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Thursday 23 March 2017

How to add MIxed Fractions

How to Add Mixed Fractions
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This morning, our teacher gave us some worksheets and games to do on our devices.
This was the first activity I worked on. It taught me how to add mixed fractions. Here are the steps…


Steps for adding mixed fractions:


First, convert the mixed fractions into improper fractions (Improper fractions are fractions where the numerator is larger than the denominator). Next, find a common denominator for both fractions then add the numerators. The denominator stays the same.Lastly, convert the answer into a mixed fraction.

I hope my explanation is helpful.

Tuesday 21 March 2017

Reading Comprehension Worksheet

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I just finished doing an activity on a site called MrNuss Reading Comprehension. You can visit this site by clicking here. There are a lot of activity worksheets to choose from. The grades go from Grade 1 and 2 to 5+. I did one on 4+ because I saw Justin Bieber’s name there. I also thought… “Hmm, this could be interesting.” And it really was. I liked this activity because it brings out how much I love to read. Answering the questions were easy peasy. Next I am going to do an Abraham Lincoln activity.


Friday 17 March 2017

Science experiments

Rules of lab safety


  1. Safety glasses - protect your eyes
  2. Wear a lab coat - protect your clothes
  3. Lab behaviour - appropriate behaviour to keep safe
  4. Use proper equipment (ask if you have never used before)
  5. Always clean up your mess



Experiment: Making a cloud

Equipment:

-rubbing alcohol
-bottle (plastic) with lid
-matches



Method: Pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol into the bottle.
Light a match and blow it out so smokme is produced. Hold your bottle under the match while squeezing. Blow out your match so it produces smoke, and release the bottle so the smoke is sucked into the bottle. Immediately close the bottle tight with the lid. Squeeze bottle as hard as possible and release - the bottle should fill with a cloud.





Speed of the water

Today we went down to look at the speed of the water in Omaru Creek.  We made some paper boats, took it down there and let them sail in the water.  It was great to see the water flowing and not standing still like the first time we visited there.






Saturday 4 March 2017

Omaru Creek

Workers found that loads of junk were being stuffed into private and public wastewater pipes and had been drained into Glen Innes’ Omaru Creek.
It once used to be shiny and beautiful, but now that people have thrown all kinds of things into their wastewater pipes, this small river has gone all grubby and filthy. This is called dry weather overflows,since the type of damage isn’t caused by too much stormwater making its way into the drainwater system. These things happen when there is a pile of fat or rubbish like wet wipes in a pipe. They don’t break down in water, because they just create large clumps that block pipes and cause overflows. The workers aren’t responsible for fixing blockages or overflows on private properties, but they are trying their best to clean the stream. The men found disgusting things, such as kids toys, chunks of metal, etc. After they had picked out as much as could be, the workers then drained out the dirty brown water from the creek and flushed it with clean water to test for a few days. We, the students and teachers from Glen Innes School are trying to make a change, we are trying to keep a clean healthy environment, and we are starting with the creek. The creek now is still unacceptable, but it will be the stream it once was, because who knows that the trees and other life substances could be damaged if what its surrounding is not clean.
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