Static Electricity iExperience

Learner:  Taj      Learning Coach: M Lennon - LH2      Date:   24 November 2016

Learning Area:  iExperience

NZC Achievement Objective:  Physical inquiry and physics concepts:  explore everyday examples of physical phenomena, such as movement, forces, electricity and magnetism, light, sound, waves, and heat.

Learning Observed

In iExperience Taj has been learning about static electricity.  He was given a balloon and some tissue paper and was given the task of making the paper jump onto the balloon using static electricity. Taj demonstrated his curiosity by rubbing the balloon onto many different surfaces to charge the balloon full of static and successfully picked up many pieces of tissue paper.  He showed collaboration by working with others to share his findings. Through his active participation in learning conversations Taj demonstrated that he was connected to the current learning.

Evidence of learning

Taj made the tissue paper stick to the balloon with static electricity.

Next Learning Steps

Find out what other objects make, store, or hold static electricity. Share your findings with other learners.

Diamante Poem - Giraffes Narrative Assessment

Learner:  Taj      Learning Coach: M Lennon - LH2      Date:   23 November 2016

Learning Area:  Literacy - Poems

NZC Achievement Objective:  English; Speaking, Writing, Presenting:  Acquire and begin to use sources of information, processes, and strategies to identify, form, and express ideas.

Giraffes

giraffes

yellow, slow

running, eating, walking

legs, spots, tail, horns

kicking, licking, drinking

tall, slow

giraffes

Learning Observed

Taj has been learning to write Diamante Poems themed around his recent visit to Auckland Zoo. Firstly, Taj had to brainstorm different nouns, adjectives and verbs about giraffes.  Then he had to choose which ones he would use to make his poem make sense. Taj was given a template structure to follow, which listed the order in which his nouns, adjectives and verbs needed to be.  He was able to follow the structure independently to produce the above poem.

Key Competencies/Vision Principles

During this learning, Taj demonstrated that he was: Connected - actively taking part in learning conversations and activities. Capable - understanding the different parts of speech have different purposes. Curious - asking questions and seeking new vocabulary. Thinking  - able to brainstorm and find words relevant to the topic.

Next Learning Steps

Teach others how to write a diamante poem. Begin thinking about opposite words for an antonym diamante poem.