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Bees weekly learning experiences

Week 2

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Focus question

What is our area of study?

Topic

Questions

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English

  • selection of topic – review the process
  • formulating our driving question
  • mind maps of areas of interest
  • writing questions – How to write a deep open ended question that is personalised to our school and its students.

Science

  • mind maps of areas of interest
  • formulating our driving question

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Week 3

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Focus question

What is our goal – our end game?

Topic

Bees and our focus

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English

  • selection of end goal and what is our aim of this project?
  • Community information session. We would like to inform the community about the current bee problem. We want to show the community the bees in our school. We want to inform our community about what we can all do to help the problem.
  • capture interest and enthusiasm. YouTube videos Plan of action
  • time line
  • identify bees
  • research info
  • make brochures and posters
  • make an ad?
  • talk to an expert!
  • milestones

Science

  • initial bee observation in the school grounds
  • fill out observation record sheet

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Week 4

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Focus question

What information is important to share?

Topic

Research and delegate topics

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English

  • decide on the exact information we want to give at our community information afternoon
  • sugar bag
  • bee facts
  • bee extinction
  • honey bee
  • What bees do?
  • bees at school
  • types of bees
  • What do bees like?
  • begin to research bee information

Science

  • follow up bee observation in school grounds.
  • fill out observation record sheet.
  • identifying bees in our school grounds

Geography

  • finding out where bees – particularly the ones in our school are found.

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Week 5

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Focus question

How can we effectively share information?

Topic

brochures

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English

  • looking at brochures. What features does an effective brochure use (colour, space, design techniques)?
  • annotate and critique existing brochures
  • emphasis intention!

Science

  • bee research

Technology

  • research – talk about effective/reliable
  • Websites/plagiarising etc.

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Week 6

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Focus question

How is the sugar bag bee hive constructed?

How can posters be used effectively to raise awareness and give information?

Topic

design

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English

  • continue/finish off brochures
  • look effective use of posters
  • What features does an effective poster use? (space, colours, design techniques)
  • annotate and critique existing posters
  • emphasis intention!

Mathematics

  • properties of a hexagon parallel lines, angles, congruent lines and angles, sum of angles = 720 degrees.
  • measurement – cm, millimetres
  • construction

Science

  • bee hives – how are they constructed?
  • YouTube channel – Geoff from Buderim – watch his sugar bag bee hives, watch him transfer a sugar bag bee hive

Engineering

  • make a model of a sugar bag bee hive
  • design a prototype which is then critiqued by the class and one prototype chosen for the whole class to use.

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Week 7

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Focus question

How can we most effectively use film for awareness raising?

Topic

film making – Vox Pop

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English

  • continue posters
  • film pre production
  • establish purpose and intention, brainstorm ideas , choose location, story map, write script

Technology

  • research and critique Vox Pop films

Engineering

  • continue hive model

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Week 8

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Focus question

How can we most effectively use film for awareness raising?

Topic

film making – Vox Pop

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English

  • continue posters
  • film Production
  • filming
  • start to brainstorm what our community information session will look like, list intentions, story-board.
  • allocate topics to students and order of presenting

Technology

  • film production
  • film/audio as separate files
  • learn or refine the use of PowerPoint.

Science

  • bee enthusiast visit by Suzie Dyris

Mathematics

  • time – seconds, minutes, adding time calculating how long.

Engineering

  • continue hive model

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Week 9

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Focus question

How can we prepare for an effective community?

Topic

editing film and preparing presentation

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English

  • film post production
  • editing
  • information session
  • prepare PowerPoint slides and what each speaker will say for each slide

Science

  • walking excursion to Warren’s house. Local Crabbes Creek resident with bee hives

Technology

  • film post production
  • editing

Mathematics

time – seconds, minutes, adding time calculating how long.

Engineering

  • continue hive model

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Week 10

Information session

Wed 29th June 9am and assessment

English

  • effective Public Speaking
  • watch YT videos
  • practice individually
  • perform to class
  • critque
  • as a class, design the assessment task for the unit. Students:
  • discuss whether knowledge is more important than skills used throughout the unit.
  • compromise and write a 2 page assessment. One page on knowledge and one page reflecting on the processes used throughout the term.

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