Hawkesdale

Hi Year 6/7 students from Hawkesdale P12 College!


This is the wiki for the inaugural (first time) interschool POTATO OLYMPICS! Each of the countries in the side bar (left) has been made up by students at St. Aloysius School in Tasmania. Your task is to:
 * 1) Take a potato and wash it carefully - get to know it!
 * 2) Give it a name and a character.
 * 3) Measure and record the following details: Name and gender of your potato; Mass (in grams); Height (cm); Volume (ml or cm3) and Girth (around the circumference)

Your next task is to:
 * 1) In a group of three or four, choose one of the countries in the side bar that your potato will compete for.
 * 2) One person should add the names and the "competitor statistics" (height, girth, mass and volume) to the appropriate country's wiki page.
 * 3) Find out about that countries events - you may need some discussion with the students from St. Aloysius to confirm how the event works, so we can have comparable results.
 * 4) In your team of three or four, introduce your competitiors to St. Aloysius on video.

Period 3:
 * 1) Preparation for "Potato Olympics" - Thursday, 15th July, period 5 and 6. What equipment will you need?
 * 2) One person in each team must be responsible for recording the results of their event. How will the event be measured?
 * 3) This data should then be added to the Google docs pages, so we can compare the results of competitors from St. Aloysius and Hawkesdale.

Period 4:
 * 1) Make sure that at least one person from each team has joined the wiki.
 * 2) Make sure that all the vital statistics for your team are recorded on the Google spreadsheet.
 * 3) Create a page for each trainer and potato - this is where you post your story and a photgraph of your potato which has been copied into the Year 7 Maths folder on the intranet.
 * 4) Make sure you have all the necessary materials and equipment to run your event on Thursday - measuring tape, timers, catapaults, parachutes, targets etc.
 * 5) Prepare your "Potato Portfolio" which will include a picture of your potato, vital statistics, story (biography) and after the events, the results of the ones you competed in. This will be where you show your graphs and calculations.