DigiTech You are a pirate! Create a treasure map with instructions on how to find your hidden treasure. Hide 5 toys around your house. Create a scavenger hunt with clues for someone to find them. Find an object around the house beginning with every letter of the alphabet. Science Cover an ice cube in salt and another one in sugar. Have another uncovered ice cube. What do you notice about the time they take to melt? Take photos of what’s happening. Use your scientific reasoning to explain why. STEM Make an Origami Transforming Ninja Star. Post-it notes are the perfect size but any paper squares will do so long as they are about 9cm x 9cm. You will need to go to this link for instructions. https://www.teachstarter.com/au/blog/ origami-transforming-star-using- sticky-notes/ Use your imagination and create something of your choice. Science Put an egg into a container with vinegar and leave it for a few days. What happens? Do you get different results with different types of vinegar? Don’t forget a ‘control’ experiment – put an egg in water and observe the different reactions. Photograph your results and investigate what is happening. DigiTech Play a card game or board game with a family member. It’s your role to be the banker or keep track of the score! Science Conduct a Science Scavenger hunt – see attached STEM/DigiTech Draw a design on paper of what you think a future communication device will be in 50 years! Can you make it with craft? DigiTech Food Flow Chart Can you draw a flowchart for making a drink or your favourite food? Share with someone to follow. Get outside! Build a fort, climb a tree, jump on the trampoline, kick a ball around – have fun! DigiTech Blindfold a family member. Can you give instructions to SAFELY move from one spot in a room to another? Switch. St Joseph’s School – Week 2 - Investigations Optional choice activities for this week Don’t forget to video or photograph what you are doing and upload to your Seesaw Journal
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DigiTechYou are a pirate! Create a treasure map with instructions on how to find your hidden treasure.
Hide 5 toys around your house. Create a scavenger hunt with clues for someone to find them.
Find an object around the house beginning with every letter of the alphabet.
ScienceCover an ice cube in salt and another one in sugar. Have another uncovered ice cube. What do you notice about the time they take to melt? Take photos of what’s happening. Use your scientific reasoning to explain why.
STEMMake an Origami Transforming Ninja Star. Post-it notes are the perfect size but any paper squares will do so long as they are about 9cm x 9cm. You will need to go to this link for instructions.https://www.teachstarter.com/au/blog/origami-transforming-star-using-sticky-notes/
Use your imagination and create something of your choice.
SciencePut an egg into a container with vinegar and leave it for a few days. What happens? Do you get different results with different types of vinegar?Don’t forget a ‘control’ experiment –put an egg in water and observe the different reactions.Photograph your results andinvestigate what is happening.
DigiTechPlay a card game or board game with a family member. It’s your role to be the banker or keep track of the score!
ScienceConduct a Science Scavenger hunt –see attached
STEM/DigiTechDraw a design on paper of what you think a future communication device will be in 50 years! Can you make it with craft?
DigiTechFood Flow ChartCan you draw a flowchart for making a drink or your favourite food? Share with someone to follow.
Get outside! Build a fort, climb a tree, jump on the trampoline, kick a ball around – have fun!
DigiTechBlindfold a family member. Can you give instructions to SAFELY move from one spot in a room to another? Switch.
St Joseph’s School – Week 2 - InvestigationsOptional choice activities for this week
Don’t forget to video or photograph what you are doing and upload to your Seesaw Journal
DanceWatch this video and see what it takes to be a circus performer.https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2641963/What kind of circus performer would you be? Create a poster of yourself as a circus performer.
Science (K-2)Watch the video Ice Pops at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh8rZnrB6UE
What foods do you know that change when they are heated? With an adults help, test different foods and liquids that you think will change when they are heated or cooled. Some ides include chocolate, bread, popcorn.
History (Year 3-6) – The EndeavourWatch the video at: https://virtualendeavourtour.netlify.app/Go on a virtual reality tour of the HMB Endeavour, the Australian built replica of Captain James Cook’s Endeavour from the 1770s. Explore both the upper and lower decks, the features of the ship, and the living quarters of the crew on board. Do you know what happened to the original Endeavour?
Science (K-2)- SoundWatch the video on sound at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-xKZKxXuu0Write 3 main facts you learned about sound from watching the video.
History (K-2)Watch the video Past and Present Family Lifehttps://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/122302What are some of the similarities and differences between past and present family life?
Visual ArtsVisit the following link for some cool directed drawing videos! Try as many different ones as you would like.‘Art Hub for Kids'
https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub/videos
SCIENCE (Year 3-6) How Does Electricity WorkWatch the video at: https://education.abc.net.au/newsandarticles/blog/-/b/3309555/curious-kids-how-does-electricity-workCreate a poster showing some of the key factsfrom the video.
Visual Arts: (Year 3-6) – It’s All About MeWatch the video at: https://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1646667/it-s-all-about-me-picassoResearch self-portraits in online galleries.Create your own self-portrait.
Science & MusicExperiment with the different sounds you can make using things from around your house. Make a list of the things you could make sounds with.
St Joseph’s School – Week 2 - InvestigationsOptional choice activities for this week
Don’t forget to video or photograph what you are doing and upload to your Seesaw Journal
