P6/7 Homework w/b 12.3.18
Spelling:
Aqua and aero prefix
Spelling Vocabulary building – Prefixes
aqua- meaning ‘water’
aero- meaning ‘air’ or relating to ‘air’
| aqua- | aero- |
| aquarium | aeroplane |
| aquamarine | aerodynamic |
| aquanaut | aerospace |
| aquaplane | aeroduct |
| aquatics | aerobomb |
| aquafit | aeroengineer |
| aqualung | aeromagnetic |
| aquaculture | aerometer |
| aquatint | aerobic |
| aquatic | aerophobia |
Some flashcard quizzes to help you:
https://quizlet.com/27839099/aqua-aque-prefix-words-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/114750363/aer-aero-aesthet-root-words-flash-cards/
- Some children will be given alternative spelling words in addition, based on personal repeated mispelling of words. children can just practise their own personal words, but if they would like to practise the aero and aqua words too, that is great.
Maths – Time
Complete given time activity sheet.
SUMDOG
P6/7 have entered a North Lanarkshire Sumdog contest, which ends this Friday 16th March. Play Sumdog and answer as many questions as you can to get our class as far up the leader board as possible!
VICTORIAN INVENTORS / Science Week
This homework activity will run over the next 2 weeks, with the deadline for completion being Tuesday 27th March 2018.
This week 12th-18th March is British Science week 2018.
Check out the website: https://www.britishscienceweek.org/
So, we are going to link Science week with our current topic on the Victorians!
The Victorian era was an incredible time for scientific discoveries and inventions, with some of the most influential inventions of our lifetime happening during Victorian times. For example railways, the telephone, plastic, the electric lightbulb, to name just a few.
There are 2 homework activities linked to this, to complete over the next 2 weeks:
- Choose a Victorian inventor / scientist who you are interested in finding out more about. Research their life and their work and their invention or discovery. Present your findings in your own way – it could be a poster, a power point presentation. A leaflet – it’s up to you.
- You are going to be an inventor! Design and create a new amazing invention of your choice for this day in age! What time saving device, or incredible technology do you think the world needs? You must:
- Create a labelled drawing of your invention, describing it’s purpose and function and how it works – this can be in the form of a poster or powerpoint.
- Create a name for your invention.
- Make a model representation of your invention to present to the class and for display. You can use any materials you like to make your model.
- The poster / powerpoint and your model must be presented together.
- You can work with a partner on your invention if you wish, but must both present your invention.
- There will be a prize for the greatest invention, which will be judged in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style manner!
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/inventiotimeline.html
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/victorians/inventions.htm
http://www.victorian-era.org/famous-victorian-inventors.html
http://www.victorians.co.uk/victorian-inventors
https://classroom.synonym.com/scientific-discoveries-victorian-times-11630.html
