Ahh! The ground is shaking!

We are learning to understand what ShakeOut is through the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I ask 5 Inquiry questions about ShakeOut and research online to find the answers to my questions.

Let's find out more about climate change!

We are learning to understand climate change.
I know I can do this when I answer questions from my previous climate change Inquiry and ask more questions about the facts that I have found out.

Did birds really evolve from dinosaurs?

WALT understand about the origin of birds through the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I make and answer Inquiry questions about the origin of birds.

Notes

Archaeopteryx shares unique features with theropods.

Theropods were ancestors of birds.

The birds were just a branch on the dinosaur’s tree of life.

Birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs, many of their characteristics have changed.

Theropods are closely related to birds.

One of the evidence that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs is the changes in the bones of the dinosaurs that evolved into birds.

Birds after Archaeopteryx continued to evolve in some of the same directions as  their theropod ancestors.

Glossary:

Paleontologists - a person who studies fossils.

Archaeopteryx - the oldest known fossil bird.

Carnivorous - a meat eater.

Theropods - a carnivorous dinosaur group and ranged from small to very large.

Characteristics - a feature belonging to a person to identify them.

Vertebrate - an animal of a large group that has mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

Maniraptora - a clade of coelurosaurian dinosaurs.

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Inquiry Questions:

1. Where / What was the first bird fossil found?
2. What clues has the bird fossils given us about its environment?
3. Were there other fossils of bird species found?
4. Who was the ancestor of archaeopteryx?
5. What evidence have been discovered about archaeopteryx?

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Answers:

1. It was found in Southern Germany, Meyer.
2. Its environment was a limestone quarry in valleys.
3. They found ten other species of birds.
4. Maniraptora was its ancestor.
5. The discovery of the fossil of archaeopteryx.

I want to join the FIFA under 20's!

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WALT develop my understanding about FIFA under 20's soccer tournament.
I know I can do this when I ask Inquiry questions and research to find my answers.

The Philippines is a cool country!

WALT think critically using the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I ask at least 5 questions and research online to find the information.

Spread the good news, everyone!

WALT understand about Pentecost Sunday.
I know I can do this when I make an Inquiry about Pentecost and ask 3 questions then find the answers.

Yum, can I have that chocolate?

WALT think critically using the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I can ask questions and then find the answers to the questions from a book.

I love Mother's day!

WALT develop critical thinking skills using the Inquiry process.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I ask 5 questions and research to find the answers.

Hey, look at that kiwi!

WALT understand the identity of New Zealand.
I know this when I make an Inquiry about New Zealand.

Saint Patrick is the Best Saint!

WALT develop critical thinking skills using the Inquiry process.
I know I can do this when I make an inquiry by asking 3 questions and researching the answers online.

Do you know what force is?

Can we burn some Palm leaves today?

Learning Intention: WALT to make an inquiry for Ash Wednesday.
Success Criteria: I know I can do this when I write three facts about Ash Wednesday and find out the answers using Google search.

Mini beast questions

WALT answer key questions about mini beast.

We had to create 5 key questions.
Key questions are questions that you don't know the answer to.

We had to search using key words to find information.

Then we needed to put our information into our own words.
This is my inquiry project

The Water Treatment Process

The Water Treatment Process

The water from the Waikato River is not clean so it’s not safe to drink. It’s not clean yet and it’s full of rubbish that makes us sick.

First the water goes through a gigantic filter. A filter is something that has very tiny holes that the liquid and gas can go though but solid can’t go though.

Flocculation is when a chemical is added so all the dirt joins together. The Water is kept in a holding tank where the dirt get’s heavy and sinks to the bottom of the tank.

Filtration is when more chemicals are added to make the water clean. Air is use to get rid of all the small rubbish thats still in the water and it makes it smell good and taste good, this is called ozonation.

Chlorination is when a chemical called chlorine is added. It will destroy all of the bacteria thats still in the water.

Then the water goes to a water tower where all the clean water is kept. Next the clean water that was in the Waikato River goes through a pipe to your tap and is safe to drink.

By Dhon

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