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INQUIRY PLAN: By Curriculum Team Rock.

HOW CAN WE BE PREPARED FOR A DISASTER?

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS:
 * The impact of people may lead to a change in the environment.
 * Understand that time and change affect peoples lives.
 * People remember and record the past in different ways.

CONCEPT: Change Place and Environment

CONTEXT: Community Projects (Earthquake Packs) Disasters around the world

STRAND: Continuity and Change

LEARNERS QUALITIES WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT: Dynamic Thinkers Enterprising Creators

BIG QUESTIONS: What happens when a disaster strikes? How can we be prepared in a disaster.

OTHER QUESTIONS WE CAME UP WITH: What do we need in an earthquake? What would be the best things for emergency packs? Where in the world do disasters happen and why? What would you need to pack if you were thinking about the weather?e p Will $595.01 be enough money to buy emergency packs for the school? How can we be economical with what we buy for the packs? Where do we get the stuff from for the packs?


 * We e-mailed Ben Print from the City Council. He is sending an emergency expert to us next week so we can ask an expert in earthquakes, questions.

STRATEGIES FOR HELPING WITH OUR INQUIRY: 12.8.11


 * Bundling of diasters
 * Venn diagram of natural/avoidable disasters
 * Philosophy discussion around "How do you define what a disaster is?".
 * Rating questions as basic questions right through to deeper, open-ended questions so that we can ask appropriate questions to our expert who is coming in at 1.30 today.
 * ICT tool: Set up a voicethread for discussion.

MUST DOS: 2.9.11


 * Answer Think 1: How can we be best prepared for a diaster? Record your thoughts.
 * Come up with 2 important questions for our expert this afternoon.
 * Take part in the interview process with our Civil Defence expert, Ben this afternoon.
 * Research what other schools have used in their emergency packs and why?
 * Thinking Tool Box: Learn what the B.A.R thinking key means. (Bigger, Add, Replace)


 * Callum - Can you please be the media specialist for the afternoon and bring your dictaphone to record the interview?

CAN DOS: 12.8.11. Choose one or two things.


 * Further questions to help your understanding of disasters. Record them in any way you like.


 * Choose a diaster from around the world. You can make a powerpoint, poster or media book to show your information. I will teach anyone who wants to know, how to make a digital story.


 * Write a creative story about a disaster.


 * Do a B.A.R activity which would make a country/city safer in a disaster.


 * Make a model of a disaster: eg: the titanic: why did it sink? Tangiwai Rail Disaster.


 * Your own idea: Come and have a discussion with me and we will think about the materials that we will need.


 * Person of the week: Profile: Who is Sam Johnson from the Student Army? How did he show dynamic thinking in the ChCh earthquakes? How could we contact him to come and talk about his social action?

@http://www.earthandsky.co.nz/competition/competition.html. I will record you when you are ready to present.
 * Enter the national speech competition on astronomy. You will need to write/record a 3 minute speech on either an astronomical disaster, space disaster, galaxy disaster of universe disaster (past, present or future). If you want to do this, come and talk about a format with me. If you want to find the link for more information, go to


 * Enter the 'Doodle for Google' competition: 'My wish for New Zealand: with a disaster free slan? I have template to photocopy if you want to do this.

MUST DOS: 19.8.11


 * Compile our final list for emergency packs, as a team.
 * Investigate price lists for goods by googling NZ sites or ringing around.
 * Write a letter/e-mail to a local business to find out whether anyone can give us a discount price and what goods they supply.
 * Talk to a Civil Defence worker to clarify 'best' emergency packs.
 * Listen to the novel 'Under the The Mountain' by Maurice Gee or bring your book of choice to read during this time.
 * Thinking Tool Box, Thinking Key: 'The Action' (Write/record the steps you need in order to finish a task 1. Clearly describe the task. 2. List what needs to be done,)
 * Finsh off Voice Thread and put it up on the wiki.

CAN DOS: See above. Continue with work from last week.

OUR LIST BEFORE TALKING TO CIVIL DEFENCE THIS AFTERNOON; We used the 'Decision Thinking Key' for this


 * Rubbish bags (x how many people there are in the school) stored with scissors.
 * Snacks: Barley sugars (children to bring to school to cater for allergies). Places to ask: Bluebird, Cookie Time, Sanitarium, Cadbury, Couplands
 * Water:storage containers
 * Key to the container with emergency things in it
 * First Aid Kit:
 * Highlighter vests
 * Ponchos - $2 shop or The Warehouse
 * Wind up torches
 * Radios (12 to be couriered out to school from Meridian)
 * Plastic cups
 * Disposable gloves
 * Wet wipes
 * Toilet paper
 * Survival blankets: (Red Cross to supply at cost: $2.00 per blanket.)
 * Wreaking bar (Lily's uncle to provide at cost)
 * Hard hat (Lily's uncle to provide at cost)
 * hand sanitiser
 * bucket
 * STORAGE DEVICE FOR THESE THINGS

WE NEED TO: Find out where to get these from. Write an email to one place each that sell these things.

QUESTIONS ARISING FOR CIVIL DEFENCE THIS AFTERNOON:


 * Do you think we would need canned food if there was a huge emergency and your parents couldn't get to you?
 * Do we need a gas cooker or BBQ? Is it safe to go back into buildings to get anything?

MUST DOS: 26.8.11


 * Children who attended PTA meeting to present back to the group, further information.
 * Check whether Meridian radios have arrived, check with Red Cross re: survival blankets, find out contact for Lily's Uncle who owns the hardware store.
 * Thinking Toolkit: Revise 'B.A.R key and Decision key
 * Learn what the '3 Whys' key is and apply it to our emergency kits
 * Write a notice up for Freaky and Fun Friday on 16 September: Check price and details.
 * Write a letter to the Board Of Trustees, telling them of our plans for emergency kits
 * Check Kelee's correspondence re: ponchos

CAN DOS: As above
 * Phone calls to businesses could be completed as a can do.

nOVEL: Under the mountain. By Maurice Gee. You are welcome to bring your own reading of course.

MUST DOS: 8.9.11


 * Poster completed and handed into the office for photocopying
 * Open our new parcels
 * Thinking Toolkit - 'The 3 whys'
 * 'Chill out' assembly dayl at 10 am
 * Hamish - complete doodle
 * Voicethread

CAN DOS:

As above.

MUST DOS: 16.9.11


 * Collect money for ponchos by going around each classroom.
 * Count the money and record total.
 * Go through check-list for emergency items and cross off the items that we now have.
 * Make a list of any items we are still missing. Estimate the cost and price items according to our budget.
 * Label emergency bins.
 * Fill emergency bins with items. All equipment needs to be divided into four teams.
 * Fill water bottles with correct technique. Refer to previous information given to us by our experts
 * Put water bottles in the large container beside Room 6.
 * Write a letter to the new caretaker, with reference to where the bins should be stored, when they need to be put out and when they need to be brought in.
 * Thinking Toolkit - The 3 whys'
 * First voicethread to be completed: Inquiry Team to decide what on after philosophy discussion.

CAN DOS: Continue with those you have started. Any new ideas are welcome.

23.9.11

MUST DOS:
 * Prepare how we are going to present/discuss the bins in assembly
 * Thinking Toolkit - Fishbone diagrams
 * Add any new things that have come, into the emergency kits
 * Voicethread for our epals
 * Look at epals new video for us
 * Epals allocated to specific people

CAN DOS:
 * Continue with those that you started.

30.9.11

MUST DOS:
 * Session on learning how to make a movie and upload.
 * Write to your new e-pal by e-mail. Some ideas: include your name, your age, your interests, some questions you want to answer from them, some questions that you want to ask them.
 * Open your mail/goods which have arrived.
 * Voicethread
 * Have a look at Art Costas Learners Qualities. What will be YOUR focus for next term?
 * Novel or read your own book in the new learning centre!

CAN DOS:
 * Continue.

28.10.11

MUST DOS:
 * Tuning In visit to exhibition of photographs by Brian Brake
 * Asking questions
 * Taking a portrait in the setting of your choice.
 * Print portraits
 * Discuss your passion to photograph and decide what you are doing

4.11.11

MUST DOS:
 * Look at portraits and critique the techniques that you used
 * Mind mapping for your passion photography
 * E-mail/write a letter to the people at the place you want to photograph. The children going into town and staying at school to show the mummification process won't need to worry about this part. (You might want to consider going to the special mummy lesson at the museum though.
 * Complete a safety outside the classroom sheet to get signed off before you go on the trip (Even if you are not going outside the school, we will all have a go).
 * Write to your e-pals.

CAN DOS:
 * Go the learning centre and research different styles of photography.
 * Practise taking shots with the information you have found this week.
 * Learn some more about your passion so that you can take more interesting photographs. How will you research this? Who will you ask for information? How will you find experts?
 * Listen to Gavin Bishop's biography or bring a book of your own to read during it.
 * [|Christchurch photo competition.] Do you want to enter this?