Saturday, 22 August 2015

Brain Gym.

Making my brain faster and stronger....

The next generation of genius.

Have you thought about playing an instrument? Can you already play one? What kinds of activities challenge your brain?
 Share your thoughts...click on the post below.


Saturday, 15 August 2015

Corrugated Animal Sculpture Art


Jeff Thomson inspired art...


Corrugated cardboard is the medium we will be using to create our own cardboard animals. 

Step 1: Research your chosen animal collecting images of it still AND in motion
Step 2: Sketch up the basic shape of your animal
Step 3: Use heavy card to create a draft design exploring shape and position
Step 4: Use corrugated cardboard to create you animal.


Check out these cardboard animals for a little inspiration! 


Read about Jeff Thomson here




Introduction to Pie Charts

Introduction to pie charts!


We are learning about the different ways we can present information. A pie chart is one type of graph that we have looked at.
In this tutorial you will learn how to read, make and interpret pie charts! Pay close attention as this will form a part of you homework in in Week 5.


Here are some links to more PIE CHART PRACTICE

https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/pie-charts.html 

Read about piecharts then answer the questions 1-10 for practice.