I hope you had a restful break, we are straight back into it this term.
In CCM our topic for the term is "Inventions and Innovations."
The concepts we will be developing understandings of are:
- Understand how and why innovation can occur, and
- Understand the challenges innovation can create.
We will be focussing on NZ inventions and innovations in class with opportunities to research ones from further afield.
On Friday we will be visiting Mrs Joan McKay's museum to check out all the technology over there. It's a museum with a twist as everything works and we are able to play with all the items. Over there the children will be thinking about the development of inventions and how they change over time.
I am running a class competition to do with NZ Inventors this term. Up for grabs is a super dooper prize that won't be revealed until the end of the term (but trust me, you want it)!!
Every so often (once a week at least) I will feature a mystery inventor/invention. The class will get 9 clues as to who/what it is. If they correctly identify the inventor/invention after the first clue they get 9 points, if they correctly identify them/it after the second guess they get 8 points and so on.
The winner is the person with the most points at the end of the term.
Check out this link to see an impressive "invention"!
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