Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 2

Activity 1: Giants Among Us [4 points]

On your blog, tell us whether you would like to go and visit Tāne Mahuta one day. Be sure to tell us why you do (or do not) want to visit this endemic tree.

I would love to visit Tane Mahuta one day because I want to see how big it is in person. I also want to see it because I want to see how tall it is compared to other trees in the forest. The final reason why I want to see Tane Mahuta is that I want to compare it with the sky tower and see which is bigger.

Activity 2: Fabulous Ferns [4 points]

On your blog list three sports teams that have the word ‘fern’ in their title. Beside each team’s name, post a picture of their uniform. Then, at the bottom of your blog post tell us which of the three uniforms you like best and why.

1. Black Ferns

2. Silver Ferns

3. Football Ferns

Black Ferns Uniform:

Silver Ferns Uniform:  

Football Ferns Uniform: 

1. I like Black Ferns uniform the most because their uniform matches their name.

2. I like Silver Ferns uniform the second most because the fern on their shirt is fern and it matches their name.

3. I like Football Ferns uniform the third most because their uniform doesn't suit their name but the others do.

Activity 3: Weird and Wonderful [10 points]

New Zealand is just one of many countries that has amazing plants and trees. In fact, the African desert is home to some pretty incredible plants, like the cactus. Some cacti are able to survive on as little as 3 millilitres (ml) of water a day. Wow!

Let’s imagine that you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day.

Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?

On your blog, tell us how to solve this math problem. You can write your answer in words, use a Sketchpad image, or post a video explaining how you would figure it out. Be sure to give us your final answer in millilitres (ml).

The answer is 1095ml. How I got the answer was I figured out how many days are in a year after that I timed 3 with 3 and it equals 9 but I added two zeros at the end of the 9 because it was 300 to make it 900. After that, I timed 3 with 6 and it equalled 18 but I added a zero at the end because it was 60. After that, I timed 3 with 5 and it equalled 15 after that I added all of them together and it equalled 1095ml.