Equivalent Fractions

Equivalent Fractions

WALT: Understand Equivalent Fractions on a Year 8/9 level.

In this video it is me and Harlem providing you with some tips and a quick run-through on how to do equivalent fractions, to break it down in case the sick techno drowned the music out I will give you a quick rundown.

First, you look at the two fractions, look at the top number on the left and right and figure out how many times the left goes into the right, and then multiply that number by the bottom one to get the answer on the right. This activity is available on MathsBuddy for anyone to try, review this video if you would like and leave a comment to tell us how we did.

Another rundown on another type of equivalent fractions problem, say you were met with "Which is the same as 1/3?" First, you would multiply the top number by 3 to see if it went into the bottom, and boom you have the answer.

Great B and Northern Ireland medals

WALT: Create a Bar Graph showcasing the Olympic Medals won by Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

In this activity, we were asked to compile a simple table of things and dates into a bar graph, these dates and times were all Olympic times and Medals won by Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the Paralympic games throughout the past 6 Olympic games, I will leave the link to this table below.

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This activity was simple and gave a quick refresher on how to do a Bar graph and tally information, whilst also tying into our Olympics/Paralympics inquiry, give this a go for yourself with another inquiry topic and tell me how you get on.

Stay Safe, Stay Blogging.

 

Paralympic Swimming Times

 

WALT: Work with timesheets and graphs

One of our home learning activates today was to take this worksheet from the Class site, review it and place in the fastest times from each Pool of Paralympic swimmers, This activity was as simple as it gets, unless there is something I am missing. 

Hope you learned something about the Paralympic swimming times from this spreadsheet, get your teacher to get your class to do this as well if you want, stay safe and keep blogging.

Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed numbers

 

WALT: Learn to convert improper fractions into a mixed number using long division.

As our Maths activity today we were tasked with reviewing a slideshow full of Improper fractions and were told to watch a youtube guide on how to convert said fractions into mixed numbers. This activity was extremely basic and simple once you begin to understand it, it is simple division mixed with addition and multiplication.

This task involves dividing numbers into each other, taking the results and using that to get the correct answer. This activity was challenging at the start, as I had to re watch the video several times during the first 2, but after that I got the hang of it, after that point it was smooth sailing. 

I enjoyed this activity because it introduced me to some new Maths problems, before this I had no idea of what a mixed number even meant, leat alone how to convert one.

Please point out any mistakes or questions I got wrong in the comments and I will be sure to correct them, give it a go for yourself; ask your teacher if you can do a lesson on this.

Happy lockdown.

Making my own AD

 

WALT: Create an advertisement showcasing the staples of an AD.

This was a rushed advertisement I created to advertise Aioli, this is a simple AD, the colour scheme is chosen because it is the colours that make you hungry when put together.

Leave some feedback in the comments to tell me how I did, as well as giving me back some feedback.

Great Walks Brochure

 

WALT: Make a brochure about the 10 great walks in New Zealand.

This slideshow showcases the 10 great walks in New Zealand and a little bit of information about them and why you should go on these walks, these walks are a great way to get out and see the outdoor environment. I found this easy to do since all of the facts were readily available on the DOC website, I did find it a little bit challenging to come up with some showcasing language and explaining words/descriptions about the places. 

Energy Inquiry

WALT: Create a project relating back to our energy inquiry.

We did an inquiry that was based on energy, my friend Harlem and I made a video explaining Wind/Turbine energy with a twist, the video was informative and explained how it works and what turbines do, and what happens when the wind goes through them.

I liked doing this and all the information was readily available so it was easy to achieve, try make your own little project and tell me how it goes in the comments.