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Dear Parents,
Welcome to the 3 Ranthambore page. We are excited to share our learnings from our integrated unit on adaptation in which we took a deep dive into bird adaptation. Take a look at how we began with the evolution of birds, researched and answered questions we had about birds and learnt about bird adaptation in our local environment. We then used our learnings to understand our responsibility towards all animals in our environment and finally created our own animals with their own adaptations. We integrated throughout our unit using the concepts- change, perspective and responsibility. We hope you enjoy the glimpse into our learning journey.
Love,
The 3 Ranthambore Family
Central Idea: Living beings adapt in order to survive
Central Idea: Living beings adapt in order to survive
Driving question: How do living beings adapt in their habitats?
Driving question: How do living beings adapt in their habitats?
TUNING IN
TUNING IN
Step 1 Connect- Extend - Challenge (Are birds the only living dinosaurs?)We provoked our curiosity with a 'Did you know' fact!
Did you know birds are the only living dinosaurs? We had no idea! We watched a video on the same and shared our understanding through the thinking routine- Connect- Extend-Challenge.
Connect: What is one thing you already knew?
Extend: What is something new you learned?
Challenge: What is one question you still have?
As paleontologists, we compared modern day birds to two prehistoric animals, the pterodactyl and the archaeopteryx by comparing their features!
We then read a research article and made a claim about which prehistoric creature birds evolved from!
Our curiosity started to get the better of us! We needed proof. Statements like, "We don't think this is possible Ma'am," and "Where is the proof?" started to emerge. We had to find a way to tackle these questions.
To be able to truly investigate our questions, we had to become paleontologists! We learned the new word thanks to our Word Collector, Gatik, who introduced the new word to us during Circle Time!
FINDING OUT
FINDING OUT
We started identifying all those multiple questions that were still in our mind after we were introduced to the central idea.
Questions like:
what is adaptation?
how is it different from evolution?
how do birds adapt?
To help us get closer to some answers, we defined adaptation by reading about it, as well as started to do some research about birds, which of course led us to more questions!
We then started to use our observations skills to help us start to find answers to some of our questions.
We did this by tackling another question that emerged in class - "Why is it that birds can eat many different things?"
We then used our observation skills, looked at bird beaks and connected it to research we had already done to answer this question:
"Can you guess what the bird eats by the shape of its beak?"
We found out we absolutely could and we gave reasons for what we thought as well!
Click on the video to watch some of our presentations!
In Math, we have been introduced to Skip counting of 2, 3 & 4 for numbers up to 100. We find out about questions like, 'Can the number catcher of 3 catch number 54?' We thought, reasoned out and counted in skips on the ganit mala using number catchers to find the solution. We are making connections between numbers & observing different patterns in numbers while counting in skips on the ganit mala.
We also made observations in math classes by observing trees in our surroundings! We found out about the trees around us, observed them from our houses, some of us brought the leaves to the classroom. We estimated the length of the leaves, compared them and also measured leaves of various types of trees! We observed how patterns & structures changed in leaves of different types of trees.
SORTING OUT
SORTING OUT
We spent sometime observing different types of birds from our balconies, in our gardens or from the windows in our houses. We recorded our observations and used an organizer and a checklist to carry out our research on one of the types of birds we observed. We used our research to write our own articles and all of us cited our sources like good researchers!
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In language we looked at the changes in text features in fiction and non fiction texts by comparing the story of 'The Thirsty Crow' with an article about crows.
Going further
Going further
While exploring different bird adaptations, we came to know that some birds migrate. One of us raised the question, "Why do birds migrate?" Using the thinking routine, Step in and step back, we tried to put ourselves in the perspective of birds in our surroundings to decide whether we should stay in the city or leave the city. We then stepped back and reflected on the experience!
Group 1 decided to be a murder of crows while group 2 became a flock of pigeons!
Below are the snapshots of our discussions to help us make our decisions! One group of birds seemed ready to go and one seemed to want to stay.
In our Hindi language classes, we used our knowledge about different types of animals and how they adapt to tell and write stories from an animal or birds' perspective.
जंगल की दुनिया,हमारी नज़र से…
जंगल की दुनिया,हमारी नज़र से…
‘Adaptation’ थीम के दौरान विद्यार्थियों ने विभिन्न लेख,अनुभव,डायरी आदि को पढ़ा | साथ ही 'Choice Board' द्वारा अपना कार्य चुना और अपने विचार चुनी गयी विधा में व्यक्त किये | चॉइस बोर्ड में जानकारी वाला लेख , अनुभव लेखन और पत्र लेखन जैसे विकल्प शामिल थे |
जानकारी वाले लेखों में विद्यार्थियों ने पशु/पक्षी को चुनकर उसके बारे में जानकारी एकत्रित की और जानकारी को अपने शब्दों में लिखा | गोरैया,शेर और कोयल जैसे कुछ लेखों के प्रमाण यहाँ दिए गए हैं |
डायरी द्वारा विद्यार्थियों ने पशु/पक्षी की ज़िंदगी का एक दिन समझने और महसूस करने का प्रयास किया और अनुभव के रूप में लिखा | कबूतर,बाघ,कुत्ता और बिल्ली की ज़िंदगी के एक दिन जैसे कुछ अनुभवों के प्रमाण यहाँ दिए गए हैं |
पत्र द्वारा विद्यार्थियों ने माइग्रेटरी जीव-जंतुओं के जाने के बाद की भावनाओं से जुड़ने और समझने का प्रयास किया है | मछली, कछुआ आदि द्वारा लिखे गए सारस को पत्र के प्रमाण यहाँ दिए गए हैं |
We explored the concept of perspective further in mathematics by using different ways to solve problems & by making figures using shapes in different orientations.
MAKING CONCLUSIONS
MAKING CONCLUSIONS
We explored our responsibility towards the environment and made conclusions about actions we can take in our environment by reading about the Amur Falcon and learning about small acts of kindness towards street animals.
We also looked at images of caged animals and drew happy environments for animals. Take a look at some of our creations!
Shauryaveer went on to make a connection with himself by stating that his happy habitat was him in nature where he could climb trees rather than sitting in front of the screen for online classes!
In Math, we found out about different trees in our neighbourhood & felt responsible towards growing & nurturing more trees. We worked on making suggestions for selecting tree saplings as available under a scheme by the forest department & government nursery for our societies.
TAKING ACTION
TAKING ACTION
We looked at environmental conditions in the city and created imaginary animals that could survive in our city for our summative assessment! We organized our thoughts in a table, used a checklist and a sample to help us.
Take a look at some of our creations!
We presented our imaginary animals in class by trying to step into the shoes of our animals and we answered questions about our animals!
STUDENT LED PRESENTATIONS!
STUDENT LED PRESENTATIONS!
Armaan led us through a presentation on animals and their adaptations!
Armaan led us through a presentation on animals and their adaptations!
Kavin and Vehaana visited 3 Corbett to share their learning about beak adaptation!
Kavin and Vehaana visited 3 Corbett to share their learning about beak adaptation!
Samaira led us through writing class on 'A day in the life of my imaginary animal!
Samaira led us through writing class on 'A day in the life of my imaginary animal!
Our Digital Citizen Advisors, Kyra and Abhyudai took us through a presentation on 'how to be a good researcher!'
Our Digital Citizen Advisors, Kyra and Abhyudai took us through a presentation on 'how to be a good researcher!'
Our News and Weather repoters, Vaiedhi and Pihu included animal facts when they reported the news.
Our News and Weather repoters, Vaiedhi and Pihu included animal facts when they reported the news.
Our Word Collectors, Gatik and Zoya, brought new words related to our unit like paleontologist, characteristics and preen!
Our Word Collectors, Gatik and Zoya, brought new words related to our unit like paleontologist, characteristics and preen!
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