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

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

1. The Carpet
2. A Fire
3. 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

Recent Experiments

Magic Candle
See this experiment in slow motion.
Can you see what's happening now?
What's your HYPOTHESIS?

Look out for the solor eclipse at morning tea today!

Solar Eclipse

Tomorrow
The Sun will vanish!

Check out this link for more information.

Thinking Science

Scientist...?

Key Skills of a Scientist

investigate, experiment, explore

curious, make observations, look, listen, touch, taste, smell measure, find connections 

predict

have theories

make discoveries

test ideas

What's the science?

What's happening in the picture?

Science Fortnight

Over the next two weeks we will be finding out about some scientific ideas and what it means to be a scientist.

First think questions - copy the question into your journal and then write down what you think.

Highlight to see the questions below

What is science?

What do scientists do?

What skills do you need to be a scientist?

How do you do experiments?

Do you know any science words?

Technology Last Look

Choose one of these PMI reviews

PMI - Technology - Picture starters

The Good
The Bad
and
 The Ugly

Technology

+Plus	Interesting	-Minus
Medicine helps people it can save lives and help people live longer TV entertains you in your home	Some people like to have the latest gadgets It's interesting that technology brings the world closer like when there is a disaster and you find out about it but cant do anything to help	Some things on TV are scary Technology has caused problems in the world like...

PMI - Shoes - Picture starters

Focus on Shoes

+Plus	Interesting	-Minus
They stop my feet from hurting Shoes help me to...	You can fasten them with zips, with laces and with velcro	My dad's shoes are....

News Review

Thinking About My Learning

Sentence Starters

Three things that I'm learning from doing our class contract are...
1.
2.
3.

PMI Thinking

Use the PMI framework to consider this idea.

One morning you get up for school to discover that all the adults have gone!

What would this mean for you?

What would you have to do for yourself?

What could you do?

What couldn't you do?

Group discussion - 5 minutes own thinking - then share ideas with a buddy.

+Plus	Interesting	-Minus

Writing Topic Ideas for the Week

Ilam Fair

School Athletics Day

Fireworks

Write a short paragraph that recreates a moment in time.  

Remember to describe thoughts, feelings, sights, sounds, smells.

Create a picture in the mind of the reader.