For our Inquiry, we have been thinking about different mysteries of the Universe. We wondered about the creation of the Universe and how something came from nothing. One theory that we thought about was the Big Bang Theory.
We have been developing our conversation skills. We are thinking about taking turns, building on ideas and staying focused on the question. We have been self assessing and rating ourselves out of 5.
Here are some of the questions that we came up with after our discussion:
James: Are there other life forms in the galaxy?
Will, Nye: Do we have multi universes? Does that mean there are multiple versions of us?
Nikora and Hunter: How is the universe infinite?
Pippa: In the future, will there be people that can make a vessel to go to another universe?
Taiga: What kinds of volcanoes or mountains or sculptures are there on other planets?
Chris: How many years until the next big bang?
Archie: How did humans come after the big bang?
Nela: How did all of the small rocks form into planets? How did stars form and what are they made of?
Anastasiya: How was the first person even made?
Leo, Mitchell: What was the old universe like if there was one? What did it look like?
Zac: Why did the big bang happen?
Nuala: What is the universe expanding into?
Leo: How did life get onto earth? Why not Mars?
Ridley, Eloi: What happened in the big bang to enable life? What makes life?
Zoe: After the big bang, how did planets form?
Caspian: How was the first thing created?
Evan: What was there before the big bang?
Lucy: How did life form?
Eloi: What makes the universe, the universe?
Rim: How did people get made? Who was the first person?
Theo: How did atoms create life? How many galaxies are there?
Adam: How did the big bang happen? Are scientists actually working on whether the big bang is real?
Georgia: How did everything get created? What is nothingness?
Raffy, Matilda: What does nothing look like? What was the first thing that happened after the big bang? What did the atoms create? How were all of the planets and stars formed?
Liam: What is the chance of the big bang happening again?
Clem: How did the big bang explode?
Addison: Was the big bang a scam?
Blaze: What came first?
Jasmine: What came before the big bang?
Elliot, Edward? What is dark matter made of?
Lillian: Why does the universe expand? How does it expand?
Alex: Was there an old universe before this universe?
Eva: Why do we not always see the stars?
Emily: How many galaxies are there?
Matthias: Why don’t planets collide?
Mae: How did the scientists develop the theory of the big bang?
Lachlan: What is the biggest planet? (not just in our solar system)
Finley: How was the ball of matter created before the big bang happened?
Griffin: How are religious beliefs linked to the big bang theory? What are the other creation theories?
Finn: What is dark matter? How does the universe expand when there is nothing else/ no space for it?
Sam: What was before the universe?
Kura: How small can the universe get to?
Naomi: Will our universe collapse?
Tommy, Dylan: Are we in a black hole? If we are, what happens when we get out?
Kate: How long can people survive in space?
Jake? How has the universe have no boundaries?
Ruby: If the universe is infinite, how can there be more than one universe?
Joni: Is the universe black? Why is the universe black?
Talia: Is there going to be another big bang?
Sophie: What was the big bang made out of?
Isabella: Was there people before the big bang? Was there life in the previous universe?
Sitara: What are planets made of?
Octavia: How big is the universe?
Lily: How did the planets get their names?
Cleo: What created the old universe (if there was one)?
Marnie: Did the big bang actually take over the whole universe or just a small part?
Katherine: How big was the hot spot of matter that exploded?
Molly and Ben Bi: Was there a universe before the big bang?
Stella: Was there life in the old universe?
Greta: Are there more universes out there? How could we find out?
Ollie: What was it like straight after the big bang?
Charlotte: How could a big bang create the universe?
Cruz: How many atoms are in the universe?
Ben Be, Konrad: If there was life before the big bang, what was it like?
Sabine, Mae: What caused the big bang?
Sammy: If there was a planet that had equal mass as the big bang (before it exploded) how high would the gravity force be?
Thomas: Can there be a universe within a universe?
Today in drama lesson with Therese, our goal was to be in role as detectives and find out as much as we could about a missing person. We were developing our questioning skills so that we could solve the mystery.
Student Inquiry is at the heart of learner agency. Students need to be able to ask good questions to chase their curiosity and wonderings. This helps students to build on the knowledge that they already have. This term, the learner attribute that we are focussing on is "I am a thinker." An important part of being a thinker is being able to ask good questions. We would like our students to design and ask red, orange and green light questions.
Our learners thought about the different types of questions when writing our own for the "Forest Protector" Inquiry. Here are some of them:
We have also made an "attribute mountain" so students can see how we are going with their questioning. The avatars will climb up the mountain as our students improve their questioning abilities.
Please ask us at home about our questions and how we will go about finding out what we are curious about...
We began our EOTC programme today. John's base group have been sailing. We have also begun our own inquiries on the beach. We have all generated questions and have been observing and thinking like scientists. We also spent some time weeding in the dunes and giving back to our community.
Please make sure that you have given permission for your child to take part in the activities.
Here are some of the questions that we have generated:
Where do crabs fit in with the food chain?
Do different species like different habitats?
How many crabs will be down at worser bay beach?
Where are starfish eyes?
Why do starfish crumble?
Do starfish make sound?
What types of sea life can we find in a Rock pool?
How warm can rock pools get after the sun is on them the whole day?
How much do rock pools change after an hour, 2 hours etc?
Can sea anemones be different colours?
What is the average amount of fish in rock pools?
What types of fish are in the rock pools?
Are there different types of rock pools?
What types of sea anemones are there?
What types of crabs are there?
What do the different colours on fish and sea anemones mean?
Why are snails made of slime?
Why are snails slimy?
What stage are snails on the food chain?
Why are snails slimy?
What stage are snails on the food chain?
How do snails breathe?
How many different types of snail are at worser bay beach?
How does the moon control the tide?
Why doesn’t the tide stay the same?
What is seaweed made out of?
Why is seaweed different colours?
Why is seaweed slimy?
What Is algae?
What are the most common type of algae?
Does It look like seaweed
Is algae helpful for us?
Is algae important in any way, If so why?
How is sand made?
What different rocks can make sand?
What is sand?
What different types of sand are at Worser Bay?
As part of our inquiry, "who is in our community?" we have been learning about what kind of questions to ask and the need to come back to some of our big inquiry questions:
Who are the people living in my backyard? Who is in my community? Where is my community?
What is community?
How do I affect my backyard/environment?
What can I contribute to my backyard/environment/community?
We have learnt the importance of asking green light questions:
Red light questions can be important too:
We looked at some of the students' trips and did a PMI on how well they linked their interview questions to our big inquiry questions.
We came up with success criteria for asking questions on a trip:
I have good questions
I can keep the interviewee talking by asking relevant questions
