21 June - 27 June

Kia ora 8F1 students. This term our context is "Circus" and we will be exploring Physic through the eyes of a circus. Below you will find this terms Achievement Objectives and the Learning Intention for the next few weeks. 

Big Idea: “Circus”.

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.

Physical world

Explore, describe, and represent patterns and trends for everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as movement, forces, electricity and magnetism, light, sound, waves, and heat. For example, identify and describe the effect of forces (contact and non-contact) on the motion of objects; identify and describe everyday examples of sources of energy, forms of energy, and energy transformations

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING on developing our knowledge of the creation of sound.
• We are FOCUSING on identifying the difference between amplitude and frequency.
• We are FOCUSING on describing the path sound takes throughout your ear.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Explain how sound is created.
• Describe the terms frequency and amplitude.
• Explain how sound travels through your ear.

All activities on Google Classroom

Lesson 1

The ear - We are learning about the function of the ear and drawing the ear structure into our books.

Keyword list in book

Lesson 3

Group task: 

"Doctor, doctor". Students need to decide on the right treatment for the patient with ear damage.