Class of 2015

WWA - 2015 Week 9

All about blood - Who We Are

Wonder 1 - How does blood travel through your body?

Have You Ever Wondered...

- How does blood travel through your body?
- What is blood made of?
- How many different types of blood are there?

Task: Click the image below and then read the text - complete the wonder words and then test your knowledge by completing the comprehension task.

Making Connections - Write a statement / bullet point any connections you can make between the main concepts in this task and the CI and LOI's.

Sometimes it can be hard to imagine what is going on inside your body. If you’d like some help imagining what it might look like if you could see inside yourself, jump online to watch The Circulatory System movie. You can also check out the Body Basics: Heart online interactive. Have fun exploring the circulatory system from the inside out!

Wonder 2 - How much blood is in your body?

Have You Ever Wondered...

- How much blood is in your body?

- Does everyone have the same amount of blood?

- What does blood do the for the body?

Task: Click the image below and then read the text - complete the wonder words and then test your knowledge by completing the comprehension task.

Making Connections - Write a statement / bullet point any connections you can make between the main concepts in this task and the CI and LOI's.

Watch this animated video that explains how the body's circulatory system works!

SUNDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2015

TED-Ed - Term 4 Week 8 - Awesome Nature

Making sense of how life fits together - Bobbi Seleski

From something as miniscule as a cell to the biosphere we all call home, living things fit together in numerous interesting ways. Bobbi Seleski catalogs biology from our body and beyond, tracking how unicellular organisms, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and our biosphere build off of each other and work together.

1. Biological organisation is a way to organise...

2. An example of a tissue is...

3. What is an example of an organ system?

4. What is the definition of an ecosystem?

5. If you studied only one section of biological organisation, which would you study and why?

Camp Wonderopolis - Term 4 Week 8

Over the next week you will need to sign into Camp Wonderopolis and complete the following wondering.

Read the text, watch the videos and then answer the questions to earn your WONDER CARD.

Spin the WONDER WHEEL to explore important vocabulary associated to this text!

Are you ready to gain valuable intelligence? EXTEND YOUR WONDER by exploring the suggested activities with a friend or family 

Cows Eyes

Science Lab - Cow's Eye Dissection

How does your eye work? You see the world because light gets into your eyes. Your eye uses that light to make an image of the world inside your eye—just as a camera uses light to make a photograph. At the Exploratorium, we dissect cow eyes to show people how an eye functions, and look at the parts that make up an eye. Today we worked with Ms Williams to dissect a cow's eye!

We took time to explore the instructions before we set off!

WWA

Wonder 1 - Why Do Your Pupils Get Bigger in the Dark?

Have you ever wondered?
- Why do your pupils get bigger in the dark?
- Where is the pupil?
- What is the iris?

Task: Click the image below and then read the text - complete the wonder words and then test your knowledge by completing the comprehension task.

Making Connections - Write a statement / bullet point any connections you can make between the main concepts in this task and the CI and LOI's.

Wonder 2 - Why Do You Blink?

Have You Ever Wondered...
- Why do you blink?
- How many times do you blink in a minute?
- Why do you have eyelashes?

Task: Click the image below and then read the text - complete the wonder words and then test your knowledge by completing the comprehension task.

Making Connections - Write a statement / bullet point any connections you can make between the main concepts in this task and the CI and LOI's.

Have you ever experienced something that happened “in the blink of an eye”? What does that phrase mean? Based upon what you now know about blinking, do you think it’s a good metaphor? Why or why not? Try to come up with your own new “blink” saying that no one has ever heard before!

End of Year Calendar

Term 4 Week 7 Friday 27th November -
 Library books due (LC closed) 

Term 4 Week 8 Monday 30th November - Formal tickets on sale - LC - $10 from 8am -  Focus - Mahi Tahi 

 Tuesday 1st December - Formal tickets on sale - LC - $10 from 8am - Break 2 - Formal meeting - all students who are attending 

 Wednesday 2nd December - Formal tickets on sale - LC - $10 from 8am - Block 3 - School singing practice 

 Thursday 3rd December - Formal tickets on sale - LC - $10 from 8am - Formal = 7-9:30pm 

Friday 4th December - Last day for Tech / Arts / Teaming - Reports go home - All rubbish out of classrooms 

Term 4 Week 9 (New bells - 9am - 3pm) Block 1 = 9:00 - 10:30am Block 2 = 11:00 - 12:30pm Block 3 = 1:30 - 3:00pm 

 Monday 7th December (Mufti) - Big Day Out 

 Tuesday 8th December (Mufti) - Block 2 = Assembly practice - Block 3 = Clean out classrooms - Bus Students to meet at front of school for pick up 

 Wednesday 9th December (Mufti) - Block 1 = Assembly performers rehearsal - Block 2 = Assembly practice - Block 3 = Tabloids - Bus Students to meet at front of school for pick up 

Thursday 10th December (Best Uniform) - Block 1 = Speakers to practice - Block 2 (11am) = Assembly 1 - Block 3 = Move classes - TAKE HOME BELONGINGS - Bus Students to meet at front of school for pick up - NO SCHOOL BAGS AT SCHOOL TOMORROW 

 Friday 11th December (Best Uniform) - School Finishes @ 11:30am - Block 1 (9:15am) = Assembly 2 - Berkley bus departs at 12pm

Summative Task

WWA - Summative Task

Examples of adapted birds created by students Creative Creatures Create a new species of animal to meet the needs of a specific environment (decide what kind of environment your animal/creature will live in). You will need to give careful consideration to adaptations that ensure its basic needs of food, water, shelter, air, and predation are met (be sure to provide at least 3). Then either Design and create a diorama, which includes a small model of your animal, demonstrating the type environment it lives in. Include with the diorama a written report/description of the living creature/new species, the creature’s environment, its lifestyle (what it eats etc) and explain how the structural features of the animal have helped it adapt to its environment and survive. You will also need to explain something the living thing does that helps it survive. (Eg. - We’ve learned that deserts can be hot and dry. Because it lives in the desert, my pigurtle has adapted to the hot, dry climate by sleeping during the day and coming out only at night when it is cooler. It does this to help it survive. )         Your report should contain coloured illustrations of the creature with the structural adaptations labeled.         Don't forget to provide a name for your creature and a brief rationale for the name too. Or          2. Create a 3D model of your new creature/species which clearly shows the structural            features/adaptations which allow it to survive in its environment.                  Include with your model the following:  (You may choose how you wish to display this information although a report                                                                                          is something you have already had practice with and would be an                                                                                          acceptable form) a map showing the location of the new species/creature, details about the climate, and the challenges of this habitat description/explanation of the living creature/new species, the creature’s environment, its lifestyle (what it eats etc)and how the structural features of the animal have helped it adapt to its environment and survive. explanation of behavioural adaptations (something the living thing does) that helps it to survive. (Eg. - we’ve learned that deserts can be hot and dry. Because it lives in the desert, my pigurtle has adapted to the hot, dry climate by sleeping during the day and coming out only at night when it is cooler. It does this to help it survive. ) a name for your creature along with a brief rationale for the name. Things to consider: Predators , prey, and symbiotic relationships What animals can you name that live in your habitat? What structures does this animal have on its body that help it to move? How does this animal escape from predators? Does this animal hunt for its food? What structures help it to catch or eat its food? Can you think of another structure that could help this animal be a better hunter, or help it to protect itself better? Creative Creature adaptations marking rubric

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PYP - Reflection BLOB

Mrs c gren

Collaboration in action.

Sophisticated Book Ideas

Genius Hour

Sophisticated Picture Book Questions

Tooia mai

Tōia mai te waka

As part of our Focus (school assembly) presentation on Friday, we need to learn Tōia mai te waka, both the words and the actions.

Here are the words and a video of the actions (remember, you will need to practice the actions when you're facing the same way as the performers).

Tōia mai te waka nei                         
Kūmea mai te waka nei                           
Ki te takotoranga i takoto ai                    
Tiriti te mana motuhake.                      

Te tangi a te manu e                               
Pīpī-wha-rau-roa                                    
Kūi! Kūi! Kūi!                                         
Whitiwhiti ora!                                       
Hui e, tāiki e.                                          

The Beginning stages of Room 21's Picasso inspired ART form. The class are expressing their ideas through a drawing with colours. This form of ART is helping communicate their "Yesterday I had the blues" poem.

Construct 2 to 3 possible WONDER questions that address a line of Inquiry through a key concept.

Model Questions:

E.g.

1. How do we express ourselves as individuals through the clothes we wear? LOI 1 and FORM

2. What are the ideas and beliefs behind traditional tattooing in Samoa?  LOI 2 CHANGE

3.  How has POP music evolved over the years? LOI 3  CHANGE

How Dense?

Choose a task(s) to answer below. Write the number of the task you are answering.

1. Explain what the PURPOSE of the experiment was.
2. Explain the process you went through when 'FINDING OUT' what liquid was the most, or least dense.
3. Explain what happened and why? Useful scientific terms: low density, high density, mass, space, test tube, volume, matter,

Remember to write your first name under your post,  and use correct spelling and punctuation. Re-read to ensure you write what you mean to say:)

50 Phrases

What's your story?

50 Maori Phrases

Please click on this link 50 maori phrases to get to the PDF document. I challenge you to use these phrases in your home.

Checaine

ENERGY

Room 21's Finished "IPADS"

How we organise our writing

It is now time to consider our writing and how we organise this? Is it necessary to plan our writing or should we just start straight away without any planning? Why do you think this? You need to state your opinion and then back this up with 2-3 reasons why you think this.