Geometry Fun

Mini Geometry Project:

1. Draw a 10cm X 10cm box.
 Inside this create a shape using geometrical shapes.

2. Repeat your shape (Tesselate), use colour to show the pattern you have mode more carefully
    NEXT draw/show the following on your design 1. Lines of reflective symmetry
                                                                                  ii. Centre point of rotation
                                                                                 iii. translation of your shape
                                                                                  iv. enlargement
                                                                                  v. reduction

3. Show rotations of your shape.
                                                 i. 1/4 turn clockwise
                                               ii. 270 deg. right
                                               iii. 90 deg. anticlockwise
                                                iv. 45 deg clockwise  (Draw and label these)

4. 3-D Attempt to draw your shape in 3-D depth, height,width.
   Then draw the shape from the following perspectives , top, front, left.

5. Label the part of your 3-D shape with these words   face, vertices, edge

6. Creat a net of your shape and make it.

READING TASK:

Read the following extract and then do the activities that follow:

"The Rain Came" by John Marsden
The very next day the rain came, good soaking rain that filled the dams and greened the country, even if it was too late to give us much feed. But I never found out if the heifers got in calf or not, because less than a month after that the soldiers invaded and normal life ended forever. There was no time then for for carefully culling poor performers as part of a long-term programme to improve the fertility of the breed. No time for long-term programmes of any kind.From the time the bombers roared overhead and the tanks and convoys rolled down our highways, there was time for one thing only and that was survival. All our energy went on that.

Sometimes there didn't even seem much point to it. Why go through hunger, cold,exhaustion,burns,bullet wounds,the death of family and friends, when at the end of the day the invasion had been so successful that we had nothing to look forward to anyway?

From: The Night is for Hunting, Pan Macmillan, Australia.

1. What country do you think this story was set in? Justify your answer with any evidence you feel you have acquired to support it.
2. When do you believe these events occurred? Why do you think that?
3. Describe what life would have been like up until the invasion.
4. How do you think life would have been altered at the end of the invasion?
5. What steps would the author have to take to try and recover the farm and it's function to pre-invasion days.


VOCABULARY:
Copy the words and beside each one write their meaning as you understand them to mean, then select 4 to write the dictionary meaning of them, how close is your understanding?

e.g. soaking: Me  Getting wet right through.
                      Dictionary: completely wet.

soldiers                                                 convoys                                     wounds
culling                                                   survival                                     invasion
fertility                                                  exhaustion                                 successful

COMPREHENSION
Using evidence from the text to form your answers, complete these:
a. The rain came too late to do what?
b. What does culling poor performers mean?
c. Do you think the author sounds happy and up beat, or unhappy and downcast? Give reasons for your answer.

DECISIONS I MAKE

I have Decided.

Based on yourself and items that have had an impact on you, complete the following tasks.

FAMILY FUN

Make a list of the 20 best things your family does together.
e.g.
My brother and I go fishing together.
We go to the beach for picnics in the summer.

FAMILY COMPARISONS

List 20 differences between you and your parents.

e.g.

Dad likes watching the news and I don't.

Mum likes my room to be tidy and I don't.

MY CHOICE

Things I do not want to ever say to my children:
e.g.
No, you can't have a puppy.

Brain Storms by Tony Ryan

1. The World's Tallest Building

As one of the world's most famous engineers, you have been asked to design a building thst would be the tallest on Earth. This building needs to be constructed to solve a serious land shortage problem in the city.

YOUR TASK

Using one sheet of newsprint and some masking tape, construct the highest possible model of this superbuilding. It should remain standing for at least one minute, but cannot be attached to the ground with tape.

Suggestion:  The design of your foundations


2. The Cockroach Protection Device

A nanotechnologist has blasted you  with a reducing ray, and you have shrunk to the size of an ant. You suddenly notice a cockroach in the distance , and it immediately starts to chase you.


YOUR TASK

Construct a device that will protect you from the cockroach, and will also force the giant insect to go away.

"Famous" is our next Study.
To choose your "Famous person, place,or item " to study, Go through these questions they may help with your focus idea.

1. Who do you think is the most famous male actor?
2. Who do you think is the most famous female actress?
3. Who do you think is the most famous author?
4. Who do you think is the most famous rock singer?
5. Who do you think is the most famous  rap singer?
6. Which group do you think is the most famous singing group of all time?
7. Who do you think is the most famous military person of all time?
8. Who is the famous ballerina that has a NZ Iconic dessert maned after her?
9. Name a famous NZ Sports Captain.
10. Name a famous NZ Beach.
11. Name a famous  NZ sportsman or sports woman.
12. Name a famous NZ explorer.
13.What is the most Famous NZ Bird?
14. What is a famous NZ reptile?
15. Name a famous NZ tourist destination.
16. Who do you think is the most famous book character of all time?
17. Who do you think is the most famous animal of all time?
18. Name one of the "Seven Wonders of the World".
19. Name a Greek or Roman God.
20. Name a Famous Maori Legend.
21. Name a famous NZ Singer.
22.Which NZer do you associate with Shotput?
23. Which NZer do you associate with swimming?
24. Which NZer do you associate with Cricket?
25. Which NZer do you associate with BMX?
26. Which NZer do you associate with Sailing?
27. Which NZer do you associate with Basketball?
28. Which NZer is famous in the world of politics?
29. Name a famous brand of car.
30. Who is the most famous person in the world.?

N.Z. ICONS....... KIWIANA

1.List as many Items of Kiwiana as you can. 

2. Find the towns that have on display large Icons as focal displays in their town and mark on a map of NZ.

3. Research the history behind some Kiwi Icons, how did they develop ?, why did they become such an integral part of Kiwiana?, why are they specific to NZ?.

4. Why is there some dispute between the ownership of the following items between Australia and NZ,  a. Phar Lap (Racehorse)   b. pavlova    c. Crowded House (band)

Commonwealth Games Term 3 2014 Week 2 - 3

From each section do a minimum of one of my activities, and design an activity of your own to fit the Thinking -Skills Focus, or do two from each section.
Here is a link for Study Ladder for extra Commonwealth Games Activities 
www.studyladder.co.nz/guides/commonwealth-games


REMEMBERING AND UNDERSTANDING;

1. Use an A -Z key to list as many sports as you can think of.
2. Brainstorm a list of words to do with the Commonwealth Games. Use them in an Acrostic or line poem.
3. Make a wall display about the Commonwealth Games and add your own captions to pictures and articles.
4. Design a word search or crossword using as many words as you can around the topic of the Commonwealth Games.
5. On a map of the world, mark the countries represented at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow.
6. The answer is "Commonwealth Games". What are five questions?

APPLYING

1. Organise some events that you could run as a class mini-games for one of our year 7 & 8 rooms. Ensure they are events that can compare the students efforts with the best athletes in the world.
2. Select a sport that is being competed at the Commonwealth Games. Write a competitor's diary that covers the week leading up to and including the day the final is held.
3. Make up some fun "specifically Kiwi" events that we could add to a Commonwealth Games hosted by NZ.
4. If animals could also be in a team, what events would you add?

ANALYSING

1. Collect and classify pictures from the Commonwealth Games in as many ways as you can.
2. Use a program of events to graph the number of events held on each day of the games.
3. Describe the similarities and differences between three events of your choosing. Use a Venn diagram to display your ideas.
4. Survey the class on the events they like and those they feel should be omitted from future Olympic Games.
5. Can you walk as fast as a swimmer can swim over 1500 metres.
6. Name 5 things you will never see at the Commonwealth Games, offer reasons why.

EVALUATING

1. Which event, in your opinion, most captures the "spirit" of the Commonwealth Games? Why?
2. Pretend you won a medal in your favourite sport. Write a letter home describing how you felt as you received your award.
3. Discuss the problem of drug taking in sport. Why do you think some competitors are prepared to risk taking drugs?
4. Do a PMI on the Commonwealth Games as you look for ways that things may be improved for the next Olympic Games.
5. What is your opinion on the statement "The opening and closing ceremony is just a waste of time and money"

CREATING

1. Compose a song for a favourite event or competitor.
2. Draw a cartoon showing a new Commonwealth Games event and add a caption.
3. Create a Board Game about the Commonwealth Games.
4. Make a wacky recipe for a food or drink that will make an athlete perform better.
5. Use the BAR technique to design a better running shoe, swimsuit or piece of equipment.