Rylie
Kathryn
Winston
Raffaele
Malia
Anna
Cass
Libby
Khan
Theo
William
Dylan
Ben
Eden
Noah
Iyve
Izabella-Rose
1 Why are beaches great places for swimming?
2 What is a surf life-saving patrol?
3 Why are strong currents dangerous?
4 Why are sharks harmful to people?
5 Why does an aerial patrol need three members?
6 How does the crew of an aerial patrol contact surf if they see a shark?
7 Why are helicopters used for search-and-rescue missions?
8 Why do aerial patrols check for jellyfish? 9 How would surfers become injured?
10 Why are aerial patrols important in Australia?
Beached Jellyfish -Evaluate information by answering questions.
Why was Roxy at the beach?
2 Why did Roxy suddenly tug on his lead?
3 What did the Box Jellyfish look like?
4 Why do jellyfish drift ashore?
5 Why are Box Jellyfish some of the most dangerous sea creatures in the world?
6 Why had signs been placed at the top of the beach?
7 Why did Mum call the Surf Life Saving office?
8 Why did Mum push sticks into the sand?
9 Why was Roxy the hero of the day?
Make a new poster warning people of Jellyfish
Emergency Below the Ice Shelf
Why did the scientists need to get back to the research station quickly?
Why didn’t Mick answer when Tariq and Arnav called out to him?
Why did Lisa tell Mick not to move?
Why did Lisa describe the situation as “difficult and dangerous”?
Why did Arnav speak quietly to Mick while Lisa checked his leg?
Why did the station leader say the helicopter could be there in less than an hour?
What is a thermal blanket
Why did Mick start to shiver?
Why did Lisa look anxiously up at the sky?
Who travelled with Mick in the helicopter?
Make a poster warning people of the accidents
Emergency Below the Ice Shelf
Why did the scientists need to get back to the research station quickly?
Why didn’t Mick answer when Tariq and Arnav called out to him?
Why did Lisa tell Mick not to move?
Why did Lisa describe the situation as “difficult and dangerous”?
Why did Arnav speak quietly to Mick while Lisa checked his leg?
Why did the station leader say the helicopter could be there in less than an hour?
What is a thermal blanket
Why did Mick start to shiver?
Why did Lisa look anxiously up at the sky?
Who travelled with Mick in the helicopter?
Make a poster warning people of the accidents
Evaluate information by answering questions.
Why is spring the best time for planting seeds?
2 Why did the girl and her dad need to get the soil ready first?
3 Where did the girl put the weeds and the dead plants?
4 What is humus made from?
5 Why doesn’t water stay in sandy soil?
6 How do worms help the soil?
7 Why do plants grow well in damp soil?
8 Why will Dad put stakes next to each plant?
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Nippers
Evaluate information by answering questions.Who is cleaning the beach?
Why are they doing it?
What you to make a picture of the beach in your head?
Did you think of other questions as you were reading?
What was your best question?
What temperature was the water?
Did you find the answers to your questions?
Why are the nippers doing what they do?
Do you think they’ll stay with the club when they get older?
Why or why not?
Why do you think people want to become lifeguards?
What would you need to do to be a good lifeguard?
Make a poster recruiting new nippers for the Junior Surf Club, incorporating some of the ideas gained from the article.
Questions about A Combine Harvester
1 Why is the machine called a combine harvester?
2 Where is the wheat taken after it has been cleaned?
3 How does the driver see the ground around the harvester?
4 Why would it be very hot inside the cab of the harvester if there was no air-conditioning? 5 What is the difference between the tyres on a harvester and the tyres on a tractor?
6 How is dust removed from the wheat?
7 Why do only the grains of wheat fall through the grid into the grain bin?
8 Which farm animals would have bedding made from the stems of wheat?
9 Why is the same harvester sometimes used on many farms?
10 Why is a machine needed to harvest the crops of whea t?
Moonshots
Questions about The Amazing Planetarium
1 What is a planetarium? its something that's made for intertanement.
2 Why was the room shaped like a circle?
3 Why was the teacher at the planetarium?
4 Why is it usually hard to see stars at night in a city? because of the city lights
5 What are stars made of?
6 Would the surface of Mars be wet or dry? wet
7 What did the second planet look like?
8 Did Sophie see real stars and planets? No.s
9 Why did Sophie want her cousin to go to the planetarium?