Central Idea
Exploration leads to discoveries, opportunities and new understanding
Lines of inquiry
- Reasons for exploration
- Feelings and attitudes toward exploration
- What we learn through exploration
- Methods of navigation
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify regular and irregular events in time and space that occur in the solar system
- Examine the impact of events that occur in the solar system on Earth
- Investigate and explain how stars are used for navigation
- Demonstrates an understanding of other methods of navigation (for compasses, satellites)
How can a provocation lead to an inquiry?
Doing a treasure hunt and find the clue is one of the most engaging learning process for the students. By experiencing to become an explorer, so they had to do it themselves by working in groups and solve the clues to get a treasure. We expect that the students had a clear understanding of how exploration looked like. They also learned how to collaborate, communicate and solve problems with their groups. |
How did students apply their research skills to gain information about the topic?
To develop students' effective communication literacy, the students learn to collect data from books provided and also make note of important points. They also watched videos from NatGeo that explained about solar systems. To deepen their findings, then they visited Sky world and get more factual information from the expert. |
What are the challenges and meaningful learning process that students experience?
I think this unit was the favourite one from the students perspective. They learned about outer spaces and planets were challenging. It has brought their imagination and inquiry to learn more about how regular and irregular events happen in our planets. The students were able to explain some events by preparing their product on their summative assessment. Each student was working in group of three to explore and explain one event that happened in the solar systems. The result was amazing. Each group was able to present and share their findings to other students from different levels in our mini exhibition.
I think this unit was the favourite one from the students perspective. They learned about outer spaces and planets were challenging. It has brought their imagination and inquiry to learn more about how regular and irregular events happen in our planets. The students were able to explain some events by preparing their product on their summative assessment. Each student was working in group of three to explore and explain one event that happened in the solar systems. The result was amazing. Each group was able to present and share their findings to other students from different levels in our mini exhibition.