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Grade 5  
Unit 5: Bright Ideas
Life in Flatland
by Edwin Abbott

Internet Connection Activity
Five Senses    Cross Curricular
Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
Connect to this link:
http://www.hhmi.org/senses/a/a150.htm


  1. Read "It's All in the Brain." Study the photo and diagram at the bottom of the page.

  2. In the left column, click The Quivering Bundles that Help Us Hear.

  3. Read the page. Then in the left column, click The Goal: Extreme Sensitivity and Speed.

  4. Read the first four paragraphs.

  5. How could loud noises affect people's hearing?

Eye Safety
Connect to this link:
http://www.optima-hyper.com/eyetests/kidsquiz/KIDSAFE.htm


  1. Click on one of the blue or yellow boxes to take the eye safety quiz. After you have selected an answer, click the red Answer box to see if you’ve answered correctly. Eye safety is important, so be sure to read the notes on each answer!

  2. Click the back button and click on a different box to answer another question. Keep track of how well you do on the quiz. When you have finished, report your score to your teacher.

  3. Return to the main page and click the red box in the center to learn important eye safety facts! Write down four of the facts you have learned.


Internet Connection Activity
Pyramids/Triangles    Find Out More
Pyramids
Connect to this link:
http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/home.html


  1. Read the opening page. Click Story to read how the Great Pyramid was built.

  2. Continue the story by clicking Next. Click highlighted words for definitions.

  3. Click Explore and read about the pyramid complex. Click parts of the complex to find out more.

  4. Notice the flat and solid geometric figures throughout.

Geodesic Club House
Connect to this link:
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/geodesic.html


  1. Read about geodesic domes. Scan the steps for building the clubhouse.

  2. Do you think you could build one? Go to "Dome Talk" and read about some people who did.

  3. Click Mr. Lisowyk's Grade Six Class. Click the Back arrow and then College Park Elementary Grade 2 Class.

  4. For more inspiration, click and read Leigh, Sue, Nick, Andrew, Greg, and Matthew from Halifax.


Internet Connection Activity
Careers Involving Mathematics    Leveled Books
Sports Statistics as a Professional Career
Connect to this link:
http://www.amstat.org/sections/sis/career/


  1. Click on Team Statistician. Read about this career. Does this sound like a job that might interest you? Why or why not?

  2. Write a short response paragraph: What kind of Math skills does this job use? What other Math-related jobs can you think of?

Maths = Top Jobs
Connect to this link:
http://www.mathsyear2000.org/topjobs/index.html


  1. Click Real Lives.

  2. Scroll down the page to read stories about how mathematics affects people in a variety of fields.

  3. Keep track of the professions involving mathematics that surprise you the most.