Learner: Sameeha Learning Coach: DWilkes
Date: August 2015 Learning Area: Science
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Learning Observed
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This term the LH1 learners have been learning about animals, adaptations and habitats. Sameeha has been building her language and developing her understandings of the many ways the natural world can be represented. Sameeha is able to recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat and can discuss the adaptations of specific animals and used hier curiosity and creativity to create adaptations for her imaginary animal the GirocodileButterfly. She recognises that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive and could identify these for her creature.
Sameeha was fortunate enough to go on a field trip to the zoo where many animals captured her curiosity. She used the learning from the zoo trip to create her creature using the www.buildyourwildself.com wesbite. Sameeha needed to create a habitat that would be suitable for her creature. She opted for the ‘Digitize It’ option knowing that he wanted to design the creature habitat in a new digital tool to develop her capability at using it. She went through a rigorous design process that involved connecting with information through researching to create a fact file on the GirocodileButterfly, drawing a draft diagram of what the habitat would look like and then creating it in a digital tool of their choosing. Her GOOGLE DRAWING was a good representation of what she initially planned with some modifications. Ask her to show it to you!
Sameeha collaborated well- listening to other learners and asking questions. When it was time to share their learning, she presented her habitat with some confidence and lots of enthusiasm to the Learning Coaches and learners in LH1. You can see her assessment here.
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Thursday, August 27, 2015
Digitise It - Animal habitat- Learning Story- August 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
7 Continents & Habitats Learning Story - July 2015
Learners: Sameeha, Cassandra, Louisa & Saniya Date: July 2015
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Learning Area: Science Learning Coach: DWilkes
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Learning Observed
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The learners are beginning learning in the area of animal habitats, adaptations and survival needs. During the session the learners began to build their scientific language and develop their understandings of the many ways the natural world can be represented thus communicating in science. In matching the animals to different continents Sameeha, Cassandra, Louisa and Saniya began to recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat. They can recognise that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive. While learning the continent song, the girls all sang along and could say the names of all of the continents and identify them on a world map. They can define what the word habitat means and they can state which continent certain animals are found eg. panda in Asia, giraffe in Africa
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The girls were enthusiastically engaged in all aspects of the lesson participating and contributing while demonstrating strong collaboration and teamwork. They asked each other for help and didn’t hesitate to check for understanding with other learners or the learning coach. During the matching activity I observed excellent questioning and problem solving strategies. Sameeha and Cassandra thought it would be a good idea to check some of their guesses on the internet. While some of the animals were matched incorrectly to the continents, they persevered to get it correct. They are able to make connections between what a habitat is to an animal and what a habitat is to humans drawing on new learning and prior knowledge.
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