Homework - Week 5 - Muscles

Muscles

Well done Vincent. Great focus and love the cool front cover.

A great effort Lauryn. Mr Dufty really likes the pride you have used with your lettering.

Awesome stuff Dilpreet. Mr Dufty loves the way you presented your work. 

Mr Dufty's Rules for Research.

• Don't use Google!! Use the links provided or find a book about muscle - use your muscles to lift the book up!
• Make your presentation fun BUT full of information!
• Don't copy what you find - write in your own words! This is stealing!!
• One page only - so PLAN before you put it in your book!!!!
• 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!

This week you must answer these ten questions


1. What are muscles and how do they work?

2. What is the difference between ligaments and muscles?

3. What are slow twitch and fast twitch muscles?

4. What elements in foods make healthy muscles?

5. Why is stretching your muscles important after warm up but before exercising?

6. What is lactic acid and why does it happen?

7. What is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic fitness?

8. What should you do if you strain a muscle?

9. What is your biggest and smallest muscle?

10. How many muscles are there in the human body?

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/muscles.html

Homework - Week 4 - The Eyes

Well done Room 7 on the super effort with your homework. Mr Dufty is very impressed with the effort you are putting in to make your work the best and your time management. Remember that our focus this term is managing ourselves. It is great seeing students showing excellence and pride!

Super effort Dominic!!

Smita

Shaquila

Zareus

Macayla

Lauryn

Vincent showing pride!!!

Hine's amazing progressive homework!!

This week is your second mini project is on the EYES.

Eyes

Mr Dufty's Rules for Research.

• Don't use Google!! Use the links provided or find a book about the brain - use your brain!
• Make your presentation fun BUT full of information!
• Don't copy what you find - write in your own words! This is stealing!!
• One page only - so PLAN before you put it in your book!!!!
• 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!

This week you must answer these eight questions

1.     What do the eyes do and how do they work?

2.    Find what are the similarities between a camera and your eyes?

3.    What are the different parts of the eye?

4.    What is colour blindness?

5.    Find five things that could cause problems with your sight?

6.    How do glasses correct eye sight?

7.    What is glaucoma?

8.    How can you protect your eyes?

http://kidshealth.org/kid/cancer_center/HTBW/eyes.html

http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/eyes-movie.html

Stories Can Be Shared In Many Different Ways.

Well done Room 7 for your effort with our sharing of Roald Dahl's stories. You were AWESOME!!!! I have added some photos from today. I big thank you to Miss Avie for helping. Also Myrakyll for being a great host, Sasha for running the technical things, the narrators (Macyala, Zaviar, Lauryn, Ngara and Briahna) and Michelleyah and Zareus for welcoming our visitors. It was a real team effort.

Rihari as Mr Twit

Alyiah as Mrs Twit

Nicole as The BFG

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Shaguila, Smita, Dilpreet and
Aniah as the Witches.

Joshua as Charlie Bucket, Vincent as Grandpa Joe,
Hine as Veruca, Macayla as Violet, Dontaey as Mike TV,
Dominic as Augustus Gloop, Daniel as Willy Wonka
and narrator Briahna.

Smita, Aniah and Dilpreet as witches,
Shaquila as the Head Witch and Ngara as their narrator. 

Nicole as the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and her narrator Lauryn.

Rihari as Mr Twit, Alyiah as Mrs Twit and their narrator Zaviar.

Inquiry in Room 7

 In Room 7 we have been working on making sure we are presenting your work to the highest standards. We want our work to stand out and make a statement! Students have to make sure they plan before they start working on their final presentation.

Daniel show real pride in making his presentation stand out.
A super effort Daniel.

Macayla worked hard on making her presentation interesting
and she give it a theme. An amazing effort Macayla. 

Cool presentation Vincent!!!

Love the word art from Sasha.

Amazing effort with Nicole's themed presentation. 

Aniah made her presentation come to life!

Great information and presentation from Alyiah.
Love the cool word art!

Camp Whakamaru 2014

 Well done Room 7 on a fantastic three days at camp.

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 Mr Dufty's Challenge!!

 Activity Rotation

Huka Falls