Learning experiences

For the majority of lessons, refer to the links on the timeline. 

Knowledge Rating Scale Activity HWOO

 Working as a team –

• The Pipeline – Mini adventure challenge group task where groups need to work together to achieve a common goal.
• The Car Conundrum – A group decision making activity highlighting the need for compromise and respectful persuasion.
• The Flood – Another group decision making activity.
• Teams vs Individuals – an activity from NASA that will demonstrate the advantages of a team over an individual. (1 period)
  Visual Aid here
• Team building by “G”

Mathematics component

The Grade 5 Exhibition is required to have a mathematics component. The most obvious connection is through data collection and presentation. Below are a series of lessons to about displaying the data that the students have collected through interviews and surveys in a creative and eye catching way called, infographics.

• An Introduction to Infographics (1 period) – An introduction to the elements and formats of infographics with some professional examples to analyse.
• Creating your own Infographic (1-2 periods) – Students use a collection of data to create their own infographic. (Great website to help.)

Writing e-mails to an organization, your mentor, your teacher…

• How to write an e-mail to an organization – Takes up to 2 lessons, depending on your class. There is a section at the end which can be used as an intro to the next post (see below)
• How to respond to an e-mail – takes about 2 lessons. 1st lesson -The teacher should conduct a discussion about all of the points outlined in the post. The 2nd lesson should include the class writing an initial e-mail each to the pretend organization OACT (Organization Against Cruelty to Teachers), asking for information. (See post above – How to write an e-mail to an organization). The teacher should respond to these (using a template standard answer that includes asking the students a question, and also giving them some information), so that the students have to reply to the e-mail.

Reflections

• Reflection #1 – Initial Reaction to Group and Issue placement (week 1)
• Reflection #2 – (week 2)
• Reflection #3 – (week 3)
• Reflection #4 – (week 4)
• Reflection #5 – (week 5)
• Exhibition Weekly Self Assessment – checkbric used at the end of each week for students to assess their next steps
• Learner Profile Reflection – to be filled in throughout and completed by the end
• Skills Reflection – to be filled in throughout and completed by the end

Team Photos

• Editing a background (video)
• Example photo

Visual Display

• Making a Visual Display – tips on how to create an effective display for exhibition

Oral Presentation

• Prepare a TED talk – Great example video and task to help kids prepare and build confidence in talking about their issue. Has Peer Assessment rubric as well.