Environments - SHEARER
Eric
the Sheep
Primary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Numeracy
(Source:
The Mathematics Centre)
1. Eric is at the end of a very long line of sheep, all waiting to be shorn in the hot Australian summer. Because it is so hot,
Eric doesn’t fancy waiting for his turn. So each time the shearer turns her back to shear the sheep at the front of the line Eric, sneaks past two sheep waiting in the line.
If there are fifty [50] sheep in front of Eric, how many will be shorn
before Eric reaches the front of the line?
To work this problem out you
will need:
§ Fifty [50] counters for sheep
§ One [1] different counter as ‘Eric’
§ Accompanying PowerPoint at the
Mathematics Centre
2. Print this problem and see if you get the same answer.
Sheep
Characters in the Media
Primary
Middle
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Personal and social capability
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
ICT Capability
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Literacy
1. Have a look at the following sheep characters portrayed in the media...
1960s... Lambchop
2. You are to create a new sheep character.
Lambchop was female while Derek and Shaun are males. What will your sheep be?
All the previous characters were white sheep - what colour will your sheep be?
What type of sheep will your character be? A Merino? A Polwarth? A Corriedale? Or...
3. Look at the following video on how to draw a sheep
Or you might want to draw a cartoon sheep
4. Write a story about your sheep - have you given it a name yet?
The setting is the Australian outback.
There are to be 3 - 5 characters including the first three mentioned already - Lambchop, Derek and Shaun. You are to introduce each of these three to your new character.
5. Using PowToon, create your story.
