Week 35
No class - Trip
Week 34
Students identified a location for their rainforest retreat using google maps
Week 33
Students investigated ecotourism in the Galapagos islands
Week 32
Students investigated mass tourism in Kenya
Week 31
Students investigated extreme tourism in Antarctica
Week 30
Students investigated the impact of tourism
Week 29
We began our new topic... "Rainforest Retreat". Students explored the rise of global tourism.
Week 28
We ended the term with a quiz
Week 27
Students went back to their projects and used feedback to improve them
Week 26
No lesson - Holiday
Week 25
Students completed all aspects of their project
Week 24
Students investigated what is on food packaging before beginning to design their own
Week 23
Students created three prototypes for their vegetable snack. The class then voted on their favorites
Week 22
Students began writing up their final investigation on choosing their preferred garden site. They wrote their methods, and created graphs from the data
Week 21
Students performed their final field experiment by testing the soil for organic matter. They did this by burning the soil in the lab
Week 20
Students presented their vegetables on a poster and began to brainstorm ideas for snacks
Week 19
Students researched a vegetable to grow in the garden, detailing how to grow and look after it
Week 18
Students undertook their first fieldwork techniques. Measuring the light, space, and temperature of each site
Week 17
Students did a preliminary investigation within the school grounds to find a site. Assessing the space, shade, and soil quality.
Week 16
Students explained the conditions for plant growth and identified fieldwork locations around school
Week 15
Students started their new topic, "How does your garden grow?". They discussed the conditions required for plant growth
Week 13
This week students independently researched their choice of natural disaster to explain which one was worse
Week 12
Holiday
Week 11
Students investigated an earthquake in Haiti, using clues to discover how someone died
Week 10
Students explored the benefits of living by volcanoes
Week 8/9
Students explained why there are different types of volcanoes
Week 7
Students received feedback on their assessment, and investigated types of volcano
Week 6
Students looked at collision and transform plate boundaries. They also sat their mid-term assessment.
Week 5
Students learnt about the features we find at plate boundaries. Taking an in-depth look at constructive and destructive plate boundaries
Week 3 and 4
Students learnt about the layers of the Earth and looked at a map of the different plates
Week 2
Students drew the structure of the Earth to scale