Deforestation
Find answers to these questions.
Save your work as 'Deforestation [your name] and share your respones with Mr Mac.
- Why are trees so important?
- What is deforestation?
- What are the causes of deforestation?
Save your work as 'Deforestation [your name] and share your respones with Mr Mac.
Immigrant Research Websites
Irish Potato Famine |
Highland Clearances |
Gold Rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO_QQPjf-8k
http://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Australian_gold_rush
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2823680.htm
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/gold-rush-in-australia/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbk9mu5tCPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8suJWjxRmg
http://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Australian_gold_rush
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2823680.htm
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/gold-rush-in-australia/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbk9mu5tCPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8suJWjxRmg
Websites for Timeline Research
Web Links for Students
An Australian Timeline
http://tww.id.au/christmas/timeline-cmas.html
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-colonisation-of-australia
http://www.aushistorytimeline.com/
Convicts to Australia
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/res-03.html
Australia Beyond the Fatal Shores
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/australia/resources.html
Significant dates in Australian History from 1486-1945
http://gutenberg.net.au/timeline.html
Convicts to Australia
http://www.jillettfamily.com/Convicts_to_Australia.html
The Convict System
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/justice/convict/convict.html
Matthew Flinders
http://www.abc.net.au/navigators/captains/default.htm
Site to look up famous Australians - Patrick Logan, John Oxley, Alan Cunningham, Andrew Petrie
http://adb.anu.edu.au/
Australian Explorers
http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/culture_gallery/explorers/australianexplorers.asp
The Bushranger site
http://web.archive.org/web/20080718230112/scs.une.edu.au/Bushrangers/home.htm
http://www.nedkellysworld.com.au/bushrangers/bushrangers_index.htm
Pictures and Newspaper Articles
http://trove.nla.gov.au/general/australian-pictures-in-trove
Bushrangers:
http://www.herbertonss.eq.edu.au/landofoz/bushrangers/bushranger.html
History of the Aborigines
The last great landmass to be discovered by the European explorers and traders was Australia. Europeans dreamt of finding all the wonderful things Australia had to offer. They didn't know there were people that had been there for tens of thousands of years.Archaeologists are almost positive the first humans went across the ocean from South-East Asia. Heavy-boned people, archaeologists call 'Robust', went to Australia 70,000 years ago. Smaller boned people called 'Gracile' traveled to Australia 50,000 years ago. That far back in time the sea level was 50 meters lower than it is now. This means that there was less water for the aborigines to travel over to get to Australia. At the end of the Ice Age the sea level rose a lot. It formed vast deserts.After the sea level stopped moving all the time, the Aborigines settled and developed a great culture. The Aborigines usually lived in the desert, inland non-desert areas, the coast, and Tasmania. The Aborigines that lived in the desert or inland ate insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals. They also ate lots of fruit. The Aborigines on the coast ate roots, fruits, small animals, reptiles, fish, and shellfish.Aborigines are natives to Australia and Tasmania. They have lived there for about 35,000 to 70,000 years. Their skin and hair are both dark. There are about 500 recorded tribes, some of which are Aranda, Bidjandjadjara, Gurindji, Gunwinggu, Kamilaroi, Murngin, Tiwi, Wailbri, Wurora, and Yir-yoront. Aboriginal tribes didn't usually stay in one place for long, moving to watering places and setting up camp there.Aborigines lived in family groups and clans. Each clan has a place on their land where their spirits return when they die. They have to protect these places so they won't upset their ancestral beings.The men were custodians, tool-makers, and hunters. The women took care of the children and gathered and fixed their food. The Aborigines used the land wisely and knew when to harvest the many plants they ate. Dingoes guarded their homes and helped the men hunt. The Aborigines were also traders. There were trade routes across the country. They traded stones, shells, boomerangs, and ocher, a yellow paint pigment. Along these trade routes they would have exchange ceremonies where they traded, sang songs, and danced.The Aborigines were totally isolated until 1788, when the English arrived. Their traditions included music, singing, dancing, and art. They did paintings on dried tree bark with natural black, brown, yellow, white, and sometimes red colors. The paintings were originally used for tribal ceremonies and then destroyed shortly after the ceremonies were finished. In the 1940's, however, the paintings became popular with art collectors and they became more widely made and distributed, provided that there were enough eucalyptus trees in the area because they needed the bark from the tree to draw on.At the time when Sydney Cove was settled by the British there were 300,000 Aborigines in Australia and about 250 different languages were spoken. Since they didn't have a system of government, no permanent settlement, and no land ownership, the British made them move. Many of the Aborigines got smallpox, measles, venereal disease, influenza, whooping cough, pneumonia, and tuberculosis and died. European invaders cut down forests and brought foreign animals to Australia. By 1860 there were 20 million sheep in Australia. The cattle and sheep destroyed the Aborigines' water holes. White settlers and Aborigines were at war for the land and water. By 1900, traditional Aboriginal society was still in small groups in central and northern Australia.In the early 1900's, laws to protect the Aborigines were passed in every state. They also made restrictions for the Aborigines on owning land, where they could live, and even to whom they could marry. In 1967 the Australians voted Aborigines real citizens. They were given the same rights as everyone else.In 1971, Geoffrey Bardon, who had a close relationship with a local tribe, and one of the few non-Aboriginal people who was allowed to take part in the rituals and ceremonies, began painting a wall mural with his students and some tribe members. This was the first example of shared Aboriginal artwork besides bark paintings. After that, the Australian government realized that Aboriginal artwork was a resource and tried to conserve it. This is how they live today and still try to keep their culture alive.
The last great landmass to be discovered by the European explorers and traders was Australia. Europeans dreamt of finding all the wonderful things Australia had to offer. They didn't know there were people that had been there for tens of thousands of years.Archaeologists are almost positive the first humans went across the ocean from South-East Asia. Heavy-boned people, archaeologists call 'Robust', went to Australia 70,000 years ago. Smaller boned people called 'Gracile' traveled to Australia 50,000 years ago. That far back in time the sea level was 50 meters lower than it is now. This means that there was less water for the aborigines to travel over to get to Australia. At the end of the Ice Age the sea level rose a lot. It formed vast deserts.After the sea level stopped moving all the time, the Aborigines settled and developed a great culture. The Aborigines usually lived in the desert, inland non-desert areas, the coast, and Tasmania. The Aborigines that lived in the desert or inland ate insects, birds, reptiles, and mammals. They also ate lots of fruit. The Aborigines on the coast ate roots, fruits, small animals, reptiles, fish, and shellfish.Aborigines are natives to Australia and Tasmania. They have lived there for about 35,000 to 70,000 years. Their skin and hair are both dark. There are about 500 recorded tribes, some of which are Aranda, Bidjandjadjara, Gurindji, Gunwinggu, Kamilaroi, Murngin, Tiwi, Wailbri, Wurora, and Yir-yoront. Aboriginal tribes didn't usually stay in one place for long, moving to watering places and setting up camp there.Aborigines lived in family groups and clans. Each clan has a place on their land where their spirits return when they die. They have to protect these places so they won't upset their ancestral beings.The men were custodians, tool-makers, and hunters. The women took care of the children and gathered and fixed their food. The Aborigines used the land wisely and knew when to harvest the many plants they ate. Dingoes guarded their homes and helped the men hunt. The Aborigines were also traders. There were trade routes across the country. They traded stones, shells, boomerangs, and ocher, a yellow paint pigment. Along these trade routes they would have exchange ceremonies where they traded, sang songs, and danced.The Aborigines were totally isolated until 1788, when the English arrived. Their traditions included music, singing, dancing, and art. They did paintings on dried tree bark with natural black, brown, yellow, white, and sometimes red colors. The paintings were originally used for tribal ceremonies and then destroyed shortly after the ceremonies were finished. In the 1940's, however, the paintings became popular with art collectors and they became more widely made and distributed, provided that there were enough eucalyptus trees in the area because they needed the bark from the tree to draw on.At the time when Sydney Cove was settled by the British there were 300,000 Aborigines in Australia and about 250 different languages were spoken. Since they didn't have a system of government, no permanent settlement, and no land ownership, the British made them move. Many of the Aborigines got smallpox, measles, venereal disease, influenza, whooping cough, pneumonia, and tuberculosis and died. European invaders cut down forests and brought foreign animals to Australia. By 1860 there were 20 million sheep in Australia. The cattle and sheep destroyed the Aborigines' water holes. White settlers and Aborigines were at war for the land and water. By 1900, traditional Aboriginal society was still in small groups in central and northern Australia.In the early 1900's, laws to protect the Aborigines were passed in every state. They also made restrictions for the Aborigines on owning land, where they could live, and even to whom they could marry. In 1967 the Australians voted Aborigines real citizens. They were given the same rights as everyone else.In 1971, Geoffrey Bardon, who had a close relationship with a local tribe, and one of the few non-Aboriginal people who was allowed to take part in the rituals and ceremonies, began painting a wall mural with his students and some tribe members. This was the first example of shared Aboriginal artwork besides bark paintings. After that, the Australian government realized that Aboriginal artwork was a resource and tried to conserve it. This is how they live today and still try to keep their culture alive.
Research worksheets... if you've lost or forgotten them.
Captain Cook Research Websites
- http://www.ducksters.com/biography/explorers/captain_james_cook.php
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml
- http://www.captaincook.org.uk/timeline.php
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVYueGy0IMQ
You can download the worksheet here if you lost it...
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year
Each year, National Geographic has combed the globe to find the Adventurers of the Year, each selected for his or her extraordinary achievement in exploration, adventure sports, conservation, and humanitarianism. This year is no different.
Today, I want you to check out this year's Adventurers. Go to the website or the photo gallery and check each of them out.
After you've checked them all out, vote for your favourite here.
Finally, let me know who you voted for and why by posting to my blog.
Once you've done that, finish you're photos in Be Funky, if you haven't already and email them to me at [email protected] or post them to my blog.
Today, I want you to check out this year's Adventurers. Go to the website or the photo gallery and check each of them out.
After you've checked them all out, vote for your favourite here.
Finally, let me know who you voted for and why by posting to my blog.
Once you've done that, finish you're photos in Be Funky, if you haven't already and email them to me at [email protected] or post them to my blog.
Be Funky!
Learning Goal:
Today you need to start editing the photos we took last week. To do this yo need to go to the Be Funky website. Click on Get started and select the option to upload a computer from your computer. You are now ready to start editing.
To complete you editing please complete the following:
- I can use photo editing techniques tools to edit my pictures.
Today you need to start editing the photos we took last week. To do this yo need to go to the Be Funky website. Click on Get started and select the option to upload a computer from your computer. You are now ready to start editing.
To complete you editing please complete the following:
- crop your picture to focus in on an important aspect of your photo
- insert some text to label your picture
- put a frame on to finish your picture
- apply an effect with the icon that looks like a paint brush to display your individuality
Photography - Introduction
How to Take a Good Photo...
Learning Goal:
We are going to look at what makes a good photo; that way, when we start taking photos next week, we'll be able to compose them to make them really interesting.
- I can identify the elements of good photography
We are going to look at what makes a good photo; that way, when we start taking photos next week, we'll be able to compose them to make them really interesting.
- First, open this file so we can look at the elements of good photography. We will discuss them before you begin.
- Next, we will go to National Geographic and look for photographic examples of each element.
- Copy and paste the pictures into the document under the appropriate heading. Please be aware that some photos can be used in more than one element,
- Finally, pick your favourite photo, post it to my blog and tell me which element or elements the photo displays. Don't forget to include your initials
Finishing Up our Website...
These videos will help you out... Video 1, Video 2
Today we need to finish up our websites. As well as finishing off the stuff we've already done but we also need to publish our websites.
To publish, just click the "Publish" button up in the top right-hand corner; simples....
You also need to ad a brief description for each of you website hyperlinks. To do this, you need to:
It should look something like below
To publish, just click the "Publish" button up in the top right-hand corner; simples....
You also need to ad a brief description for each of you website hyperlinks. To do this, you need to:
- drag over a text icon so you can type
- write a brief description of the website to match it
It should look something like below
Australian Rugby Union
The website of the ARU, with info on all forms and levels of the game; from Wallabies to juniors and Schoolboys to sevens, this website will give you all the information you need to play, coach, referee, run or just follow the game they play in Heaven.......
Inserting a Hyperlink
This week we need to insert our hyperlinks. To do so, follow these instructions:
Learning Goal: I can create a hyperlink that links to a website beyond my own and opens in a new window
- go to your countries page
- type in the name of the website (not the url but the name; eg., National Geographic not www.nationalgeographic.com
- click and drag to select the text of the name
- click the 'select link' button directly above, it looks a bit like a link of chain
- in the 'website url' section, insert the actual url
- click 'open in new window' box
- repeat for all of your websites that you want to link to your site.
- For bonus marks, insert a picture for your site and try and make it a hyperlink
Learning Goal: I can create a hyperlink that links to a website beyond my own and opens in a new window
Formatting our website
Today we need to create extra pages for our information. To do this, follow these instructions:
if you haven't saved a picture, you'd better do it quick as today is the only chance you have in class to do it!
- Click Pages tab across the top
- Select, create new page.
- Type the name of the country your page will be about; don't forget to use a capital for the 1st letter, eg, Thailand not thailand.
- Click save settings
- Repeat for the second country
- click on the tab for the page you created
- drag a picture icon down from the top
- click on the icon now on your page
- select, "Upload a photo from your computer"
- pick a photo that you saved from your country
if you haven't saved a picture, you'd better do it quick as today is the only chance you have in class to do it!
Planning a Website - Week 6, Term 3
This week, we're going to start to plan the content of our web page. Your website will be created using Weebly and it will have hyperlinks, multiple pages, images and some typed editorial.
Next, use the Internet to gather resources for your own web page. The content of your web page is organised using the provided Web Page Organiser worksheet. You need to pick two Asian countries that you'd like to go on holiday to, find two travel-related websites for each and save a photo from each page.
Before you leave, you will need to go to the Year 6 Blog and post the names of your two countries as a comment for Ms Morris and I to check and help out.
Next, use the Internet to gather resources for your own web page. The content of your web page is organised using the provided Web Page Organiser worksheet. You need to pick two Asian countries that you'd like to go on holiday to, find two travel-related websites for each and save a photo from each page.
Before you leave, you will need to go to the Year 6 Blog and post the names of your two countries as a comment for Ms Morris and I to check and help out.
Catch-Up - Week 3, Term 3
This week, as I'm away, you have the opportunity to catch up on, and complete, the last 2 week's work.
I'll be collecting these up next week and there WILL be consequences for non-completion.
If you finish both, you can spend a little more time exploring the website, gathering ideas of things you'll like to include in your site. We start making them next week!!!
Kids National Geographic
Australian Rugby Union
Australian Christian Channel
Disney Channel
Discovery Kids
PBS Kids
Club Penguin
Star Doll
Fun Brain
- Finish the Web Critic worksheet; again, going to the site listed in week two.
- Finish the Internet Terminology worksheet.
I'll be collecting these up next week and there WILL be consequences for non-completion.
If you finish both, you can spend a little more time exploring the website, gathering ideas of things you'll like to include in your site. We start making them next week!!!
Kids National Geographic
Australian Rugby Union
Australian Christian Channel
Disney Channel
Discovery Kids
PBS Kids
Club Penguin
Star Doll
Fun Brain
Web Critic - Week 2, Term 3
Today you will learn:
Kids National Geographic
Australian Rugby Union
Australian Christian Channel
Disney Channel
Discovery Kids
PBS Kids
Club Penguin
Star Doll
Fun Brain
- What the terms Navigation, appearance and content mean in relation to websites
- Reflect on how these things affect the effectiveness of a website.
- Open the document here.
- Select 5 of the websites below to review.
- give the sites a score out of 5 for each of the three topics.
- Be prepared to justify your ratings when we discuss them at the end of the lesson...
Kids National Geographic
Australian Rugby Union
Australian Christian Channel
Disney Channel
Discovery Kids
PBS Kids
Club Penguin
Star Doll
Fun Brain
Year 6 - Week 7 Term 2
Today you get to start animating your scene. You will need to make your Sprite move as it talks. We'll worry about the audio next week but for this week, we will get our Sprites to move from one point to another. There are three videos attached below that show you some different ways to make your Sprite move. I suggest you select and watch one or two before deciding on a way to animate your story.
Video 1 - easy
Video 2 - more complex
Video 3 - Scratch Level Ninja!
Video 1 - easy
Video 2 - more complex
Video 3 - Scratch Level Ninja!
Year 6 - Week 6 Term 2
DIALOGUE
Funnily enough, your characters need to say something; it's not a mime performance...
Today, I want you to draft the words that your character[s] will say. It should reflect on what they experienced before, during and after their voyage.
I want you to write no more than one minute's worth of dialogue. To make sure it is the right length of time and that it makes sense, make sure you read it aloud to yourself.
Next week, we are going to plan out our story so that we can make sure it will be awesome! If you finish early today, you have a little extra time to finish or improve your Sprite and background.
Funnily enough, your characters need to say something; it's not a mime performance...
Today, I want you to draft the words that your character[s] will say. It should reflect on what they experienced before, during and after their voyage.
- BEFORE - Why did they come? What was their life like back in Britain?
- DURING - What was the voyage like, how long did it take, who came with them?
- AFTER - Where did they settle in Australia? What were their first impressions and experiences of Australia?
I want you to write no more than one minute's worth of dialogue. To make sure it is the right length of time and that it makes sense, make sure you read it aloud to yourself.
Next week, we are going to plan out our story so that we can make sure it will be awesome! If you finish early today, you have a little extra time to finish or improve your Sprite and background.
Year 6 - Week 5 Term 2
This week, you need to complete both your background and the two Sprites to use as characters in your animation. Remember these things from last week...
If you need to, you can download Scratch from scratch.mit.edu or you can bring a usb stick to me in my class room and I can give it to you to take home.
- Make sure you pay attention to how your characters look, especially the colour and type of clothes they wear.
- Also, draw some belongings, like a suitcase.
- Make sure you draw each of your sprites separately as new Sprites- not at the same time and not against the background; otherwise, you won't be able to move them independently.
If you need to, you can download Scratch from scratch.mit.edu or you can bring a usb stick to me in my class room and I can give it to you to take home.
Year 6 - Week 4 Term 2
This week, you need to complete your background from last week as well as draw two Sprites to use as characters in your animation.
- Make sure you pay attention to how your characters look, especially the colour and type of clothes they wear.
- Also, draw some belongings, like a suitcase.
- Make sure you draw each of your sprites separately not at the same time; otherwise, you won't be able to move them independently .
- Refer back to the video from last week if you need to (it should work this time:).
Year 6 - Week 3 Term 2
Over the last 2 weeks we've looked at how to use the paint function to create a Sprite and a background and how to insert some of the scripts to allow movement.
Today, we're going to start creating a simple animation by first drawing our background. For you task this term, you are going to make an animation telling a simple story of the experience of a Ten-Pound Pom. Your first step is to draw a background of a ship or a wharf where the Ten-Pound Poms arrived in Australia.
To paint your background, follow these directions:
If you'd like to have another look at the Ten Pound Pom Video to get an idea of what the wharves and steam liners looked like, you can click here.
Today, we're going to start creating a simple animation by first drawing our background. For you task this term, you are going to make an animation telling a simple story of the experience of a Ten-Pound Pom. Your first step is to draw a background of a ship or a wharf where the Ten-Pound Poms arrived in Australia.
To paint your background, follow these directions:
- open Scratch
- delete the cat
- click on backgrounds
- select 'paint'
- use the paint tools to paint you background. Make sure you completely cover the the entire space.
If you'd like to have another look at the Ten Pound Pom Video to get an idea of what the wharves and steam liners looked like, you can click here.
Year 6 - Week 2 Term 2
This week, in preparation for our animation later in the term, you're going to do a tutorial on drawing a sprite and a background (note that you're drawing both, not just importing one from file). Again, for many of you this is revision...
- Watch the video and have a go at making a sprite. I'm sure you can do a better job - more colours and features - than the bloke on the video.
- Extrapolate to making a background. Just click on 'stage' underneath where your sprite is; click backgrounds and then paint.
- If you finish quickly, of course making sure you've done the best job you can and haven't rushed, you can either have a go at making a quick and simple animation like we did last year or finish off last week's activity so I can collect it up.
Year 6 - Term 2 week 1
Welcome back, I hope you enjoy having the best teacher in the world again!
As a bit of revision for you guys that have done Scratch before and as an intro for the new guys, were going to have a go at making the game bat and ball using Scratch.
You're going to watch this video that talks you through the process. Watch it all the way through the first time. after you've watched it once, you can go back and forth to the video to follow the process.
As a bit of revision for you guys that have done Scratch before and as an intro for the new guys, were going to have a go at making the game bat and ball using Scratch.
You're going to watch this video that talks you through the process. Watch it all the way through the first time. after you've watched it once, you can go back and forth to the video to follow the process.
- watch the video
- open Scratch - you may need to use finder to locate it. It has the cat icon.
- follow the instructions on the video to make your own game. Press Pause and follow the instructions as necessary; I found it easiest to have both pages displayed side-by-side.
- once you've finished, you can try things like changing the background, applying some of the features from the lesson we did last year or even try some of the things the video suggests like adding a score (this is pretty tricky, especially as I'm not telling you how to do it:)...
photoshop
- Go to http://www.photoshop.com/
- login using these details:
email - [email protected]
pasword: Year6!
- select edit an image
- select a photo you uploaded from your library
- click on 'auto-correct' and select the best image option it provides
- next, select one of the effects from the selection at the bottom
- when you're happy with it, make sure you save and download your picture ready to make Christmas Cards next week
click here to open the worksheet and wait for instructions
Term 4, Week 1
Below are a list of websites for some of the places you guys will visit on camp.
I want you to check them out then compile a list of the five places or things you are most looking forward to visiting and why. It doesn't need to be the place itself but can be an object or something to do at the places you're visiting. For example, you might be looking forward to going to Streets Beach at Southbank or looking forward to seeing a particular exhibit at the museum. You could, therefore, have more than one thing listed for a particular location.
Compile your list using Microsoft Word, insert a title using word-art and use the numbers function to number your list.
http://www.visitsouthbank.com.au/
http://www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au/
http://www.sciencentre.qm.qld.gov.au/
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutus/facilities/museum/default.htm
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/
http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/
http://www.sthelenaisland.com.au/
When you're finished save it and show the teacher.
I want you to check them out then compile a list of the five places or things you are most looking forward to visiting and why. It doesn't need to be the place itself but can be an object or something to do at the places you're visiting. For example, you might be looking forward to going to Streets Beach at Southbank or looking forward to seeing a particular exhibit at the museum. You could, therefore, have more than one thing listed for a particular location.
Compile your list using Microsoft Word, insert a title using word-art and use the numbers function to number your list.
http://www.visitsouthbank.com.au/
http://www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au/
http://www.sciencentre.qm.qld.gov.au/
http://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutus/facilities/museum/default.htm
http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/
http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/
http://www.sthelenaisland.com.au/
When you're finished save it and show the teacher.
Term 4, Week 2 - Website review
- open up your website and click the button at the top to publish it.
- go to year 6 websites tab at the top and follow the instructions to place your website's link on the page.
- Open and review three of your classmates' websites using the worksheet you've been given.
Take note that I am marking your reviews, especially your written comments, as well as the websites themselves; therefore, make sure you do a good job, answer truthfully and don't forget to put your name on the sheet!
Term 3, week 8 - Make a Blog
- What is a blog?
- Has anyone ever read a blog?
Blogs are a great way to share your ideas and thoughts about a topic. They can be long or short and can cover a range of topics.
Today, you are going to create a blog and start writing your first entry. I want your first blog to be a review of one of the sites you used for your links.
First of all, you need to create a blog. You do it the same way you did for your new page.
- Click 'pages'
- select "create blog"
- change the name
- save changes
Next, start writing your review. Make sure you cover this material whilst writing it:
- Brief introduction - what is the site and what is it about
- Description of contents what's on the site
- Assessment - do you think it is great, OK or abysmal? Justify your opinion with reasons
- Comparison with others - are there any similar sites? Are they better, worse or the same?
- Conclusion
Term 3, Week 6
This week, you are going to create a new page to put your links on. To do this you need to:
- click on 'Pages' at the top of the page.
- click, 'Add a Page'.
- name your page Links
- Under elements, click and drag 'Paragraph with Picture' down onto the page
- Type or copy & paste the name of your hyper-link
- Click and highlight the name
- Click on the symbol that looks like an infinity symbol at the top
- Type or copy & paste the URL into the space
- Tick 'open in new window'
- Click save
- Edit the picture to insert one of the images you saved from the site
Term 3, Week 3
This week, you get to start planning your webpage.
The first thing you need to do is select a topic. Are you going to a game page, a fan page for your favourite show or sporting team. Maybe an information site about a favourite activity...
Today, you are going to select websites that you can use as links to give people extra info about. It might be links to game cheats, other fan pages or photos of your chosen topic. Just make sure you pick sites that are connected to your topic. Today you need to:
The first thing you need to do is select a topic. Are you going to a game page, a fan page for your favourite show or sporting team. Maybe an information site about a favourite activity...
Today, you are going to select websites that you can use as links to give people extra info about. It might be links to game cheats, other fan pages or photos of your chosen topic. Just make sure you pick sites that are connected to your topic. Today you need to:
- download the worksheet and follow the instructions on it.
- create your website
- create different pages
- insert hyperlinks
- create a logo
- write a review, article or blog for your site
- insert some pictures
- publish and upload it!
Term 3, week 2
Download this worksheet to review some websites to help you plan your own page when you start later in the term. I want you to review these sites, keeping in mind the elements you think are good and should include in your website, as well as those you think you need to avoid. I've included a couple of site below for you and I'd like you to review a variety of different sites; however, if you already have an idea of what your website will be about and know a site that might be similar, I don't mind if you review a site that's not on my list. Make sure you save your work and have it ready to hand in to Mr McA next week; otherwise, you'll have a detention!
Australian Rugby
Better Homes and Gardens
Gympie Times
National Geographic
Jesus Culture
Australia Zoo
Discovery Kids
Australian Rugby
Better Homes and Gardens
Gympie Times
National Geographic
Jesus Culture
Australia Zoo
Discovery Kids
Term 3, week 1
You can use this sticky note site to share answers for our Internet Terminology worksheet.
Please note, that on the matching game, YouTube should be replaced with search engine.
Please note, that on the matching game, YouTube should be replaced with search engine.
Making More Complex Games
Pick one of the projects below and have a go at making the game. The instructions are on the website as is an example to have a go at:
- Shark and fish, this game also has a video you can watch
- Dog and crab
WELCOME TO TERM 2 - Scratch gaming and animation...
Week 4, Term 2
This week, you're going to plan the questions for your multiple choice quiz. With your partner, share and agree on the questions you'll use. use the sticky notes to share your ideas and to share suggestions of how to make it better. Find your group below. Some of you have got a sticky note on your page to get you started...
- go to your sticky note page - Mr Hudson's class: Beau and Liam, Ashley B and Anna, Ashley P and Josh, Chloe and Nat, Conrad and Duncan, Jordan and Tyler, Tiama and Shelby, Tiff and Angel; Ms Morris's class - Brae and Zac, Tia and Lillie, Brianna and Katelyn, Teegan and Amelia, Hayden and Tahlia, Daniel and Hamish, Celine and Chantelle, Byron, Garth and Cameron
- paste a note with a question
- directly under your question, paste a note with a list of 4 possible answers
- change the colour of the correct answer on your answer note so that you and your partner know which is the correct answer
- repeat the process and make sure you have at least four questions and answer sets so you can start making your game next week.
- Refine your questions and answers, make sure they're spelled and punctuated properly. Can they be understood? Post notes to help each other edit your work.
WELCOME TO TERM 2 - Scratch gaming and animation...
Week 3, Term 2
Sticky Note Websites for Collaborative Work
Sticky notes are a great way for people to work collaboratively and share ideas. To practice and start to generate some ideas for our first game, we are going to have a go at some.
Sticky notes are a great way for people to work collaboratively and share ideas. To practice and start to generate some ideas for our first game, we are going to have a go at some.
- Go to this first site and follow the instructions in my green sticky note in the middle
- Next, go to this second site and follow the directions in my yellow sticky note.
- work out how to edit sticky notes and proofread your own and those of other people...
Week 2, Term 2
This week, in preparation for our animation later in the term, you're going to do a tutorial on drawing a sprite and a background (note that you're drawing both, not just importing one from file). Again, for many of you this is revision of last year...
- Watch the video and have a go at making a sprite. I'm sure you can do a better job - more colours and features - than the bloke on the video.
- Extrapolate to making a background. Just click on 'stage' underneath where your sprite is; click backgrounds and then paint.
- If you finish quickly, of course making sure you've done the best job you can and haven't rushed, you can either have a go at making a quick and simple animation like we did last year or finish off last week's activity so I can collect it up.
Week 1, term 2
This week, as a bit of revision of last year and as an intro for the new guys, were going to have a go at making the game bat and ball using Scratch.
You're going to watch this video that talks you through the process. Watch it all the way through the first time. after you've watched it once, you can go back and forth to the video to follow the process.
If you need help make sure you ask the teacher. Don't forget to show the teacher when you've finished, too.
You're going to watch this video that talks you through the process. Watch it all the way through the first time. after you've watched it once, you can go back and forth to the video to follow the process.
- watch the video
- open Scratch - you may need to use finder to locate it. It has the cat icon.
- follow the instructions on the video to make your own game. Press Pause and follow the instructions as necessary; I found it easiest to have both pages displayed side-by-side.
- once you've finished, you can try things like changing the background, applying some of the features from the lesson we did last year or even try some of the things the video suggests like adding a score (this is pretty tricky, especially as I'm not telling you how to do it:)...
If you need help make sure you ask the teacher. Don't forget to show the teacher when you've finished, too.
Week 2, Term 1
Go to
http://cybersmart.gov.au/Kids/Fun%20things%20to%20do/Quiz%20-%20how%20cybersmart%20am%20I.aspx and complete the quiz. Keep trying until you get everything correct. When you have, show Mr Mac and he'll direct you to something else to do on the Cyber Smart website.
Week 3, Term 1
- Watch the Noah and Saskia clip.
- After watching the clip answer the questions, typing your responses in this Word document.· You can discuss the answers with the person beside you (if Mrs Abberly says it's ok).
- Have your responses ready so that Mrs Abberly can check them and you can discuss them at the end of the lesson.
Week 4, Term 1
Who's ever used a chat room or other online chat facility? Who's ever used IM?
Go to http://wiredkids.org/kids/personal_information_safety/im_safety/basicimtips.html and read these safety tips.
Next, we'll answer some of these questions as a group:
Go to http://wiredkids.org/kids/personal_information_safety/im_safety/basicimtips.html and read these safety tips.
Next, we'll answer some of these questions as a group:
- What are the differences between chatting online with friends you know from school and chatting online with people you do not know in real life?
- Why is it sometimes easier to share problems with an online friend than with a real-life friend?
Week 8/9, Term 1
Go to this Quiz. Complete the quiz by typing in your answers; don't forget to put you name into the footer. When you're finished save it, print it out and let Mr McA know that you're done.
After that, go to these Bullying, No Way! activities for the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence.
After that, go to these Bullying, No Way! activities for the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence.
Week 10, Term 1
Go to the Scratch website and reacquaint (or introduce) yourself to this excellent program.
Above all, have fun! Next term we're making our own games!!!!!
- play some games
- check out some of the animations others have done
- have a look at some of the tutorials
- you can even have a look at the Design Studio to get some advice on how it's done.
Above all, have fun! Next term we're making our own games!!!!!
this is the template we're using today. Open it to discuss as a class.