Where we are in Place and Time - Week 1
Welcome Back! I hope you had a wonderful New Year.
This week saw the start of our fourth unit of inquiry, Where we are in Place and Time.
Central Idea:
Artifacts help us to understand how societies have changed.
Lines of Inquiry:
The different sources we use as evidence
Evidence of change over time
Evidence helps us to understand where we live
Concepts:
Change, Function, Reflection, Discovery, History, Civilizations
Provocation
On Friday four teachers brought three artifacts to school that represented something about themselves. The students had to look at the artifacts and try and dedice which artifacts belonged to which teacher.
Can you guess? The teachers are Mr Johnny, Ms Karyn, Ms Petra and Ms Courtney.
As the students returned from languages on Wednesday they had found that the classroom had became an archaeology site. The students observed the artifacts they found, recorded where they found them and used the clues to understand the artifacts.
Each plate had written on it either the central idea or lines of inquiry. We spent time understanding what we will be inquiring into over the next 6 weeks and understanding some of the key words.
Student questions
We started thinking about some of the questions we would like to answer during this unit.
Field Trip
We are planning a field trip on Wednesday 24th January from 9:30 - 11:45 to the National Museum. More information will be emailed to you next week.
This week saw the start of our fourth unit of inquiry, Where we are in Place and Time.
Central Idea:
Artifacts help us to understand how societies have changed.
Lines of Inquiry:
The different sources we use as evidence
Evidence of change over time
Evidence helps us to understand where we live
Concepts:
Change, Function, Reflection, Discovery, History, Civilizations
Provocation
On Friday four teachers brought three artifacts to school that represented something about themselves. The students had to look at the artifacts and try and dedice which artifacts belonged to which teacher.
Can you guess? The teachers are Mr Johnny, Ms Karyn, Ms Petra and Ms Courtney.
As the students returned from languages on Wednesday they had found that the classroom had became an archaeology site. The students observed the artifacts they found, recorded where they found them and used the clues to understand the artifacts.
Each plate had written on it either the central idea or lines of inquiry. We spent time understanding what we will be inquiring into over the next 6 weeks and understanding some of the key words.
Student questions
We started thinking about some of the questions we would like to answer during this unit.
Field Trip
We are planning a field trip on Wednesday 24th January from 9:30 - 11:45 to the National Museum. More information will be emailed to you next week.
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