The Grade 5 students have been working hard to finish their radio shows for our 6th Unit Of Inquiry. These have now all been published to this page where you can enjoy their creative ideas.
 
 
I look forward to welcoming everybody at school tomorrow for our portfolio sharing day. 


Tomorrow there will a lunar eclipse that will be visible in Hong Kong. More details are available on the Hong Kong Observatory website including what time you should set your alarm for.

Here is a video about the moon and questions from Kaiya.
  • Q: What 3 countries putt together make up the moons land mass?
  • Q: How long has the moon been celebrated for?
  • Q: How fast is the moon moving away from the earth?
  • Q: How long was the longest solar eclipse?
 
 
Solar storm questions by Emily.
Q1. What are Solar Storms?
Q2. How often do Solar storms occur?
Q3. Where do Solar Storms come from?
Q4. What impact does a solar storm have on the Earth?

Yesterday there was a large solar flare. Here is a video of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFb7OZx2NYo

This is the animation that we watched today to see the size of Earth compared to stars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8CgDGhYKe8

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Many thanks to Sydney for providing the questions about Pluto.
  • Q1. What year was Pluto discovered in?
  • Q2. How many Miles is the estimated diameter of Pluto?
  • Q3. How far  is the estimated distance from Pluto to the sun?
  • Q4. What date did Pluto enter Neptunes orbit?
  • Q5. When did Pluto leave Neptunes Orbit?
  • Q1. What makes Pluto's orbit strange?
  • Q2. What type of planet is Pluto.
  • Q3. What year did scientists come to a assumption that pluto is a Dwarf Planet?
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These questions were provided by Tanvi. 
  • 1. Every year how much rock comes crashing down from space?
  • 2. What are the elements of a meteorite?
  • 3. What is the difference between rocks on Earth and rocks from space?

Math Video
http://www.brainpop.com/math/geometryandmeasurement/circles/

Math questionnaire (make sure you put in my email address)
http://www.brainpop.com/math/geometryandmeasurement/circles/quiz/

Music performance tomorrow night - students should be at the venue by 6:30.

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  • Questions by David
  • What was the biggest challenge of flying to neptune?
  • Why are the winds on Neptune so fast?
  • How are Uranus and Neptune different from the other gas giants?
  • Which planet is the Moon "Titan" about the same size as?
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Q1. What is the name of the lights in the Southern sky?
Q2 How old is the oldest picture of the lights?
Q3. What did Galileo think the lights were caused by?
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Watch the video and post what you think would be a good question below.
Information posters.
These posters were created as one of our tuning in activities. Well done to the students for some great designs and making sure all of their resources were referenced.
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World Spelling Day
A few months ago Grade 5 took part online in World Spelling day. This was done in conjunction with Mathletics. Two of our students beat thousands of students to score in the top 50 in their age range! Lucia was the 46th best and Jocelyn was 13th. Today they received special certificates sent all the way to the school from Australia and Jocelyn received a medal for her high placement. Well done to both of them!
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Q1. How many Earth's would it take to fill Jupiter?
Q2. What do spaceships usually use Jupiter gravity for?
Q3. How many moons does Jupiter's gravity well hold in orbit?
Q4. What moon orbits a little more that half a million miles from Jupiter?
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Over the next couple of weeks there are a series of plays put on by Faust a group dedicated to bringing theatre and performing arts to the young people of Hong Kong. More details here http://www.faustworld.com/

Mars
Q1. What is temperature does Mars reach in the summer?
Q2. What did the Ancient Greeks call Mars?
Q3. Why are Mar's seasons not all the same length?
Q4. What mission sent robotic cars to the surface of Mars?
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