Day 1- 16th August 2011

Grade 5 began inquiring into their first unit which falls under the trans-disciplinary theme       ' How the world works' by watching a video. This was followed by a discussion on the video and a task wherein students were divided into 6 groups and asked to brainstorm and write a word, a phrase or a problem related to machines. The students came up with a lot of words  like automatic, manual, mechanism, technology, easy, quick, fast and many more. They also thought of phrases like 'makes our work easy', 'does work quickly and fast'. Two groups also came up with problems related to a portion in the video and even suggested a solution. They, then, summed up the discussion by observing that

• Machines make our lives easy.
• They do work  quickly.
• There are different types of machines.
• Machines can be automatic as well as manual.

Students will be inquiring into this unit through the Big 6 Inquiry Cycle.