Spring Fires: Blue/ Red Task

Research using FUSE/ internet sites to help you answer these questions in your book.

** Don't write out the question. Just respond and copy the source you used in comments below.

A few sites you may find interesting are:
https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/pages/Results.aspx?s=bush+fires
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather-services/bushfire/about-bushfire-weather.shtml
 

1. What is unusual about the timing of the recent NSW bushfires?

2. What month did the fires in NSW start?

3. What other Australian states have had devastating bushfires in the past? Locate using Google Maps.

4. What are the peak months for bushfire danger in Australia?

5. Why do big bushfires usually occur later in summer? Give some reasons.

6. List the three factors that contribute to early bushfires.

7. Bushfire risk decreases when one of these factors is removed. True or false?

8. Describe how dry winters and early summers affect bushfires.

9. Think of three adjectives to describe the bushfires in NSW.

10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN story about bushfires?

Spring Fires

It's pretty scary but in Australia it's not so unusual to get the occasional bushfire. But normally it doesn't happen till later in the summer months.

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3875965.htm

Complete a KWLH chart on Spring Fires.Using information from Bush fires from earlier in week as prior knowledge/ add this to any other knowledge (thoughts/ ideas/facts) you have about the topic of fires.

You are to write what you already know about bushfires and how they might start. --
Name three things you know off the top of your head.

What causes bushfires?

What are the risk factors? Think about fuel, weather and geographical features.

 

What Australian bushfire disasters do you know about?

Parts of Speech

Quick Maths

http://www.mathplayground.com/quick_math.html

Worded Problems #1

Try these. Just Write Worded Problems: Blogger 1 in your book so I know what sheet you are doing.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/pdfs/9divcard.pdf

Blue Group: Label as #2 http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/pdfs/9divprobs.pdf

Tuning in

Sustainability- What does this mean? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTamnlXbgqc

What is carbon footprint? http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_366574&feature=iv&src_vid=gTamnlXbgqc&v=DKDq1RMHscQ

What is the ozone layer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b3-l4BxqGA

Where do we get oil from? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ1HIBIIJU0&list=PL6vCwGtCTVtMKZrvZNvqUKZzRxRrvK55A

Read more on http://mocomi.com/learn/environment/

Online Games

Snowy is having tons of fun this winter, but he is a little bit lonely when all the kids go home in the evening -http://fun4thebrain.com/Division/snowyfriend.html

The parents from this town decided that it was too easy getting the candy at the door, so they made an obstacle course around the neighborhood.- Levels within the game- http://fun4thebrain.com/Division/candycapersdiv.html

And plenty more, on http://fun4thebrain.com/division.html

Try them out and let me know which one you found the best and why.