The 3/4F students had some wonderful suggestions to include on our blog so here they are!!! Thanks for all the suggestions and please suggest any other things you would like to see on the blog!

A Pacman styled maths game!!

http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-math-man/index.html

The Magic School Bus Website

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/

Cool Maths Games for Kids

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Woodlands Maths and Literacy

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/literacy/index.htm

Literacy Resources

http://www.storylineonline.net/

This is a great website! On it you can listen to some famous actors read stories we love like the rainbow fish. Take note of how they use expression when they are reading!!

What is your favourite season?

Click to vote on which season is your favourite!

Why day & night and the seasons happen!

Today the 3/4F students did a fantastic job making a model of the  Earth and demonstrating how the Earth spins on its axis and rotates around the Sun. 

Students highlighted:

• Why the Earth has seasons.
• What causes day and night.
• Why the North and South Poles have extra long days in summer and extra long nights in winter.
• Why the sun rises in Melbourne before it rises in Perth.

What things do you learn during this session 3/4F?
Please add what you learnt to the wall below.

Videos and games about the Earth!

Here are some videos and a game about the Earth

The Earth's Seasons
These videos are about the Earth's tilt, rotation, night and day, and the seasons.

Volcano video
This video is from national geographic and connects to our questions about what is inside the earth.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/forces-of-nature-kids/volcanoes-101-kids/

Earth science
This game is about how the Earth has changed over time.
Pangaea was raised in our discussion about the Earth.
See if you can identify the modern continents from this map of Earth from 250 million years ago.

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/pangaea/Pangaea_game.html

Maths Games on decimals

This week in 3/4 F we will be focusing on decimals in maths. Here are some online games you can play to test your skills with decimals.

Decimals on a number line test
http://www.softschools.com/math/decimals/decimal_number_line/

Ordering decimals- Scroll down to find it!
http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/decimal-game.html

Really tough ordering decimals games
http://themathgames.com/our-games/decimal-games/place-value/decimal-place-value-math-game

http://www.softschools.com/math/ordering_numbers/ordering_decimals/

A really tough rounding decimals game
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/decimals/scooterQuestDecRound.htm . 

Please share the games you liked and the strategies you used in the games!!!

Magic School Bus Volcano Game

Here is a quick maze game to play related to some of the questions we had about the Earth.

We will be using some of the information from this game to write information reports during the week.

Remember to read the information in the text box as you go through the Earth's surface!!!!!!

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/volcano/index.htm

The Earth's Surface & Rotations

This week the class started their new inquiry unit on The Earth's Surface and Rotations.

Students explored all the things they know about the topic then came up with some questions they would like to find our the answer to.

These included:

Why does the earth spin?

How earthquakes and tsunamis happen?

What is inside the earth?

Over the remainder of the term students will investigate these, and many other, questions and find answers to them. 

This week our focus will be on:

• How the earth's rotation causes night and day.
• What the earth is made of.

Post questions and discoveries on our Wall Wisher!!

If anyone has any more ideas on what they would like to know about the Earth or if you discover something new please post it on our Wall Wisher Below.

Remember to change the name of the person posting a note from anonymous to your first name so we know who is posting.