Day 5

It's your last day using the Echidna pack!

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Day 5 video

Duration: 1:00

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

A4 paper

a fictional text of choice

a drawing compass (or a circular object to use as a stencil)

sticky tape (or glue)

scissors

a ruler or tape measure

3 items that are small rectangular prisms (e.g. a tissue box)

English

Reading and viewing – Homework ban

You will need:

Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

Watch video

Watch 'Should homework be banned?' from Behind The News (BTN).

Should homework be banned? – Behind The News (BTN)

Duration: 3:18

Watch video
Writing activity

Watch the video and join in the activity.


  • Record 3 reasons (from the video) why homework should be banned.


  • Record 3 reasons (from the video) why homework should not be banned.

Homework ban

Duration: 1:11

Writing – Homework in primary school should be banned

You will need:

Pencils

pencils

Workbook

a workbook or paper

Writing activity

Watch the video and join in the activity.


  • Write a persuasive text for or against the following statement, 'Homework in primary school should be banned’. 

  • Use the information from the BTN story 'Should homework be banned?' that you just watched and your own ideas to help develop your three arguments. 


Hint! You can use your positive and negative list that you created in the previous activity for ideas.

Homework in primary school should be banned

Duration: 4:25

Writing – Story pyramid

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a fictional text of choice

Watch video

Watch the video and join in the activity.


  • Read part or all of a fictional text of your choice.


  • View the story pyramid example with the teacher in the video.

Story pyramid

Duration: 3:42

Writing activity

  • Complete a story pyramid to summarise the story.

Story pyramid template. A box for each line with instructions underneath. Line 1 – Character’s name. Line 2 – Two words describing the character. Line 3 – Three words describing the setting. Line 4 – Four words stating the problem. Line 5 – Five words describing one event. Line 6 – Six words describing another event. Line 7 – Seven words describing a third event. Line 8 – Eight words describing a solution/ resolution to the problem.

Care and connect

Drawing and listening challenge

You will need:

Pencils

pencils, crayons or textas

Workbook

a workbook or paper

Listening activity
Writing activity

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Drawing and listening challenge
Duration: 2:44

Mathematics

3D objects – Look Kool – Cones

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a drawing compass (or a circular object to use as a stencil)

sticky tape (or glue)

paper

scissors

Watch video

Watch the video.

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Hands-on activity
Writing activity

  • Follow the wizard’s instructions for how to make a cone from a piece of paper.

“You just have to start with a circle and not a rectangle. You just have to cut out a piece, roll up whatever you have left until the sides are even, and there you go…”

  • Tape your cone together.

  • Make different sized cones by starting with different sized circles.

    • Can you make a taller cone?

    • Can you make one that is half the size of your original cone?

A circle with a triangle piece cut out.
Writing activity

Reflection:

  • Prove, like they did in the video, that a cylinder with the same size base and height as a cone holds three times the amount of something.

  • What other similarities and differences are there between cylinders and cones?

Length – Look Kool – Pyramids

You will need:

pencils

workbook

a ruler

sticky tape (or glue)

paper

scissors

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Watch the video.

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Hands-on activity
Writing activity

  • Draw a net for a square-based pyramid.

  • Cut out your net and use sticky tape to join the edges.

  • Name and count the parts (properties) of the 3D object. Include how many:

    • vertices

    • edges

    • faces

    • identical faces

    • bases.

  • Record this in a table.

A net of a square based pyramid

Square in the middle, with an equilateral triangle attached to each side of the square.
Hands-on activity
Writing activity

  • Draw a net for a triangular prism.

  • Cut out your net and use sticky tape to join the edges.

  • Name and count the parts (properties) of the 3D object. Include how many:

    • vertices

    • edges

    • faces

    • identical faces

    • bases.

  • Record this in a table.


  • Repeat this activity with a prism or pyramid of your choice.

A net of a triangular prism

3 equal squares in a row. Equilateral triangle along one edge of one square, and another triangle along the edge of another square.3 equal squares in a row. Equilateral triangle along one edge of one square, and another triangle along the edge of another square.
Writing activity

Reflect:

  • What similarities did you notice between prisms and pyramids? What differences did you notice?

  • Write a short description about the similarities and differences between prisms and pyramids.

Check all faces

You will need:

pencils

workbook

a ruler or tape measure

3 items that are small rectangular prisms e.g. tissue box

Hands-on activity

Let's explore measuring 1 square metre!


Hint! The instructions are also below if you need them.

Image of objects around the home including: furniture, a stereo, shoe box, book and speakers. Outlines drawn to show the rectangular prisms.
Hands-on activity

Instructions (select arrow)

  • Select 3 household items that are small rectangular prisms (e.g. a tissue box, internet modem, cereal box, speaker, shoe box).

  • Estimate which item has the greatest surface area.

  • Measure, calculate and record the area of each face and the total surface area of each item.

  • Ensure all faces have been accounted for.

  • Imagine you are wrapping your three items as a gift for a family member or friend. Investigate how much wrapping paper can be saved by wrapping the three items together as opposed to wrapping each individually.

  • Start by measuring and calculating the surface area of the stacked items (rectangular prisms).

Writing activity

Reflect:

  • Did every face of an item have to be measured individually? Why or why not?

Challenge!

Hands-on activity

  • If you stacked your 3 items differently, would it change the total surface area and wrapping paper required? Explain your thinking.

Brain break

10@10 – Around the world

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Hands-on activity

Watch the video and join in the activity.

10@10 – Around the world

Duration: 10:52

Let's keep learning!

Education Live – Australian Sign Language

Watch video

Watch the video with Emma Watkins and Sue Jo Wright to learn more about the incredible world of sign language.

Education Live – Australian Sign Language with Yellow Wiggle, Emma Watkins and artist, Sue Jo Wright
Duration: 25:56

Environmental Education – Design a farm

You will need:

Pencils

a lead pencil, as well as a black pen or texta

Workbook

a workbook or paper

Watch video
Writing activity

Watch the video and join in the activity.



  • Design a farm. Make sure you include:

    • a place for baby plants and animals to grow and complete their life cycle

    • paddocks to classify and group plants and animals

    • plants and animals working together

    • automation (e.g. robots and machinery)

    • a place to produce food.

Design a farm
Duration: 3:31

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