This is the perimeter explanation- below is area. Take the time to view and discuss with your child.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
This is Megan's recount of when we dissected lamb hearts in week 5 as part of 'The Human Machine'- an excellent piece of writing. It is correctly sequenced, informative and interesting. Super work Megan.
Brainstorm
Observations:
Tubes, Fat, muscle, blood, tissue, vessels, size of a fist, red & pink, firm, slimy, tendons, thick.
Questions:
Why is it that shape?
Why is it that color?
Why are the tubes different sizes?
Why is the muscle so thick?
Why does the heart have tendons inside of it?
Time line:
First we talked about the heart and the arteries that came out of the top of it.
Then we got a heart to look at.- Ask questions
Then we got to play with heart-See what it felt like
After that we got to cut into it.-With scissors
We got to see inside of it.-Little tendons
Then we had to pack up and sterilize the scissors.
On Tuesday for inquiry Mr Birnie brought lambs hearts into the class because we were doing dissections for our inquiry topic the human body.
First we had to lay out newspaper on the desks so that we didn’t get blood on them. Before we got a heart we talked about it and the arteries that came out of the top of it. They were big because lots of blood comes through them. When we went back to our desks we had to get out some paper to write down our observations.
Then we got the hearts to look at up close. We were also allowed to feel inside of them and inside of the artery tubes. The artery tubes were slimy and when you put your fingers down two of them they couldn't touch. You could feel right through to the inside of the heart and it was really cold because they had been frozen. You could also feel little stringy things that were kind of like spider webs but they were very strong and you couldn't break through them.
We got to play with the heart for a bit and then we got to cut it open which was the really fun part. We had to cut it with our scissors because we didn't have any proper knives. We had to cut down the middle of it to open it up flat on our desks. When we had cut it open we got to see inside of it. There was lots of little tendons in it. Which were the things that felt like tiny spider webs.
We didn't get to do much else after that because we had to pack up before the bell rung. We had to take off of our gloves and put them in the bin and we had to take the paper off of our desks and put that in the bin. Then we had to put the scissors in a jug of water and disinfectant to sterilize them so that we could still use them for other stuff.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Finding equivalent fractions
Friday, June 6, 2014
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Josh and Actively Learn- an interesting site used in our Reading.
The Time You Have In JellyBeans
In actively learn we have been learning about our lives in Jellybeans and all the precious time in our life we have.
Recount of camp- Grace
It was a sunny clear calm blue sky. We drove past a sign- it had some trees and a horse on it. It said Lakes Ranch. Once we had passed it the volume of the eager children raised. Everyone was so excited- "We're here, we're at camp," the children murmured. As the bus came to a stop all the children jumped up and barged out the doors into the courtyard. We got assigned our cabins and then had free time to unpack and explore the camp. Then we had dinner and went to bed (you did the mud run!).
The crickets were chirping and the air was muggy as we did or morning jobs and then had breakfast. Now it was time for our first activity, Hells Gate, which is a day spa/bush walk/museum. I learnt about the different types of natural mud that they use for beauty treatments. Then we did Sports. First we played soccer and then we played netball. The boys won soccer but we thrashed them in netball. Next we were on to orienteering. We found two of the posts and the boys found three. Then we did Archery and Air rifle shooting. I got 45 points in archery but I didn't get and ducks down in air rifle shooting. And that was the end of the second day.
Third day, well it was a bit more challenging to get up in the morning because we had breakfast duties so we had to be in the barn at 7:30. Our first activity was water activities. We learnt lots of survival skills and had a game of water polo at the end. Then we had the water slide which was one of my favorite activities. You slide down as fast as light and the adrenaline rush made you wanna go faster. After we did Kayaking and raft building. kayaking was a bit boring but fun at the end, and raft building was quite stressful.
Fourth and final day of activities, we woke up and had breakfast. Maddy and I were quite tired though because we stayed up last night and talked. Our first activity for the day was the bush walk where you had to go through the bush and find certain items. Then we did Magic Carpet. It was the best thing ever, apart from the dust. You sped down a field sliding around corners and falling of alot from a carpet towed by a car.
On the last day of camp everyone was a bit sad because were leaving. We did our morning chores and said our thanks to all of the staff that had helped us have the best camp ever.
So that was my week of camp and it was one of the best experiences I've ever had.
Planning an explanation--Emily
Title: Respiratory System
Brainstorming ideas: Think of as many things you can about your topic then link these together-
Organs- lungs, heart, breathing, oxygen, gasses, nose, mouth, throat, blood
Introduction: Have you ever wondered how your respiratory system works and what it does? This is an explanation on how the respiratory system works and what it does.
Topic sentence:
Our respiratory system (oxygen delivery system) is to supply the blood with oxygen so that the blood can deliver oxygen to all of our body parts. The respiratory system does this from us breathing. We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. This exchange of gases is the respiratory systems way of getting oxygen into the blood.
Topic sentence:
Oxygen enters the respiratory system through the nose and the mouth. The oxygen then passes through the larynx (where speech and sound comes from) and then the trachea which is a tube that runs into the chest cavity.
Topic sentence:
In the chest cavity the trachea splits into two smaller tubes that are called the bronchi. Each bronchus then divides again forming the bronchial tubes. The bronchial tubes lead directly into the lungs where they divide into many smaller tubes which connect to tiny sacs called alveoli.
Conclusion or summary:
The respiratory system primary function is to deliver oxygen to the blood and to get rid of carbon dioxide which is a harmful waste product.
summarising strategies- "The chicken-leg effect", by Ellie
In reading we have been learning to search for key words in the text to give us a better understanding about what the text is explaining and to help us summarise.
Key Word Hunt
Write notes in the boxes about things you think are important in the text eg details, what’s in the pictures if any, and possible key words.
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Gravity pulls the blood from your legs down.
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Your heart rate gets faster when you move your body around.
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your blood goes red when exposed to oxygen.
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when you lay down your blood goes to your chest making your legs shorter.
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your body has 5 litres of blood in it
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I think the key words and phrases are: blood , gravity,oxygen, heart rate, legs, body.
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Use the key words and phrases to write a brief summary:
When you lay down your blood travels from your legs to your chest making your legs shorter and this is called The Chicken Leg Effect .
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Dylan and Mr Ward taking selfies...
Fun is important when learning
This is a photo of Mr Ward with me. He is so awesome. He works with me everyday and I love working with him. We have so much fun. Did I mention he is awesome. We are always laughing. PS. Mr Ward wrote this.....
Grace's top-8 entry in the recent H.B.Edible Arts competition
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| What will the future hold? Weta Workshop with Richard Taylor and Nigella Dickson perhaps |
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| What a great design! |
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