Tuesday
Week L – Stage 3
Hi there!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Riddle challenge
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Riddle challenge
Duration: 2:59
Check-in survey – Care and Connect
Answer the questions below about the activity you just did.
English
You will need:
Your new car!
Let's practise our persuasive skills!
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View the image of the old car in the video.
Convince your family to buy this car.
What are 3 positive reasons for buying this car?
Hint! Be sure to strengthen your reasons with any supporting information.
Your new car!
Duration: 1:54
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Connections to text
Yesterday we explored the text to 'Yum Yum!' Let's read it again!
Read the article 'Yum Yum!' by Susan Letts from The School Magazine.
'Yum Yum!' by Susan Letts – The School Magazine
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You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
Think about a time when you tried a new food. What was the new food?
Record 3 positives about that food.
Were there any negatives?
Record the negatives also.
Connections to text
Duration: 3:05
Advertising poster
Let's create a persuasive poster!
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You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
If you were to open an insect restaurant, what would it be called?
What would your advertising slogan be?
Create an advertising poster for your restaurant.
Hint! Your poster is trying to convince/persuade people to come to your restaurant.
Advertising poster
Duration: 3:12
Brain break
Let's recharge!
It’s time for a brain break so we can recharge for some more learning!
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Brain break
Duration: 1:14
Virtual excursion
The Royal Botanic Gardens
Are you ready to go on a virtual excursion? This week we are visiting the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney!
Let's explore the InBLOOM exhibition today.
Hint! You can click and drag (or use your finger, if you're using a touch screen) to look around.
Select the arrows to travel through the garden.
Select the 'play' buttons to watch a video.
Select the 'i' buttons for more information.
Royal Botanic Gardens – inBLOOM tour
Immersive virtual tours from The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney compatible with Google Chrome and Safari
Mathematics
You will need:
Imagining dots – part 1
Let's practise our subitising skills! There are 2 parts to this activity so let's start with part 1.
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You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Imagining dots – part 1
Duration: 6:18
Adapted from Kling and Bay-Williams (TCM, 2015)
After watching the video, how could you use the same ways of thinking to solve 6 x 18? We can also call this 6 eighteens.
How many ways can you think of to solve 6 x 18?
Imagining dots – part 2
Let's explore part 2 of this activity!
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Imagining dots – part 2
Duration: 5:44
Michael and Penny both saw the arrays differently. How was your way of seeing the dots similar or different to theirs?
Example: different ways of thinking
Create your own array. Are there different ways that the rows and columns could be subitised to find out how many?
Try using the area model to represent the different ways you could break apart your array.
Example: using the area model
Go fish! Partially covered arrays
Let's play a variation of the game Go fish!
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You will need:
array game cards
(PDF file, 604 KB)someone to play with.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
Go fish! Partially covered arrays
Duration: 6:48
Instructions:
Each player gets 7 cards. The rest of the cards are placed in a pile in the middle (the 'draw pile').
Players try to make matches, connecting a picture card (partially covered array) with a number (a product card).
Once players can't make any more matches using their own cards, they can take turns to ask their opponent for a card.
If their opponent has the card, they must give it to the asking player.
If they don't, they say 'go fish' and the player gets a card from the pile in the middle.
If at any point a player has no cards left, they can pick up another 7 cards from the draw pile.
Play continues until there are no cards left in the draw pile and/or all matches have been made.
The player with the most matches at the end is the winner!
Getting started
Example game
Reflection:
What strategies did you use to work out how many dots were in the array?
Was there a product that had more than one matching array? Could there have been other arrays that matched the product? Which ones?
If you played the game again tomorrow, what’s an adaptation (change) you could make?
For those who like a challenge!
Extend the number range by adding the expansion pack gamecards! (PDF file, 474 KB)
Geography
You will need:
Factors that shape places
Let's investigate how people and environments influence one another. We will continue examining the new international airport that will be built in Western Sydney.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Western Sydney Airport
Duration: 9:32
Look at the map of Sydney and surrounding areas.
Find the location of the new Western Sydney International Airport.
What is to the west of Western Sydney Airport?
Explore the interactive map of the future Western Sydney Airport, below.
Select the number icons on the map to watch videos about the airport.
Hint! Close the video to return to the map.
Local communities and environments
How might Western Sydney Airport (Nancy-Bird Walton International Airport) affect local communities and the environment?
How can we minimise this?
What are some concerns about the construction of an international airport so close to a heritage area?
Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area
"Scenic World. Katoomba. Blue Mountains. NSW" by amandabhslater is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Possible issues for local communities and environments
Possible issues for local communities and environments include:
air pollution
water pollution/water quality/ground water pollution
noise pollution
reduction in biodiversity – losing some flora (plant life) and fauna (animals) in the area due to disruptions to their habitat
fuel jettisoning (fuel dumping)
health of people in the local area
increased traffic congestion.
Possible concerns for the world heritage area
Possible concerns for the world heritage area include:
disruption to the flora and fauna in the area
increased traffic and congestion
disruption to the tourism and travel industry (due to plane noise)
air pollution by planes to the area, depending on wind conditions
water pollution including ground water
loss of historical and cultural heritage sites.
Sustainability
What resources should be used sustainably?
What are the features of a sustainable building?
What can be reduced, reused or recycled in the airport construction?
Create a list of sustainability measures that will help reduce the impacts of the development (for example, using renewable energy).
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is the capacity of the environment to continue to support our lives and the lives of other living creatures into the future.
Possible sustainability measures
Possible sustainability measures include:
using clean energy ground vehicles, such as baggage vehicles
providing electric vehicle charging points
using energy efficient equipment
green spaces in the terminal
terminal that uses technology to automatically control operations (such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting and security) by using sensors to reduce energy use
use of renewable energy such as solar panels
re-use of water in buildings including collecting water in rainwater tanks, water recycling.
public transport infrastructure to make access for passengers and staff easier.
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Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.