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Monday 30 August 2021

Bronze Mon T3 W5

 

Research: Fruit and Vegetables

 

Response to Text: Fruit and Vegetables (Monday W6, T3)

Healthy Fruit and Veges


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1. A fruit is the part of the plant that contains the... 


a) Roots                       b) Flowers

c) Seeds                                             d) Money


2. What are the two different types of fruit? 


a) Wet & Dry                     b) Fleshy & Dry

c) Hard & Soft                   d) Fleshy & Hard


3. Fruit is an important source of...


a) Vitamin A                                 b) Vitamin B

c) Vitamin C                                       d) Vitamin D


4. List 5 examples of “Root Vegetables”

carrots 

Beets 

Turnips

Radishes

Sweet potatoes.


5. True or False: Cucumbers are vegetables


a) True b) False


6. Which of these is NOT in the article a cooking option for vegetables


a) Boiling                                b) Fried

c) Grilled                    d) Baked


7. Explain in your own words what makes a herbaceous plant different from a tree

  • All trees have wood inside and outside, but herbaceous plants have soft stems.


8. Explain in less than 3 sentences why it is important for humans to include fruits and vegetables in their diet.

→All people need healthy food like fruits and vegetables so they can think better, be healthier and run faster. 



 

Mon: T-shirt Design: Fruit Ninja

 

5 Facts: Fruits and Vegetables

 

Thursday 26 August 2021

Research Task: Living with a Disability

 

Response to text: Overcoming a Disability

 Overcoming a Disability


frida kahlojohn nashandrea bocellinick vujicicstephen hawkingmichael j fox

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1. Frida Kahlo is a famous


a) Singer                                                b) Athlete

c) Artist                                                         d) Actress


2. John Nash is an American mathematician who won 


a) A Gold Medal at the Paralympics                     b) The Nobel Prize in Physics

c) An Oscar for the movie ‘Beautiful Mind’         d) The Nobel Prize in Economics


3. Stephen Hawking was a famous Scientist who had to communicate using


a) Sign Language                             b) Singing

c) A Voice Synthesiser                                d) Text Messaging


4. List 2 facts about Nick Vujicic


Although Nick doesn't have any limbs, he does have two toes on his left foot (which he calls his chicken drumstick).

He can write, type 45 words per minute, swim, answer the phone and kick tennis balls extremely far. 4. He started his first business, Life without Limbs,


5. True or False: Andrea Boccelli became completely blind at the age of 12

a) True b) False


6. Michael J Fox suffers from...

a) Paraplegia                                                b) Parkinson’s Disease

c) Schizophrenia                                d) Muscular Dystrophy


7. Explain why the celebrities mentioned above are amazing people. 

→the amazing person is nick vujicic and frida kahlo and people they amazing because they do not let there disability stop them from doing great things


5 Facts: Disability in NZ

 

Wednesday 25 August 2021

Bronze - Measuring Perimeter (Wednesday T3, W5)

 

Research Task: NZ Paralympic Athletes

Response to text: NZ Paralympic Athletes

 NZ Paralympic Athletes


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1. Sophie Pascoe competes in 


a) Wheelchair Rugby                        b) Para Swimming

c) Parachuting                                             d) Para Athletics


2. Sophie Pascoe won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the 


a) 2012 London Paralympics                     b) 2016 Rio Paralympics 

c) 2008 Beijing Paralympics            d) 2020 Tokyo Paralympics 


3. Tupou Neiufi went to her first Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016 when she was only


a) 20 years old                                 b) 18 years old

c) 12 years old                                     d) 15 years old


4. List 2 facts about Tupou Neiufi


→ She placed 7th in the Women’s 100m Backstroke S9 

→ Tupou Neiufi has paralysis on the left side of her body. 


5. True or False: Cody Everson became a tetraplegic when he broke his leg. 

a) True b) False

6. Lisa Adams began competing in Para Athletics in these two events


a) Shot Put and Discus                                b) Discus and Javelin

c) Shot Put and Long Jump                    d) Shot Put and High Jump


7. Explain why our New Zealand Paralympians are amazing people. 

→ Because they are representing our country. 

→ They compete in different sports in the paralympic games

→ Because they are the best athletes in the paralympics

→ Some of them lost their legs and arms, or had brain injuries. Some of them have cerebral palsy but all of them still try their best to win silver,gold and bronze. It doesnt stop them from playing sport. 


5 Facts: NZ Paralympic Team