Thursday
Week P – Stage 3
Good morning!
To complete today's activities, you will need:
a workbook
coloured pencils
coloured paper
scissors
2-3 apples
vinegar (white and brown)
vegetable oil
a teaspoon, a small fork and a butter knife
a chopping board
containers
water
salt and sugar
Care and Connect – caring for yourself, your family and your friends
Clever colours
Let's get started!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Clever colours
Duration: 1:00
English
You will need:
Facts and opinions
Let's explore facts and opinions!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook.
As the teacher in the video shares each statement, decide whether it is:
a fact
an opinion.
Create your own statements that are facts and opinions.
Facts and opinions
Duration: 4:30
Share your work with your teacher.
Public service announcements
Let's learn about public service announcements!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a pencil
your workbook.
Brainstorm where you have seen announcements like the ones shown in the video.
Select one of the shared public service announcements:
What information is being given?
What is the purpose of this announcement?
Who is the audience?
Public service announcements
Duration: 6:05
Share your work with your teacher.
Create your own public service announcement
It's your turn to create your own public service announcement!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
a digital device (optional).
Create a public service announcement. Hint! You may create your announcement on paper or digitally.
Choose an issue or topic that would benefit the public (e.g. bullying, littering, pollution or covering your mouth when sneezing).
What information is being shared?
What is the purpose/message?
Who is it for (audience)?
Create your own public service announcement
Duration: 3:01
Share your work with your teacher.
Brain break
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.
10@10 – superheroes
Duration: 10:49
Virtual excursion
This week we are exploring the International Space Station with Expedition 33 Commander, Suni Williams.
International Space Station
Today, Suni concludes her tour of the International Space Station with a visit to the Russian segment. She also visits the Poisk and Rassvet modules, where Soyuz spacecraft are docked.
Station tour – Zarya and Zvezda
Duration: 9:39
Mathematics
You will need:
Bumper cars
Let's explore the area of rectangles that have a set perimeter!
Watch the video and join in the activities.
You will need:
a computer with Microsoft Excel (optional)
a pencil
your workbook.
Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.
ReSolve – bumper cars
Duration: 11:42
© Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Adapted from reSolve.
The rail around the outside of a bumper car ride is 50m. The length of each side is a whole number.
What is the area of the floor?
Can you find all the possible rectangles?
How will you know that you have found them all?
What is the largest area possible, whilst maintaining the rectangular shape?
Use a table (similar to the example) to help you record your thinking.
Hint! You will need to add more rows.
Example table (to start with)
Think about the information and patterns within your table. How might this look in a graph?
Have a look at the graph. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Describe the shape of the graph. What does this tell you?
Graph using information from table
Do you think the graph would be the same shape for any set perimeter? For example, what happens if the perimeter of the bumper car ride was 60m or 20m instead of 50m?
Create a graph to test your theory. What do you notice?
Hint! You can create your graph in your workbook or create a digital graph using software, such as Microsoft Excel.
What generalisations can be made about the area of rectangles that have a set perimeter?
Share your work with your teacher.
For those who like a challenge!
Think about other regular shapes with a perimeter of 50m. Use grid paper to calculate the area of each shape.
Which shape has the greatest area with a set perimeter of 30cm?
Honey bees and hexagons
Have you ever wondered why honey bees like hexagons?
Watch the video.
Why do honey bees like hexagons?
TED-Ed – Why do honeybees love hexagons?
Duration: 3:58
Pop up paper!
Let's create a symmetrical pop out animal card!
Watch the video.
You will need:
coloured paper
scissors
pencils.
In the episode, we saw a chicken, an octopus, a shark, a dinosaur, a lion and a tiger. What animal would you like to make?
Create your own pop up animal card by following the steps below.
Step 1
Choose two pieces of coloured paper.
Fold the first piece of paper in half.
Step 2
Make the mouth by cutting a small line (about 5cm) in the middle of the card.
Step 3
Two flaps will be formed near the cut.
Fold these to form two triangles.
Step 4
Unfold the card.
With your finger, lift the triangles to form a mouth shape.
Step 5
Close the card with the triangles folded inside.
Step 6
Fold the second piece of paper and glue it to the back of your card.
Step 7
Fold your card.
Hint! You should see coloured paper through the open mouth.
Step 8
Decorate your card.
Draw an animal’s face around the mouth.
Make sure your drawing is symmetrical (the same on both sides).
Step 9
Describe your animal:
What shapes and lines can you see?
Is your animal closer to a two-dimensional (2D) shape or a three-dimensional (3D) object?
For those who like a challenge!
Experiment with other pop up card designs.
Get creative!
Firework
Let's learn the chorus to this Auslan (Australian Sign Language) inspired performance, led by the Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School Signing Choir!
Watch the welcome video.
Watch the video and join in the chorus.
Hint! You may like to practise a few times!
Watch the video and join the signing choir in a performance.
Science and Technology
You will need:
The apple of my eye
Let's investigate what happens when apple ages in different solutions!
Watch the video and join in the activity.
You will need:
pencils
your workbook
3 peeled apples
vinegar (brown and white)
vegetable oil
a teaspoon, a fork and a butter knife
a chopping board
containers
water
salt
sugar.
The apple of my eye
Duration: 12:01
Method:
Carve a design into your peeled apple.
Place 1 apple onto a window sill.
Choose 2 solutions to test
Hint! Solution options include salt water, vinegar, sugar water, air, milk and vegetable oil.
Place your remaining two apple carvings into containers with the solutions.
Wait... and wait... and wait!
Observation:
Observe the apples over the next 2 weeks.
Compare the apples with the air-drying apple.
What do you notice?
Which apple carving is aging the fastest?
Which apple carving is aging the slowest?
Explanation:
What is causing the difference in aging between each apple carving?
Student voice
Show how you feel about your learning today.