Inquiry Report

I wanted to share with you the wonderful variety of learning experiences our students are having during our current inquiry into geography. Our focus has been quite wide as students have demonstrated immense curiosity into the subject. Here are some photos to explain some of the things that are happening in our neighbourhood at the moment.

Some of our students are investigating rainfall. They have converted disposable drink bottles into rain gauges and placed them around the school. These students check their gauges frequently and are graphing their results.

Meanwhile, some of our students are investigating weather by keeping diaries. Some have created weather diaries, while some are researching cloud formations and their relationship to weather. Here is an example of a weather diary.

Another weather investigation takes the form of music. Here students express different kinds of weather phenomena through the use of musical instruments or through digital music making software such as GarageBand.

Here is an example of a rock collection that a student has made. They are currently identifying the different rocks they have found around school, or brought from home, and are then classifying them into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

There are many more experiences occurring in our neighbourhood at the moment and hopefully, I will have the opportunity to share more with you soon.