Another busy, busy week in Year Three.
We started our week in Maths by learning about Division. Division is one of the four basic operations in Maths. We have already tackled three out of the four: addition, subtraction and multiplication. Division is when we take a number which is going to be divided up. We then take a number which is going to be used to divide our first number by. This is our second number. We then have our answer. So, we find ourselves with the following equation:
First number ÷ Second number = Answer
(÷ is the mathematical symbol for division)
Here is an example:
20 ÷ 4 = 5
Division is a handy skill to have for many occasions. If you have ten apples and are looking to divide them amongst five of your friends, division will come to your aid (the answer is two). If you would like to play a division game with apples, please follow this LINK.
To advance your application of division, please have a look at these TIPS.
In Topic we have been learning about Friction. Friction is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over one another. There are three types of friction:
- Fluid
- Static
- Rolling
Fluid friction is the resistance to an object's motion through liquid and gas. Static friction is the resistance to movement when two non-moving solid objects are in contact. Rolling friction is the force that is resisting the rolling movement of an object (such as a football rolling across a pitch).
With our new knowledge of friction we have been coming up with experiments which we believe can highlight one of the three different types of main friction that we have learnt about. With our experiments we have learnt two very important words which we need to think about as we draw up our plans. One is constant. In an experiment, what we are testing needs to be constant. So, if our experiment is regarding rolling friction and we use a toy car going across wood in test one and grass in test two the toy car needs to remain the same. But what do we call, in our test, the difference between wood and grass? This is called a variable. A variable is used so we can test out our constant in different conditions so that we can see whether our hypothesis is correct.
If you would like to learn more about friction, please see this video below:
In English we have been writing our final draft of our letter to NASA. We have been doing multiple drafts, making sure each time to place our school's address, the address of NASA and the date in the correct place. With each draft we have been improving on our letter, not just the content and syntax but with our handwriting too. We have formulated our reasons to go to the moon carefully (from finding resources to the fact that with new technology more people would be able to watch the landing) as well as reasons for not going to the moon (from safety to the fact that robots land on the moon and do a fine job). We have since made a display with our final drafts which have will be scanned and emailed to NASA on Monday! We can't wait to hear back from them and what they have to say!
We started our week in Maths by learning about Division. Division is one of the four basic operations in Maths. We have already tackled three out of the four: addition, subtraction and multiplication. Division is when we take a number which is going to be divided up. We then take a number which is going to be used to divide our first number by. This is our second number. We then have our answer. So, we find ourselves with the following equation:
First number ÷ Second number = Answer
(÷ is the mathematical symbol for division)
Here is an example:
20 ÷ 4 = 5
Division is a handy skill to have for many occasions. If you have ten apples and are looking to divide them amongst five of your friends, division will come to your aid (the answer is two). If you would like to play a division game with apples, please follow this LINK.
To advance your application of division, please have a look at these TIPS.
In Topic we have been learning about Friction. Friction is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over one another. There are three types of friction:
- Fluid
- Static
- Rolling
Fluid friction is the resistance to an object's motion through liquid and gas. Static friction is the resistance to movement when two non-moving solid objects are in contact. Rolling friction is the force that is resisting the rolling movement of an object (such as a football rolling across a pitch).
With our new knowledge of friction we have been coming up with experiments which we believe can highlight one of the three different types of main friction that we have learnt about. With our experiments we have learnt two very important words which we need to think about as we draw up our plans. One is constant. In an experiment, what we are testing needs to be constant. So, if our experiment is regarding rolling friction and we use a toy car going across wood in test one and grass in test two the toy car needs to remain the same. But what do we call, in our test, the difference between wood and grass? This is called a variable. A variable is used so we can test out our constant in different conditions so that we can see whether our hypothesis is correct.
If you would like to learn more about friction, please see this video below:
In English we have been writing our final draft of our letter to NASA. We have been doing multiple drafts, making sure each time to place our school's address, the address of NASA and the date in the correct place. With each draft we have been improving on our letter, not just the content and syntax but with our handwriting too. We have formulated our reasons to go to the moon carefully (from finding resources to the fact that with new technology more people would be able to watch the landing) as well as reasons for not going to the moon (from safety to the fact that robots land on the moon and do a fine job). We have since made a display with our final drafts which have will be scanned and emailed to NASA on Monday! We can't wait to hear back from them and what they have to say!
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