Section outline



  • Kia ora 8F2 students. Below you will find the Achievement Objectives and the Learning Intention for this term. 


    Achievement Objectives


    Nature of science

    Investigating in science


    • Build on prior experiences, working together to share and examine their own and others’ knowledge.

    • Ask questions, find evidence, explore simple models, and carry out appropriate investigations to develop simple explanations.



    EXPLORE / TŪHURA


    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING to investigate the inventions of famous scientists
    • We are EXPLORING  to research how the time they lived in shaped their thinking

    • We are EXPLORING  to recognize their contributions to society

    SUCCESS CRITERIA

    • Understand how science can solve problems
    • How scientific research changed over time
    • Understand the nature of scientists work
    • Discuss the significance of and relevance of the scientific inquiry


    ACTIVITIES
    See Google Classroom for all activities

    Period 1
    Teacher only day
    Period 2
    Google meets with Ms B. Introduction of famous scientists.
    Worksheet
    Period 3
    Introduction of 'brain pop'. 
    "Games" and "Video"

    Homework
    Work on your science fair project. By now you should all have your topic and working on a hypothesis. I have posted a document on how to write a hypothesis on Google Classroom.