Tag: Inquiry

LI to use our smart searching skills for research

For this inquiry, our topic researching about the famous artist Pablo Picasso. By using our smart researching skill we used the knowledge on the internet to create a DLO on personal information about him. Something I found interesting about Picasso was Picasso a famous artist who start this art journey at the age of seven. By the time he was eight he was able to make more realistic art than an average kid.

I found this activity interesting because I used my researching skills to find out information about someone.

LI: To gather statistics and protect the Kauri Tree from getting the Kauri Disease

The following week after camp we did a research about the Kauri Dieback. Then we created a DLO about the Kauri Disease on how we can prevent it from destroying our nature. Though we can do things such as using the wash station and sanitizing your shoes before entering the woods with Kauri Trees to stop the disease from killing our tree.

I found this activity amusing because of the effort by me and my partner on doing the researching and increasing each others knowledge of the information about the Kauri Disease, we discovered about how it spreads and how it affects the tree.

LI: To identify and describe the features of the Tamaki River

This week we have been learning about what rivers are, their unique attributes and how to label them. We then created a DLO about the Tamaki river and its history. Did you know rivers can flood if it is filled with too much raindrop. Using our knowledge that we acquired, we showcased the features of the Tamaki river using an aerial map. We then compared the Tamaki River with a prominent river in the world. Our group chose to look at the Tamaki river and the Congo river.  Finally we made a comparison of the two rivers.

LI: To explore the world in 1840 and the art of the Treaty.

This week we investigated on what the world was like in 1840. Did you know that during the signing of the Treaty, slavery was still happening.

The image of what the Treaty of Waitangi looked like was actually a painting made by Marcus King in 1938. The painting was an impression of the events the day of Treaty of Waitangi was signed to help us infer what would have been like in the tent. An example of our reasoning is that in the image, there is a British flag on the table. What can be inferred from the image is that the British were running the Treaty of Waitangi declaration.

The activity that we made helped us understand what happened on that day.

LI: To identify how technology has changed when we consider how it was fit for purpose. 

Today we were looking at the change of technology. Over the past 100 years, technology has changed in order to make things easier. This is called fit for purpose. Transportation devices have become more convenient compared to their initial design. 

1922 planes purpose is used to transport items through the air and became a easier and fast way of transport. 

2022 planes purpose is to allow fast air travel to transport equipment, and to allow passengers to fly around the world.

We found this task interesting because it helps people understand what the changes were from 1922 to 2022.

LI: To identify the significance of the Match Girls Strike of 1888.

Today we had a session with David, our PB4L leader. He was teaching us about the match girls strike of 1888. This Strike of 1888 explains the hardships that the match girls went through, this eventually led to a protest trying to raise awareness for women who don’t get appreciate their hard work by not getting paid.

Our group found this task an interesting activity because we never knew what happened to women back then.

An interesting fact I learnt during this activity was is the phossy jaw is a disease comes from the red dust in the matches they make. The impact this makes is probably losing their job or possibly leading to death.

LI: To identify the 4 different modes (types) of transport and their changes over time.

The 4 different modes of transport are air, land, sea and rail. We explored more about the types of transportation and how they have evolved over time to build an understanding of how humanity makes changes to vehicles like cars, boats, trains and planes.

An example of air, land, sea and rail based vehicles are cars, boats, plane and trains

I found this task interesting because there are different transports in our world that have different meanings to it. 

LI: To understand that celebrations cross the cultural barriers around the world.

This week we have been looking at where different celebrations are held around the world. We used our smart searching skills to locate countries/places where Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Eid, Christmas and Diwali are celebrated. The objective of this activity was to build an understanding of how despite cultural barriers, people should still respect and acknowledge other celebrations.

I found this activity helpful because I know understand which countries celebrate what celebrations.

LI: To understand the roles in a relationship and understand what a working partnership looks like

This week for inquiry we made a slideshow showing words wthat describes relationships. The first thing we did was to chose three words Mrs Fisi’ahi chose and three words we chose, the words we picked were understanding, harmony, respect, collaborate and co-operate. Then we defined the words and did videos showing what each word looks like in real life. Then we had to present our work to the class explaining our words we picked.

This activity was interesting  because the words we picked described relationships and made quite interesting videos.