Corn survey

For the last few weeks my class and I have been studying all about corn. We also did maths with corn. We had to estimate the husk, silk and kernels. We did a survey asking the whole class (room 8) with the help of two people from room 11 (Jazire and Harrison), and some of the staff. The survey said How do you like corn? It had the options of Steamed, Fried, BBQ, Microwaved and Grilled. The numbers at the top are how many people like their corn.

I used create a graph online to draw up a bar graph the link is here down below. https://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

I found that this graph was easy to work with. It took a few attemp3rdts to get it the way I wanted but I enjoy using it now. It is much faster than doing it manually. I want to learn next an easy online game that helps understand to convert fractions, decimals and percentages.

Math Man

This is my math man score. I got up to level 7 but I thought I would be lower. I was surprised on my achievement. This game is like pac man with the ghost I wanted to get all the yellow things. This game was easy to play. I would play this game again.

Corn art

This is my corn art I did. We were doing topic study on corn and decided to do art on it. I thought that it was hard to do the kernels so my teacher showed us a video on how to draw kernels. Here is my finishing results I thought it looked ugly. Next I want to do a self portrait.

fractions, decimals and percentages

Walt: revise fractions, decimals and percentages

Today in maths we played a game. It helps you understand fractions, decimals and percentages. It has all other cards and you have to try match the card you have with the other ones. I had the picture with the squares and had to wait for the other cards. If it doesn’t match your card then you put it on the floor. When the pack is gone you have to put one of your cards down or pick one up. I enjoyed playing this game and would play it again. I want to revise ratios and proportions.

Crocodile women

Two women got a chance to go to Botswana to research crocodiles. They were brave since it was there first time. One night they went on a boat, they were scary because they could see red eyes staring at them. There determined personality kept them going. Their was Hippos they were very nervous so turned somewhere when they saw ripples. When there trip was over they wanted to go travel more.

Estimation activities

Walt: estimate.

We were learning to estimate different parts of corn. I worked a group of 2. I worked with Lakai. I thought the learning was a bit weird with corn but it was fun. The closest estimation I got was the husk. We said 15 but it was 20. We were 5 husk off. It was interesting counting and estimating. I liked working in a group so we could discuss our answers. We used tidy numbers for this one and rounding off. Next,I want to learn converting decimals to percentages.

The Lyrebird

The Lyrebird.

The Lyrebird is the only thing that is keeping me company as I am lost in the forest. I know I’m stuck in the South Australian forest trying to find a way out. The Lyrebird makes all these noises that I adore and make human like sounds. It will help me to get out of here. I can hear all the sounds it makes and it is quite amazing.

The Lyrebird, is the most superb, complex bird found in the South Australian forest. It is a dark black bird that stands on a platform to show off its long black and white feathers. The Lyrebird can imitate up  to 20 different species. It can also trick the original kookaburra. The Lyrebird incorporates sounds from around its surroundings. They make sounds like a camera shutter, camera drive, chainsaw and car alarm. It is one of the most talented songbirds.

The Lyrebird helped me through the nights with it’s songs at night. I don’t know what I would do without the Lyrebird.