sharing ideas for colaboration

1. Podocarp Forest
West Melton School- moa team

2. pre-planning
● Group of year 5-6 students (50 aprox.)
● term four science unit “Grow This”
● NOS living world, life processes, Ecology
● newly planted area of school
● focus on inside outside learning

3. How can we use our podocarp forest?
Big question
How can we use this
area for learning?
● Surveyed the
children

4. Some student responses
science Art
trees flax Gardens
survival
more art

5. Role of the teacher
● using suggested student activities to focus learning around
science
● brought in expert about plants
● incorporate student interests in art and gardens
● used the podocarp as “break out” room

6. Expert teaching

7. Technology used for evidence...
Set drop box,
students were outside
taking photos and
student in class
classifying and
sorting

8. Under construction...
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