Sir Issac Newton

 LI: To use your smart searching skills to find out who Sir Isaac Newton was and how his work connects to simple machine.

This week for reading we were given a collaborative task to find out what Sir Isaac Newton had to do with simple machines. We found out Who he is and why his work is important to him. In our DLO we added one simple machine he created called the Pulley. A simple machine is a machine that makes our lives easier. 

Something I found interesting about Sir Isaac Newton was that Sir Isaac Newton's mum wanted him to be a farmer but he refused to be a farmer. I found this interesting because I didn't know his mum wanted him to be a farmer.

My favourite part of this activity was being able to work collabrativly because I got to find out their opinions and ideas during this activity.

Laws of Inertia

LI: To strengthen your understanding to forces, gravity and inertia

The above presentation is made by Sakshi, RJ, Sulia and me under the topic of Science. We first wrote our opinions and important points on a piece of paper and then started to complete our task. We also watched many videos and read articles to understand the topic on more detail. We didn't know much about Inertia so we found interesting that it has three laws which are rest, motion and direction. We also came to know that it was defined by Isaac Newton in the year of 1687. We learnt many interesting facts after completing this task and enjoyed to work as a group.

Biology

 LI: To look for evidence in the data/an image and infer what might be happening

https://www.wevideo.com/view/1825414400

For Reading we were learning more about Science, this week our topic for Science was Biology. Biology is one of the 3 main branches of science. Biology is the study of living organisms. But this week we focused on what science is. Science is Empirical, which means science is based on observations. Coming off of that we started learning more vocab related to what Empirical meant. In the video we explained the meaning of the vocab we learnt, and explained the task we did. 

MRS C GREN

 LI: To understand the meaning behind the acronym MRSCGREN.

MRS C GREN is an acronym for the life processes. MRS C GREN stands for: Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Cells, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition. These are all the things in something living. For example, plant and humans.

To create this DLO we used collaboration, skimming and scanning for key words to help us select and reject information needed to create our DLO. Before this activity I didn't know the acronym MRS C GREN and the things needed for something to live.

Science equipment

LI: to learn about science equipment

For this task today we worked in our table groups to create an interactive slide show about the different uses and definitions about the science equipment the we learnt about at tech. In our group we added information about Bunsen burners, test tubes, funnels and etc.  

Tech Reflection | Science / STEAM

 LI: to identify what we know about science.

Today was the first week for science with Mrs.Sharma. We identifying what we know about science and the equipment scientists use. Science is where you discover new things and try to find a solution to something. The equipment a scientist uses are holder, test tubes, test tubes rack, Bunsen burner, gas tube, conical flask and measuring beaker. There are three science topic which are physics which includes force/motion/electronics/machines, next there is chemistry which includes mixture and chemicals and lastly, biology including living organisms. I'm looking to find out why is light fast.

Science Main Idea

LI: to find the most vital ideas from the information to help us answer the question “What is science?”.

This DLO is identifying the ideas of science which we have learnt from the information we have gained. To find the vital information, we negotiated by collaborating and communicating with our team. We shared our opinions and ideas, we took notes and from them we selected and rejected information to get to our final conclusion. 

For us the 3 main vital ideas are:

Science is the discovery of What, Why, and How events happen

The three main branches of science are Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

There are two main categories of science, and they are Basic and Applied Science

Science Summary

LI: to summarise the information.

This DLO is highlighting our summary about what we know about science. In our groups, we have been sharing our ideas on posted notes and found the key words which we then wrote a summary about what science is. To then create a summary about the topic. We needed to skim and scan for key vocabulary to create this DLO. We also had to join our ideas together to create a more efficient idea.

We used our new question dice to help us construct some questions we want to find more about. The three questions we made using the dices were:

1. When did science start?
2. How will science progress in the future?
3. Who was the first scientist?

Inquiry / Experimenting with ultra violet light

LI: to the most effective UV filter.

LS2 has been trialling the electronic sensor for the Kiwrious project. We are working with Suranga, Sonia, Even, Dawn and Yvonne from the AHL at Auckland University. I found that Kraft paper was the most effective way to keep Zally from the UV light. My DLO will show how I did this.