Tuesday 25 February 2014
Xtramaths
Sunday 23 February 2014
How the Contents can Help
The table of contents lists the chapters and other main parts of the book. It is helpful because it gives you a general idea about the book so you know which chapters apply to your research. Below is an example from a book about the moon.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 The size of the moon in relation to the earth 5
Chapter 2 How the moon influences Earth’s tides 17
Chapter 3 Full, half, and quarter moons 31
Chapter 4 The lunar landscape: craters, mountain ranges, plains and faults 45
Chapter 5 The maria of the moon 57
Chapter 6 Theories about the origins of the moon 69
Chapter 7 Lunar geology 77
Chapter 8 The moon and the age of the telescope 89
Chapter 9 Spacecraft and their impact on our knowledge of the moon 103
Chapter 10 The Apollo programme 119
Index 135
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Before you start highlight 4 words you don’t know and look them up in the dictionary.
Faults - (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults
Lunar- of, determined by, relating to, or resembling the moon
Maria- a large, level basalt plain on the surface of the moon, appearing dark by contrast with highland areas
Geology- the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it..
Answer these questions from the contents page above:
Which two chapters will have the most information about human beings travelling to the moon? 9 & 10
Which three chapters will tell you about aspects of the moon in relation to the earth? 3, 1 & 5
Which three chapters will tell you things about the surface of the moon?
4, 5 &
Which chapter will tell you the most about the Earth’s tides? 2
Thursday 20 February 2014
I hear
When i think of the mall,
I hear
Shopping bags rattering,
chattering on the phone.
Children blowing bubbles with their drinks,
footsteps of a leopard.
End of the day speaker.
Slow motion chit chat,
quiet as a funeral.
Doors opening,
doors closing.
All silence, all leave.
Staff pushing trolleys,
splashing of water and mop.
Windows being rubbed,
soft breathing.
And there, outside the playground
As if it had never ceased to be
But only needed listening to
The clicking of cicadas, in the warming sunlight.
Sunday 16 February 2014
Why do we celebrate Waitangi Day?
Waitangi Day is a public holiday on the 6th of January, 1840. It has been a public holiday since 1957, first officially commemorate in 1934. For Maori, the day was for reflecting on the treaty. It is to remember that the day that the Maori and the Pakeha signed the treaty and shared privileges. Everyone gets a day off.
You might have wondered why they have a treaty? At first when the early settlers came to New Zealand, they wanted to live here. But the Maori didn’t want them to live on their land, and so an idea of a treaty came along. The British Governor made laws that Maori can follow and be protected, while the British can come and live on their lands.
It is signed by Maori chiefs and European settlers in the Treaty house (which belongs to James Busby), in the Bay of Plenty. William Hobson was the co-author of the treaty, with the help of his secretary James Freeman and James Busby, owner of the Treaty house. The first chief to sign the treaty was Hone Heke, along with some 40 other chiefs before the day William Hobson planned to start signing the treaty. Afterwards about 530 - 540 chiefs signed the treaty too.
My favourite part about Waitangi Day is I get to have a day off!
Wednesday 12 February 2014
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Monday 10 February 2014
Sunday 9 February 2014
Today's Number
Today’s Number:
420
Write it in words
Four hundred and twenty
Write it as an expanded number
400 + 20
Add 3
423
+ 25
445
Subtract 5
415
- 17
403
Next 3 even numbers
421, 423, 425
Double it
840
Last 4 odd numbers
419, 417, 415, 413
Half of it
210
10% of it is
42
25% of it is
105
⅓ of it is
140
Multiply by 6
2520
x by 4
1680
Divide by 4
420
÷ by 6
70
I learnt that 25% of 420 is 105.
The easiest part was writing it in expanded number,
the hardest part was 420 divided by 6.
Thursday 6 February 2014
I know someone...
I Know Someone...
I know someone who can
fling chocolate in the air
and snatch it with their mouth.
I know someone who can
be a silent mouse.
I know someone who can
lick their nose with their tongue.
I know someone who can
make their index and little finger touch.
I know someone who can
be as sneaky as a snake.
I know someone who can
glide their top lip left
and their bottom lip right.
I know someone who can
sway like a monkey.
I know someone who can
make their wrist and ring finger meet
I know someone who can
make 100 lucky stars in one day.
I know someone who can
do hula hoops non-stop
and that someone is
ME!
Today's Number
Today’s Number:
360
Write it in words
three hundred and sixty
Write it as an expanded number
300 + 60
Add 3
363
+ 25
385
Subtract 5
355
- 17
343
Next 3 even numbers
362, 364, 366
Double it
720
Last 4 odd numbers
359, 357, 355, 353
Half of it
180
10% of it is
36
25% of it is
90
⅓ of it is
120
Multiply by 6
2160
x by 4
1440
Divide by 4
90
÷ by 6
60
The easiest part was ÷ by 6.
The hardest part was multiplying by 6.
I need to work on subtraction, multiplying and percentages.
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