Day 5

It's your last day using the Sugar Glider pack!

Watch the video to help you get started.

Day 5 video

Duration: 1:00

To complete today's activities, you will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

string or rope

scissors

glue or sticky tape

a ruler or tape measure

dice

paper

English

Listening and viewing – Websites

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activities.

View the different web pages with the teacher in the video.

What information is provided on a web page?

Examine the page layout, graphics and colours.

What makes a webpage easy to navigate and read?

Websites

Duration: 9:01

Writing and representing – Planning your webpage

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video.

How to be a web designer

Duration: 1:18

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Map out a design for your webpage in your workbook.
- What animal do you want your webpage to be about?
- What headings will you include?
- What graphics will you include?
- Think about the layout for your webpage.

Planning your webpage

Duration: 2:12

Writing and representing – Creating your webpage

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Create your own webpage about an animal using your webpage plan and Google Sites.

Creating your webpage

Duration: 0:37

Care and connect

Stretches for any time of day

Watch the video and join in the activity.

Stretches for any time of day
Duration: 3:44

Mathematics

Investigating area and perimeter

You will need:

workbook

string or rope

pencils

paper

scissors

sticky tape or glue

a ruler or tape measure

dice

Watch the video and join in the activity.

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

Investigating area and perimeter

Duration: 9:46

Instructions

Getting started!

Draw and cut out 2 equilateral triangles.
Draw a squiggly line from one corner to another. Cut along the squiggly line.
Stick the part you cut off on another side using tape to create a new shape.

Measuring the perimeter

Measure the perimeter of the triangle.

Hint! To do this, guide the rope around the three edges of the triangle.

Make a mark on the rope to show the length of the perimeter.

Comparing the difference

Measure the perimeter of the new curvy ex-triangle by guiding the rope around the edges of the shape. Make a mark on the rope to show the length of its perimeter.
Use a ruler or measuring tape to explore the difference.
- Is the perimeter of your shapes the same or different?
- If one shape’s perimeter is longer than the other, how much longer is it?
Is the area of your shape the same or is it different?
Cut your shape back up in its pieces and use direct comparison to see if the area changed.

Can you change a shape so that the area and perimeter stay the same?
Find some other shapes to explore. What would happen if we created a new shape out of a square, hexagon or a different type of triangle? Would the perimeter change or would it stay the same?

Design a vegetable patch

You will need:

pencils

a workbook or paper

a ruler

Scenario:

Dave has some wood lying around at home and has decided to make a rectangular garden bed to grow some vegetables.

He has a total of 18 metres of wooden planks and needs to work out the largest vegetable patch he can make from these wooden planks.

Vegetable garden

Picture of a rectangular vegetable patch made out of wooden planks.

Source: square foot garden

What is the shape of the garden bed?
What is the perimeter of the garden bed?
Use a table (like the one shown in the example) to determine possible dimensions of the garden bed.

Example table

Table with columns titled: length, width, perimeter, area.

Describe how the area changes when one side changes in length.
Which dimensions give the largest vegetable patch (or area)? Create a design for this.
Why are there only 4 possibilities if we use whole numbers?