- Write about the advantages and disadvantages of public transport.
Today, there are many different types of transport. You have public or private. The individual and the group. But now that I think about it, what are the advantages an disadvantages of the public transport?
Using public transport is helpful for the environment. With the ozone layer disappearing, having more people on a piece of machinery. This is an advantage for old people to because it can prevent them from driving again in a good way. They can rely on the new bus driver as well as the comfort of knowing that they are in good hands. Another point is the cost of petrol and food prices. A bus or train ticket can cost $56 for a student per term. If you think about it long enough, that it about the price for a full tank of petrol and think how many times you have to fill you tank up each term. An extra bonus is that buses are always put first for traffic. These are the good reasons for using the public system of transportation.
The disadvantages now. Can you really trust the timetable? Some have found that the public transport can arrive late and think of a tight schedule. You have to be at a meeting by 2:00 and it takes 15 minutes to get there. You decide to take a bus but it arrives 10 minutes late. You miss the meeting and you are probably going to get a big shouting from your boss. This is a good thing for using a private use of transport. Also, it doesn't stop right next to your house which is sometimes inconvenient. When you have a big family it is hard to get them all to the bus stop especially when the bus stop is far away. When inside the bus you have things which are uncomfortable. You have bubble gum on the seats everywhere. Under and on top. I find quite disgusting.
From my point of view would take the bus if it was necessary. It is cheap and usually efficient. Now with new buses, bubble gum is now not that visible and can save the environment more.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Congratulations and good luck
With all your future blogging endeavours. I have handed your blog over to you. :)
See me tomorrow for your password details.
From Ms S.
See me tomorrow for your password details.
From Ms S.
Poem - Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
'Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
In this Shelley is acting as the person telling the poem in this poem he met a traveller from a old land. This man is telling Shelley that there is a thing in the sand. I think that it is a statue and after the description of the statue, the man is now talking of the sculptor. The person who made the statue read the person's (who was he sculpting) feelings or passions well. The man is also saying that it survived and the meaning of it was stamped on the lifeless thing. The hand that made it and the love of the heart that was put into it is the definition of line 8. On the base of the statue it read:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
'Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
'Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
In this Shelley is acting as the person telling the poem in this poem he met a traveller from a old land. This man is telling Shelley that there is a thing in the sand. I think that it is a statue and after the description of the statue, the man is now talking of the sculptor. The person who made the statue read the person's (who was he sculpting) feelings or passions well. The man is also saying that it survived and the meaning of it was stamped on the lifeless thing. The hand that made it and the love of the heart that was put into it is the definition of line 8. On the base of the statue it read:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
'Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Extension Work - Transport Part 1
- How many means of transport can you name? Write a list.
- car
- bus
- train
- coach aka the really big bus
- horse carriges
- bike
- scooter
- your own invention such as your feet
- airplane
- monorail
- trams
- ferry
- boats like speed boat and yatch
- motorbike
- rickshaw
- What are the different parts of a car called?
These are just some of the many parts of a car.
- wheels like steering and the road ones
- brakes
- battery
- bumper
- choke
- gearbox
- tail pipe/ exhuast pipe
- fuel tank
- headlight muffler
- speedometer
- mirrors
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Slime, make mine lime
You can make your own cornflour slime to learn about fluids and viscosity.
To do this experiment you will need:
cornflour
food colouring
a small mixing bowl
water
What to do:
Pour some cornflour into a mixing bowl.
Stir in little amounts of water until the cornflour has become a very thick paste. This is high viscosity.
To make the slime the colour of your choice, carefully stir about five drops of food colouring into the mixture.
Stir your slime REALLY slowly. This shouldn't be tricky to do.
Stir your slime REALLY fast. This should be almost impossible.
Now punch your slime REALLY hard and fast. It should feel like you're punching a solid.
What's happening:
Anything that flows is called a fluid. This means that both gases and liquids are fluids. Liquids like, water which flow easily are said to have low viscosity, whereas liquids like cold honey which do not flow so simply are said to have a high viscosity. Cornflour slime is a special type of fluid that doesn't follow the usual rules of liquid behaviour. When a pressure is applied to slime, its viscosity increases and the cornflour slime becomes thicker. At a certain point, slime actually seems to lose its flow and behave like a solid. Cornflour slime is an example of a sheer-thickening fluid.
High Viscosity
honey
golden syryp
whipped cream
slime
jam
tomatoe sauce
Low Viscosity
tea
Coke
water
coffee
juice
milk
yoghurt
For more cool experiments by the most wonderful Ms S, click here.
cornflour
food colouring
a small mixing bowl
water
What to do:
Pour some cornflour into a mixing bowl.
Stir in little amounts of water until the cornflour has become a very thick paste. This is high viscosity.
To make the slime the colour of your choice, carefully stir about five drops of food colouring into the mixture.
Stir your slime REALLY slowly. This shouldn't be tricky to do.
Stir your slime REALLY fast. This should be almost impossible.
Now punch your slime REALLY hard and fast. It should feel like you're punching a solid.
What's happening:
Anything that flows is called a fluid. This means that both gases and liquids are fluids. Liquids like, water which flow easily are said to have low viscosity, whereas liquids like cold honey which do not flow so simply are said to have a high viscosity. Cornflour slime is a special type of fluid that doesn't follow the usual rules of liquid behaviour. When a pressure is applied to slime, its viscosity increases and the cornflour slime becomes thicker. At a certain point, slime actually seems to lose its flow and behave like a solid. Cornflour slime is an example of a sheer-thickening fluid.
High Viscosity
honey
golden syryp
whipped cream
slime
jam
tomatoe sauce
Low Viscosity
tea
Coke
water
coffee
juice
milk
yoghurt
For more cool experiments by the most wonderful Ms S, click here.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Questions, THRASS and the Paragraph of Writing
Extension Maths:
1. a, c, d, e
2. b
3. none
absurd
urchin
spurs
Urban
urged
blurry
On the ocean floor I found an absurd looking sea urchin, a blurry looking fish the somehow reminded me of Keith Urban, a brown boot with spurs that must have been there for ages and a horrible looking octopus which urged me to make my way to the surface.
Word Bank: cocoon chrysalis butterfly larvae milkweed orange migration wings caterpillar poisonous Monarch insect beautiful flying egg traveller patterns flight predator crunchy
The Monarch Butterfly starts off as an egg (larvae) and then after a few weeks, it will become a caterpillar. After a few weeks or so, it spin a coccon or chrysalis. Another few weeks of waiting and it will emerge from its cocoon and take flight into the unknown world.
This insect is a beautiful creature and has orange and black patterns on its wings. This butterfly eats milkweed, which is poisonous and predators can be assured to find it crunchy!
One of the unique things about this insect is that it goes on a migration journey to warmer places during the winter. So maybe you'll be able to see it flying over your house during the cold times.
1. a, c, d, e
2. b
3. none
absurd
urchin
spurs
Urban
urged
blurry
On the ocean floor I found an absurd looking sea urchin, a blurry looking fish the somehow reminded me of Keith Urban, a brown boot with spurs that must have been there for ages and a horrible looking octopus which urged me to make my way to the surface.
Word Bank: cocoon chrysalis butterfly larvae milkweed orange migration wings caterpillar poisonous Monarch insect beautiful flying egg traveller patterns flight predator crunchy
The Monarch Butterfly starts off as an egg (larvae) and then after a few weeks, it will become a caterpillar. After a few weeks or so, it spin a coccon or chrysalis. Another few weeks of waiting and it will emerge from its cocoon and take flight into the unknown world.
This insect is a beautiful creature and has orange and black patterns on its wings. This butterfly eats milkweed, which is poisonous and predators can be assured to find it crunchy!
One of the unique things about this insect is that it goes on a migration journey to warmer places during the winter. So maybe you'll be able to see it flying over your house during the cold times.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Extension work - transport
WORKSHEET No 1
- How many means of transport can you name? Write a list.
- What are the different parts of a car called?
- Write about the advantages and disadvantages of public transport.
- Plan a three-day trip by car to some places you like. Show your
itinerary on a map. Indicate the distances in kilometres. Refer to
the different sights you will see and the activities you will do.
- How many means of transport can you name? Write a list.
- What are the different parts of a car called?
- Write about the advantages and disadvantages of public transport.
- Plan a three-day trip by car to some places you like. Show your
itinerary on a map. Indicate the distances in kilometres. Refer to
the different sights you will see and the activities you will do.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Cloze Exercise on the Monarch Butterfly
The Monarch butterfly is a very ________________ creature. Its colours are amazing with black and orange and its ability to eat milkweed is unbelievable. These are just some of the many ___________ of the Monarch butterfly.
When it ___________it can cover 128 km and it can reach up to speeds of 18 km an hour. These insects migrate to warmer places over the __________ because it is more comfortable.
When flying it travels 5 - 6 metres above the Earth’s ground. This is about the height of 2 and a half _________________. Although it can’t go above the ground when it is a caterpillar, it truly is a magnificent sight.
interesting
things
migrates
winter
Mr Mcs
When it ___________it can cover 128 km and it can reach up to speeds of 18 km an hour. These insects migrate to warmer places over the __________ because it is more comfortable.
When flying it travels 5 - 6 metres above the Earth’s ground. This is about the height of 2 and a half _________________. Although it can’t go above the ground when it is a caterpillar, it truly is a magnificent sight.
interesting
things
migrates
winter
Mr Mcs
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Descriptive Sentences
In the Aussie rainforest I found a clump of soggy and smelly moss, two spearheads for a ancient spear and a big mountain of what I thought were leaves but were really Monarch butterflies!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Interesting and Unusual Facts on the Monarch Butterfly
- The longest recorded flight for a Monarch butterfly is more than 4828 km.
- The Monarch can cover 128 km a day when migrating.
- When the Monarch is migrating, it flight speeds can get up to 18 kilometres per hour.
- It travels 5 to 6 metres above the ground.
- These butterflies like to eat milkweed which is poisonous. It doesn't get sick because its body can absorb this poison.
The poisonous milkweed.
My Haiku About the Monarch Butterfly
Wonderfully bright
Dazzling all clear human eyes
With intense beuaty
Monday, July 7, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The Goodwill Games
Today the three countries did the games inside. The game was the javelin. Ms S and Took showed us all how to do it and the countries that won were Iceland first, Madagascar second and Cuba third.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
P.L. Travers
Pamela Lyndon Travers is best known for writing the Mary Poppins series. She wrote 11 books about her and has written another 4 novels. Travers was born in Maryborough, Queensland on the 9th of August 1899 and died on the 23rd of April 1996. Although her father died when she was seven, this didn’t stop her from pursuing her career. Though she has gone, her works still live on delighting the hearts of young children.
While still a teenager, she wrote poems for The Bulletin and Traid and while doing this she gained a reputation an actress. She toured Australia and New Zealand with a company that did Shakespeare’s plays. After this, she moved to England and started her writing. In 1934 she published Mary Poppins and it was an instant success. This is how another Mary Poppins book followed.
Old copies of Mary Poppins can be found in odd places but one of which is a normal school classroom. P.L. Travers has contributed to English literature by writing great books by using just a wonderful imagination.
While still a teenager, she wrote poems for The Bulletin and Traid and while doing this she gained a reputation an actress. She toured Australia and New Zealand with a company that did Shakespeare’s plays. After this, she moved to England and started her writing. In 1934 she published Mary Poppins and it was an instant success. This is how another Mary Poppins book followed.
Old copies of Mary Poppins can be found in odd places but one of which is a normal school classroom. P.L. Travers has contributed to English literature by writing great books by using just a wonderful imagination.
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