Buzzybees-T4
Classic Kiwi child's toy. The Buzzy Bee is iconic to New Zealand.
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An interview with a glass of water
The Water Cycle
Why we have soap
Good Spotting!
Experiment to prove rubbish doesn't exist
Walt: Think about inferences made within the text
Instructions:
1. Read through the story again
2. Complete your activity
Use these sites to help you:
How materials are recycled - the recycling guide
3. Write 3+ sentences of what you learned from the text and post it with your activity to your blog.
Activity: find out how products can be reduced, reused and recycled
Extended Texts:
Fast Finishers: Complete Year 6 Camp Writing, Other activities on the blog log,
Animations, Reading Eggs, Blog Commenting
Water Worries
Walt: Understand the water cycle
Explain how water is reused
Key Concept:
Instructions
1. Make a copy of your activity and file it 2. Answer each slide carefully 3. Do you understand the water cycle? 4. What can we do to save water? Write 3+ sentences to explain what you have learned from reading this article Read at least one of the extended texts. Be ready to share an idea from these articles
Fast Finishers: Reading eggs, animations and blog commenting
Texts: Water Worries by Rachel McMillan
School Journal April 2012 Level 3
Extended Texts (you need to read at least 1)
Why we have soap
Walt: Understand what soap does to oil and water
Key Concept:
Instructions
1. Make a copy of your activity 2. Answer each slide carefully 3. What did we find out about oil and water? 4. Explain why they don't mix? When posting to your blog, make sure you write 3+ sentences to explain what you learned. Read at least one of the extended texts. Be ready to share one fact about these articles
Texts: Why we have soap Jane Thomson, Connected 3 1998
Extended Texts: (you need to read at least 1)
Rena disaster huge but environmental effects not long-lasting
The Water Cycle
Walt: Understand how water shapes the land
Explain how water follows a process from sea, to sky, to land and back to the sea
Activity: Create a google draw to show the cycle of water. Copy the image below using your own images.
Your Choice (you need to read at least 1)
Instructions:
1. Create a new google draw to show the cycle of water
2. Inset images and add the labels and arrows to show the cycle of water
3. Write 2-3 sentences to explain the terms and what is happening in each part of the water cycle
4. Use the words: Evaporation, Condensation and Precipitation
An interview with a glass of water
Walt: Understand states of matter
List how water changes from different states
Key Concept:
Instructions
1. Make a copy of your activity and file it 2. Read each slide carefully and complete them 3. Insert images (free to use or draw them) 4. Explain how water changes from different states to state When posting to your blog, make sure you write 3+ sentences to explain what you learned. Choose one of the extended texts to read. Find one fact to share and write on your collaborative doc to share.
Texts: An interview with a glass of water by Jeffy James, Connected 2 2002
Your Choice (you need to read at least 1)
