Research/Working Groups:
Group One: Jack, Alisha, Taylah, John, Ashlee
Group Two: Ella-Rose, Vision, Indie-Rose
Group Three: Deshone, Meilah, Minnie
Group Four: Hayden, Jago
Group Five: Sanay, Ahan
Group Six: Blake, Flynn, Zavier
Group Seven: Malika, Bailey
Group Eight: Lucas, Willliam, Ethan
Group Nine: Eva P, Mady, Nyah
Group Two: Ella-Rose, Vision, Indie-Rose
Group Three: Deshone, Meilah, Minnie
Group Four: Hayden, Jago
Group Five: Sanay, Ahan
Group Six: Blake, Flynn, Zavier
Group Seven: Malika, Bailey
Group Eight: Lucas, Willliam, Ethan
Group Nine: Eva P, Mady, Nyah
Week 11 Tasks:
Task 1: Fact Card Hunt!
Task 2: Parts of the ear
Task 3: Make a string phone
Use the information glued in to your Everyday Book and the equipment in the Tinker Room to make and test your own string phones
Task 4: Plan your presentation
As a group, you need to decide which information you want to share with your friends and family and decide how you are going to share this.
Plan your presentation in your Everyday Book, everyone must have the plan in their book.
- Glue the graphic organiser into your Everyday Book.
- Walk the walls reading the different fact cards on display.
- Use this information to discover what the properties of sound are.
Task 2: Parts of the ear
- Glue the ear diagram into your Everyday Book
- Watch the videos below about the ear and the brain, and read the books on Epic
- Fill in the diagram showing the different parts of the ear
- Record next to each part what they do to help us hear
Task 3: Make a string phone
Use the information glued in to your Everyday Book and the equipment in the Tinker Room to make and test your own string phones
Task 4: Plan your presentation
As a group, you need to decide which information you want to share with your friends and family and decide how you are going to share this.
Plan your presentation in your Everyday Book, everyone must have the plan in their book.
Week 10 Tasks:
Task 1: Investigate It!
Use the 'Investigate It' sheet to begin to find information to answer your questions from last week.
Watch these videos to help you.
Use the 'Investigate It' sheet to begin to find information to answer your questions from last week.
Watch these videos to help you.
Watch some of the videos below, read some books from EPIC or check out the printed information from Whaea Kylie to help you find your notes.
Task 3: See the Sound
Sound vibrations travel through air, water, and even solid objects, but it's not possible to see the waves. What if we could see the waves in another way?
This science of sound experiments makes sound visible by forcing objects to react to the sound vibrations.
Supplies Needed:
What to Do:
1. Wrap a sheet of plastic wrap over the mixing bowl so that it’s taut, and secure with the large rubber band. Be sure that the plastic wrap is tight and does not sag.
2. Place a few of the sugar crystals on the top of the plastic wrap, placing them in the middle of the wrap.
3. Instruct your child to get close to the sugar crystal and say something loudly! What happens to the crystals? Do they move?
4. Experiment with louder and softer words or sentences to watch the sugar crystals react to the sound vibrations!
5. Try using different instruments or objects to make sounds, what happens?
Don't forget to record your observations in your Everyday Book.
Sound vibrations travel through air, water, and even solid objects, but it's not possible to see the waves. What if we could see the waves in another way?
This science of sound experiments makes sound visible by forcing objects to react to the sound vibrations.
Supplies Needed:
- Empty clear mixing bowl
- Plastic wrap
- Large rubber band
- Sugar crystals- Sugar in the Raw works great, or make sugar crystals in another science experiment!
What to Do:
1. Wrap a sheet of plastic wrap over the mixing bowl so that it’s taut, and secure with the large rubber band. Be sure that the plastic wrap is tight and does not sag.
2. Place a few of the sugar crystals on the top of the plastic wrap, placing them in the middle of the wrap.
3. Instruct your child to get close to the sugar crystal and say something loudly! What happens to the crystals? Do they move?
4. Experiment with louder and softer words or sentences to watch the sugar crystals react to the sound vibrations!
5. Try using different instruments or objects to make sounds, what happens?
Don't forget to record your observations in your Everyday Book.
Check out this awesome string phone!
I wonder if you have the things you need at home to make a string phone of your own?
If you do, bring them in to school and have a go.
If you do, bring them in to school and have a go.
Here are some videos to help you start your research...
Communication:
Sound:
The ear and the brain:
Technology:
Lets get started...
Check out these books on EPIC: