homework

1. Due Friday 4th
May 2012 T2W2
Current
Events
What is happening around us?
Koalas
Watch this short video titled Koalas and answer the following questions
(The short video is also on the blog. Let me know if you can’t view it at
home and I will let you watch it during the week at school).
1. Why are koalas considered an Aussieicon?
2. In which states have koalas been declared vulnerable?
3. What were koalas hunted for in the early 1900’s?
4. What has happened to koala populationsin Queensland and New South Wales?
5. Why did some people question koalas beingon the threatened species list?
6. What impactwere koalas havingin Victoria?
7. What was done on Kangaroo Island to control koala numbers?
8. Many people agree that overall the number of koalas is
a. Increasing
b. Decreasing
c. Stayingthe same
9. Why do some people think that all koalasshould bedeclared vulnerable?
10. What arethe arguments againstextra protection for koalas?
Word of the
Week
Conundrum
Find the definition. Write a sentence for each meaning, and use it 3
times during the week. How many synonyms can you find?
Mathematics Position
1. Complete the set activities on Study Ladder. Some of you may
need to see me for your password.
2.Maths activities will be set for your text book on Monday.
Quote of the
Week
"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
1.Who said it?
2.What do you think this person meant?

2. Minamurra Minnamurra
Over the next two weeks prepare a
report on our excursion to Minimurra.
Include the following –
A personal recount of the days events.
A fact file of information on the local flore and fauna.
Interesting facts and figures.
Include photographs if you are able to take some.
Some of these reports will be showcased at our primary
assebly on the 28th
May.
Research
Task
Koalas (OPTIONAL)
On a map, showthe distribution of koalasinAustralia.
What doesitmean tobe threatenedspecies?Whatcausesan animal tobecome
threatened?
The koala isan Australianicon.Whatdo youthinkthat means?