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Wednesday 2 January 2019

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 2 Activities

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  __________habitat loss, removal of wildflowers, and flowering trees___________.
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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Every day a chemical compound called carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced and released into the air.  If it isn’t removed, it can become toxic for humans. Fortunately, there are a number of places where CO2 is absorbed (removed from the air). Two of the most common places are forests and oceans. They are called ‘carbon sinks’ because, like a sink, they gather, clean and drain things away that we don’t want. One of the largest carbon sinks in New Zealand is a forest in the south-western part of the South Island. It drains away 60% of our unwanted carbon!
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.
1. Tomato Sauce
2. Rice
3. Corn Chowder
4. Soup meat
5. Pasta Salad
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In the middle of winter it can get quite wet and damp in New Zealand, can’t it? When it gets really damp, it is common for things like mould and fungi to start to grow. We can often see them on the walls, ceilings or floors of our houses or outside on footpaths, buildings or roadways. Some types of mould and fungi are so small that they can’t be seen. Some of these tiny fungi/mould can be found in the air. They are called ‘airborne fungi’ and they can be unhealthy for us.
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?
The answer for this problem is 35 because you time the 7 different kinds of mould and theen times it by the 5 days you are going to remove the moulds.
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For the Summer Learning Journey I have completed Week 3 Day 2 activities. For this weeks the activities were based on what food you would put in your special drain sink, answer a maths problem based on moulds, and filling blanks about bumblebees. I really enjoyed thi s weeks Summer Learning Journey activities. 

12 comments:

  1. Greetings Ofa,
    You have caught up Fast! You need to re read your blurb because their are a few mistakes. What activity did you enjoy more? My favorite activity you did was the second one.

    Keep it up your doing so well! :)

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  2. Hi Ofa,

    Happy New Year to you!!!

    I've had a great time reading all the blogs up to this point. I'm very impressed with your work! I didn't know that about bumblebees and the speed they can fly! That's faster than a car in the inner city!
    I did know about bees and bumblebees numbers going down. What do you think we can do to stop this? As we know bees are good for the environment.

    Great maths, too.

    Keep up the great blogging and talk to you soon,
    - Lee



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  3. Hi Ofa!
    I really like your activities. Are you going to complete the whole of the programme? Hope you get something for getting this far!
    Keep up the great work Ofa! - Florence

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  4. Hello Ofa! Creative way of showing your complete activities. It's great seeing you posting your work frequently. Which of the three was the easiest to finish? Keep it up!

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  5. Hello Ofa,

    What a creative way to show you completed activities for each day. This is smart. Next time I would do this because it is a really smart way. I did these activities too. Did you enjoy these activities?

    Keep it Up!

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  6. Hello Ofa,
    Wow three posts in one post!, Thats incredible!. You are doing such a great job in the Summer Learning Journey!. Was it hard doing these activitys?. Anyways keep it up!.

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  7. Hi Ofa!,
    Great work on completing all three of the activities for day 2 of week 3. It's good that you've been working on the Summer Learning Journey activities. Which activity was the funnest?
    Keep Up The Good Work!

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  8. Hey Ofa,
    I can see you put a lot of effort into these activities. I didn't actually know until I saw this activity that the number of bees we have is going down because you can still see them everywhere! Bees are very useful too as you can use their wax and the honey they make for different things. We should definitely do something to help the bees before they're gone.
    Keep up the good work,
    Alex

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  9. Hi Ofa
    I have just returned from my holiday and have had a look through your SLJ activities. Great to see you have been taking part in the SLJ learning challenges. Which was your favourite activity? I found it interesting to read that bumble bees carry up to 90 percent of their body weight in food with them to avoid starvation. What an interesting fact to share. What was the fact you found most interesting? Keep up the great work :)

    Mrs A

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  10. Hello Ofa,

    My name is Araura and I am from Wesley Primary School.

    First of all congratulations on your amazing post. I will say I am impressed. For me it was hard to figure out the correct answer, Don't you think? Maybe next time you can add a few pictures.

    Did you enjoy this Activity? I know I did :)

    Keep up the brilliant work Ofa,

    By Araura

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