Week 6 - Saturn

Well done on everyone who put in a little extra effort with their homework. This week we are looking at Saturn.

Year 6 students are off to Heretaunga Intermediate on Monday.

The Yankees will be working on their reading projects this week. It is due on Friday.

You have to find 10 bits of information about Jupiter. Mr Dufty has seven questions for you to find the answers to. You only have to think of three more.

1. What gives Saturn its amazing rings? What are the made of and how do they stay there?
2. What is the length of one year and one day on Saturn compared to Earth? 
3. Who discovered Saturn?
4. How big is Saturn's biggest moon, called Titan, compared to Earth?
5. How did Saturn get its name?
6. Does Saturn have any Moons?
7. What is the main gas in Saturn's atmosphere and could we live there?

These links will give you the answers.

http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-saturn.html

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets/saturn.html

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/saturn.htm

http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/saturn.htm

A great search engine for your homework.

http://www.safesearchkids.com

When looking for information on each project don't type in the questions into google - you will not find what you are looking for. A search engine (Google) is design to find all the websites which have the words or words you ask it to find. If you type in the word 'Saturn' you will get 128,000,000 possible websites! The the first website is not always the best!

Use a safe kids search and type in the word 'Jupiter'. It will find the best sites to give you information on the planet Mars for students.

Mr Dufty's Rules for a Mini-Project.

• Plan it first!!! Your homework book is for your best publishing.
• Make your presentation fun BUT full of information! Show pride and complete your project with your best presentation. Mr Dufty can tell when you have rushed or haven't finished!! A great piece of presentation has information and pictures.
• Don't copy what you find - write in your own words! This is stealing!!
• Use all the space you have so make it fun and interesting.

Get Mum or Dad to check that you have answered all the questions. Ask them for some help, as they will know lots of stuff!

Multiplication Focus this week is your 8 timetables.

http://tablestest.com

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables

http://www.mad4maths.com/8_x_multiplication_table_math_game/

Spelling Words Week 6
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