One of the most common plants found in New Zealand forests is the fern. It is a special, iconic symbol of New Zealand. You will find pictures of ferns on the jerseys of many famous sporting teams in New Zealand, including the New Zealand All Blacks.
Did you know that many of these teams also have the word ‘fern’ in their name? Use your best researching skills to find three New Zealand sporting teams who use the word ‘fern’ in their title.
On your blog list three sports teams that have the word ‘fern’ in their title. Beside each team’s name, post a picture of their uniform. Then, at the bottom of your blog post tell us which of the three uniforms you like best and why.
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Activity 3: Weird and Wonderful [10 points]
New Zealand is just one of many countries that has amazing plants and trees. In fact, the African desert is home to some pretty incredible plants, like the cactus. Some cacti are able to survive on as little as 3 millilitres (ml) of water a day. Wow!
Let’s imagine that you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day.
Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?
On your blog, tell us how to solve this maths problem. You can write your answer in words, use a Sketchpad image, or post a video explaining how you would figure it out. Be sure to give us your final answer in millilitres (ml).
A whole year I will give my cactus 1095 ml of water.
3ml x 365
3 x 100 =300 - 300 x 3 = 900 + 195
ml= 1.95L
Hi Michael,
ReplyDeleteI like how you solved this problem by using what you know in measurement, It shows a good strategy for solving the problem. If I was doing this I would use the same way do this.
Great Work
Jerome
Hello again,
ReplyDeleteWell done on correctly solving the cactus maths problem! I was able to follow the first two steps of your working but can you explain to me where the 195 has come from?
Thanks Michael! I look forward to your reply. :)
Mikey