Settling down
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How's it going everyone? Did you all make sure that your Mums have an extra-special relaxing time yesterday? They are going to need lots of extra help from you. I know that some of your parents are NHS workers, and that some of you at the other extreme are not only staying in, but 'shielding' a very vulnerable family member too. The first line of your Promise is 'To do my best'. In this strange time, how are you going to do your best?
As you settle into home school, can I point out that you do not need to make yourself ill by doing every piece of work in the first 3 days? If you think about it, the amount of work you normally do in school will easily fit into a morning, because time will not be taken up with assembly, walking to lessons, registers, giving out books, waiting for everyone to settle down, (and then starting again for the girls who arrives late) and so on. You should have time to investigate and learn things that really interest you during this unprecedented social change, so make the most of the opportunity.
Today's Guide challenge is about thinking what makes you you, what you can't change, and what you can.
Do you remember making the poster? This one was left at the hall and I don't know whose it is.
If you have siblings, they can do this too.
DNA-mazing (badge - link. REFLECT Skillbuilder L3)
This activity about your genes. (no not those denim ones...) Genes are the code that is inside your cells, and the only people who have identical codes are identical twins. They are inherited from your parents, but some can stay hidden for several generations (like blue eyes).
You'll need some red and green counters, or beads, or stickers, or bottle tops, or Lego, or even make your own with paper and felt pens.
Here are some questions. If you fit the first answer, pick up a green counter, if you fit the second, pick up a red.
keep them in order, eg stick onto a card or thread onto string.
As you settle into home school, can I point out that you do not need to make yourself ill by doing every piece of work in the first 3 days? If you think about it, the amount of work you normally do in school will easily fit into a morning, because time will not be taken up with assembly, walking to lessons, registers, giving out books, waiting for everyone to settle down, (and then starting again for the girls who arrives late) and so on. You should have time to investigate and learn things that really interest you during this unprecedented social change, so make the most of the opportunity.
Today's Guide challenge is about thinking what makes you you, what you can't change, and what you can.
Do you remember making the poster? This one was left at the hall and I don't know whose it is.
If you have siblings, they can do this too.
DNA-mazing (badge - link. REFLECT Skillbuilder L3)
This activity about your genes. (no not those denim ones...) Genes are the code that is inside your cells, and the only people who have identical codes are identical twins. They are inherited from your parents, but some can stay hidden for several generations (like blue eyes).
You'll need some red and green counters, or beads, or stickers, or bottle tops, or Lego, or even make your own with paper and felt pens.
Here are some questions. If you fit the first answer, pick up a green counter, if you fit the second, pick up a red.
keep them in order, eg stick onto a card or thread onto string.
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Ready?
1. Handedness: are you left or right handed?
2. Freckles. Do you have them? yes or no
3.Ear lobes. Are yours detached, or attached?
4. Tongue rolling. Can you roll your tongue into a tube shape? Yes or No
5. Your thumb. Does it curve backwards ( hitchhiker's thumb) or is it straight?
6.Hairline. Does your hair create a point known as a 'widows peak' in the centre of your forehead? Yes or No
7. Dimples. Do small indents appear in your cheeks when you smile? Yes or No
8. Hand clasping. When you interlock your fingers and clasp your hands together, which thumb is on top? left or right
Done that? Send a photo of yours, and we'll see if any two are the same. The attached photo is mine.
If the study of genetics interests you, you could look on line for more information. I found it really interesting at school and Uni, from Mendel who worked out some of the original rules by growing pea plants, to the stuff about tracing your ancestral heritage through your genes.
NB safety advice for on line: PAGE 114 of your badge book.
1. Handedness: are you left or right handed?
2. Freckles. Do you have them? yes or no
3.Ear lobes. Are yours detached, or attached?
4. Tongue rolling. Can you roll your tongue into a tube shape? Yes or No
5. Your thumb. Does it curve backwards ( hitchhiker's thumb) or is it straight?
6.Hairline. Does your hair create a point known as a 'widows peak' in the centre of your forehead? Yes or No
7. Dimples. Do small indents appear in your cheeks when you smile? Yes or No
8. Hand clasping. When you interlock your fingers and clasp your hands together, which thumb is on top? left or right
Done that? Send a photo of yours, and we'll see if any two are the same. The attached photo is mine.
If the study of genetics interests you, you could look on line for more information. I found it really interesting at school and Uni, from Mendel who worked out some of the original rules by growing pea plants, to the stuff about tracing your ancestral heritage through your genes.
NB safety advice for on line: PAGE 114 of your badge book.