Maths times tables and measurment

Questions:

1. If I leave Canberra on the bus at 9:15am, and get into Sydney 3 hours and 15 minutes later, what time will it be?

2. If I had to be at a meeting at 11:30, and it takes 37 minutes to get there, what time will I have to leave home?

3. If it takes 25 minutes to read a chapter in my book, and I want to read three chapters, how long will it take me?

4. If I am going to bake cookies, and each tray takes twelve minutes to bake, how long will it take, in hours and minutes, to bake six trays?

5. If I leave Sydney at 3.30pm, and drive for two hours, then have a fifteen minute break in Berrima, then drive for another hour and a half, how long will it take to get to Canberra.

6. If it takes forty-five minutes to make fudge, how long does it take to make two batches?

Answers:

1. 12:30
2. 10:53
3. 1 hour, 15 minutes
4. 1 hour, 12 minutes
5. 3 hours, 45 minutes
6. 1 hour, 30 minutes

5 Random things

I've never:

1. Been skydiving
2. Been bungy jumping
3. Been to a wedding
4. Swam with dolphins
5. Been to China

I have:

1. Been bitten by a dog
2. Ridden a horse
3. Been to a sleep-over
4. Got and A in lots of things
5. Shouted at my brother

Terrarium

Word Bank: plants, seeds, moss, dirt, grow, orchid, water, glass jar, flowers, fluid, fertiliser, moist, nutrients, greenery, spores, sprout, habbitat, sow, re plant, leaves, buds, moss. mould, warmth, grass, roots, decorative, nature, garden,

Sentences using who, what, when, where, why:

Who: The person who helped me make my terrarium was Andy.

What: We made our own terrarium.

When: We made our terrarium 11.8.09

Where: We made our terrariums outside.

Why: So we could see which terrarium would survive and wouldn't.

Haiku:
Terrariums, grow
Remember to water them
It's a small, small world

Diagram:

Chemical Reactions-Alkaline versus Acid

Alkaline:
Milk
Water


Acid:
Vinegar
Soda Water

For every action there is a re action.

Prediction:
I predict that when the bicarbonate of soda is poured into the acidic drinks, it will start to fizz up and over the cup.

What happened:
Dragonfly poured in the acidic drinks in a cup each. Then she put a tea spoon of bicarbonate of soda into each acidic drink. We watched how it reacted.

Dressing up for dinner

You will need a large block of chocolate, a flat tin plate, a knife and fork, a dice, and an old hat and coat. The guests sit in a circle with the chocolate, plate, knife, fork, hat, coat etc. In the middle.

Each person rolls the dice. If a six is thrown, the player gets up, runs to the centre, puts on the hat and then, picks up the knife and fork and begins to eat the chocolate. One square is cut off at a time, and that must be just with fingers before the next piece is cut off.

While this player is eating, the rest of the team takes it turns to throw the dice. When another six is thrown, that guests runs to the centre, takes the hat and coat from the previous person, gets dressed and begins to cut the chocolate. (If many six are thrown one after the other, there is a big rush as people begin to put on the coat only to have another person race out and take it after them.)

Word Bank: Chocolate, block, hat, coat, plate, knife, fork, dice, centre, six, cut, pieces.

1. I went to the shops to buy a block of chocolate and cut it into six pieces.

2. At a clothes shop I bought a brown hat and a black coat.

3. While dinner time I dropped my knife and fork on the floor.

4. My puppy has a plastic plate to play with.

Deserts and Tropical Rainforests in Australia

(Deserts and Rainforests)

Tropical Rainforests:

Wet, tropical climate, not many animals, waterfalls, damp, tropical plants, creatures, lots of frogs,

snakes, birds, explorers.

Deserts:

Dry, hot, dusty, not many animals, dry sand, cactuses, camels, not much water, lots of lizards.

Word Bank: Deserts, tropical, climate, waterfalls, dusty, hot, camels, cactuses, dry sand, plants, rainforests, birds.

Here are some pictures of tropical rainforests and deserts:

Australian Ravens

Word Bank: Raven, diet, bird, glide, squawk, trees, beak, legs, feathers, wings, black, adults, types, swoop, seeds, bugs, reptiles, carrion, fruit, common.

Facts:

The Australian Raven is found in Eastern, Southern, Western and Central Australia. The Australian Raven only has a black body. Adult Ravens have white colored eyes and young Ravens have dark colored eyes. To swallow food the Australian Ravens wack their head back to digest their food while eating. The Latin name for a raven is Corvus.

Diet: Ravens eat seeds, insects, carrion, fruit, small reptiles, nestling and eggs,

Here are some pictures of Australian Ravens:












Haiku:
Gliding threw the air
Squawking loudly everywhere
Feathers slowly drift