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Term 1: Week 7 (Oddbook)

Due: Monday 14thMarch, 2016

REMINDERS:

- Bring in an artefact (interesting item) for your Writer’s Notebook

- Write a letter to Ms Ward for any camp disco music requests

- Auditions for the camp talent show hosts and acts Tuesday 15th March at lunchtime in Miss O’Connell room

Task 1: Maths – Graphs

The History of Woodash – an Australian town

The attached documents provide 9 different sources of information for you to interpret. They may be photos, sketches or different types of graphs. Screen capture the two graphing pages and insert them into ‘Explain Everything’. Complete the activities on your iPad.

  1. Describe what Woodash was like in 1896.
  2. Look at source 3 and answer how many Aborigines lived in Woodash in 1856 compared to 2006. What could explain this change in number?
  3. When did the Woodash cannery open?
  4. In what year did the Woodash population hit 30,000
  5. Source 6 is the Woodash Family headstone. How old were his children when they died? How may they have died?
  6. Compare the 3 pie graphs. What percentage of Woodash residents were born in Australia in 1946, 1976 and 2006?
  7. A pictograph uses pictures to display information. Why are there 10 people in each pictogram?
  8. Why aren’t there any office workers in the 1906 pictograph?
  9. Extension-Design 3 new pictures for 2016 jobs.

Task 2: Maths – Mathletics

  1. Complete the assigned tasks on your Mathletics.
  2. Complete an activity/game of your choice.

Task 3: Inquiry–Big Questions

Continue researching your Inquiry question using a number of different resources.

Look at the Inquiry process chart to see if you are heading in the right direction. Keep your teacher up to date on your progress!