Exploring Our Senses
Chrissy-Lee and Nathan had to tell us some describing words about what they were feeling
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Dancing Ghosts… Woooooo
After several demonstrations, the children learnt how to create static energy themselves, by rubbing an inflated balloon, vigorously, up and down their school polar fleeces.
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Visitor from out of Space
While reading this book, Poppy, Jordyn-Lea, Patrick, Jack and Casey were very interested in what a scarecrow is and what they would be like in the real world, they wanted to create their very own scarecrow and find out.
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Te Huka Explosions
Students got to chose their “passion” from three different options. Our passion project was explosions. Our group had a science focus. Read more about 'Te Huka Explosions'...
Authentic learning experiences in the classroom
When students are able to have a say in their learning and explore topics of interest, that they have a personal connection with, they are excited to learn. We call this ‘student agency’.
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Expanding Yeast
Room 13 is learning how to think like scientists by observing our experiments and investigations and asking questions such as “I wonder what will happen if…..?”.
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Window Sprouts
Room 13 is learning that plants need certain conditions to grow. To help us learn we have been conducting an observation experiment with bean seeds.
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No-blow Balloons
Tapping into the children’s prior knowledge of mixing baking soda with vinegar prior to starting, connected the children to the lesson
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Round Rainbows
Learning in science is important to understanding the world in which we live in.
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Nature at our door step, Resourse that inspires
Chris, the artist, talked about being a woodturner like being a surgeon.
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