Living World - Biology - Mammals

Is this a mammal? 

If you think YES - Explain WHY?

Investigate the Topic
Make notes in your journal
Write the questions for the Kahoot Quiz!

YES - You do the research and submit your questions for the quiz.

Discover some interesting information about a mammal of your choice.

Research one specific mammal - land or ocean
Video Link
Mammal Research Link -1
Mammal Research Link-2 
Learning Games Link - look on the left to find mammals

Search... example
Mammal facts for kids
Elephant facts for kids

Example Animals: whale, dolphins, otter, elephant, giraffe, mountain lion, zebra, dog, gorilla

Write the Questions
Example Questions:

• Which is the largest whale?
• What is the main food of the Blue Whale?
• How long can a Blue Whale hold its breath?
• How fast does the Blue Whale's heart beat?

Extra Thinking
Investigate the different sorts of mammals - placental, marsupial, monotremes
What's the difference between these?

Contribute your questions and possible answers to the form below.

STEPS

1. write the questions - word your questions well
2. write four possible answers - don't make it too easy
3. submit the questions and possible answers to the blog form
4. add a URL for an image you want with your question

The best (most clearly worded) questions will be used for a Kahoot Quiz tomorrow.

Example:  Who is this guy?

A small child with long fingers

A dog skeleton

Not a mammal

A bat skeleton

Iconic Destinations

Where do people most want to visit in the world?

520 Votes

The largest words = the most votes

Iconic Destination Survey

Where in the World

Iconic Places

Select an iconic destination to research and present to the class.
Check out the list of possibilities below before you decide.

 Include picture and diagrams in your presentation

Petra – South America Taj Mahal Auschwitz  NASA Ayers Rock Angkor Wat Machu Picchu Amazon Rain Forest Acropolis - Athens Greece Troy – Horse of Troy

Tower of London Mt Everest Colosseum – Rome Mariana Trench – Japan Great Wall of China Empire Sate Building The Grand Canyon Burj Khalifa - Dubai Niagara Falls  Iguazu Falls Venice

London Eye Venezuela's Angel Falls Mitre Peak Fiordland - New Zealand Mt Naraghoe The Dead Sea Blue Mosque – Istanbul Great Barrier Reef - Australia The Big Buddha and Po Lin Monastery Antarctica

Project Document

Language Features

With a buddy read through a selection of poems and try and identify (find) examples of any of the language features listed here:

This link will take you to a website that has examples of these language features - Your Dictionary

What is slang?

Very informal language used to identify with a particular sub-culture.

What is emotive language?

Using words that provoke a particular response in the audience.

What is sensory language?

Using words that have a strong appeal to one or more of the senses.

What is a simile?

Comparing two things by using 'as' or 'like'.

What is a metaphor?

Comparing two things as if they were the same.

What is alliteration?

Repeating initial consonant sounds in nearby words.

What is are onomatopoeia?

Words that imitate the sound they represent.

What is rhyme?

Repetition of identical or similar end-sounds in two or more words.

What is a hyperbole? 

An exaggeration used for effect.

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Using your previous planning decide on a holiday experience that you will write about to inform and entertain the class.

This writing can take the form of:

a short retell

a report like a newspaper

a poem

a song

a recipe

All these should include vivid description and some attempts at two or three of the language features listed above. Have fun. Be creative. Experiment with words. Make an ordinary experience stand out like a neon sign  (hey is that a simile?).

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

Step 1. note taking

In your journal draw and note down the keywords and facts about the Eiffel tower.

what, where, when, why, who, how

Built in 1889

as the entrance arch for the 

World's Fair in 1889

Location Paris, France

Stands 320 metres high

Made of 18,038 pieces of iron

weighs around 10000 tonnes

and joined by two-and-a-half million rivets

visited by

250 million visitors since its opening

The tower was built despite protests from 300 leading French writers and artists

who saw it as a “hateful column of bolted sheet metal”. 

When it was opened the lifts in the tower were not yet operating, so they went up the stairs on foot. 

It took more than an hour to reach the top!

Visit the Eiffel Tower

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Step 2. Brainstorm words to describe - teacher

size

shape

texture

number

position location

colour

age

movement

like a...

Step 3.

Use your notes and brainstorm words

Use facts combined with descriptive words to create a set of 10 expressive sentences about the Eiffel Tower

Step 4.

Editing Sentences - simple - compound - complex

Make the model
Paper Toys