By holding a Science event and making sure a whole week was dedicated to science it meant that we lifted the profile of this valued learning area. Team work with colleagues was enhanced as everyone came on board to support the initiative and offer their assistance. Sourcing and planning activities that directly linked to the 2014 topic had a huge impact as it made us focus intently on sharing the importance of science in our food production and think towards the future and the impact of various factors and their influence on our food supply. |
We will continue our liaisons with Josh Richards as he has made a big presence in our school about space travel and the Mars One project. The K and PP classes will continue with their food topics. The K in particular have found the 2014 National Science Week topic most fitting as they use the Planting the Seeds of Science resource. For science week they did a unit on honey which included a visit from an apiarist. The honey topic integrated well with the unit 'We're going on a (forensic) bear hunt'. |
We used the Agrifood incursions as the topics they cover integrated well with the 2014 National Science Week topic. I found a resource on the internet called 'Go Grains' and the ideas in this resource helped with the planning of the year 5 activity. I applied for a Seed Potatoes for WA Schools kit from Fresh Potatoes WA and we did a study about potatoes with year 4 and this included planting the potato seeds in the vegie garden beds. I visited a farm in the WA wheat belt and the farmer gave me sacks of grains - canola, barley, oats, wheat and lupin. I used these for the year 5 activity. I also had images of the paddocks with the crop and silos. |