Inquiry 2013

Inquiry Term 3 Why are plants important?
 * Our Big Question: **

* Different plants grow in different seasons and different environments * Plants have different life cycles * Environmental factors affect plant growth.
 * Our Key Understandings: **

__** Tuning In **__ Play this game to learn about the different parts of a flower and the things they need to grow.

Parts of a flower

How plants grow

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 * Finding Out **

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[|What do plants need to grow?]



= Term 1 Inquiry =

* People learn in different ways
WALT identify different ways people learn.
 * Activity 1 **

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__Learning Styles __ To find out your preferred learning style Go to this website and answer the questions. []

When you have finished count up the different coloured answers you got a put them on a tally chart (see sheet handed out) What is your dominant(main) learning style?

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 * Watch this to help you better understand how you learn best. **


 * Activity 2 **

WALT identify different ways people learn. __Multiple Intelligences __ Find out how you learn bes t. Go to this website and answer these questions []

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Finding Out about Different Learning Spaces
WALT identify where we learn best

Watch these you tube clips to see how these children choose where to sit in their classrooms. media type="youtube" key="vV3oLf7B9wQ" height="360" width="640" media type="youtube" key="Jk1LLkv7-sg" height="360" width="640"

__Multiple Intelligences __ Watch this video and record the information you find out about the different Multiple Intelligences media type="youtube" key="kBbmerzR2JI" height="315" width="560" media type="youtube" key="RmW_3ZhQZpc" height="315" width="420" Learning Styles [|http://www.whatismylearningstyle.com]

Taking Action Create a poster on comic life about a smart. You will need to include information about what they smart is and what sorts of activities someone would do if they are that smart.

Use the videos above and the websites below to find out the information. Once you have gathered the information go onto comic life and create your slides.

Make your poster colourful and include pictures. These posters will be used to teach other people about the 8 different smarts and they will be displayed in our classroom.

[|http://www.epd86.org/tech/aurora/bierdeman/activities.html#verbal]

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[|http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm#Logical/Mathematical%20Intelligence]

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 * Kinaesthetic - Body Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be body smart. You will enjoy sports and are good at swimming, athletics, gymnastics and other sports. This is sometimes called being Kinaesthetic smart. ||
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 * Linguistic - Word Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be word smart. You will enjoy reading, writing and talking about things. This is sometimes called being Linguistic smart. ||
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 * Logical - Number Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be number smart. You will be good at mathematics and other number activities; you are also good at solving problems. This is sometimes called being Logical smart. ||
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 * Interpersonal - People Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be people smart. You will like to mix with other people and you will belong to lots of clubs. You like team games and are good at sharing. This is sometimes called being Interpersonal smart. ||
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 * Intrapersonal - Myself Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be myself smart. You will know about yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. You will probably keep a diary. This is sometimes called being Intrapersonal smart. ||
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 * Musical - Music Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be music smart. You will enjoy music and can recognise sounds, and timbre, or the quality of a tone. This is sometimes called being Musical smart. ||
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 * Visual/Spatial - Picture Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be picture smart. You will be good at art and also good at other activities where you look at pictures like map reading, finding your way out of mazes and graphs. This is sometimes called being Visual/Spatial smart. ||
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 * Naturalistic - Nature Smart || [|« back to top] ||
 * You may be nature smart. You will like the world of plants and animals and enjoy learning about them. This is sometimes called being Naturalistic smart. ||

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 * Learning Environments **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 240%;">Brain Gym <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Watch these video clips and read the information to answer the questions on your placemat. Once you have watched the videos get an ipad or camera and take a photo of the exercise you could do for brain gym.

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 * Brain Gym Poster**