This week in class we are learning a few things to do with Location. To help us get started we will be doing Google Street View Treasure Hunt.
The google image below is a an interactive map starting from Macquarie St in Sydney, near the Opera House. Click on the white square in the top right hand corner, this will make it full screen, and then use the white arrows to move around the city. If you want to turn around click on the arrows in the top left corner. You can only go were the roads are.
The Treasure Hunt
While navigating through the city you need to find each of the following items. Once you find an item record the street number, if available, and the street name (top left corner). Post your answers in the comments and points will be awarded. When someone finds an item they receive the points and then the item is crossed off the list so no one else can earn points for that item.
Myths and Legends is a website that lets you write interesting stories with the use of a great storyboarding tool. You are provided with ready made characters, objects, speech bubbles, settings, sound effects and the ability to upload your own images to create your story. You can manipulate objects to fit your story by flipping and resizing and you can write up to ten chapters.
If you can pour solids like flour or sugar and liquids like water or oil, what’s the difference between them?
Well, if you look closely at the flour or the sugar, you will see that it is made up of tiny pieces – solid pieces – just as solid as a lump of metal or a rock. In fact, a salt crystal and a big lump of rock salt are both the same material – it’s just that one is bigger than the other. And you wouldn’t argue that a chunk of rock salt was a liquid!
When you pour liquids – even thick liquids like runny honey – they always end up with a flat top. But solids often pour to make a low hill – like a volcano – as the bits stack up on each other.
Solids can become liquids when they melt. They are still the same material, but they have changed state. They can harden and solidify again.
Some solids can dissolve in liquids – and some liquids can dissolve in other liquids. You know they have dissolved because the two are totally mixed. In any drop of the solution, you will find both materials. Often, the solution is clear – light passes through it. There are no lumps to stop it.
Some solids do not dissolve in liquids. They may sink to the bottom. They may float in the liquid. They are undissolved. You can filter them out.
Click here or the image below to learn more about the ‘Material World’.
Materials are the ’stuff’ the world is made up of. Materials are all different. Some are strong, or hard, or transparent. Some are weak, or soft, or opaque.
Below are some fun BBC Science activities that will give you a better understanding about the States of Matter (Solids, Liquids and Gases). They don’t take long, though you should play them in order from first to last.
Entries are NOW OPEN for the Final 2010 Schools Writing Competition. Students from all over Australia are invited to enter their short stories OR poems and battle it out for the great cash prizes on offer!
Submit work on ANY TOPIC and in ANY STYLE.There is no theme, though they are looking for stories and poems that really GRAB them.
Today in class we discussed that solids, liquids and gases are made of little particles (see Raspberry Spider post). We looked at how these particles can change from one state to another and that this change requires heat, cold or some form of catalyst. A simple example of a catalyst would be jelly crystals, add them to water and the jelly will turn from a liquid in to a solid.
The Bouncy Ball was created by mixing water with a crystal catalyst.
Scholastic have this wonderful tool to help you get ideas for your writing. Begin by typing your name and selecting grade level. Next, click the handle on the right and watch the four wheels spin. When it stops, it will provide an idea for a story. If, for some reason, you don’t like a particular wheel, spin that wheel again. Next, pick the format for the story: notebook, letter, newspaper or postcard. You may add a drawing to the story as well. When finished with your writing, you can print it and bring it to school.
Click here or on the image below to go to the Story Starter website.
When I was growing up my favourite drink was a raspberry float (raspberry spider), not because I wanted to do science, it just tasted great. Next term our Science unit is going to be ‘Solids, Liquids and Gases’ and a fun way to get started is to create one of these drinks at home.
Creating a gas (or Making a Raspberry Spider)
Ingredients
Raspberry Soda (Liquid)
Vanilla Ice-cream (Solid)
Tall glass/plastic cup
warm day
Fill your class with one scoop of vanilla ice-cream and then slowly add some raspberry soda. Once you start adding the soda you will notice a great deal of fizzing. This fizz is a gas called CO2 (Carbon Dioxide).
Think about:
Do you know how we got CO2 gas from soda and ice-cream?
Do you know of ways to make a gas out of a solid or liquid?
Can you make a solid from a liquid? How?
What other types of gas do you know of?
Note: Other flavours work well too.
Gases, Liquids and Solids
Gases, liquids and solids are all made up of particles (atoms, molecules, and/or ions), but the behaviours of these particles differ in each state. The following figure illustrates the microscopic differences.
GAS LIQUID SOLID
Particles in a:
gas are well separated with no regular arrangement.
liquid are close together with no regular arrangement.
solid are tightly packed, usually in a regular pattern.
Particles in a:
gas vibrate and move freely at high speeds.
liquid vibrate, move about, and slide past each other.
solid vibrate (jiggle) but generally do not move from place to place.
Mandala (मण्डल) is a Sanskritword that means “circle”. In Tibetan Mandala Sand Painting is called dul-tson-kyil-khor, which literally means “mandala of colored powders”. They are key part of anuttarayoga tantra meditation practices. Below is a short video showing some monks creating a very complex Mandala.
On Friday (last day of school) we had a go at creating a Mandala with pencils/textas and everyone seemed to enjoy the quiet meditation time. Below are some more templates that you can use during the holidays. If you are really keen, you can try making your own Sand Mandala using salt and food colouring or powdered dye.
To celebrate Education Week, Term 3 Week 3- August 2nd-6th, Years 3, 4 and 5 will be hosting a night of performing arts in our school hall, to the theme of ‘Music through the Ages’. All performances will start at 6:30pm and be finished by 7:45pm. Students will be required at school, in their classroom at 6:10pm.
Year 3 and 4 will perform their show together over two nights, Monday 2nd August and Wednesday 4th August, to accommodate a greater volume of parents. All students from Year 3 and 4 classes will be required to be at both performances. 3LU and 3-6JW will be performing on Monday night only. The audience nights are as follows:
Parents and relatives of 3K, 3/4C, 4B and 3R are invited to be our audience for the Monday night.
Parents and relatives of 3S, 4R, 4K, 3LU and 3-6JW are invited to be our audience for the Wednesday night.
Year 5 classes will perform their show on Tuesday night 3rd August. All parents and relatives of Year 5 classes are invited to attend on this evening.
There will be no allocated seating and no cost to enter. There will be programs for sale for at the door. Doors will open at 6:15pm. Each student will be required to wear a specific costume for their performance. We would like to give you plenty of notice to collect/borrow or buy the bits and pieces that your child needs.
COSTUME REQUIREMENTS:
The following are some examples of the look we want for each character.
We would like to have a dress rehearsal in Week 2. Year 3 and 4 will require their costume on Tuesday 27th July. Year 5 will require their costume on Friday 30th July.
Thanking you in anticipation for your help in this matter. We look forward to seeing you at one of our shows.
If you can pour solids like flour or sugar and liquids like water or oil, what’s the difference between them?
Today in class we discussed that solids, liquids and gases are made of little particles (see 
Scholastic have this wonderful tool to help you get ideas for your writing. Begin by typing your name and selecting grade level. Next, click the handle on the right and watch the four wheels spin. When it stops, it will provide an idea for a story. If, for some reason, you don’t like a particular wheel, spin that wheel again. Next, pick the format for the story: notebook, letter, newspaper or postcard. You may add a drawing to the story as well. When finished with your writing, you can print it and bring it to school.
When I was growing up my favourite drink was a raspberry float (raspberry spider), not because I wanted to do science, it just tasted great. Next term our Science unit is going to be ‘Solids, Liquids and Gases’ and a fun way to get started is to create one of these drinks at home.
Mandala (मण्डल) is a 
Dear Parents,
