Summer Learning Journey Week 3 - Day 3 - Activity 2

Activity 2: Flying Foxes

If you could have a superpower, what would it be? If I could choose, I would like to be able to fly. It would make it possible for me to fly back to Canada and visit my family whenever I wanted. How amazing would that be?!

On your blog, tell us what superpower you would like to have and why you’d like to have it.

My Superpower would be Speed because I would be able to run to school and back, I would also be able to save things from falling

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 - Day 3 - Activity 1

Activity 1: Bird of the Year!

On your blog, write a short description of your bird. Where does your bird normally live? What does your bird normally eat?  Post a picture of the bird underneath your description. Be sure to attribute your picture properly.

The Kārearea (New Zealand Falcon) - 

The New Zealand falcon or kārearea in Māori is New Zealand's only falcon.

They normally live in forests, they eat Carrion which is the flesh of dead animals. They are found in the North Island but mainly South of Hamilton.

 

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Activity 3: Flying Fung

Let’s imagine that we tested the air in your classroom and found 7 different kinds of mould. Eek! The cleaner says that it takes 5 days for each mould to be eradicated (removed). If the school had to remove each mould one at a time, how long would it take to remove all the mould from the classroom?

On your blog, tell us how you would solve this tricky maths problem. Be sure to also post your final answer in days or weeks.

There is 7 different kind of moulds. It takes 5 days for each mould to be eradicated.

1 of the moulds would take 5 days. 5 x 5 = 25, 2 x 5 =10. 25 + 10 =35

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 - Day 2 - Activity 2

Activity 2: Carbon Sinks Don’t Stink!

Let’s imagine that you could design a sink that could gather up and then drain away any foods that you don’t like. On your blog, tell us what you would put in your special sink. If it was me, I would put rice pudding, brussel sprouts, custard, parsnips, and seafood chowder in the sink. Yuck! What about you?

On your blog, list all of the foods that you would put in your special draining sink..

Food I would put in my special draining sink would be -

• Leftover food
• Some vegetables

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 - Day 2 - Activity 1

Activity 1: Bee Informed

To earn full points for this activity you must type all five sentences and then fill in the blanks for each one. Post the completed sentences on your blog.

Unbee-lievable Facts about Bumblebees

• The word ‘bumblebee’ is a compound word (bumble + bee). The word ‘bumble’ means to _________hum,buzz, or drone______________.
• Bumblebees can fly very quickly. They can reach ground speeds of ___54____ kilometres per hour (km/h).
• Bumblebees are very strong! They carry up to __90_ percent of their body weight in food with them to avoid starvation.
• Bumblebees can do more work and carry more pollen than other bees, including honeybees. In fact, they can do up to   __50____ times as much work as a normal honeybee.
• The number of bumblebees is declining in New Zealand due to a number of factors, including the  _________removal of wildflowers and flowering trees, habitat loss, and extensive use of pesticides.____________.

Phrase/Words/Numbers

...50                 ...90 ...removal of wildflowers and flowering trees, habitat loss, and extensive use of pesticides. ...hum, buzz, or drone                 ...54

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Activity 3: Burning Up…

For this activity, you are asked to use this information to create a graph. The graph should have a title along with the names of each city and their hottest recorded temperatures. You can draw the graph by hand or use a computer programme like Google Draw to create your graph. It’s completely up to you!

On your blog, post a picture of your graph.

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Activity 2: You are my Sunshine

On your blog, list five different things that we can do to protect ourselves from the sun this summer!

To stay sun smart you need to -

• Go to a tree
• Put on sunscreen
• Wear a hat
• Wear some sunglasses
• Stay in some shade