Name _______________________
Different Uses
Red Hat
Question Key
Reverse Listing
Cartoon Fun
Forced Relationship
Y-Chart
Interpretation
Logging Problem
Interpretations
What if?
PMI
My Inventions Own Alternatives Picture
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REVERSE LISTING
Name ten (10) things that you can not plant.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Different Uses
Find ten (10) uses for fern fronds or dead leaves.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Alternative Key
Write 5 ways to water your garden without using a hose.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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PICTURE
Use the squiggles below to make a drawing that relates to plants or the environment. Write about it and label the parts.
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DIFFERENT USES
The answer is seagrass. Give seven (7) questions to give that answer. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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7.
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INVENTIONS
Invent a machine to tidy the school environment. Draw a picture, write an explanation and label the parts.
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LOGGING PROBLEM
Work out three (3) ways to stop the loggers destroying the rainforest. Draw and write below.
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INTERPRETATION
The echidna is up the palm tree. Give FIVE (5) possible explanations. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
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CARTOON FUN
Design a one-frame cartoon with a main character belonging to the one of these environments (rainforest, desert, mangroves, backyard, pond, rivers, ocean, etc.) Remember to include speech bubbles and try to make it funny!
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RED HAT
When we wear our RED HAT we are thinking about our FEELINGS! Use your RED HAT to record (tick or cross) your feelings about the pets below:
Like mud sand leaves gardening dirt puddles climbing trees building cubbies finding insects chopping wood recycling being outside Put on your GREEN HAT (CREATIVE!!) and write an acrostic poem about one of the choices you liked!
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Don’t like
No feeling
P.M.I.
Complete the P.M.I. for living on the coast/near the beach.
PLUS
MINUS
INTERESTING
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Forced Relationships
Pick a coconut from a tall tree on the beach using only these items; an electric beater, a broom and blu tack. Illustrate and explain how you would do this.
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Plant a tree using only these items; two paperclips, a thong and a candle. Illustrate and explain how you would do this.
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WHAT IF?
What if trees grew money? Write some of your ideas onto the ideas wheel.
If trees grew money,
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VENN DIAGRAM
Use the books on the shelf to record facts (keywords) about deserts and mangroves in the Venn Diagram below. This graphic organiser will help you record the similarities and differences between these two environments.
Deserts
Mangroves
Different
Same
Different
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MY OWN
Use one of the Thinker’s Keys to design your own contract activity to be solved by someone else in the class. Make sure to include instructions of what they are expected to do.
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Y-CHART ANALYSIS thinking Use the Y-Chart below to record your
about RAINFORESTS. How they feel, how they sound, what they look like. Write and draw your answers. Looks like
Sounds like
Feels like
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