Friday
Week I – Stage 2
Happy Friday!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
2 tennis balls (or 2 rolled up pairs of socks)
(PDF, 232KB)
playing cards A-9 or 0-9 numeral cards
recyclable materials (e.g. egg cartons, cardboard tubes, boxes)
masking tape
scissors
a marble
a plastic cup or container
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
You will need:
Waterfall wonder
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Waterfall wonder
Duration: 2:00
English
You will need:
Websites
Let's explore websites!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
View the different web pages with the teacher in the video.
What information is provided on a web page?
Examine the page layout, graphics and colours.
What makes a webpage easy to navigate and read?
Websites
Duration: 9:01
Planning your webpage
It's time to start planning your own webpage! Let's watch some videos to help you get started with this activity!
Watch the video.
Create an amazing website in a flash
Duration: 1:41
Watch the video.
How to be a web designer
Duration: 1:18
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Map out a design for your webpage in your workbook.
What animal do you want your webpage to be about?
What headings will you include?
What graphics will you include?
Think about the layout for your webpage.
Planning your webpage
Duration: 2:12
Creating your webpage
It's your turn to create your own webpage!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
your webpage plan from the previous activity.
Create your own webpage about an animal using your webpage plan and Google Sites.
Creating your webpage
Duration: 2:12
Share your work with your teacher.
Check-in survey – English
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Brain break
You will need:
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
2 tennis balls.
Hint! If you don't have any tennis balls, you can use a pair of rolled up socks.
Brain break
Duration: 1:10
Education Live
Singing with Wilcannia Central School
Join us for today's episode of Education Live!
Today we are joined by Sarah Donnelly and the students at Wilcannia Central School for a special singing lesson.
Watch the video and join in!
Mathematics
You will need:
Math mobiles – part 1
Let's do a number challenge! There are 2 parts to this activity so let's start with part 1!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
(PDF, 232KB).
Hint! The instructions are also below in case you need them.
Math mobiles – part 1
Duration: 8:20
From Boaler, Munson & Williams
Look at the image and record what you notice.
Determine the value of each shape and solve this math mobile.
Math mobiles – part 2
Let's explore part 2!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook
(PDF, 232KB).
Hint! The instructions are also below in case you need them.
Math mobiles – part 2
Duration: 9:06
From Boaler, Munson & Williams
Can you find another way to solve the 16 math mobile?
Now try another math mobile. Look at the image and record what you notice.
Determine the value of each shape and solve this math mobile.
Make your own math mobile and challenge a friend, family member or classmate to solve it!
Hit it!
Let's play a number game!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
playing cards A-9 or 0-9 numeral cards.
Hint! The instructions are also below in case you need them.
Hit it!
Duration: 9:04
(From Mike Askew, A practical guide to transforming primary mathematics, 2016)
Draw up your game board.
Hint! In this game, we were working with 3-digit numbers but you can use larger or smaller numbers if you like.
Select a multiple of one hundred between 100 and 900 to be your target number.
The person with the most letters in their surname goes first.
Take it in turns to roll the dice and use the digit somewhere in your number.
Once the digits are full, players read their number and determine how far they are away from the target number. The player who is closest to the target number wins a point.
The person with the most points after 3 rounds is declared the winner.
STEM
You will need:
Marble run
Today's STEM challenge is to use recyclable materials to design and build a track for a marble to roll from one point to another and land in a plastic cup at the end.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Rule:
The marble must move from point A to point B without assistance (no touching the marble as it rolls down the track).
Marble run challenge
Duration: 5:19
You will need:
recyclable materials (e.g. egg cartons, cardboard tubes, boxes)
masking tape
scissors
a marble or another type of small ball or you could make a ball out of aluminium foil
a plastic cup or container.
Download the instructions for this task:
Marble run challenge task card
(Word doc, 4.7 MB)Design Thinking for STEM
(Word doc, 99 KB)
Materials needed
Using the Design thinking process is a way of solving this challenge.
The Design thinking process
Practising making angles
Build and test one section at a time
Marble run design
For those who like a challenge!
Build some uphill sections of track to make the marble roll up hill. You might even like to build a jump!
Try slowing the marble down.
Make the marble run complete in exactly 60 seconds - not quicker or slower!
Create alternate paths.
Check-in survey – STEM
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.