Year 5 - home learning gridOur Blue Planet

We would love to see what you have been doing so please share your work with Mrs. Rees and send any photos of your projects to ReesL457@hwbcymru.net

Create a fact sheet about an unusual sea creature:-What do they look like?-Where do they live? -What do they eat?-How are they adapted to live in their environment?-Why are they unusual?

You may want to watch this episode of Blue Planet 2: The Deep to help you think of some ideas:https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09f8vtb/blue-planet-ii-series-1-2-the-deep

Pick 10 sea creatures and create a fact file for each creature using J2dataThen sort the sea creatures using a branching database:

-Does it have a shell?-Does it have fins?-Does it have a backbone?

Ext: Can you create a branching database to sort and organise the different oceans and seas?

Create your own Kennings poem to describe a sea creature:

Eg:Fish guzzlerIce sliderWarm huddlerStorm standerLong waiter

What am I?

Create your own deep sea diving machine:

In 2012 James Cameron piloted the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER which was designed to travel to the Oceans’s deepest point (over 6.83 miles below the Ocean’s surface)Read the information on the website and design your own deep sea challenger.

-How will you see in the dark?-How will you collect things like rocks to take learn from?-How will you withstand the strong pressure?-How will you see where you are going?-How will you communicate with the rest of the team on the surface?http://www.deepseachallenge.com/

Plastic pollution fact sheet:Read the information on SAS about plastic pollutionhttps://www.sas.org.uk/our-work/plastic-pollution/plastic-pollution-facts-figures/ How could you represent this information in tables or charts?If 5,000 items of marine plastic pollution are found along 1m of coastline in the UK- how much plastic pollution litters the beaches of Wales?

Ext: Use this information to create a persuasive leaflet to stop plastic pollution!

Create a poster/ PowerPoint to show the defense mechanisms of marine animals:

-Read the information on these pages to learn how sea creatures protect themselveshttps://www.spotmydive.com/en/news/10-amazing-insane-marine-animal-defense-mechanisms-scuba-diving

-https://kids.kiddle.co/Defence_against_predators

-What information will you need to include?-Have you included facts?-Have you included images?

Design and create your own Island: Use google forms to create your own You choose:

-What would it look like?-What animals would live there?-What trees/plants/flowers would exist there?-What would surround the Island?

multiple choice quiz about Ocean life for the rest of the class to complete:

-Research facts about the Oceans and sea Creatures-Write your question (remember to use a ?)-Pick 4 possible answers (Will your audience need to pick 1 answer or 2 answers)-use the ‘choice’ option on google forms to create your quiz-Press ‘share’-Copy and paste a link from your google form onto the google classroom for children to have a go at completing your quiz!

Create a piece of work to show how plastic ends up in the sea and how we can act to reduce plastic pollution.Read the information below to learn more:

-https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/how-does-plastic-end-ocean

-https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/ten-tips-reduce-your-plastic-footprint

-https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/plastics-why-we-must-act-now Ideas:-Poetry-Art work-Poster-PowerPoint-Story

Create your own word map showing the 7 continent and 5 Oceans:Ext: can you add the different seas to your map-mark on your world map any countries you have been too-mark any countries you would like to visit-What is the difference between a sea and an ocean?

Create your own sea creature food chain:

Watch the video to help you:https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks2--ks3-food-chains-and-food-webs-in-animals/zn7g92p

-More information about food chainshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/oceans/take-action/marine-food-chain/

-Where does the food chain begin? -What is the producer?

Ext: Create your own sea life food web

Why is the Ocean so important?Write a report to show the vital role the Ocean plays in supporting life on planet earth/

Read the information below to help you:https://climatekids.nasa.gov/ocean/

Use the back of your project book to complete the following tasks:Maths: Keep an eye on your class page on our school website for maths problems of the day. Spelling: Your teacher will update the class page with your spelling list. Practice writing your spellings in sentences.

Google classroom: Look out for project questions and discussions you can take part in with your classmates online.

Don’t forget to check out the links to games and resources your teacher puts on the class page.