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Transdisciplinary Theme : Where we are in place and time

**__Central Idea :__** Exploration leads to discovery and develops new understanding __ Week 6 __ Both teams managed to complete their interactive projects to show their new discoveries of space and solar system. They were all happy to share their work with pride.

__ Week 4-5 __ Last 2 weeks students were finishing gathering information to the inquires they came up with so that they could present their findings in different ways(they do not always have to produce a poster). Since our class has shrunk, this time all the boys decided to work together to create their own unique board game while the girls also decided to work together as one team. It was pleasing to see that their team spirit and the collaborative work has grown and all children were willing to be involved, making contribution on their group project. This project is expected to finish in the final week(19th March - 23rd March) and students will have a chance to share and play with their finished product.

**__ Week 2-3 __** These weeks were messy weeks as we had 'White School', ISA exam, 100th Day assembly, Teacher Only Day and etc. However, what children managed to do was they were all given time to come up with some inquiries about the Sun, Earth, the earth's Moon and other planets. These inquiries will be attended to in the following week where children will have to look through various sources of information e.g books, encyclopedia and internet trying to find answers to their inquiries.

**__ Week 1 __** Grade 3 children brainstormed and share their prior knowledge on space with their classmates. They also used a mind map called 'Before and After Web'. The way they used it was that they had to write whatever they knew about space in the inner webs.(8 spaces) Some of the students could come up with 8 facts whereas some children could come up with only a few. This was totally OK as what counted more was what the children gained after listening to me read a particular book.

After I read the class a book on Space/Solar System, they had to insert the information they acquired into the outer webs. This activity was successful as most or all children could fill in all those outer webs with new information which they did not know. media type="youtube" key="3An7JQubQhs" width="425" height="350"media type="youtube" key="Gn79CRnKodI" width="425" height="350" align="right"

Exploring the Solar System Solar System Exploration NeoK12 Solar System Exploration NASA National Geographic - Solar System Kidssites.com

NASA Kids' Club __- Games and Activities__ Kids Exploring Space