This week, the children continued to work on their individual Science Books. They represented The Water Cycle as a flow-chart, adding labels and titles and made a mini-model of it in action. Then, in small groups, the children conducted an experiment into evaporation. We thought about possible questions we could investigate in relation to condensation and precipitation. A High School student has created a Weather Data-Collection website that we were able to look at and discuss. The children's thinking skills were highlighted when we thought about questions we still had which included:
In Daily 5, we explored Glossaries and they began creating their own. We extended this by thinking of how we might change these depending on who our intended audience was. Some children decided they will share their booklets with K1 and K2 and so will use more pictures. Fedor wants to share his with another Russian student and so he added both Russian and English translations to his glossary. It was great to see them continue to take more ownership of their writing and make connections to the purpose of writing. Later in the week, the students (individually or in groups) planned and carried out their own investigations, which combined matter, measurement and data-collection. Here are the questions they were trying to answer:
Finally, as part of our explorations into measurement, we collaborated with Grade 4 to inquire into to the statement, Grade 4 students wear bigger bags than Grade 2 students. The children worked in pairs to analyse the statement, make a prediction, plan and then collect data to test the statement's truth. We hope to team up with Grade 4 again for more maths inquiries! UN Sustainable Development Goal #15 Life on Land: Connections we made- We need water, food and air to live on land. The Water Cycle helps us get fresh water that we can drink.
Student Voice: "I enjoyed doing my science experiment and I hope that I will learn more about clay." (Sara) "We had fun doing our science experiments." (Ray) "Our first experiment was awful! The second one was ok. The third one was perfect. We learnt not to give up." (Charlie, Maria, Yuuki)
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