Zoo adventures

Foodchains

Building my knowledge

Interactive website 

Reading for information

To support our inquiry we have been learning to research using keywords.  Using our notetaking skills we then record relevant information and reorganise this using a variety of maps.

The next step is to summarise what we have learnt and make connections.

Mahika - 'Crabs have predators like birds and jellyfish.  One way the stay safe is by moving fast over land and having a hard shell over their body. '

Arina - 'The main predators of the seastar are snails and sea turtles.  If they are unlucky to be grabbed by a predator they are forced to detach an arm.  Fortunately they grow a new one.'

Daniel - 'The mussels predators are starfish, crabs and strong currents can cause trouble too.  Their hard shell helps protect the soft insides and their strong foot helps them to suction onto rocks when the water is strong.'

Animal riddles

To write an animal riddle you need to both inform and describe your animal to the audience.  Click through some of our animal riddles and see if you can find our hidden facts.

What is an ecosystem?

Record one key idea that you have learnt from the video.  What are some key topic words we might use when describing an ecosystem?

Harold visit - food, nutrition and our body

Over the last few weeks we were very lucky to visit the Life Education van and hang out with Murielle and Harold.  In our first visit we learnt about the different types of food groups and the nutrients they can provide our body.

In our second visit we then put on our doctor hats and learnt about the different parts of the digestive system.  We didn't realise how busy our bodies were after we ate to break down our food and transport the nutrients into our blood!

Trade wordweb

Discover the world

Today we explored google earth to help us really understand the distance between countries and help us understand how improvements in transport and communication technology over time has made the world seem more like a village.

To explore the world with someone at home click here. 

Connections with the world

We wanted to share the different ways and parts of the world that we are connected to.  We could use Explain everything or iMovie to show how we are connected to other parts of the world using relevant images.

  

Shalin

NuoNuo

Dorothy

Design and create

At the end of term 2 we applied our science knowledge to design and build a prototype for a new feature in our school playground.  The criteria was to have a moving part and the students could either modify a feature of our existing playground or design a new feature.  Split pins, grooved wheels and hanging ropes were some of the ideas that were tried.

 

Catapult creations

Using visual youtube tutorials we learnt how to make catapults.  Working together in small groups we followed the directions and then tested our creations.  As we were testing our designs, we noticed that the rubber band would stretch when we pressed on it.  This gave the spoon potential energy.  When we let go, the scrunched up paper would fly through the air.  This happened because we had released the potential energy and it changed to kinetic energy.

Wheels day

Yesterday everyone was very excited to bring the bikes, scooters and skateboards to school for wheels day.   Some of the highlights were the scooter relays, construction zone and the short time we had on the obstacle course before the rain started bucketing down.

Simple machines

As part of our science we have started to take a closer look at the physics involved with simple machines.  Today we looked at pulleys and how the grooved wheel and rope together make it easier for a load to be lifted.

Family challenge:  Design a pulley to lift a load using materials from around your house.

Congratulations Mahika

We are very proud of Mahika for receiving Edmund bear in assembly today.  Mahika was awarded Edmund bear for always showing respect for her peers and showing kindness towards others.

Functions

This term we are putting our science hat on and looking at the physical world.  Our main concept is function leading to our big question: 

Our key understandings are:

                 

Discuss the pictures at home this week.  

What do you notice?   What is the whole?   What parts can you see?   How do you think they work? Can you see two parts that might work together?

                                    

Our stories, our treasures exhibition

Today we shared our treasures in a museum exhibition.  There was a collection of objects, images, posters and video descriptions of the things we hold dear to our hearts, our 'taonga.'  Thank you to those that could make it, we loved sharing our learning with you.

Check out some of the highlights.

For those that were unable to make it this afternoon, you can view our individual description videos by clicking the image below.

Similarities and differences

As part of our inquiry we have been looking at 'taonga.'   To help us understand this concept better we decided to research two cultural objects and analyse the similarities and differences.

Similarity: a similar feature                                                

Difference: a point or way that something is not the same

Class compare and contrast map 

Digital Citizenship at school

Our class is very lucky to have iPads and chromebooks in our class to help us with our learning.   We can do so much like create posters, make movies and publish using google docs, but with using devices also comes extra responsibilities.   Here are some of our ideas of how we can show we are DIGIkids in class.

My learning

Using the iMovie app, we used pictures and the recording tool to make a movie about our learning.  We identified an area that was a strength and an area we would like to make our goal for the year.  

NuoNuo

Riha

Arjun

Would you rather ......

While getting to know each other better we set up our talking donut and worked on sharing ideas.  We were given two options and had to decide which one we would rather do and why.

Chat with someone at home using the powerpoint and see what their opinion is.