Topic

Term 4 This term our topic is innovation so we will be looking at ways we can innovate different things.

Term3 Week 8-9 We are still working on our big question and I would like a poster of your answers - put lots of pictorial information on it please.

Term 3 Weeks 6-7 This week we will be looking at an inquiry. Think of a BIG question that is of interest to you.

Term 3 Weeks 1-5 We are investigating different aspects of the Olympics. We will be helping our buddy classes to research different sport.

Term 2 Week 5 -10

Information on our Olympic team - [|Nz Stuff] and O[|ur 2012 team]

[|Some games to play - Olympics]

Go for gold etc information on the [|Olympic games]

[|The ancient Olympics] [|NZ olympic site]

[|History of olympic games] [|Olympic information]

Good sites about New Zealand

[|NZ info] [|NZ for kids] [|NZ A-Z info] [|Interesting facts about NZ]

Good sites about America

[|Facts about USA] [|More facts about USA] [|Fact monster]

Term 2 Week 1-5 A game about what materials [|conduct electricity.]

Term 1 Week 8-10 Investigating food groups.

FOOD Group Study
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Choose a food group below to investigate

 * 1) proteins
 * 2) fruit and vegetables
 * 3) carbohydrates
 * 4) fats
 * 5) vitamins and minerals
 * 6) water
 * ====== Go to these sites for information - [|Information on food group facts], [|food facts sheets], [|food pyramid information], [|Food pyramid] site and [|NUTRITION FOR EVERYONE] and see if you can answer the questions below about your food group - ======
 * ====== Go to these sites for information - [|Information on food group facts], [|food facts sheets], [|food pyramid information], [|Food pyramid] site and [|NUTRITION FOR EVERYONE] and see if you can answer the questions below about your food group - ======

2. What types of food are in your group?
3. Why is your food group important to your health? 4. Interesting facts about your food group.


 * ====== Decide how you are going to share the information with the class - poster, powerpoint, speech, google doc etc ======

5. The last thing to do is to write 5 questions that you now have about your poster and write them into your Topic book.

Term 1 Week 6-10 For these weeks we are looking at "What energises us" - Questions we are answering are below. 1. How do we get the energy when we eat? 2. Where does the energy come from? 3. How does iron get in the weetbix? 4. How do foods give us energy?

To answer these questions we will look at the digestive system and the energy food chain. Also how we measure energy in food, the food pyramid and what is in the food we eat.

As well we will have a look at electrical curcuits.

Term 1 week 1-5

This term I would like everyone to share pages of information on the mimio board. You can do this in partners.

On the first page i would like you to clip some interesting news from this site [|Kapiti observer.] Second page - share a book review. Third page - share some information about your favourite animal from this [|site]. Fourth page - to share some [|funny jokes].

also this site looks good. [|kiwinews]