Units+of+Inquiry

=__Unit of Inquiry__=

Throughout this unit we are encouraging students to become more 'knowledgeable and balanced' pupils.
In this unit we are going to define what a balanced lifestyle is for all of us. We are aso going to investigate what it means and takes to have a well-balanced lifestyle. Chidlren will then explore different aspects of contributing factors to the well-balanced lifestyle.

We would also love to invite you from different countries and cultures to talk to us about what you as well-balanced diet. You are more than welcome to share your cultural food if you wish!

Finally, children will have their underastanding and performance assessed according to how well they plan, cooperate, make healthy lunch and assess their finished food. Making and tasting will be the best part of this unit!

Link to Nutrition Games

__Cooking Mission! __ == Well this exciting activity successfully wrapped out 'Health and Well Being' unit. Please enjoy watching! This unit has been a very interesting unit and was a very first Unit of Inquiry for quite a few of us. The little field trip we had on Thursday, 13th October was the hilghlight for all the children. You always learn something new when you are outside the school and experience the real world! ==

Finally, they were all happy with the food they made and were all proud of themselves. Well done for taking responsibility in cleaning up afterwards! You children all rock!
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**__Hungarian, Bulgarian and Polish Food__** On Thursday, the 6th October Adam and Alex's moms came into our class to share the food cultures from Hungary,Bulgaria and Poland. Even though they both said that it was hard to get exactly the right ingridients, we still enjoyed trying out different food. We learnt in Hungary they eat a lot of 'Paprika' because they are high in Vitamin. We also learnt that in Bulgaria they make 'cold soup' with some special yoghurt and even garlic! That tasted yummy! Grade 3 children would like to give special thanks to both Adam and Alex's moms for coming in and spending some time with us. media type="custom" key="10782976"

__**Kimchi Making **__ On the 29th September SuRyeong, Dong Kyu and SuHyun's moms came into our class to talk to us about Korean's traditional yummy food of 'Kimchi' and its health benefits. Initially we thought we would have moms coming in to share some story and try bit of 'Kimchi'! Never expected that we would be given this great opportuntity to make kimchi let alone in the classroom! Those moms were extremely organized and we felt like we were in a Korean kitchen. We all loved the experiecnce and got to take some kimchi home. It was a very special day!

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__**Three interesting health benefits**__ we learnt were 1. Kimchi helps our digetive system2. It is good when you suffer from constipation!3. It builds up our immune system!

__**We also learnt that both 'Natto' & 'Kimchi' have been selected in the TOP 5 Healthiest Food in the WORLD!!!! **__

On the 21st September Rion's mom kindly came in to our class to talk to us about special Japanese food called 'Tofu'(Bean Curd) and 'Natto'(Fermented Soybeans). She even brought in the actual sample for us all to try. Some European children unexpectedly enjoyed them while Daiya showed that he does not like 'natto'! Grade 3 Class would like to say a huge 'Thank you' to Rion's mom for sharing some of Japanese food culture!

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On the 15th September our class talked about why our bodies need well-balanced diet that gives us good nutrition. Here are 10 ideas/reasons they came up with;

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