17 October - 23 October

• What is electricity, and how is it created? 
• We are starting at the beginning with dams and water, then learning about hydro dams in New Zealand, onto renewable and non-renewable sources,
  then the role of Transpower, extending to how electricity comes to our homes and schools, understanding what is electrical energy.
• We are ending our learning by dissecting common home appliances and working out how they work.

Learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING our learning on developing an understanding of everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as electricity.
  We are identifying how electricity is created in New Zealand, starting with describing and identifying different dams and ending with dissecting an electrical appliance.

Success criteria:

• I can describe what a dam is and how they are built and why they are built
• I can list different purposes for a dam
• I can state important facts about dams in New Zealand in particular Hunua and Waitakere ranges
• I know how to research to see how full our dams are in New Zealand and compare a number of graphs across New Zealand,
  and compare data to the week prior and the year prior
• I can work out our family water usage and compare this with the global average

Activities:

• Working together as a class to understand what a dam is and the types of dams in New Zealand
• Using the internet to develop research skills on topics such as Hunua and Waitakere ranges dams, Watercare, how full our dams are, Water Usage and Comparison Data, how water is used and how to save water,
• Working with an online document to transfer the data for reference - learning to take screen shots of data etc.
• Knowledge quizzes to reinforce our learning
• The working document can be found on Google Classroom