Emma Pierson

Heather Moon wrote:Hi!

There are loads of educational games on https://www.twinkl.ca/go  - you'll be able to find some math-related ones on there that suit the age.

There are also a bunch of great resources on the site for grade 6 maths, some of which are free!

This is a free interactive measurements activity:
mm to cm - m - km Length Equivalents Interactive Matching Activity
https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/mm-to-cm-m-km-length-equivalents-interactive-matching-activity-tg-437

This is powerpoint on measurements:
Units of Measurement Warm-Up PowerPoint
https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/au-t2-m-4184-units-of-measurement-warm-up-powerpoint

Ratio and Proportion PowerPoint
https://www.twinkl.ca/resource/t2-m-102-ratio-and-proportion-powerpoint

Hope this helps or at least leads you to something that might keep engagement and focus a little more!

Thanks! Yes it does help a lot.... great resources!

T Melville wrote:What kind of device does this need to run on? Phone? (Android/ IOS) Computer? (PC/ Mac/ Linux) Something else?

Phone (android) and Computer (Windows).

Jenny Wright wrote:I saw this today and thought it would be fun to see what you all could add to this list...

#18 - How to pay taxes, how to calculate capital gains from short and long term positions hehehe

Hi all,

I hope you've had a good day so far.

I'm looking for app games for kids to kill two birds with one stone where they can have fun but at the same time improve their solving skills or concepts (not necessarily studying them but learning them by looking at how the game works).

I'm asking because I'd like to get my niece more motivated on her studies of science and math subjects and the one she needs the most help with is with math. She's in grade 6 and she's already getting some math help with this app (https://www.studypug.com/math-help/) but it doesn't provide much of the "fun game" part I'm looking for, it's more of a traditional way of practicing math. I know for example "angry birds" was inspired by the physics game "Crush the Castle" and it is adhered to physics laws and there are all these videos on YouTube were explained the lessons you can take from angry birds..... well something like that but for math  

Anyways, sorry for the long post, does anyone know of a good game math app? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

-Emma

paul wheaton wrote:

Kyle Clawson wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:

Am I allowed to share photos like this to social media? It seems like that is the intent of making something so nice, but I just thought I'd check

Share far and wide.  I didn't make it.  

The status quo situation in a nutshell yep.... I swear to god, the human race in general will start taking things serious with the beginning of the end starts and not a minute before.

paul wheaton wrote:I hope to convert this first post into a wiki in about three days.  It is time to build the list.

The average american adult carbon footprint is 30 tons per year.


Heat in a cold climate

the average montana house heated with natural gas puts 8.9 tons of CO2 into the air per year  

the average montana house heated with electricity puts 29.4 tons of CO2 into the air per year

the average montana house heated with a conventional wood stove puts 4.4 tons of CO2 into the air per year

the average montana house heated with a rocket mass heater puts 0.4 tons of CO2 into the air per year


Switching from electric heat to a rocket mass heater in a montana home can cut 29 tons per year.

I am going to guess that the average number of adults per household in the US is 1.6.   Therefore ...

how you heat your home in a cold climate could reduce the carbon footprint by 18.1 tons per year

Using a foot powered washing machine instead of the traditional electric powered one.

At this point, as far as I know the size of them are still small to medium so it might not cover 100% of your washing needs but at least you can start doing a 70/30 or 60/40 percentages.

Sage Chara wrote:Yeah it was a bit of an effort, ha! Unfortunately they're still stuck in Canada...tried to book only for borders to close etc -_- Very thankful for video calls!

Oh! I hope there are not stuck between the whole truck protestors situation in Ontario.

hans muster wrote:Hi,
here a nice video of someone who raises guinea pigs outdoors, free range, without fencing.

Maybe someone wants to try this out with cuy, as a meat source?

OMG they look so cute... I'd like to try this. Has someone here tried it already?

Sage Chara wrote:Thanks for checking in, Joyce & Barbara!

Had a really rough pregnancy and had to be on bedrest more as the time went on...finished it with a nasty 36 hour labour that ended in a csection anyway :/ Very different than the all natural birth I had wanted! But very thankful for the modern interventions as without them both baby and I probably wouldn't have made it. We managed to make our way through until nearly the end of active labour, but then she got stuck, stressed, and nothing progressed.

All that being said....the garden, the yard, etc, all has been at the very back of my mind these past...five weeks now. We're both doing great, I'm still slowly recovering and enjoying just slowly getting back to being able to do household chores...laundry and the like. I have big plans for the veggie patch, but not going to worry about trying to get it ready quickly, we'll just take our time and hopefully it'll be good by next Spring (next September here). Baby girl is thriving, growing at ridiculous rates, and just started smiling when she sees us which turns hubby and I into puddles :D

How's hubby? And in laws? Parents? etc.
And of course your non-human family too.

Hubby is going good, back at work now, but so thankful his job is flexible (and we don't have any debt or big bills hanging over our heads!) so he can take extra time when we need him home. Inlaws are happy as we classify as the same house as them (we're a detached extension down the back of their property) so they're still able to see baby through the lockdowns etc. My parents not so happy being on the other side of the world from their first grandchild! Covid has affected so much. Non-human family are going good. Dog absolutely loves baby, and cats are finally accepting that she's not going to be returned so they best get used to her.

I took a walk around the garden a couple days ago, and it's amazing how much it's actually thrived without our input. Yes there's weeds everywhere, but it's also filled with borage and lavender as tall as I am (bees are having a blast) and so many plants I thought weren't going to make it have really flourished. I'd like to get it functioning better for us one day, but in the meantime nature itself is tending to it and it couldn't be healthier. I have no doubt we'll get there eventually, but for now I'm just soaking in all the sleepy baby cuddles, knowing it won't be long at all before my little helper and I can spend our days out there.

36 hours of labor damn woman!!! But yeah good thing that at the end everything went good even with a non natural birth.

Aww she's so lovely! thanks for sharing. Have you parents been able to travel yet? I hope they have, specially because is their first one.