Construction Week in Room 10

In the last week of term we did some box modelling. We had collected lots of boxes to use and could design and construct anything that we wanted to make. There were lots of great ideas and lots of problem solving to get things to work and stick together. 

Systems

Over Term 2 we have been looking at Earth Systems and the way all these systems interact. We had to learn some big words like Lithosphere, Geosphere, Atmosphere and Hydrosphere. As part of our learning we made  models of the water cycle.

We then did an individual inquiry around a topic of our choice that related to any of the spheres.  The first step was to choose our inquiry topic. Next we wrote some question about the things we wanted to find out. Then we had to do our own research using books, the I-Pads and the class computers. We published our questions, answers and illustrations on large sheets of paper. 

How do waves up and down?

How do we get floods?

How do the oceans move together?

Is all water the same?

What is the water cycle?

Chloe

Matei

How did Tornadoes get there name?

Where are tornadoes common?

Why do tornadoes form?

What make tornadoes?

When do tornadoes form?

Euan

How do tornados start and disappear?

How strong gravity does a tornado have?

Can tornado be any colour?

Why do tornados form?

How do tornados move?

Reisha

What are cyclones?

How do cyclones form?

What damage can cyclones do?

What was the biggest cyclone in the world?

Why do they call it a cyclone?

How do volcanoes form?

How do volcanoes erupt?

Where do volcanoes come from?

How do volcanoes affect the Earth? How do volcanoes effect other people?

Jocelyn and Kaia

Why   do   we have  a  volcano? 

 How does  a  volcano  form? 

What makes  a  volcano? 

What is   a  volcano? 

What is  inside  lava?

Bayleigh

Are clouds made with tiny droplets?

What are clouds?

How do clouds form?

Aanika

Esther

How does a volcano erupt?

Does it have ash?

Do the rocks melt?

Does the lava go into the ocean?

What happens when the lava goes into the ocean?

What colour is rose quartz?

What are gemstones made out off?

How many days does it take to cut and polish gemstones?

What is the birthstone of February and September?

Where do you find gemstones? Rawan

Shivek

Do the water falls come from the rain?

James

Are geysers in sea water?

What is a geyser?  Where are geysers?

How can you see a geyser?

Aria-Lee

How do earthquakes happen?

What happens in an earthquake?

How does the ground shake?

How many people have been hurt in an earthquake?

Souma

What is a mineral?

Where do minerals come from?

Are there minerals in the ground?

Are minerals made from chemicals?

Jade

How does a river make a curve?

How do the oceans move?

How does a waterfall go down?

How does it rain?

How does a pond come?

Maxine

What is a volcano?

Why do volcanoes have rocks and lava?

Where do volcanoes come from?

Niday  

 How is lava made?

How does lava go up hill?

What does lava do when volcanoes erupt?

We also went to Campbells Bay to look at how the hydrosphere and lithosphere interact. We made sand castles and used water to show how elements of the hydrosphere - (water) affect the land (lithosphere). We walked along the beach to have a look at how the recent rain has caused some land to slip down the cliffs. We had a great time collecting rocks and even though the weather was not great we were able to link what we had been learning about in the class room to the actual environment that we saw at the beach.

It has been a great inquiry topic and we have all learnt lots of new information about the world around us.