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Student Surveys

Survey 1 - Formative Assessment

Survey 2 - Pro-social programmes

Financial Literacy http://www.richkidsmartkid.com/minigames/profit.htm

http://www.telme.org.nz/telme - Free site from NZ Consumer magazine – lets you easily find the best mobile, internet, phone provider for you based on your needs. In the past the NZ telco companies have admitted making their pricing plans overly complicated to understand so people wouldn’t know the best value plan to pick L

www.nzgameshop.com - computer and console games but 30-40% cheaper than what you would pay at JB HIFI, DickSmith, EB Games etc

www.endless.com – discount US shoe store, free shipping to NZ for orders over $100 and arrive with 7 days. Prices discounted 50-70% what you would pay in shops here in NZ. NB: Some suppliers on the website won’t ship outside USA – check on the page if that shoe can be shipped to NZ. If you have a shoe fetish this site could be hazardous to your bank account… you have been warned.

http://chrome.angrybirds.com/

http://dsc.discovery.com/survival/games/life-death-sea/life-death-sea.html

Language Websites

http://www.voki.com	http://voicethread.com
http://www.pixton.com	http://www.toondo.com
http://goanimate.com/	http://www.glogster.com
https://www.storyjumper.com	http://www.titanpad.com
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk	http://www.digitaldialects.com
http://www.hellomylo.com

www.worldmathsday.com www.worldspellingday.com

Interactive maths
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/

Arithmetic Four
Estimator
http://www.pcs.school.nz/students/math.html
Students answer basic fact either timed/ not timed or print out work sheet
STAGE 2-3, 4,5 ,6 AND 7
Good maintenance activity in maths rotation

NZ MATHS
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/

Basic facts

http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U110

Number Puzzles
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_157_g_3_t_1.html

Students are required to arrange numbers on a diagram so that all numbers in the line add up to a given value.

The Product Game
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U100

SpeedMath Deluxe
http://education.jlab.org/smdeluxe/index.html
Players are given four numbers between which they must enter one of the four operation signs so that the resulting expression equals a given number. Requires an understanding of order of operation and occasionally integers.

► Volcano Simulation 1
► Volcano Simulation 2
► Volcano Quiz

► Katia & Maurice Krafft
► Fire Suits
► Volcano Safety 1
► Volcano Disaster

How to save your Superhero

► Create your superhero and hold down the crtl key and push the Prt Scr key on your keyboard.

► Open Word then right click and choose paste.

► Click on your picture once, a picture toolbar should appear somewhere on screen. Choose the cropping tool and crop the picture to show just you superhero.

► Make your picture larger by dragging the corner resize box.

► Save your word document into your class folder on student drive.

LETTER WRITING SITES:

PBS Site and Read, Write, Think

Bloxorz Game http://www.kongregate.com/games/TwinkleStarGames/electric-box
To Buy or Not to Buy The Story of Stuff Energy Wise Cleaner Energy Guide	Samoan bi-lingual resources Tamaiti - Page 1 Tamaiti - Page 2 http://www.samoa.ws/dictionary/arrival.htm
Current NZ Stamps Science Activities Census at School Graffiti Creator Rapsheet - List of super villains Superhero Builder
Activity Survey
Maths Activities

MATHS · http://www.echalk.co.uk/Maths/PrimaryNationalStrategy_Yr6/DfES-MathsActivitiesforyear6/index.html - maths games website. Games related to basic facts are: Pole climber and long jump challenge; Code breaker is a good logic game for extension students. · http://www.tki.org.nz/r/maths/curriculum/figure/index_e.php (for answers to F.I.O. books – print only pages needed) · http://www2.nzmaths.co.nz/LearningObjects/ This is the digital learning objects section of nzmaths (username = kowhai-int, password = 95int). Go to number and try: Sieve of Eratosthenes in level 5, Integer cruncher in level 4 and arrays in level 4 (although better suited to level 3), Pobble arrays in level 3, and the array in level 2
Moon Sim	Phases of Moon Animation
TKI - Day & Night Activities	Put Moon into orbit - only runs using Mozilla Firefox on ICT suite computers

Wikipedia.org - Moon Conspiracy Theories	Moon Conspiracy Debunked
Problems with moon photos?	More proofs for Moon landings

The Black Morning Spider Fact or Fiction: The Deadly Camel Spider
CIA World Factbook Lots of information about all the countries in the world.

Wikipedia - best place to get a overview of your topic.


Kids Health for Kids Excellent site with lots of information about health issues (based in USA).	Electrocity Game Once you have finished enter the code TM184 to share your city online and win prizes!

Worst Jobs in History!
Wikipedia.org
NZ Ministry of Consumer Affairs ► Unit Plan ► Interactive activities	Advertising Standards Authority Suggest you look at the 3rd decision down about McDonalds Deli Choices (click on the link that says "Full Decision")
Eco Footprint	Consumer Jungle
Consumer Games
	Maths Week Website
Maths
Telecom: ▪ Compare all mobiles ▪ What plan is best for me? (quiz on right of page)	Vodafone: ▪ What mobile is best for me quiz? ▪ Compare all mobiles ▪ Calling plans ▪ Which plan is best for me? (may not work)
Pre-Pay Telecom Plans	Pre-Pay Motor Mouth Nights & Weekends Anytime

Fitness
Wikipedia - free online encyclopedia.
Amazing strength records	Free diving and breath holding records - 8mins & 58 secs!
Ultramarathon - feel like running 1000km?	World's fittest man

Space Marines (Games Workshop)	More Space Marines (scroll down the page to view figures)
ACC Sportzilla - (do NOT play on classroom computers)
Continent & Ocean Quiz (easy)	Geosense Game (medium)
Lots of Geography games (medium)	Tricky Geography game (difficult)
►	Optical Illusions 1 2 3
Now you're playing with power!
Kowhai Rubbish Survey Results
All about fireworks	Anatomy of a firework
Interview with a pyrotechnician	Bubble Questions
Article on Google Earth - can you find the Koru?	Superhero Builder
Official NZ Flag information	New NZ Flag Designs
Parts of the Wharenui	Speak Easy - How to prepare your speech.
Learning Federation	Powers of 10

Search Engines & Tools

KidsClick! - use reading level 3-6	Yahooligans	Ask Jeeves Kids
Dictionary.com	Wikipedia - free encyclopaedia	Google
NZ Herald	Scoop (NZ)	BBC (UK)
Writers' Window Students from around the world publish their writing.	Book Backchat Readers from around the country use email to discuss books.	What's Hot Young adult readers recommend their favourite books.
Interactive Cloze, crosswords, word chess etc.	Vocabulary Tests More vocab self-quizzes based on a variety of topics.	Any Questions? Get one on one help with an online librarian. Operates Monday to Friday 1pm - 6pm.

Teacher Links

TKI	Ministry of Education	NZ Maths ▪ Planning Assistant ▪ Material Masters
NZ Teaching Council	Education Gazette	NZ Government
Digital Storehouse	kowhai-int	95int
Journal Surf	login: Kowhai Intermediate	kowhai

Vasega Samoa - Language class links:

Research Skills:
Easy to Understand?

Cut & paste a large section of writing from a website into Microsoft word.

Run the spell checker (make sure you have the grammar / readability option turned on).

Compare the score to the table below.

Score	Reading Age / Difficulty
0-29	University – post grad.
30-49	University
50-59	15 – 17 yrs old
60-69	13 – 14 yrs old
70-79	11 –12 yrs old
80-89	9 – 10 yrs old
90-100	6 – 8 yrs old

Flesch Reading Ease Test

Are you going to be able to understand the writing of this website?

If the writing is very simple have they had to leave details out?