Here we are with some Highlanders!

Homework Week 8 activity!

Read the article below and summarise your favourite bits in your own words (at least 5 lines).  Please do this under comments.  

To do this..... 

1. Click on comments and fill in the comment box that pops up.  
2. Click on Anonymous and publish your comment (use your initials in the comment so I know who it is).  

The dolphin is one of the most playful and intelligent animals on our planet. Even though dolphins spend their lives in the water, they are not fish, but are mammals. Dolphins can't breathe water like fish, but need to come to the surface to breath air. There are many kinds of dolphins. Perhaps the most famous are the Bottlenose Dolphin and the Killer Whale (that's right the Orca, or Killer Whale, is a member of the dolphin family). 

How do dolphins live? 

Dolphins are very social animals. Many dolphins travel in groups called pods. Some dolphins, like Killer Whales, live in pods of 5-30 members for their entire lives. Each Pod behaves differently. Some pods migrate and travel around the world, while others have a specific territory. Sometimes pods can group together to make giant pods as large as 1000 or more dolphins. Baby dolphins are called calves. The males are called bulls and the females are called cows. 

How big do they get? 

The largest dolphin is the Killer Whale which grows up to 23 feet long and can weight over 4 tons. The smallest dolphin is the Heaviside's Dolphin which grows to just over 3 feet long and weighs around 90 pounds. Dolphins have long snouts that typically hold around 100 teeth. They also have a blowhole on the top of their head that they use for breathing. 

What do dolphins eat? 

For the most part, dolphins eat other smaller fish, but they are not limited to just fish. They eat squid, too, and some dolphins, like Killer Whales, will often eat small sea mammals like seals and penguins. Dolphins often hunt together, herding fish into packed groups or into inlets where they can be easily caught. Some dolphins will share their food with the young or let the young catch injured prey as practice. They don't chew their food, they swallow it whole. Dolphins get the water they need from the animals they eat, rather than drinking ocean water. 

Fun Facts About Dolphins

• Dolphins are part of the same animal order, Cetacea, as whales.
• Many dolphins are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Hector's dolphin is classified as endangered.
• They are intelligent enough to understand complex commands.
• Like all mammals, dolphins give birth to live young and nurse them with milk.
• River dolphins live in fresh water, rather than salt water.

Optical Illusions for you to figure out:)

Parallel means the lines run straight along from one another (the same direction).  Horizontal means side to side.

Have a go and these and leave a comment and tell me how you got on. HAVE FUN!!

Room 10's - Smarts Statistical Results!

Jonathan and Sofia collated all of our top "Smarts" data and put together this pie graph.  They did this as part of an extension maths group.

As you can see we are strong in Nature Smart, then equal in Logic, People and Music Smart!  We may need to work on being better at Word and Picture Smart as a team.

Watch this space for Tait, Emily and Nico's graph results from the data they are collecting!

Our favourite things to do when we are not at school!

Our classmate Kohl at RDA on Fridays!

Nico and Justice's favourite things to do at home!

Jonathan's Statistical Investigation!

Tait's Statistical Investigation results graph!

Click on the graph to enlarge the image!