Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Seal pack!

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

plastic cups

a collection of natural items

(2 of each type)

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

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listen

speak

write

explore

reflect

Acknowledgement of Country

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listen

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 – Towradgi Public School

Duration: 1:55

English

Reading – Fur seals

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Watch the video and join in the activity.

New Zealand fur seals

Duration: 2:04

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Complete the quiz.

New Zealand fur seals quiz

Writing – Fragments and sentences

You will need:

Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

look

Watch the video and then have a go.

Fragments and sentences – part 1

Duration: 4:41

explore

Sort the text into sentences and fragments by dragging and dropping the text boxes.


Hint! Select the blue 'Check' button when you have finished to check your answers.

Fragments and sentences sorting activity

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Watch the video and then have a go.

Fragments and sentences – part 2

Duration: 4:41

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Unjumble the words to make a sentence. Write the unjumbled sentences in your workbook:

  • mothers the pups a year about for with stay their

  • fur places rocky seals like

  • southern Australian waters in New Zealand and fur seals can be found in.

write

Write four sentences about seals. Make sure you include correct punctuation.

Hint! You can choose to write statements or questions.

Vocabulary – endemic

You will need:

Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video.

Vocabulary – endemic

Duration: 3:26

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Complete the quiz.

Endemic quiz

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Draw your own Frayer diagram to investigate the word 'endangered'.

Hint! Once you have completed your Frayer diagram, select the dropdown below to see an example.

Example of a completed Frayer diagram (select arrow)

endangered Definition In danger of extinction Synonyms threatened with danger threatened with extinction. Example The giant panda is an endangered species. Example The koala population is being assessed for an official listing as endangered.


Mini break

Exploring our world – Brainy Bites

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Watch and listen to the video.

Rainbow Pizza

Duration: 1:45

Mathematics

Warm up – Comparing money

You will need:

Pencils

coloured pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video and complete the activity.


  • Which collection of money would you rather have?

  • Record your choice and explain your mathematical thinking.

Comparing money

Duration: 3:44

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Play 'Wishball: hundreds'. The aim of the game is to reach the target number.

Hint! To get started select the yellow 'Intro' button.

Wishball: hundreds

How much money?

You will need:

coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

write

In my pocket I have $36.

  • What notes or coins might I have?

  • What notes or coins might be in my pocket if I have a total of 10 notes and coins?

  • What notes or coins might be in my pocket if I have a total of 15 notes and coins?

Would you like a tip?

  • What if I only had these notes or coins to use:

    • $20

    • $10

    • $5

    • $2

    • $1?



Your challenge is to use this tip to help you solve the main task.

Want to stretch your thinking?

  • Find as many different possibilities as you can to make $36.

  • Use a table to record the different possibilities for each note and coin.

Time to shop

You will need:

coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

look

Look at the grocery items and their prices below.

A shopping brochure that has tuna at $1.15, chips at $2.75, cookies at $2.50, peanut butter at $2.50, corn chips at $3.50, rice at $10 and olive oil at $4.25. Each item is half price and the savings are listed below the price for each item.
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Pick 4 items to buy.

  • What is the total cost of the 4 items?

  • How much change would you get from $20 if you bought these 4 items?

  • How close can you get to spending $20 using these groceries?

  • What is the least amount of items you could buy for a total of $20 when you can only buy 1 of any item?

  • What is the most amount of items you could buy for a total of $20 when you can only buy 1 of any item?

Would you like a tip?

  • If you only had $10 to spend and you already bought the tomato sauce, what else might you buy?


Your challenge is to use this tip to help you solve the main task.

Want to stretch your thinking?

  • What is the most amount of items you could buy for $20 if the products were all full price but they had run out of rice?

  • How close to spending $20 could you get if you had to buy 2 of each item that you select?

  • How many items can you buy if you have a total of $17.50 to spend but you could only buy 1 of any item that you choose?

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Watch the video for some possible solutions.

Time to shop

Duration: 5:13

Mini break

Active break – Dance

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Watch the video and join in.

Bhangra

Duration: 2:36

Design challenge

Invent a new form of transport – Get inspired!

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Watch and listen to the video.

Catie's Amazing Machines

Duration: 2:28

Imagine

You will need:

coloured pencils

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video to learn about today's activity.

Transport invention – part 1

Duration: 5:50

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Now it's your turn!


  • Brainstorm ideas for your transport invention.

  • Select your favourite idea.

Brainstorm example

An example brainstorm with 'transport brainstorm'. Off it are several ideas, such as: Bus that can carry people, delivery drone for natural disasters, floating travel bubble - uses wind energy, exploration kayak, safer cars or more environmentally friendly cars, space travel, food delivery bike, more comfortable plane travel, boat/car combo and underwater travel for scientists.

Plan and create

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

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Watch the video to see what to do next.

Transport invention – part 2

Duration: 5:38

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Now it's your turn to design a transport invention!

  • Create a plan.

  • Think about ways you can further improve your idea.

  • Use your plan to draw your design.

  • Don't forget to label your drawing!


Hint! Use the planning guide (PDF file, 107 KB) if you're not sure where to start.

Example – The Lounge-mobile

An example vehicle, the self-driving lounge mobile

Example – The Pet Plane

An example vehicle, a plane for pets

Mini break

Wind-down – Nature activity

You will need:

plastic cups

natural items (e.g. leaves, rocks, seed pods)

Hint! You will need two of each type.

look
explore

Watch the video and then have a go.

Nature Memory

Duration: 1:12

Well done completing today's learning activities!

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