Investigating - part 2

Ensure that you complete this and submit through the google classroom

Inquiry assessment Part Two - Investigating

Morena Ladies

We have posted up your assessment information on the Google Classroom this morning.  We are moving into the more challenging tasks where you will need to be researching and further investigating your inquiry topic.  Kia kaha tonu e hine mā!

Click here to go to the google classroom and view your work.  If you have any questions email your mentor!

Inquiry - Noticing

Step one of your Inquiry is due to be submitted to the blog by the end of our inquiry block tomorrow:  16th May

To clarify - Submit through Classroom:
1.  Your Brainstorm of your Key point/issue that you will be studying this term
2.  Your three articles that you have selected that are relevant to your key point/issue
3.  The Noticing assessment google document

If you have any questions - make sure to email your mentor!

Kia kaha tonu koutou!

Designing your own Inquiry Cycle

Identify the key words from this document to design your inquiry cycle.  You have until the end of period 2 to post this onto your blog.  

Think about the different ways in which you can be creative with your design.

Key words for Inquiry cycle

Supporting Data from the LAWA Website

Hi Ladies

Dont forget about the LAWA website to find supporting data to analyse for your "my Kainga my castle" Key question two:

https://www.lawa.org.nz/

Type in the name of your stream and see what information the Local Regional Council has collected in their water testing.

Graphing instructions

Formal Assessment

Kia ora Ladies

I have set an assignment on Google Classroom that you will need to work through in your own time.  This is the workbook that pulls all of your Water analysis, report writing, Mathematics together in to one piece.  You can find this in your email now.

This needs to be submitted by the end of this term.  Keep working away steadily and aim to do set pages each day/couple of days to ensure that you get through it all in time.  Those that don't will need to attend 'Holiday School' to complete it!

Remember from this we will be assessing you against the JCEA (year 10) credits as well as NCEA (Year 11) credits.

I am ever only an email away - so contact me if you need support!

Kearoa Marae

Check this out girls, some familiar sights and faces from your trip this week. Helpful info for your projects too!

Water testing

Water Testing

From our research we now know that there are a number of different factors that can contribute to telling us about the health of a stream.

Over the next two weeks we will be sampling 2 - 3 different streams in our Te Arawa rohe (region).  There are a range of different tests that can be used.... Your job is to now learn about the different tests and how to administer them!

You will be split into 7 groups

As a group you must prepare:

A step - by - step easy to understand guide for your classmates to be able to follow.  

It must be a digital presentation as it will need to be shared  with both FFL classes.

You have two periods to complete this!

See Ms Hill for the resources needed for this activity!

Field Trip Preparation

Field trip alert! 

Three Days until our first water testing session! 

You have until the end of Wednesday to complete the tasks in this google slide.  There is a lot of mahi to be done here ladies - but I know that you can do it.  

You will need to work in pairs for the most part - so make your choices carefully.  Choose a partner that you know you can work well with... it's not about being "Nice" to each other - but about making good learning decisions!  Pick some one who will challenge you to be a better learner today!  

Ecology

Water Water - Everywhere!

Kiaora Ladies

We are now at the stage where we will be investigating our current environment.  The activities listed below will help you in your investigation around how we as Humans have impacted our environment.

For each of the sheets that are linked on this blog post (see below)  You will need to complete at least three activities for each stage on the work sheet.  

ie FIND = 3 Activities (you choose), APPLY = = 3 Activities (you choose), PRODUCE = 3 Activities (you choose)

Save the Catchment Detox Game until last!

Once you have completed an activity you will need to post this on your blog!

Water Everywhere resource

We all live down stream

We have a fiction that we live by - it is the river

I am the River and the River is me

Rotorua 1970 Video Footage

Hey team, here is some inquiry related viewing for you, great video of Rotorua in 1970. Sourced from the Facebook page 'Nostalgic Rotorua' - check it out!

Project One - Introduction

Define

My Kainga, my Castle!

The driving Question:

How will we preserve our way of life so that when I retire in 50 years Rotorua is still a 'clean green' place to live?

Key Questions:

1. What can we learn from the last 200 years of settlement in Rotorua?

and/or

How have the Te Arawa people influenced the development/settlement of Rotorua?

Thinking about Tribal Narratives, myths & legends, ownership/guardianship of land, management of natural resources, interactions between British settlers and iwi, Te tiriti or Waitangi, Tourism and more

2.  What is the current Health of our region?

Thinking about people, culture, languages, rivers, lakes, land, forests, farming, agriculture factories, pollution and more

3.  So what needs to happen now in order to preserve our way of life?

Project One Introduction

Discover

How can I complete the task? What will I need to do?

Inquiry Process for Year 10 FFL - 2017

Define What is the problem, big question?	Create a brainstorm of ideas Refine and define your driving question, share this with your mentor group and your mentor teacher Driving questions are the heart of your research, they provide purpose and focus.  Your question should be clear, complex and open-ended.  They will provide the basis for you to innovate or create a product for solution. A good driving question will then provide opportunities for you to develop KEY questions - these will help you answer the driving question. See this link on our website for more help in writing a good driving question. Writing good Key Questions
Discover How can I complete the task? What will I need to do?	Select an idea and expand your thoughts. Create an ACTION PLAN Think about the 5 W’s and 1 H.   WHAT, WHERE, WHO, HOW, WHY and WHEN What information do I need to know? Where will I find this information? Who can help me?  This could be experts in our whanau, school or community Why would I use this information in my research?  Why would I choose to interview or survey people? When is my deadline and am I on track to meet this? How am I going to find the primary and secondary sources that I need?  Eg Library, Interviews, Surveys, Newspapers, Magazines, Internet? Create a folder and documents to record all your work.  You and your teachers will need to be able to access this.  Make sure it is in the shared FFL drive. Begin your plan - the HOW (what you are going to do, why and when) Record your PROCESS ensuring you evidence EVERYTHING you are doing - research, phone calls, reading etc. You MUST be able to JUSTIFY what you are doing - time management.
Dream Think big, what is it going to turn out like? Imagine a solution	What do you believe the impact of this information will have on our community in the future? What will it LOOK like? Create a vision board of your ideas.  Think about the solutions that are in place now and what future solutions could look like?  What is your place in this?  How can you affect change?
Design Create a design / plan the way you want it to work.	What do you need to do to make your dream a reality? How are you going to present your information?  What is going to be the most effective way to communicate your ideas and learnings on this topic.   How do you think you can best present your plan of action to implement change or innovation?
Deliver Deliver the idea / end product / action	Put your plan into action. Come up with an end product that encapsulates all of your learnings and work in this topic.
Debrief Go over what worked, what could be improved, next steps to improve	Present and share what you have done. Think about what you achieved throughout the process - final conclusion.   Evaluate the process and your engagement in this. What did you do well? What do you need to improve on? What were new learnings for you in this topic?

Inquiry Planning - Term 4

This term you will be working on an inquiry project of your own choice!  Yay!  We will be following the same structure as our previous projects, Click here to see the format for your inquiry project.  You will be able to work on this in your own time and on a Day 1 and Day 6 in class.  

To do list:

1.  Submit your Inquiry Brainstorming document through the Google classroom
2.  By the end of today you must have emailed your mentor with your driving question and you four key questions. 
3.  Have created a folder in your google drive called TERM FOUR INQUIRY
4.  Started researching your inquiry.

Research planning

Think about different ways that you can collect information - the internet is not the only source!

a)  Library time - find books, magazines that will support you understanding more information about your inquiry topic
b) Create a survey that you can send out to different groups of people - YOU MUST ENSURE THAT THIS IS CHECKED BY A TEACHER BEFORE YOU SEND IT!

c)  Plan an interview and contact an expert - it can sometimes take a while for people to get back to you - so the earlier you can send your questions to someone the better!

d)  Conduct an interview

e)  Continue to gather secondary sources

Inquiry Research - Task one

Term 4 Inquiry

This term you will be doing an inquiry on a topic of your choice. 

You will be working by yourself on a topic that interests and inspires you!

Go to google classroom, you will find a document called "Brainstorming inquiry ideas".

Your task for today is to complete this document. This activity is to help you look at a range of possible inquiry topics so that you choose the BEST one for you.

You have the choice to do your inquiry planning in a printed workbook.

This term you will co-construct the due dates for different sections of your inquiry process. Make sure you have a look at your calendar to ensure that you know what you have on this term!

Part Three - Report Writing

Kia kaha tonu kotiro ma!

Now you will need to pull all your research and task work together in to a written report.  This written report will be assessed for credits!  Remember that your teachers are only ever an email away. 

Go to our Google classroom for the report writing task that needs to be submitted.

Science Task 2

Mum - I'm Hungry!

For all of human history we have been able to feed ourselves by hunting, catching, gathering or growing our food.

In this task you will be investigating how to SURVIVE in your new civilisation...

You have one class period to create your groups very own Kahoot around your given topic.

Click on the Picture below for your resources and tasks.  There are further opportunities for you to achieve at Merit and Excellence levels in the given tasks.

Kia kaha tonu kotiro ma!