Unit of inquiry Moving ahead with the central idea, ‘People play different roles in communities to which they belong’,the gardener was introduced as a community helper. To enhance thinking, prediction, and observation skills, students were asked to observe the flowerpots and plants in and around school. They inquired about questions like, ‘How do plants grow?’, …
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Blog – 11th to 23rd Nov 2019
Unit of inquiry Diving deeper into their understanding of the central idea, ‘People play different roles in communities to which they belong’, the carpenter was introduced as community helpers. To enhance thinking, prediction and observation skills, students were asked to observe the furniture inside their classroom (cubbies, cupboard, chairs, tables, chowkis). They inquired about questions like ‘Who …
Blog-22nd Oct – 8th Nov 2019
Unit of inquiry The school doctor was invited as a guest speaker to sensitize young Fawns about health & hygiene and the importance of honing the 5 senses. Students revisited the entire unit using unit related material displayed in the classroom. The concepts and various activities covered during the unit was visible on the inquiry …
Blog- 14th Oct to 18th Oct 2019
Unit of inquiry To enhance learning on their current unit of inquiry, a fresh coconut was used to explore the five senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight. Students took turns to touch and feel the coconut and received a tactile experience of the round, hard and rough surface. They also noticed the water …
Blog- Sep 30th to11th Oct 2019
Unit of inquiry Moving ahead with the current unit, students engaged in various practical activities that helped them to probe deeper with their tactile and gustatory senses. Using their tactile sense students created sensory balloons by filling distinct textured things like kidney beans, rice, flour, sand, water, sponge and marbles into them. Subsequently, they practiced …
Blog-23rd to Sep-27th Sep 2019
Unit of inquiry Students continued to enjoy their nature walks at school where they experienced various textures available in the garden. They collected objects like soft green leaves, rough dry leaves, coarse stones, jagged twigs, moist flowers, small grainy stones using their tactile senses. To reinforce tactile sense, an activity called ‘Feely hands’ was undertaken. …
Blog-16th to 20th Sep 2019
Unit of inquiry Moving further with the unit on senses, the gustatory sense (sense of taste) was explored using various solutions intended for tasting. Students were given an opportunity to taste four basic flavours: sweet (Roohafza), sour (lemonade), salty (butter milk) and bitter (decaffeinated coffee solution). A formative assessment based on olfactory sense was taken …
Blog-9th to 13th Sep 2019
Unit of inquiry To further reiterate understanding of the olfactory sense, students sniffed to compare pleasant from unpleasant smell with an activity. Students were asked to smell a lemon leaves, basil leaves, rose petals, baby talc, a tube of winter cream, a bottle of body lotion, an onion, garlic cloves, some stale vegetables, and a …
Blog-2nd Sep – 6th Sep 2019
Unit of inquiry Taking the unit further, students were taken for a nature walk around the school garden to carry out an inquiry into different things they could smell in their surroundings. They used their olfactory sense to smell herbs such as Tulsi leaves, Curry leaves, Hibiscus flower and leaves of the Lemon tree. Refinement …
Blog-26th Aug – 30th Aug 2019
Unit of Inquiry To further deepen their understanding of the ongoing unit on senses, students focussed on their sense of hearing. They listened to different musical instruments and learned about the specific sounds they produce. Further, they played the instruments (guitar, triangle bells, cymbal, rattle, mouth organ and xylophone) and compared between the sounds that each …
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