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A scientific inquiry linked to a procedural writing unit in our English class. Students decided which drink to make and by trial and error, students modified the ratio and proportion of the ingredients to come up with a reasonably good tasting lemonade. Procedural writing followed after the activity.
A scientific inquiry linked to a procedural writing unit in our English class. Students decided which drink to make and by trial and error, students modified the ratio and proportion of the ingredients to come up with a reasonably good tasting lemonade. Procedural writing followed after the activity.
Previous to the lemonade making activity, How to Make a Cinnamon Roll was used to model the task and scaffold their learning. Once the learning intentions were understood and success criteria explained, students proceeded to the lemonade making activity with very limited help from the teacher. Students were encouraged to perform the experiment independently yet collaboratively with each other.
Previous to the lemonade making activity, How to Make a Cinnamon Roll was used to model the task and scaffold their learning. Once the learning intentions were understood and success criteria explained, students proceeded to the lemonade making activity with very limited help from the teacher. Students were encouraged to perform the experiment independently yet collaboratively with each other.
Ever thought Math can be integrated in The Arts: Dance? Well, this Space 3 Math class suggested Transformations: Flip, Slide and Turn (Reflection, Translation and Rotation) can be applied in Dance. Starships music was provided and in groups, students devised a dance routine using the principles of Flip, Slide and Turn. Students passed their Mastery Assessment on transformations after this very meaningful activity.
Ever thought Math can be integrated in The Arts: Dance? Well, this Space 3 Math class suggested Transformations: Flip, Slide and Turn (Reflection, Translation and Rotation) can be applied in Dance. Starships music was provided and in groups, students devised a dance routine using the principles of Flip, Slide and Turn. Students passed their Mastery Assessment on transformations after this very meaningful activity.
Space 3 Math students were inspired in responding to the question "How can we integrate Math learning to good healthy eating habits?" Students made plans and promoted 5+ a day fruit and vege eating habits involving several entities in the process. Browse the website dedicated to this integrated Math-Health Ed learning.
Space 3 Math students were inspired in responding to the question "How can we integrate Math learning to good healthy eating habits?" Students made plans and promoted 5+ a day fruit and vege eating habits involving several entities in the process. Browse the website dedicated to this integrated Math-Health Ed learning.
This Communities of Thinking is a scientific inquiry on "Who's afraid of the BIG BAD Wolf?" It started with exploring the different bad wolves which could affect our homes - water, fire, wind, earth. With guidance from teachers, students performed experiments using the Predict-Experiment-Observe-Analyse-Evaluate and constructed biodegradable houses tested against the different wolves as a culminating task. A final scientific report was completed by the students and put in their portfolio.
This Communities of Thinking is a scientific inquiry on "Who's afraid of the BIG BAD Wolf?" It started with exploring the different bad wolves which could affect our homes - water, fire, wind, earth. With guidance from teachers, students performed experiments using the Predict-Experiment-Observe-Analyse-Evaluate and constructed biodegradable houses tested against the different wolves as a culminating task. A final scientific report was completed by the students and put in their portfolio.
Watch the video about my English students' journey into discovering more about Zoolympics qualities of their animals of choice in an inquiry learning environment. This unit lesson was inspired by the school's unique celebration of Olympics 2012.
Watch the video about my English students' journey into discovering more about Zoolympics qualities of their animals of choice in an inquiry learning environment. This unit lesson was inspired by the school's unique celebration of Olympics 2012.
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These videos relate to the different types of inquiry learning environment at our primary school.
Watch some of our children discuss what they are learning, how they are linking what they are doing to the learning intentions, how they know they are on the right track and how they plan to find solutions to an inquiry. Videos are raw and unedited learning in action of some Year 3 and Year 4 students at Chelsea Primary School.
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Look at how busy they were exploring their own topics of interest. They worked on managing their time wisely as they undertook prediction, experimentation, observation, analysis and evaluation, decision making, construction and testing of their product based on set success criteria. A final inquiry report detailed why and how they planned to find solutions to their building dilemma.
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These slideshows are learning in action from our Year 3-4 students in Masters syndicate (2012).
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