PBL Term 3

This term we have been looking at ways to innovate to improve our lives. The first thing we did was to Make a boat out of tinfoil,plastic cups,and duct tape. we called our boat the chugger and we got 38 marbles in the boat before it sunk. on Friday we had to make a plane and our team was called the oofers because our plane would keep on crashing and our plane stayed in the air for 2 seconds.

What would you do to improve your life?

Renewable energy

This term in reading, we have been reading about the environment. I have enjoyed reading about Renewable Energy. Renewable Energy is energy that will never fun out.

These are some of the different renewable energies that I learnt about.

* Biomass - this is fuel from plants.

* Solar energy - this is energy from the sun and you can get solar panels at your house.

* Hydropower  - made from water spinning around and this makes energy.

* Geothermal - energy from under the ground.

This links to our PBL questions because these don't make greenhouse gases and it is renewable and they don't make smoke like coal or fire.

I now understand that these energy sources are beater for the planet.

Question:  type of these 5 wood you use?

Rubbish Tour Builder

Rubbish Tour Builder

This term we are trying to find ways to stop pollution. So this link will take you to my tour builder to the most polluted places in the world. It also has a glacier in New Zealand that is melting because of climate change. A glacier is a frozen river. I feel very bad for the places on the tour and I think they should find better ways to deal with their problems. The rubbish patch makes me feel a bit angry because I love the ocean. We should recycle the plastic and stop using single use plastic because that's another problem for our environment.

What would you do to save our world of these problems?

The Environment

This term we have been learning about problems in our environment. Some of these problems are pollution, global warming, trees being cut down, too much greenhouse gases and floods.
This term we will be looking at ways we can reduce, reuse and recycle. We have had 2 parents in to talk to us about ways they are protecting the environment. The first speaker was Charlies mum who made stainless steel cups and straws and other items that can be reused. The second parent worked at Horncastle arena and they ditched single use cups and now use different sorts of cups.
I went home and spoke to my mum and we discussed how we look after the environment at home. Some things we do are recycle, Solar energy, we try not to buy plastic and dad bikes to work. Mum said we should do more!!
What do you do to look after the environment?

Cross Country

On Thursday we went to Walter park to do cross country we had to run two laps. We had to wait on a tarpaulin it took a very long time before our run. And then it was time for my run. At the start I was already tired and I stopped a couple of times but I was still going. And people from my school were cheering us on and I sprinted to the finish line I don't know what place I got but the cross country was really fun.

How far would you run and how many laps would you do?

A Touch of kindness

PBL - Term 1

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about kindness and the big question was:
How can we build community through our actions?

First, we explored some collaborative activities and discussed how we could include kindness and
build a sense of community through our actions at camp. Next, we were organised into groups where
we had to unpack the above question. In our groups we considered how we could spread community
and kindness through our entire school community. We decided that we would offer something that was
free and would make others happy.

We created an action plan and we originally thought we were going to create posters and run
a whole school clean up because we thought it was needed. But we changed our minds
because too many groups were doing the same thing so we had to change. I was fine with it.

Reflection:

For our final product our group Decided to run a touch for the year 3 4's.

How did our action build a sense of community in the school. We

I contributed by helping the kids in the game and playing with them.

I think the PBL might impact on others by making them happy.

What I learned about working with others was it can be confusing.

IF you were trying to be Kind what wood you do.

The market day

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?



First we learned what STEAM stood for.

S for Science

T for Technology

E for Engineering

A for the Arts

and M for Maths

Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.

Then; make a table that was able to balance M&Ms for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because the legs were straws and they were very strong



In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share.



Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.

How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.



My team made disappearing colour spinners.





Reflection



My highlight from this PBL was… making the spinners. Because I got to colour in some of them.

Next time I would not change anything because it can still spin with the rubberband.