Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the Otter pack!

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a recording device

scissors

sticky tape

During today's activities, you might see the icons below:

look

listen

speak

write

explore

reflect

Acknowledgement of Country

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Watch and listen to the Acknowledgement of Country.


We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Land and pay respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. We would also like to extend that respect to other Aboriginal people.

Acknowledgement of Country – Bonnet Bay Public School

Duration: 0:22

English

Speaking – Manner

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a recording device

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Watch and listen to the video.

Language matters – Mindy Lee
Duration: 3:40

NSW Department of Education – The Arts Unit

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Watch the video and then have a go.

Manner matters
Duration: 1:33

NSW Department of Education – The Arts Unit

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speak

  • Pick a topic that you are passionate about and develop a PEEL paragraph.

  • Record yourself reading this paragraph aloud.


Remember to:

  • pause

  • emphasise particular words or phrases

  • speak slowly and clearly.

listen

Listen to your recording, then answer the questions to self-assess the fluency of your reading.

Manner – self-assessment

Reading and comprehension – Helping our waterways

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Watch and listen to the video.

Helping our waterways
Duration: 1:06

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'Helping our waterways' (select arrow)

Heading: Helping our waterways There are two posters on the page. The first poster on the left hand side has a photograph of a person wearing a broadbrim hat, a gas mask, long sleeves and gloves and they are standing in water holding a spray bottle. There is mist coming from the spray bottle. Above this person’s head is the text: What you do in your garden ends up in our waterways. In the right hand corner of the poster in small print is the text our environment it’s a living thing Below the person in the water is the text: Prevent run-off from fertilisers and pesticides. Apply carefully and only when the weather is fine. Below the waterline is a drain and text that says: THE DRAIN IS JUST FOR RAIN. www.epa.nsw.gov.au The second poster on the right hand side has a photograph of a person pushing a lawn mower on a body of water and grass and clippings flying out from the mower into the water. Next to the person is the text: What you do in your garden ends up in our waterways. In the right hand corner of the poster in small print is the text our environment it’s a living thing Below the person in the water is the text: Leaves and clippings remove oxygen from water, killing aquatic life. Keep garden waste out of the gutter. Compost or mulch it. Below the waterline is a drain and text that says: THE DRAIN IS JUST FOR RAIN. www.epa.nsw.gov.au

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Complete the quiz.

Multiple choice quiz – Helping our waterways

Writing – Creating a campaign

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video and then have a go.

Creating a campaign
Duration: 1:31

Attribution: content from WWF has not been changed.

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Now it's your turn to create a campaign.

Choose a topic that you feel strongly about and would like to see some change. To tell your target audience about the issue, make one or more of the following:

  • a poster

  • a television advertisement

  • a blog

  • a speech.

Hint! Use high modal language to help persuade your audience.

Mini break

Exploring our world – Do You Know?

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Watch and listen to the video.

How does a crane work?

Duration: 1:36

Mathematics

Warm up – Cube structures

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Cube conversations
(Word doc, 71 KB) (optional)

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Watch the video and then complete the activity.

Cube structures

Duration: 2:49

Adapted from the work of Steve Wyborney

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  • How many different ways can you see these structures?

  • Use colour, numbers and symbols to support your thinking.

Hint! Download and print the Cube conversation worksheet (Word doc, 71KB) to help you with your working out.

Structure 1

cubes stacked close together, first is 2 cubes (1 row of 2), then 6 cubes (2 rows of 3), then 2 cubes (1 row of 2), then 6 cubes (2 rows of 3) and lastly 2 cubes (1 row of 2)

Steve Wyborney

Structure 2

cubes stacked close together, first is two cubes (1 row of 2), then 6 cubes (2 rows of 3), then another 6 (2 rows of 3) then 4 cubes (1 row of 2 then a space and another row of 2)

Steve Wyborney

Structure 1 answer (select arrow)

18 unit cubes

Structure 1 answer (select arrow)

18 unit cubes

Making boxes

You will need:

scissors

sticky tape

Squared paper sheet
(Word doc, 19 KB) (optional)

Optional:

Squared paper sheet
(Word doc, 19 KB)

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Let's make little boxes without lids!

  • You will need to print 7 sheets of squared paper (Word doc, 19 KB) for this activity.

Hint! If you cannot print the sheets, use blank A4 paper and measure the sections that need cutting with a ruler. The folds are the dotted lines on the diagram.

There is also a video below if you would like to see how to create the boxes.

Step 1

A large square with a 1 by 1 square shaded in each corner. A dotted line joins the shaded squares. The shaded squares are labelled with the words ‘cut’.

  • Cut 1 square out of each corner.

  • Fold up the sides.

  • What is the size of the base?

  • How high are the sides?

Step 2

A 15 x 15 square with a 2 x 2 square cut from each corner.

  • On a different sheet of paper, cut a 2×2 square out of each corner and fold up the sides.

  • Does it look as if it holds more than the first box, less than the first box or the same amount?

  • What is the size of the base now?

  • How high are the sides now?

Step 3

A 15 x 15 square with a 3 x 3 square cut from each corner.

  • Cut a 3×3 square out of each corner and fold up the sides.

  • Does it look as if it holds more than the other boxes, less than the other boxes or the same amount?

  • What is the size of the base now?

  • How high is it now?

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  • If you keep on doing this, taking larger and larger squares from the corners, which box will have the largest volume?

  • Estimate the order of the volume of the boxes from smallest to largest.

  • How can you check if your estimates are correct?

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Watch the video if you would like to see how to create the boxes.

Making boxes

Duration: 1:22

Finding the volume

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Watch the video to discover a way to find the volume of the boxes.

Finding the volume

Duration: 1:35

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Watch this video if you would like to discover how to find the volume of your boxes using formal units of measure.

Calculating volume

Duration: 2:26

Mini break

Active break – 10@10

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Watch the video and join in.

10@10 – Triathalon
Duration: 9:41

Problem solving challenge

Design an otter enrichment toy – Get inspired!

You will need:

Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

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Watch and listen to the video.

Otter adaptations
Duration: 4:48

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  • Investigate the Asian small-clawed otter.

  • Select the hotspots on the images to learn about their special adaptions and characteristics.

Example – Asian small-clawed otter

Image: Taronga Zoo. Photographer Chloe Precey

Example – Asian small-clawed otter

Image: Taronga Zoo

Plan and create

You will need:

Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

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Watch and listen to the video.

Otter enrichment task
Duration: 3:47

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  • Design an enrichment toy for Taronga Zoo's Asian small-clawed otters. Remember to think about the structural adaptions (the way their body is designed) and behavioural adaptations (the way they behaves).


Hint! Make sure you label your design.

Example – Asian small-clawed otter enrichment toy

Student work sample: Otters swimming in a pool surrounded by rocks. The enrichment toy is a ball filled with food pieces. The ball has holes along the top to allow pieces of food to fall out when turned. There are handles along the outside of the ball for the otters to grip.

Mini break

Wind-down activity – Behind the News

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Watch and listen to the video.

Street Art

Duration: 3:49

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