Inquiry Monday 7th August
CLIMATE CHANGE GROUP
GOAL: to research information about the habits of families at Rāwhiti School that impact climate change.
Split into three groups.
Each group is to choose one thing that impacts climate change in Otautahi:
Each group is to create a Google Form with 4 or 5 questions we can ask students and families about their daily habits at Rāwhiti School
Question starters you might use:
How many times...
How much...
How often...
Do you...
When was the last time...
Share your form with Eugene
PEST AND PREDATOR GROUP
First, create a blog post with instructions on how to build a pest tracker. Use the images below.
GOAL: Predict what pests our school may have in it's gardens and research animals that we could encourage into our gardens
First, with a buddy, work together to read the below document A short guide to identifying footprints on tracking tunnel papers.
Complete the worksheet My Footprint Guide and glue this into your inquiry book.
Then, go to this link - OUR NEW BRIGHTON ECOLOGIES to learn about an animal we could encourage to live in our school garden.
Create a fact page about that animal for your blog.
a-short-guide-to-identifying-footprints-on-tracking-tunnel-papers.pdfInquiry Thursday 3rd August
VR EXPERIENCE - CCC LIBRARY and BLAKE
MARINE KAITIAKITANGA
What did we learn during your VR Experience yesterday?
We learnt that the coasts around New Zealand Aotearoa have healthy and unhealthy waters.
Healthy waters have:
Clear water
Many fish
Plants and Seaweed (filter organisms including sponge)
Unhealthy waters have:
Murky water
Few or small fish
No plants
Too many of one creature (e.g. urchins/ kina)
How we can help marine environments:
put fences up by farms to stop runoff
plant next to rivers
create wetlands
reduce, reuse, refuse, recycle
don't put chemicals in the drains that go to the sea
Here are some links to the VR videos
https://www.nzgeo.com/vr/poor-knights - Sting Rays
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Inquiry Monday 12th June
LTA Field Trip Reflection
Last week we went on two field trips
Save our Dunes (Nth Brighton Beach)
Kaitiakitanga: Climate Change (CHCH City)
Write a reflection about what you learnt from the two trips.
Find the template in YOUR WRITING FOLDER
Complete the reflection in your own words - answer the questions
Choose a photo from the image carousel - screenshot and insert
Check the success criteria at the bottom
Show Eugene
Year 5 and 6's: Put your reflection and photo onto Hero
Inquiry Tuesday 6th June
Find information about your selected topic. Insert the link to a site in the documents below.
Inquiry/ Literacy Monday 29nd May to Friday 2nd June
This week's task:
Complete all the Create tasks from Week 1 to 4
Post them all to your blog
Choose the one you want to share with your family
Share this with Eugene (TBC)
We will also choose a direction for further Inquiry - What action can we take?