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Think Task - 52
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What do tiles and nails have in common? |
| Lauren (Age 10) |
They both make a horrible noise on the blackboard. |
| Danica (Age 10) |
They are both hard and you use them in buildings. |
| Jacob (Age 10) |
Well, a tile is flat and a nail is pointed that means NOTHING IN COMMON. |
| Nadyn (Age 10) |
They rhyme with each other because "e" and "i" sound very similar. |
| Lulu (Age 11) |
They both have a hard outer covering. |
| Zac (Age 6) |
Both have sharp bits, nails always go together with something, and tiles always have cement. |
| Angus (Age 8) |
They both end in 's' and have 'l's in them.. |
| Sam (Age 12) |
They both cost lots.
They both can be sharp. |
| George (Age 11) |
They can both be ceramic (as in fake fingernails). |
| Brendan (Age 9) |
They’re both hard and have a shiny surface. |
| Mariah (Age 6) |
Both of them have a sharp point and they can hurt you if you’re not careful. |
| Alexandar (Age 8) |
You can buy them, use them to do renovations, store them in the garage, give them to dad on Father’s Day or you can tap them both with a hammer. |
Cristina (Age 8)
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They both have 4 letters, an “l” and an “s” in their names. |
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Think Task - 51
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How can buses be improved? |
| Kyle (Age 7) |
They could be made like a hovercraft and run on electricity to save fuel. |
| Josh (Age 8) |
Make them solar powered so it’s cheap and better for the air. |
| Anastasia (Age 6) |
If the seats were longer the whole family could sit together. |
| Chris (Age 7) |
They will improve buses when they put seat belts in them and people won’t die in crashes. |
| Pashca (Age 5) |
They could be free. |
| Emily (Age 11) |
Many improvements could be made to buses. The bus companies should ask the people that use buses what they don’t like about buses and they should fix these things to improve them. |
| George (Age 11) |
Engineer them to run on water and save the environment. |
| Darcy (Age 10) |
X-Boxes in the back of the seats. |
| Sashank (Age 7) |
Put in automatic doors of stainless steel and glass, neater chairs, AC, nice kind drivers, play music and stop graffiti. |
| Tanya (Age 9) |
They can have seat belts. |
| Jacob (Age 10) |
Use less fuel. |
| Maddy (Age 10) |
An X-Box, an air con and a heater. |
| Danica (Age 10) |
Buses can be improved by putting in seatbelts, grippy floor and golden rules. |
| James (Age 9) |
They can put more seats in it. |
| Libby (Age 9) |
An X-Box in the seats, air con and a heater and also a double decker bus. |
| Tara (Age 9) |
They need to put seat belts on the buses and get trained more. |
| Shania (Age 9) |
Making it bigger. |
| Jayde (Age 9) |
Have seat belts and bigger space. |
| Christopher (Age 9) |
Making it bigger and have two seats on each line. |
| Adam (Age 9) |
Put an X-Box 360 in the back of every seat. |
| Alex (Age 9) |
Put X-Box 360 and a TV in the back of the seats. |
| Kiani (Age 10) |
TVs on the back of the seat. |
| Ben (Age 10) |
Give free rides. |
| Aaron (Age 7) |
Put emergency hammers under every seat so people can break out of the window in an emergency. |
| Hayley (Age 10) |
Buses are improved because they have kids on the bus to take them to their school and there are heaps of people catching the bus so they don't walk. |
| Tarnee (Age 10) |
Put television screens in them so the journey is more fun and you can watch your favourite show on the way home from school and you won’t miss it. |
| Evan (Age 8) |
Put more doors on them. People could get on and off much quicker and nobody would line up. |
Sienna (Age 3)
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Put colours on the buses. |
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Think Task - 50
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What can you do with a pen, apart from write with it? |
| Nicholas (Age 9) |
Draw. |
| Maddy (Age 10) |
Use it as a weapon for a robber. |
| Darcy (Age 10) |
Carve something. |
| Kiani (Age 9) |
Chew on it. |
| Nathan (Age 9) |
Snap it. |
| Ben (Age 9) |
Look at it, dress it. |
| Tara (Age 9) |
You could roll it. |
| Bob (Age 6) |
Draw. |
| Christopher (Age 9) |
You can squirt ink. |
| Dani (Age 9) |
Poke people with it. |
| Bec (Age 9) |
Poke people with it. |
| Libby (Age 9) |
Use it as a secret pen. |
| Jacob (Age 10) |
Pull it apart and stab things. |
| Jack (Age 9) |
Carve something. |
| Nikita (Age 6) |
You can tap it and make a beat. |
| Thomas (Age 9) |
Use it to measure with, or flick it. |
Phillip (Age 8)
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Scratch, point, roll it, hide it, buy it and swap it. |
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Think Task - 49
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What if two families shared a pet dog? |
| Aaron-Paul (Age 7) |
They would have a big fight about who is a better owner. |
| Peter (Age 7) |
It would be more affordable. |
| Ethan (Age 6) |
They would have to take turns brushing, petting, and feeding it. They would each have to build a dog house. The dog would stay one night with one family, then the next with the other family. |
| Tara (Age 9) |
It will get cold in winter. |
| Adam (Age 9) |
They wouldn't have to spend much money. |
| Bec (Age 9) |
They need another dog. |
| Kiani (Age 10) |
The dog would be easier to handle. |
| Alexis (Age 8) |
It might become a problem if one of them decides to keep it. |
| Yianni (Age 10) |
They could sign a contract so they both knew the responsibilities and the rules about how they would arrange everything. |
| Olivia (Age 5) |
The dog will be happy and it won’t be lonely. |
| Michael (Age 9) |
The dog will get heaps of exercise and too much food. |
| Olivia (Age 4) |
They might argue about who gets to keep him at night time. |
| Stephen (Age 6) |
That wouldn’t be a good idea because it wouldn’t work. |
Cathie (Age 6)
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The dog wouldn’t know who its owner is. |
