Grade+6+Distance+Learning

Theme One: Music Math and Music

There is an excellent Thinkquest available online. There will be two parts to this assignment.

Part 1: Complete the readings for all sections and read through/complete all the accompanying quizzes and articles. The web address is:

http://library.thinkquest.org/4116/Music/music.htm

In addition, read the following article about Math and the Piano at:

http://library.thinkquest.org/4116/Music/piano.htm

Part 2: Write a two page paper explaining what you learned in this article and talking about how mathematics and music are related. You will be required to provide at least two examples of math used in music in the paper, as well as do research and use at least one additional source of information (there are many examples to be found online).

Science of sound and music

After looking at the video clips on Propagation of sound, and how the ear works from the website below

http://www.neok12.com/Sound.htm

1. label a diagram of the ear on the same website

2. Complete as many puzzles as you can here

http://www.neok12.com/jigsaw-puzzles/Sound.htm

And make a poster of the three categories of musical instruments: wind, percussion and stringed. Hand in either the original poster or a scanned copy (on USB/Thumbdrive) and explain how they work.

Theme Two: Sports <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20px;">Math and Sports

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Go to the following website:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://www.mathgoodies.com/Webquests/sports/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read through the introduction and then complete Webquests 1, 2, and 3. Follow all instructions carefully. Keep all your work and submit everything to Mr. Lippart upon your return to TASOK.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20px;">Science and Sports

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">go to the following website:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/bones_muscles_joints.html#

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">on this website go to the teens section and read p5 and do the following

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. Write the names of all the joints found in the human body and where they are found.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Think of the names of at least three sports that are played at TASOK and explain which joints are used during these sports e.g. the sliding joint at the wrist, the hinge joint at the elbow and the ball and socket joint at the shoulder are used in basketball when shooting a hoop. ( It might be useful to create a data table and fill it in with the above information)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">For more information on joints and muscles check these websites

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://www.teachpe.com/anatomy/joints.php

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://www.ehow.com/skeletal-system/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20px;">English and Sports or Music

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. Read through the link below about how to write a news story and complete the following tasks;

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/toolkit_resources/tipsheets/writing_news_story.cfm

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. In two sentences summarize what goes in the lead and the body of a news story.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. Explain the difference between hard news, soft, editorial, feature, youthbeat, my word.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">c. Read part 4 of the article titled Further Tips for News Writing and draw a diagram showing the steps you should follow to write a news story.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Read the article below and answer and explain why the 5w's and h are important when writing a news story.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. http://mediacareers.about.com/od/thenecessaryskills/a/WritingSkills.htm

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. Complete this quiz as well http://www.hsj.org/modules/lesson_plans/article.cfm?ArticleId=332&menu_id=6&submenu_id=&module_id=2

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. Read a news story and write a paragraph explaining why you think the story was or was not well written. Be sure to save the article you use.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. Use this graphic organizer (click on the picture to download the worksheet) to find the 5w's and h in the article you choose.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. You are now going to write a news article which has something to do with music or sports. You can write about anything to do with either music or sports. Look at the websites below for examples.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">c. http://www.studentnewsnet.com/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5. Choose one of the following WebQuests to complete.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. Sportshttp://questgarden.com/22/05/4/060419164936/index.htm//

//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. Musichttp: //questgarden.com/85/05/1/090717191919/

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">If you choose B change the task to read “Begin by listening to two different cultural music pieces I will make available to you. Next, write which musical attributes in these pieces were the same, and which ones were different. Then you will research why each of your pieces were made. Finally, you will determine what roles the musicians had in making the music. After all these steps are all complete, you will write your column according to your school newspaper editor’s guidelines. The guidelines are that the article must be 300 – 500 words long.”

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 20px;">Social Studies - Cultural Interaction

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. You will be completing an assignment having to do with the Ancient African Kingdoms Kush and Egypt. Before beginning read more about Kush and Egypt below.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. Kush -http://www.africa.mrdonn.org/kush.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">b. Egypt -http://egypt.mrdonn.org/dailylife.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">c. Egypt -http://egypt.mrdonn.org/twolands.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Write a paragraph explaining how you think these two kingdoms might have interacted with each other. Be sure to explain your ideas.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3. Now complete the WebQuest listed below

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">a. http://questgarden.com/73/39/4/081116161730/index.htm