Xmas creativity in class

Working Co-operatively.

ESOL groups are going Minecrafting!

Students are going to have to work co-operatively, to achieve the objectives that the students together will set.

Watch and see what we decide to do.

Goals for our Minecraft adventure could be.

Work together. Decide who gathers resources and who builds, work together to design how the house will look. Plan the house before we build it.

Build a house with a room for each person each. Each bedroom should have a bed and a chest to store things. The house should be on a flat piece of land next to some water. It should have windows and a kitchen. There should be a garden and a fenced paddock for the animals.

Below is a link to an article about how Minecraft can be used in the classroom.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/minecraft-in-classroom-andrew-miller

Build your wild self.

http://www.buildyourwildself.com

Go here to find out all about animals in a fun way.

Next Week Orana Park!

Have you been? What will we see?
http://www.oranawildlifepark.co.nz/plan-your-visit/how-to-get-to-orana/

Can you name the animals?

Earthquakes video another version of how they work.

https://youtu.be/PwtFuG_M4EE

Earthquakes.

https://youtu.be/dJpIU1rSOFY

Old school

Look! A pterodactyl !

Can u see the aptosaurus?

Matin travels back to the Jurassic to see what dinosaurs might have looked like.

Here are a couple of videos.

Do they help explain what it's all about?

Who can answer these questions?

1. What does deforestation mean?  (Hint: The prefix de- means to remove or reduce).

    2.   Why does deforestation happen?  For what purpose(s)?

    3.   The largest rainforest in the world is located in:

          a.) The Philippines

          b.) The Congo Basin in Central Africa

          c.)  Peru

          d.) The Amazon Basin of South America

4.  If 2 U.S. football fields are destroyed every second, how many football fields are destroyed in 5 seconds?

5.  If 50,000 species become extinct every year, how many will become extinct in half a year?

6.  T or F:  Rainforests contain over half of all plant and animal species in the world?

7.  Fill in the blank: One environmental consequence of deforestation is __________.  This occurs when heavy rains wash nutrients from the soil. 

8.  Name two things you can do as a global citizen to decrease deforestation.

9.  Biodiversity refers to:

     a.)  The loss of animals and plants

     b.)  A variety, or many different kinds of living things

     c.)  When animals lose their living space or habitat

     d.)  An increase in the earth's temperature

10. Fill in the blank:  Indigenous people _______ in the rainforest.  They depend on the forest for their food, clothing, medicine, cooking and building materials. 

Find the answers by reading the information in the link below.

http://kids.mongabay.com/lesson_plans/lisa_algee/deforestation.html

Inquiry about ecosystems this term. What is deforestation?

http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Deforestation-Facts-for-Kids

Inquiry this term is ecosystems

Seniors are using the context of the Dinosaur age. They are learning to find information, and create questions.