Inquiry

 Ancient Civilisations - Inquiry term 3  Use these links to help you find out more about Ancient Civilisations ** Egypt Finding Out Activity **  Go to this website to find out about Ancient Egyptian Civilisations   Play this game to learn about how the Ancient Pyramids were built   Play this Game to find out about the mummification process   Watch this video and then complete the RAS alert to sort your information media type="youtube" key="YgVlXOyU10I" height="315" width="560" 
 * RAS alert for video ||
 * **Where did Egyptian Civiisations thrive?**

**What things remind of the Ancient Egyptians?** || **Why were the Pyramids built?**

**What is inside the pyramids?**

**What has happened to them?** ||
 * **What were the steps to embalming?Why did they embalm dead people?** || **What did the Ancient Egyptians invent?** ||
 * **What animals did the Egyptians worship and why?** || **Who were the 6 gods the Egyptians worshiped?**

**How did they live? Why?** ||

Finding Out Activity
 Use your question sheet to record your answers on and use the links below to answer these questions


 * Task 1: The "Ancient" Olympic Games Scavenger Hunt**

 1. Where were the Ancient Greek Olympics held? 2. Why did they create the original "Olympics"? 3. How long did the original "Olympics" last? 4. How many "Sporting Events" took place during these games? 5. List the "Sporting Events": 6. What "Sporting Events" would be considered the same today? 7. What does the word "pentathlon" mean? 8. What would the "Athletes" receive for winning? 9. What does "sacrifice" mean? 10. What did they "sacrifice" and to whom and why? 11. Who was allowed to participate in the Olympics?

[|Festivals & Games in Ancient Greece] [|Ancient Olympic Facts] [|Ancient Olympic History] [|Ancient Greek Olympics] <span style="background-color: initial; color: #000000; font-family: wp_bogus_font; font-size: 13px;">[|Olympics Through Time]  <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="youtube" key="MthUbt6p1cg" height="315" width="560" <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="youtube" key="wZlKFw7a9Ko" height="315" width="420"media type="youtube" key="z9lFwCDuj38" height="315" width="560" <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="youtube" key="cw4osTMilwQ" height="315" width="560" <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">



<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Task 2: The "Present-Day" Olympic Games Scavenger Hunt**

Use your question sheet to record your ideas and answers

1. How often are the Olympics are held today? 2. Where are they held? 3. How many countries participate? 4. Who is able to participate in the Olympics? 5. How long do the Olympics last? 6. How many events sound like the Ancient Greek Olympics? 7. What do the winners receive if they win? 8. What event most interests you? Why?

<span style="background-color: initial; color: #000000; font-family: wp_bogus_font; font-size: 16px;">[|Olympic Facts] [|Present Day Olympics] media type="youtube" key="SFwxG0VBEDw" height="315" width="560"

Sorting Out Activity
Draw a Venn Diagram and compare "Ancient Olympics vs Modern Olympics".

Sorting Out/Going Further
Write a script about two "Ancient Olympic Athletes" meet two "Modern-day Olympic Athletes". Have fun and be creative with this section. After you have written your script, practice and prepare it for the class. Questions to consider when you are planning: 1. How would they greet one another? 2. What questions might they have for each other? 3. What might be most interesting for them to share or know about each other? 4. Would they be able to understand each other's points of view? 5. How would the meeting conclude?

Going Further
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Videos about Ancient Egypt []
=== World History - easy to read! [|http://www.chiddingstone.kent.sch.uk/homework/history/index.html#world] ===

Pyramids []
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 * How has technology changed communication? - Inquiry Term 2 **

Semaphore Flags Room 3 learnt about how Semaphores Flags were used to communicate with people. Here is the flags we made and photos of use doing the alphabet __**Finding Out**__ Complete this communication webquest [|www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=150320]

Watch these videos media type="youtube" key="4CoyC8vkWlM" height="315" width="560" media type="youtube" key="Yb4x5snJz0o" height="315" width="560" How does our body work ? - Inquiry Term 1 Here is what we have learnt about the different body systems we have. The circulatory system by Meg, Jenna, Sarah and Ella.

Making 3d digestive systems with Miss Baldwin Watch these youtube clips to learn about the different body systems. media type="youtube" key="E3lcatLn7W4" height="315" width="420" Check out this website about the human body [|Discovery Kids] [|Keeping your human body healthy] [|Skeletons and muscles] [|Human Body] Check this out!! Here we are putting our bodies together. This is where we think the organs and bone go in our body before we have learnt anything about it!

Silent Card Shuffle For this activity we had to read the information on the cards and decide which body parts and pictures went with each body system. We did this before we had learnt anything about the body systems. Here is what we think each body system does. Inquiry Learning- Kath Murdoch This teaching model follows a sequence of activities and experiences to build on and challenge student perceptions. The sequence is inquiry based – it begins with student’s prior knowledge and experience and moves through a deliberate process that helps the knowledge to be extended, challenged and refined.

Here is a powerpoint explaining each of the stages **File Not Found** <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; position: absolute; top: -25px; width: 1px;">Check out these human bodies. This is where we think the bones and the organs go in our body before we have learnt anything about it! We are looking forward to our trip to the Anatomy museum on Monday to find out more about the human body.