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20 More Task Cardsfor Fast Finishers—Upper

by Peter Clutterbuck

Unit F14 ■ 20 Task Cards

Upper Primary

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Imagine some oil was spilled in the pond and all the mosquito larvae died.Describe the effect it may have on the other creatures in the picture.Explain why.

The effect on other creatures

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Look at the picture below. Describe how the environment is being affectedand what could be done to improve it.

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How the environment is being affected

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Cut out the rectangle below and fold along the dotted lines. Walk quickly withit on the end of your finger with the folds facing outwards. (Lick your finger tomake it ‘stick’). Watch it spin.

Spinner

Look carefully at this list of people:

Choose the one who would require the most daily energy and say why this is so.

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Now choose the one who would require the least daily energy and say why.

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• farmer• elderly lady sick in hospital• taxi driver • doctor • teacher

• footballer in training for thecoming season

• coal miner • person confined to a wheelchair.


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In the space provided, design a poster about:

Using Electricity Safely

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Look closely at the pictures below. Briefly describe what you see.

Optical illusions

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Make a list of ways in which electricity, gas and petrol can be conserved in ourhomes. Use diagrams to assist your answers.

Electricity Gas Petrol

Conserving fuel

Write where in the body the following bones are found.

rib ______________ humerus __________

radius __________ ulna ______________

patella __________ tarsus ____________

carpus __________ fibula ____________

tibia ____________ stapes ____________

pelvis____________ sternum __________

clavicle __________ femur ____________

skull ____________ metatarsal ________

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Choose a creature such as a silkworm, frog, butterfly or mosquito.

Using diagrams, explain and describe its life cycle.

Description

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Use another sheet of paper if you run out of room.

Life cycles

‘Needs’ are thing we must have in order to live. ‘Wants’ are not necessary forlife, but they make life more satisfying.

Look at the pictures below. Write what each person would wish for. Then saywhether what they are wishing for is a ‘need’ or a ‘want’.

Needs and wants

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Look at the following list of occupations. Number them in order from theoccupation you think should be paid the most (1) to the one you think shouldbe paid the least (10).

Explain why you have placed them in the order you have.

No. Occupation Reason for rankingFiremanDentistTruck driversDoctorTeacherGarbage collectorPolice officerShop assistantNurseAstronaut

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Imagine you are a school teacher. What would the following people expect ofyou in the situations described.

1. You are teaching the grade long multiplication.

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Parents ____________________________________________

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2. You are taking children on an overnight excursion.

Principal ____________________________________________

Parents ____________________________________________

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Of all the possible roles or occupations there are in the world, which do youthink would be:

Question Role/occupation Why?

1. the most exciting?

2. the most dangerous?

3. the most boring?

4. the most difficult

5. the most strangest?

6. the most fun?

In the column, ‘Why?’, explain your answers.

Which role?

Make a list of five rules you would make for a school excursion to the Zoo.

Next to each rule, write some penalties you would apply to people who broke it.

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Look at the picture and notice who is performing each task. Describe why youthink the work was divided up this way 100 years ago. Compare your answerswith your classmates.

Yesterday andtoday

Correctly colour the Aboriginal flag below. Describe what each colour stands for.

The Aboriginalflag

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Imagine you are the Prime Minister of Australia. Make a list of five things youwould do to make Australia a better place in which to live.

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You have received an invitation to a birthday party. The party will be inDecember but it is up to you to work out the actual date. See how you go.

1. The party is not on Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve.2. The sum of the digits in the date is less than 4.3. The date of the party is not a multiple of 5.4. The party is not on a Monday.5. The ‘ten’ digit is less than the ‘units’ digit.

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1. A carnivorous animal eats______________________.

2. The young of a deer is called a______________________.

3. The primary colours in paint are red, blue and___________________.

4. A Chihuahua is a kind of______________________.

5. The name Bill is short for ______________________.

6. The planet immediately after Jupiter is______________________.

7. The terms ‘tee’, ‘iron’ and ‘green’ are associated with the sport of______________________.

8. The _________________ is also known as the King of the Jungle.

9. A hexagon has ________________ sides.

10. Mutton is the meat of a_____________________.

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Generalknowledge —2

1. What type of creature is Black Beauty? __________________.

2. What does a philatelist collect? __________________.

3. What type of creatures are Friesians and Jerseys? _________________.

4. What did Cinderella lose at the ball? _________________.

5. What two colours can you mix to make green?______________.

6. What is the name given to the fruit of the oak tree? ____________.

7. What relation is a girl to her father’s brother? ________________.

8. We call them taps. What do Americans call them? _________________.

9. How many squares are there on a chess board? _________________.

10. In what position is red on a traffic light? _________________.

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OUR ENVIRONMENT—1These are some suggestions—you may come up withother ideas:No larvae = less food for fish and possibly frogs = lessfood for waterbirds that eat fish, frogs and tadpoles.Less life in the pond may cause it to become stagnant.The oil will also prevent air from entering the water. Itwill chock pond life and get into the fur, feathers anddigestive systems of the birds and animals that come tothe pond to drink and look for food.

OUR ENVIRONMENT—2How the environment is being affected:Smoke and care exhaust are polluting the air. Timberhas been destroyed, perhaps to feed the smelters orbecause the air is so polluted. The ground looks prettybare and the wind is blowing away the topsoil.Waste from the factory is being emptied into the river,killing wildlife.

CONSERVING FUELElectricity—-turn off lights, have low watt light bulbs,use fluorescent bulbs, have off peak hot water services,wash clothes in cold water, have a well insulated houseso you don’t need to use heaters and coolers, dresswarmly so you don’t need to use the heater as much.Gas—have an off peak water service, have goodinsulation so you don’t need the gas heater on high inwinter, dress warmly so you don’t need to use theheater as much, wash clothes in cold waterPetrol—walk, catch the bus, car pool, ride a bike.

OUR BODIESrib/chest, upper torsohumerus/elbowsternum/breast, chestradius/forearm (short and thicker)ulna//forarm (longer and thinner)clavicle/collar bonepatella/kneetarsus/anklefemur/legcarpus/wristfibula/lower leg (on the outside)skull/headtibia/lower leg (inside)stapes/earmetatarsal/footpelvis/hip

NEED AND WANTS• Person in desert dying of thirst—water/need.• Hungry girl looking at cakes-to eat cakes/want.• Cricketer coming out to bat, starting to rain—sunny

weather/want.• Boy in a singlet in the freezing cold—something

warm to wear/need.• Shipwrecked person on island—food, water, shelter

and company/need.• Girl dreaming of a bicycle—bicycle/want.

YESTERDAY AND TODAYMilking, women/girls. Women tended to stay at homewith babies and small children. Their tasks werearound the home. Milking kept girls close to home.The cows were often their responsibility and werequite tame. Milk maids would also make the butterand cream.Washing, women /girls. Women were concerned withkeeping a clean and tidy house. They often spent mostof their lives in or around the home.Gardening, women/girls. Women grew fruit andvegetables for their kitchens – it was theirresponsibility to feed the household, as again this keptthem close to children and babies.Fencing, men/boys. Men worked away from the homeand would return for dinner. For fencing they neededto lift and carry very heavy things. They would alsooften camp out while the job was being completed.this was not regarded as safe or desirable for women.Ploughing, men/boys. This was a ‘heavy’ job requiringlong hours in the field and a lot of strength. Womenwould often take the men their lunches and wouldhelp with harvesting and hand planting.Chopping wood, men/boys. This was seen as a ‘man’sjob’ as it required strength and it was a ‘dirty’ job.

PROBLEM SOLVINGFriday 12 December

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE—11. Meat. 6. Saturn.2. Fawn. 7. Golf.3. Red, blue and yellow. 8. Lion4. Dog. 9. Hexagon5. William. 10. Sheep.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE—21. Horse. 6. Acorn.2. Postage stamps. 7. Niece.3. Milking cows. 8. Faucets.4. Glass slipper. 9. 64.5. Blue and yellow. 10. At the top.

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