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It is hard to believe we are beginning June next week. The students have been busy learning the last concepts of Grade 4. In math, students completed their graphs and pictographs. They learned how if we change the scale and legends our visual representation can look quite different. Ask them what their results were from their survey data. In class, students learned a dice game called pig. All you need is two dice. The objective of the game is to get a score of 100. You roll the dice and add both of them together. You then choose to roll again and add your next roll to the previous or save the points from the first roll. You can roll as many times as you like in a row. BEWARE if you roll a 1 you lose all points from that round. If you roll double 1s (snake eyes) you lose all points from every round. Who will be the first to 100? Students also engaged in one of the largest math problems they have seen. It was a bedroom painting scenario that included: surface area, fractions, decimals and numerous computations. Here is the PowerPoint below to see what sorts of questions they are working through.
This week students researched a variety of topics about plant reproduction. They then needed to apply their research into 4 different scientific scenarios. The scenarios are posted below.
Science Challenge: Find me the most interest plant ever. Why is it so interesting? What makes it different from other plants?
Mine is the old growth Redwoods or Sequoia. Any plant that has ages spanning into the 1 000 years is something to spend some time investigating. These trees can have a diameter of 7 meters, can grow almost 75+ meters call and weigh more than 700 000 kg per tree! Can you find a more interesting tree than that? Information found: https://www.livescience.com/39461-sequoias-redwood-trees.html
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AuthorHello, My name is Mr. Baker and this is my third year at NCS teaching Math and Science. Please visit my blog regularly for updates on what is being done in the class as well as for extra support with your learning. Archives
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