1. Due Friday 4th May 2012 T2W2
Current What is happening around us?
Events Koalas
Watch this short video titled Koalas and answer the following questions
(The short video is also on the blog. Let me know if you can’t view it at
home and I will let you watch it during the week at school).
1. Why are koalas considered an Aussie icon?
2. In which states have koalas been declared vulnerable?
3. What were koalas hunted for in the early 1900’s?
4. What has happened to koala populations in Queensland and New South Wales?
5. Why did some people question koalas being on the threatened species list?
6. What impact were koalas having in Victoria?
7. What was done on Kangaroo Island to control koala numbers?
8. Many people agree that overall the number of koalas is
a. Increasing
b. Decreasing
c. Staying the same
9. Why do some people think that all koalas should be declared vulnerable?
10. What are the arguments against extra protection for koalas?
Word of the Conundrum
Week Find the definition. Write a sentence for each meaning, and use it 3
times during the week. How many synonyms can you find?
Mathematics Position
1. Complete the set activities on Study Ladder. Some of you may
need to see me for your password.
2.Maths activities will be set for your text book on Monday.
Quote of the "It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
Week
1.Who said it?
2.What do you think this person meant?

2. Minamurra Minnamurra
Over the next two weeks prepare a report
on our excursion to Minimurra.
Include the following –
A personal recount of the days
events.
A fact file of information on the local flore and fauna.
Interesting facts and figures.
Include photographs if you are able to take some.
Some of these reports will be showcased at our primary
assebly on the 28th May.
Research Koalas (OPTIONAL)
Task
On a map, show the distribution of koalas in Australia.
What does it mean to be threatened species? What causes an animal to become
threatened?
The koala is an Australian icon. What do you think that means?