Water+water+everywhere

As the term unfolds I will place examples of ways e learning is integrated into our inquiry - Water water everywhere Useful websites related to this topic can be found on this link
 * To start the inquiry off I showed the students a picture dictionary and got them to write a definition for water. They then used KIdPix to draw an image to go with their definition.

||  || We displayed our definitions in the classroom || ||  || We placed these images on our classroom blog using[| bubbleshare] media type="custom" key="3820153"
 * The students used the class camera to take a close up photo of a droplet of water on an autumn leaf.

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 * We undertook an experiment to turn water into a solid. We used a balloon, glove and ice cube container. Once we had passed around the ice exploring how it felt and looked the students all took a photo of a piece of ice.

media type="custom" key="3820173" ||  || The students wrote poems about ice. The photos they had taken the week before were used when creating a podcast. These will be placed on the blog over the next week

media type="file" key="zoe and celine.m4a" width="154" height="154" The photos were also used when publishing the poems to display in the classroom. || We presented these on the blog as a podcast. media type="file" key="liam ice experiment.m4a" width="173" height="173" ||  || The students also wrote personal recounts about our ice experiment and made a podcast. media type="file" key="celine ice experiement.m4a" width="173" height="173" || media type="custom" key="3820321" ||  || Time for another experiment - turning water into a gas. Katharine was our official photographer and took the following photos. media type="custom" key="3823911" || ||  || The following week, after doing an experiment turning water into a gas they drew another image on their initial KIdPix page.
 * The students also wrote personal recounts about our ice experiment.
 * The students enjoyed exploring the BBC website turning water into a solid, liquid and gas. I placed it on the classroom blog so they could continue to explore it at home.
 * The students are demonstrating their developing understanding of water as a solid, liquid and gas with KIdPix. One week they drew water as a solid.

|| media type="custom" key="3823889" ||  || Time for an experiment after reading a journal article 'making puddles'. We made puddles just outside our classroom. Sarah was our official photographer and took the following photos. media type="custom" key="4301005" || media type="custom" key="3862999" ||  || After looking at the photos we took of the rain the children have written poems
 * This week when it rained the students took the class camera and took the following photos.
 * With 'rain' the focus of the week - we read a non fiction text about rain which explained how to make a rain gauge. The next day Brodie brought in the necessary equipment to make one. Ashane our official photographer took the following photos.

|| ||  ||   || of dried grass carried back into the classroom all part of the experience. The children used the class camera to take the following images of the frost.These photos were used as motivation to write poems. media type="custom" key="3941927" ||  || We wrote frost poems and placed these on the blog.
 * Our rain poems are on display in our classroom.
 * With a heavy frost - we headed outside to feel and touch the frost.The squeals of delight, the freezing bare feet, the mounds

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 * We had a visit from Sally from Water care. It was a hands on experience where the children made streams and rivers using stones. They explored how water always goes down hill and the importance of our drains draining rain not harmful chemicals and rubbish.

media type="custom" key="3905105" ||  || We made a display sharing the knowledge we had acquired from Sally.

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 * We have began to explore the water cycle and have made a class display of our knowledge.

||  || We used the story  [|' Drizzle the drop'] as a shared book - to reinforce our knowledge of the water cycle. || ||  || The children wrote about the water cycle and drew an image of it on KidPix. ||
 * To reinforce our understanding of the terms used in the water cycle we have made use of this [|on line activity] and printed our work.
 * This water cycle song has become a firm favourite in our classroom and we listen to it most days.

media type="custom" key="4042699" ||  || We read our explanations of the water cycle as our literacy buddy videoed us. These were placed on the blog.

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 * We made terrariums so we could watch the water cycle first hand.
 * Some of the children wrote about the day we made terrariums. We used imovie to record their voice and place relevant photos alongside.

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 * We read about goldfish and collated this information on a Y chart. We then wrote information reports about goldfish, drawing goldfish on KidPix

media type="custom" key="4042693" ||  || We placed these information reports on the blog.

media type="custom" key="4042713" || In groups of 2 or more you had to melt a cube of ice as quickly as you could ( we used groups of 4). Everyone in the team had to hold the ice at least once and the ice was not allowed to be put in your mouth!!. I brought in the ice cubes and we timed the time it took to melt the ice as part of maths. It was a great deal of fun - excited children and squeals of delight.
 * One of the children brought in a KFC box which had instructions for a game - Ice melting madness. There were a few simple rules.

media type="custom" key="4042667" ||  || We used the slide show [|water around the world] as our shared book. This highlighted to the children that water is scarce in some countries. ||
 * The junior team celebrated our inquiry with a 'blue day'. We spent the morning doing blue activities in our rooms, coming together in the afternoon to share what we had done. In our classroom we played ice melting madness again, undertook a simple experiment and ................. (see right)

media type="custom" key="4042673" ||  || We made badges on KidPix related to water including making sure we do not waste it.

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 * We wore our badges to the afternoon assembly and wore them home with pride.

||  || The children wrote a recount about blue day with a number of them recording this recount on imovie. These were placed on the classroom blog.

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 * The children took photos of clouds and will use these as motivation for writing poems.

media type="custom" key="4042691" ||  || We read [|'Clouds']as our shared book

|| The children drew images on KidPix. media type="file" key="aart and donhae water definitions.mov" width="153" height="153" ||  || Some children recorded their poems on imovie and these were placed on the classroom blog
 * We finished the term as we had begun it - writing a definition for water.

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 * Art. Our focus for art for the first half of the term was - fish. We started by doing a line drawing, followed by a dye with a dragged painted background

media type="custom" key="4075461" ||  || Reflecting on our shared book The pig in the pond we listed all the places we could find water. We used [|wordle] to record our ideas ||
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