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Welcome to Day 2!
Welcome to Day 2!
Watch the video to help you get started.
Day 2 video
Duration: 1:01
To complete today's activities, you will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a tangram
scissors
plants, flowers or leaves to trace the shadow of
paper
2 stacks of books
weights (e.g. pebbles or bolts)
a ruler
English
English
Writing, reading and viewing – Mind maps
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video.
Asian Elephant Keeper Talk at Taronga Zoo
Duration: 5:24
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Complete a mind map with the teacher in the video.
Mind maps
Duration: 11:33
Reading and viewing – Zoo information: Videos and signs
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Look at the pictures of zoo enclosure signs in the video.
What types of information is being given in the signs?
Videos and signs
Duration: 2:24
Writing and representing – Create a zoo enclosure information sign
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Re-read or listen to the information text on elephants.
Record the key information.
Create an information sign for a zoo enclosure.
Hint! You could make a sign for the Asian Elephant enclosure or you may like to choose another zoo animal.
Create a zoo enclosure information sign
Duration: 1:55
Care and connect
Care and connect
Tap and wink
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Tap and wink
Duration: 1:03
Mathematics
Mathematics
Number – Imagining fractions
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
Watch the video and join in the activity.
What is a different way you could have imagined the fractional slices of lemon moving?
Draw pictures to capture your thinking.
Imagining fractions 1
Duration: 5:57
Number – Tangrams – Investigating fractions
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
a tangram (use the video to learn how to make one)
scissors
Watch the video and join in the activity.
How to make a tangram
Duration: 4:06
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What other rectangles can you make of exactly the same dimensions?
Record your thinking in your workbook.
Investigating fractions – part 1
Duration: 1:11
Watch the video and join in the activity.
If the rectangle is the whole, what is the value of:
the square?
the small triangle?
the parallelogram?
the medium triangle?
Investigating fractions – part 2
Duration: 2:42
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How can we prove that the medium triangle, the parallelogram and the square are all equal in area?
Investigating fractions – part 3
Duration: 3:14
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Investigating fractions – part 4
Duration: 5:43
What are all the different ways you can show half using this rectangle?
Rectangle
Brain break
Brain break
Garden shadows
You will need:
pencils
a workbook or paper
plants, flowers or leaves
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Garden shadows
Duration: 1:41
Let's keep learning!
Let's keep learning!
STEM – Build a bridge challenge
You will need:
paper
2 stacks of books to act as bridge piers at the ends of the bridge
weights (e.g. pebbles or bolts)
a ruler
Today's STEM challenge is to design and build a paper bridge.
Watch the video and join in the activity.
Hint! You can download the instructions for this challenge:
(PDF, 2MB)
Build a bridge challenge
Duration: 3:09
Rules:
The bridge must span (go across) a gap between 2 stacks of books.
The gap must be at least 15cm.
The bridge must be able to hold weights. Start small and see how much your bridge can hold.
The paper can be folded or twisted.
The ruler cannot be used in the bridge structure.
Materials needed
Using the Design thinking process is a way of solving this challenge.
The Design thinking process
Hint: Try different shapes and folds
Example bridge design
Challenge!
Build an even stronger bridge out of straws.
Well done completing today's learning activities!
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