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Kiwifruit are a New Zealand favourite since ages ago. Also known as a Chinese gooseberry, or in other parts of the world shortened to just "kiwi".
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Olympic athletes
Walt: Explain how athletes make their money
Instructions:
Make a copy of your activity
Fill in the table
To help find answers use New Zealand Olympic Team or google search
Write 3+ sentences in your blog post to explain what you have learned.
Fast Finishers:
Reading Eggs
Animation
Any unfinished tasks
How Olympians make a living
Walt: Understand how Olympic athletes make money
Instructions:
Create a Digital Learning Object that shows what you have learned about how Olympic athletes make a living.
Think of how you can show this effectively.
Fast Finishers:
Reading Eggs
Animation
Any unfinished tasks
Sponsorship
Walt: Understand how athletes get paid and make money through sponsorship and endorsements
Instructions:
Read through the articles and links carefully
Take note of important facts and main ideas to share
Make a copy of your activity.
Fill out the table carefully using the links given
When posting to your blog, make sure you write 3-5 sentences to explain what your activities are about and what you have learned.
Fast Finishers:
Reading Eggs
Animation
Any unfinished tasks
Reading: Athletes and Sponsorship
Extended Reading: Highest Paid Athletes
Extended Reading: Ronaldo generates $176 million for sponsors on social media
Activity: Making Connections
Activity: Create a movie based on one of the sports people. Share as much information about them as possible. Movies must have still photos and footage. No longer than 1 minuted
Muscular System
Walt: Understand different systems of the body and their purposes
Explain up to 5 facts about the muscular system of the body
Instructions:
Make a copy of your activity - no sharing of docs
Identify the name of the muscles (use google search to help you)
Insert each name into the white boxes
Create a short (1min or less) movie using an ipad showing each muscle you found. Extra points for movies that inform the audience more information about the muscles. For example, what bones the muscles are attached too and it's purpose.
Reading: Muscular System by Innerbody
Activity: Naming muscles of the body
Extended Reading: Your muscles by Kidshealth
Extended Text: Muscle Facts by Sciencekids
Double, Double Toilet Trouble
Walt: Explain what a virus is and how it is spread
Instructions:
Make a copy of your activity
Find facts about the norovirus
Use these links here:
Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Fast Finishers: Use an ipad a movie that explain what a virus is and how it is spread. use your knowledge and what you have learned about Zika, norovirus and others
Activity: Double, Double Toilet Trouble
Extended text: Havelock North Gastro outbreak
Extended text: Tests find gastro bug
Viruses
Walt: Explain what a virus is
Understand what the Zika virus is and how it has affected the 2016 Olympics
Instructions
Read through the article
Make note of any words that you find difficult. Remember to look at the word in context
In your activity, you are going to write five questions and the answers for them.
Make a movie to show your understanding of the Zika Virus. Do not make up your answers but be sure to research them first.
Check your questions and answers with a buddy from your group first.
Use an iPad to record your movie. No more than 2 people in your movie and your movie can only be 1 minute, no longer.
Use these links to help
Here are some links to help you
Text: Rio Olympics - Why athletes and fans aren't likely to catch the Zika virus
Activity: Questions and Answers
Activity: Compare and Contrast
Extended Text: Dengue Fever
Text: Chikungunya
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Walt: Understand the author's point of view
Use the context and our prior knowledge to help understand new words
Instructions:
Read through the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Make a copy of your activity.
Would the author agree/ disagree with each statement.
Find the proof and identify clearly which page you found it.
Once you have finished your activity, discuss your answers with a buddy from your group and post this to your blog with a paragraph explaining your learning.
Useful Links: Virus's Explained
Videos: Viruses
Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1 minute movie of what you've learned about the Invasion article
Text: The Invasion by Berys, Spratt (Connected No.2 2007)
Activity: Compare and Contrast
Activity: Agree/ Disagree
Extended Text: Zika Virus (New Zealand Ministry of Health)
Watch this video to learn more about the Zika Virus. Identify three facts to share in our group discussion.
The Independence Games
Walt: Understand the author's point of view
Understand the Independence Games and who these games are catered for
Instructions:
Use the book to choose three different sports that competitors take part in during the Independence Games. These are not games that abled-bodied people can play so you have to think about what these games would look like.
Activity: Create a fact file about the three sports.
How many people take part?
How do you play the game?
What are the rules? Explain how the rules would differ for people with disabilities
Useful links: Junior Disability Games,
Videos: Boccia, Petanque, Wheel Chair Races,
Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1 minute movie of what you've learned about the Independence Games
Text: The Independence Games by Clare Goodwin, (SJ Pt 3 No.2, 2004)
Activity: Fact File about the sports played in the Independence Games
Extended Text: Paralympics
Watch this video to learn more about where Independence Games can lead to for some children
The Cindy Limpics
Walt: Understand the author's point of view
Make comparisons and contrast of shot put, javelin and discus
Instructions:
1. Make a copy of your activity
2. List as many ideas of each sport as you can
3. In the cross over circles you have to list what each of the two events have in common
4. In the middle list what all three of these events have in common (you are making a list of similarities)
5. Post this to your blog. Write 3-5 sentences to explain what you learned from this story
Fast Finishers: Use an ipad to make a short 1.30 second movie of you presenting each event and what you have learned