Week 8 - Neptune

Well done Room 7 on lasts weeks homework. A special well done needs to go to Porsche, Jordan and Brooklyn. An amazing effort girls. Super pride and excellent attitude.

Brooklyn spent Monday cooking with Naveah and Miss Oliver. Great stuff Brooklyn.

Also check out these amazing reading posters.

This week your homework is on the other amazing gas giant called Neptune. 

Important things this week. 

Cross Country on Friday. More information will go out.

Homework Free

Porsche

Jordan

Don't forget that we have our Homework club on Tuesday after school. This is a chance to share with others, use the computers for researching and print stuff off. 

1. Why is Neptune blue?
2. What is the length of one year and one day on Neptune compared to Earth? 
3. Who discovered Neptune?
4. How many moons does Neptune have?
5. How did Neptune get its name?
6. Does Neptune have any rings around it?
7. Compare the layers of Neptune to Earth.

Find three more facts.

These links will give you the answers.

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

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

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

http://space-facts.com/neptune/

Here is a great youtube clip about Neptune.

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.

Here is a link to a fun quiz site.

http://www.softschools.com/science/space/

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!