click on the picture to learn more.
Check out this BBC Bitesize activity all about sustainability and plastics.

Visit...

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Sea Life Centre - Blackpool or Manchester

Do...

  • Kids Against Plastic is a chartity set up by kids for kids to help protect the planet from plastic pollution.  Click on their logo to find out more and see what you can do to help!
  • Start your own campaign by creating posters, writing letters to influential people (like our local MP or even the Prime minister) and making changes at home and at school.
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In school...

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Class Book - Flotsam by David Wiesner