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Maths

 This week in Maths we started learning about Forces and Motion. We first looked at the topic of algebra. We also learned about the rules of Substitution.

Dogs of Vastness

 

We have been studying Antarctica. We listened to a story about Nanook, a husky who was sent to Antarctica on an expedition in 1901. We then wrote the next chapter of the story from Nanook’s ‘Point of View’. 

As I arise from the sound of howling, I immediately got up to look for my brothers and sisters. I eagerly ran towards them to see what they were up to; Hector was singing his dog songs as usual and Wolf was chasing Fluff. No one bothered to wake up Hercules so he was still sleeping soundly in our shelter

I joined my brothers and sisters. We raced and chased each other, it was loads of fun! Until we were summoned by our guardian. They put us in a harness attached to the dog runs. I remembered two days ago, Hector told is that our pack will go to someplace called Antarctica. Antarctica, I wonder what it's like. Maybe it would have a huge grassy field where I could play, run and lay on. I daydreamed as we were walking to the ship called Destiny. I can't wait to see what adventures we are going to experience.

 I was really excited as we got on the ship that I kept running around and bumping into things. The crewmates laughed and so did Grandma and the others but Hector and one of the crewmen told me off so I quieted down. 

I stared and admired the glistening sea while white cotton balls filled the sky. My team was bickering and playing around while Hercules was asleep. It makes me wonder if he even woke up to get on the ship. I then kept imagining what Antarctica would be like. 

 The cold breeze brushed against my face as my fur swayed along with the cold wind. One of the crewmen yelled, "We're almost there!". My ears twitched and my eyes sparkled as I thought of the adventures that were about to happen and all the things we were going to experience. 

Science

On the topic of Forces and Motion in Science, We learned how to calculate speed, force, distance, and time using different formulas and learned different units.

 Force:  F=ma

              = m(mass) x a(acceleration)

              = n N

     

 Speed:  V= d/t

               = d(distance) / t(time)

               =  n ms-1 ( meter per second)

 Distance: d= v x t

                 = v(velocity)xt(time)

                 = n m

Time: t=d/v 

          =d (distance)/ v(velocity)

 We investigated how fast cars are going on Carmen Road, whether they were speeding or not. 

 

We first used a stopwatch to measure how fast they were going and listed down on my book. We found the average time by adding the time and divided them by 10. Then to find out the m s-1  we divided the time to 50. and added them and divided them by 10 to find out the average m s-1. I didn't finish working out my km hr-1 so I don't have an answer. 

   

  

                

Maths Blog

  This week in maths I have learn't about the two types of tax: income tax and GST( good and services tax)

Income tax:

 (___ )/ 100 x (____) = ----

 The amount you are paid by your employer is your gross pay. The amount you actually get after income tax is paid is, called your net pay.

GST:

 There are two types of GST. GST-exclusive ( what the retailer gets) and GST-inclusive ( what the customer pays). 

  

Careers Inquiry

 In Social Studies we have been learning about different careers. We also completed a booklet our teacher gave to use. We have given a booklet a sheet where we were assigned a fake job to help us answer the questions and teach us how career life works. After we have completed the booklet, we had to find out what careers we are interested in. I was interested in being a digital artist or animator. Then we had to do research about the job we are interested in and fill out an inquiry for careers document. 

Circuit

What is a circuit?

A circuit is a path where electricity travels. There are two types of circuits: Series and Parallel circuit. 

A Series Circuit is where there is only one path for the current to flow whereas a parallel circuit is where the current can flow into different paths as shown in the image on the right.

What is Voltage? how does it differ in series vs parallel?

A voltage measures how much volt a current carries. In a series circuit, the volt is shared among the components while in a parallel circuit, the current has more branches to follow. It carries the same amount of volt and does not split.

(series)                                                     (parallel)

What is Current? How does it vary in series and parallel?

Current is the flow of electrons in a circuit. It is measured using a device called an ammeter and the unit of current is an amp. 

In a series circuit, the current is the same and isn't shared whereas in a parallel circuit the current is shared.