Inquiry Term 4

Get Resourced: Define, duplicate, list, name, recall, tell, find, describe - Gaining the information we need.  Week 3-4

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
A1	Choose a mountain in New Zealand. Find out: How it was formed? What makes it a mountain?	Popplet
A2	Find out about the Waikato River. Where does it originate? Where does it flow to? What makes it a river?	Popplet
A3	What are lakes? How are they formed?	Popplet (Use one Popplet for all of A1, A2 and A3)		Post it on your blog
A4	Share your Pepeha with your class / small group

Get Organised: Explain, Compare, Discuss, Predict, Outline, Restate - Understanding our Information Week 5 & 6

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
B1	Compare two places (rivers or mountains or lakes or islands) within New Zealand - similarities/differences	Venn Diagram - A3
B2	Retell a myth or legend, selecting the main points to include in a  comic strip.	Reading books/presented as artwork

Get on to it!  Examine, Classify, Solve, Investigate, Explain - Applying and analysing our information. Week 6-8

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
Your case study. Choose one geographical feature in New Zealand. Eg. Mountain, lake, river.
C1	Investigate your chosen place. Explain the relationship between the Maori people and this area. Why is special / sacred. In the past, how did Maori use this area? Are there any myths linked to this area?	Case Study Template
C2	Draw a Picture to summarise your investigation (This can be your book cover page)

Looking Back & Looking forward : Justify, Rate, Decide, Choose, Plan, Imagine, Invent, Construct. Reflecting and Creating using our information. Week 9-10

	TASK	What to use	Child sign	Teacher sign
D1	Write your own legend about your chosen place using all the information you have in your case study.	Picture Book Or Educreations		Post it on your blog
D2	Plenary - reflection What happened and why? What didn’t happen and why? What could you do differently next time?	Inquiry Book / Blog post