Term 4 Week 8

Context:

MHJC Learning Framework Step:

PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

• We are PLANNING... so that we can … apply our knowledge of weather, erosion, and deposition for our Year-9 outing, collaborating to perform an onsite scientific observation of the river system in order to analyse the hauora of the river.
  
• We are PLANNING... so that we can… present our river analysis of the river erosion study from our Year-9 outing.

REFLECT / WHAIWHAKAARO learning intentions:

• We are REFLECTING… generate new depth of understanding as we review physics phenomena of forces and motion, Newton's 3 laws of motion, and electrical circuits.

Success Criteria: (Students can...)

(post-trip analysis and presentation of river study findings) 

• identify the main types of weathering and erosion, and describe how they are formed
• compare and contrast weathering and erosion
• describe the effects of weathering and erosion, and make connections to deposition; especially river erosion, linking to the context of Hauora and the Great Outdoors
• discuss the importance of plants to soil and erosion to our landscape, e.g. riverbanks.

(review of Physics topics)

• revise key concepts of forces and motion, Newton's 3 laws of motion
• revise how to work out time, distance, velocity and acceleration
• revise how to work out the force and the mass of an object
• revise key concepts of electricity and electrical circuits, i.e. in series vs parallel

Activities & Learning Tasks:

1. Reviewing of video resources, note-taking main points.
   
2. Home revision of resources on Google Classroom
3. Class discussion of key learning points to deepen and consolidate understanding; questions and answers based on students' needs.
4. Collaboration in small groups to analyse post-trip findings, organise ideas and draw conclusion, and then prepare for a short presentation to the class.
5. Revision tasks on Physics topics.