Room 4 News: 2012

Water Fun

Just a few pictures to remember our day.

Christmas Comedy

Think of a caption or comment.
What was he thinking?

Journal Time

Thinking back over the year

What are your

Top 10

Achievements - Things you are proud of that you have done well at...

Events - Things you've enjoyed the most

Challenges - Things that where hard for you

Friends - People you have enjoyed playing with and working with.

Famous Places

Riddles

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. A PENCIL What gets wet when drying? A TOWEL
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? THE LETTER M
What is round as a dishpan, deep as a tub, and still the oceans couldn't fill it up? A SIEVE

IDIOM
Cast Iron Stomach:
Someone who has no problems, complications or ill effects with eating anything or drinking anything.

Cartoons
What's the joke?

Where in the world?

Hemisphere? Northern

Continent? North America

Country? USA

Place? NEW YORK

What is it? The Empire State Building

A Question I have is...

Empire State Building Facts

Location of Empire State Building– Midtown Manhattan, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York City.

Height –1,454 feet ( exact measurement is 1453 feet and 8 inches. or 443 meters.

Designed by– Shreve, Lamb & Harmon

Contractors of Empire state building –Starrett Bros. & Eken

Excavation started on – January 22, 1930 and construction began on 17th march , 1930.

Total time needed to construct this building was approximately 410 days.

Total cost — 41 million US dollar at that time.

Total no of floor –102 floors.

Total steps in stair – 1860 steps from ground to top.

Total area of Empire State Building –80,000 (approx) square feet east-west 425 feet and north-south 188 feet

Total 73 elevators run at a speed of 600-1500 feet/minutes

This building has 55 feet under ground.

Total weight of this building is approx. — 365,000 tons.

Total No of windows -6600.

Antenna height -205 feet and total volume about– 37-38 million cubic feet

Total 57,000 tons of steel was used to construct this Empire State Building.

17 million feets of telephone wire was used to connect entire building telephone system.

Morning Idiom

Idiom

Against The Clock:
Rushed and short on time.

Joke

Q. Why do mummies like Christmas so much?
A. Because of all the wrapping!

Riddles

I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside.

A nose
A match
Corn

Where in the world?

Hemisphere? Northern

Continent? Europe

Country? France

Place? Paris

Question?

Extra information...

Caption Competition

Think of a comment

A title

What's happening

Put words in their mouths

Idiom

Actions Speak Louder Than Words:
It's better to actually do something than just talk about it.

Where in the world?

Hemisphere? Southern

Continent? Antarctica

Country? New Zealand

Place? Scott Base

and what's this showing?

and who are these people?

Riddles and Idioms

What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house? The SUN
What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else? Cold Your Word


Idioms

A Taste Of Your Own Medicine:

When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.

Where in the world is this?

Hemisphere? Northern
Continent? North America
Country? USA
Place? The Grand Canyon - Colerado River

What is this place?
Do you know any more information about this place?

Write two questions you'd like to know the answer to

From Space

Riddles and Idioms

Riddles

What goes up and down stairs without moving?
Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.
What can you catch but not throw?

The Carpet
A Fire
A Cold

Idioms

A Piece of Cake:
A task that can be accomplished very easily.

Where in the world is this?

Hemisphere? Southern
Continent? South America
Country? Brazil
Place? Rio de Janeiro

What is this place? the statue is called the Cristo Redentor
Do you know any more information about this place?

Write two questions you'd like to know the answer to

Tuesday News

Joke of the Day

What do you do with a green monster?
Put it in the sun until it ripens!

What do you get if you cross a long-fanged, purple-spotted monster with a cat?
A town that is free of dogs.

Idioms

A Drop in the Bucket:
A very small part of something big or whole.
Where in the world is this?

Hemisphere? North
Continent? Asia
Country? China
Place? China
What is this place? Great Wall of China
Do you know any more information about this place?

Where in the World?

Joke of the Day

Why did the boy scream when he opened the fridge?
Because he saw the salad dressing.

What's the double meaning that makes this funny?

Idioms
A saying that has a meaning that means more than just the words.
A Blessing In Disguise:
Something good that isn't recognised at first.

Where in the world is this?

Hemisphere? North
Continent? Africa
Country? Egypt
Place? Giza
What is this place?
Do you know any more information about this place?

Another -ology

You'll guess this sort of science - there are some big clues in the title of the video.

What do these two films show?

Think pair share - can you spot 5 facts from each film?

What words go with this branch of science?

Hidden Words just here...

Earth Science

Geology

crust

core

rocks

crystals

fossils

volcanoes

eruptions

lava

mountains

faults

earthquakes

What Science?

This one is easy!

What is the name of this branch of science?

What tools would the scientist have used to get these pictures?

What words belong to this branch of science?

Highlight below to see...

Biology - the living world
life
plants
trees
flowers
leaves
animals
insects
bugs
living things
sea creatures
viruses
bacteria
blood
bones
brains
food
cells
microsopic
leaves
mould
mushrooms

Time to tidy up some loose ends and recap our thinking-

Have you completed your observation diagram from yesterday's dissolving experiment?

We need to write a short observation statement about the flour and salt in water. What happened...

We need to write a conclusion about the dissolving experiment - I think that...

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CSI - Mission - Crack the case

What Sort of Science?

Use your Focused Thinker skills

Use your observation skills

NOW

Watch this video...

I don't believe it!

What happened?

Why did that happen?

What do we call this?

What branch of science is this?

What words go with this sort of science?

Highlight to find out more...

Chemistry

chemicals

elements eg. hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, iron,

what things are made of

substances

materials

reactions

properties = the qualities of a material

scientists mix, heat and burn things to find out about their properties

What Science?

Watch this short video and think about what sort of science this is.

What is the name we use for this sort of science?

What is the BIG IDEA that this scientist has just had?

What might you want to test or try to find out more about this BIG IDEA?

What words belong to this branch of science?
Add your thinking to your Learning Journal.
Highlight below to see...
Physics - Physical World - how things interact, move and change. The science of natural forces. Natural phenomena.
electricity
light
gravity
temperature
forces
energy
astronomy
planets
atoms
magnets

In the Shadows!

It didn't go dark or anything
but there was something
about the brightness of the light
that made you feel like you where in a shadow

Everyone was gathering in the junior playground
taking turns
to look at the Sun
through some special viewers we had been loaned

No one was really prepared for the sight

When I first looked through the viewer
I felt surprised and delighted at the same time
The image was so clear
and the Moon seemed 3D.

As I looked around
at the other people
taking their first look at the eclipse
I saw the same delight and surprised expressions on their face's

What surprised me most
was the crescent shaped forms
between the shadows
under the trees

Take a look for yourself