A very important part of the Science and Technology Key Learning Area is the children's ability to design, modify and make devices. These devices should fit a given criteria and also give the children an opportunity to modify there design and make important changes to it.
In term four, year three are learning about simple machines. In week seven we are going to make a design and make with one or more simple machines in it. Here are some photos.
Use a simple machine to secure a screw
The wheels on a car are a simple.
Friday, 15 November 2013
Creation Story
Working together to create our first class video.
During this term, the children have been extending their learning by incorporating the use of stop motion to recreate Genesis 1-2. whilst working in cooperative groups the children read and discussed the 'Creation Story'. As well as deepening their understanding of the creation narrative they also learnt about the value of working together on a project. First they developed their ideas by organising them on a storyboard and then produced visual elements to highlight the main sections of their selected day. Together we used the 'stop motion app' to take photos of their selected day. The children had to line up their pictures, take a photo and move them slightly to build the story up. Together we created our version of the the seven days of creation as read in Genesis. Below you can view the two videos created by the cooperative learning groups. Enjoy!
Monday, 4 November 2013
Extending Learning by Independently Exploring Concepts.
During Guided Reading sessions the children are exposed to a wide variety of genres. Whilst in the session they explored the topic of dinosaurs. To help build their understanding of it and improve their vocabulary, the children used ipads and googled videos explaining 'Pangaea' and gathered more information about the 'Iguanadon'. Below is some of the information the group collected during their investigations.
Alyssa: In learning centres we are reading "How to Build A Dinosaur". We discovered the Iguanadon was 10 metres long. Although we estimated how long it would be , we decided to check it by using tape measures. As you can see it was close to our initial estimate. Check out their video showing how they checked their estimate.
Jacob: The Iguanadon is two times taller than a grown man.
Luc-Pierre: The Iguanadon is so big. It is amazing! I want to investigate in further.
Riley: The Iguanadon is a herbivore, this means although it was huge it only ate plants.
Austin: We measured how long 10 metres was because Iguanadon was 10 metres in length. Alex could not believe how long it was. He was speechless!
