Mary - Reproduction

1. What is reproduction? Reproduction is a process in which organisms produce their offspring.
2. What is Sexual & Asexual reproduction?

Asexual reproduction is when only one organism(parent) or part is required and new organism is produced like unicellular organisms.

Sexual reproduction is when two organisms(male+female) takes part and new organisms are formed like in all multi cellular organisms.

3. 3. Give examples of asexual reproduction in plants & animals. Some examples of an asexual reproduction in plants & animals include, Vegetative Propagation, Starfish, the Spider Plant

4. Give examples of sexual reproduction in plants & animals. Some examples of an sexual reproduction in plants & animals include, most animals like Humans, Monkeys and Giraffes..
5. What are advantages & disadvantages of asexual reproduction?

Advantages:	Disadvantages:
Better chance of survival will be at hand(more species).	But then again, It makes species prone to extinction, because of parasites and predators.
Just a little time and resources are used.	There might be problems with crowding.
It is a much more simpler procedure.	Lack of genetic Diversity.

1. What are advantages & disadvantages of sexual reproduction?

Advantages:	Disadvantages:
It removes bad genes from the population.	It requires two parents.
It promotes survival.	It takes time and energy.
More unique individuals added to the population.	There is only a limited amount of offspring.

Us & Them - Sexual & Asexual

Task 1: You will encounter the terms listed below in this lesson. Find their meanings

1. Asexual reproduction - Formation of a new individual from the cell of a single parent.
2. Sexual reproduction - Involves the fusing of the gametes from 2 parents to form offspring. Produces offspring that are not genetically identical. A lot of variation is possible.
3. Clones - Every new organism produced is genetically identical to the parent.
4. Stolons or runners - Horizontal above-ground stems from which roots can grow to start off a new plant, Eg strawberry, spider plants.
5. Rhizomes - An underground runner that gives rise to new plants eg ginger, iris, lilies.
6. Bulbs - Underground stems that divide by mitosis allowing many new plants to form new bulbs eg onion, garlic.
7. Tubers - Underground storage stem from which new plants can grow after a dormant season eg dahlia, potato.
8. Corm - A bulb-like but solid, fleshy underground stem eg dahlia, taro, crocus.
9. Budding - Offspring develop as a growth on the body of the parent. Eg jellyfishes, echinoderms, tapeworms. In corals the buds remain attached to the parent resulting in the formation of colonies.
10. Fragmentation - Parts of a plant break off and grow into a new plant. May include vegetative propagation in which part of the plant now specialised for reproduction breaks off and grows into a new plant.
11. Regeneration - If a piece of parent is detached, it can grow and develop into a completely new individual eg starfish.
12. Artificial propagation - Artificial reproduction/propagation is the creation of new life by other than natural means available to an organism. Examples include artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, cloning and embryonic splitting, or cleavage.

Mary - Outcomes Attributes and Feauture

For ICT we have been learning and developing the skills of creating a game, using the software 'Scratch'. Our main focus for our games is "Sustainability'. The audience I am aiming for for my game is the Youth of the Tamaki Community. This is one of the tasks that we were assigned to do. We had to find examples of games from Scratch and explain the List of outcome features of that game.

Mary - Well Being

For Health we learnt about the four walls of self also known as Hauora.
The four walls of self include:
- Taha Tinana - Physical Well Being
- Taha Wairua - Spiritual Well Being
- Taha Whanau - Social Well Being
- Taha Hinengaro - Mental/Emotional Well Being.
We learnt about the different effects it can have on us if we don't have one wall working. I created a Powtoon to show what I like to do that effects each wall of my Hauora.

My E-Portflio, My Blog & The Year 10 DigiTech Google Plus Community

My E-Portfolio is going to be used to visually showcase the work that I will be doing in DigiTech this year. My Blog will be used to reflect on my learning in DigiTech. The Year 10 DigiTech Google Plus community will be used to collaborate with other students about the work that we complete in Digitech.


We will be developing a game relating to Sustainability. We have been trialling a game to learn new skills in Scratch.

Three skills that I learnt in Scratch so far include:

• I've learnt to code.
• How to make Sprites.
• How to make Backdrops.

Mary, Keti, Melissa & Kacia - Reintroduction of Kakapo

For Science we were introduced a new topic, It was about the reintroduction of species. The species we chose was a Native bird to New Zealand called the Kakapo. I worked in a group with classmates Melissa, Keti and Kacia. Hope you enjoy and learn something new!

NZ Web

Today for Science we did a little Group Challenge, where we had to organise the NZ Web. Their were arrows that indicated where the species gets its energy resource from. 

For example, A Rat eats Kereru(New Zealand Pigeon), Tui's and Insects.

The people that were in my group were Melissa, Keti, Kacia and Vaifoa.