Students have been looking at events they feel have shaped the world over the past few weeks to make a class timeline. We will be adding to this timeline as we explore our unit further.
In Science and Geography we have been focusing on natural disasters. We have explored the tectonic plates and how these impact on natural disasters. Our class have looked at the different parts and types of volcanoes, as well as, made them in class last week. Please don't forget your lego for tomorrow's lesson on earthquakes!
Today students researched in groups the different elements that make up parts of Asia. They looked at countries, animals, climate, people, location on the map, natural resources, natural landmarks and other facts. We used World Book and Google to find appropriate information during our computer lab time. It was interesting how many students are still typing in lots of words for their search, or wanting an exact answer rather than reading the information. This was a great lesson in using key words for searching and skimming and scanning text for information. In the afternoon we shared our results with our groups. On Wednesday students will be using this information to compare Asia to Australia.
Below is a website students have asked me to put up that show which volcanoes are currently active in the world.
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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