Day 2 - 18th August 2011

Students were introduced to the first step of the Big 6 inquiry cycle i.e the central idea, key concepts and the lines of inquiry of the unit through an interesting learning engagement. The students were divided into groups and were given the central idea in a jumbled up manner. Based on their understanding of the activities of day 1 about machines, they unscrambled the central idea into a meaningful sentence - 'Machines can transform energy and make our lives simpler'. They also unscrambled the lines of inquiry with the help of key concepts given ( Form, Function and Change) thereby strengthening their understanding of the key concepts. Students had a lot of questions related to the key concepts which they want to inquire and find answers to during the course of this unit.