VoiceThread Questionnaire for Parents

Calling all parents!
For homework your children are going to show you all of their great work on VoiceThread, once you have had a look at it could you please fill in this questionnaire? We are asking children and parents to feedback as we are considering rolling this out across the school but would like some feedback from the peopl using it first.

Thanks.

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VoiceThread Questionnaire for Children

Below is a link to a questionnaire about how you have enjoyed using VoiceThread in the classroom. I am currently doing a research project on the bbenefits of using it and need some results. There will be a parents questionnaire to follow:

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Separating Solids

During Science this term we have been looking at the differences between solids and liquids. Today we carried out an investigation to see if we could separate various types of solids without using our hands. The children were given strips of card and masking tape to make a sorting device with. Have a look at their fantastic ideas . . .

The Sunken Ship

With all the whales now found we turned our attention to finding the Great White Shark and the shipwreck of the sunken ghost ship . . .

The White Mother!

Finally after weeks of searching, planting sonar devices and researching with Catherine we found the White Mother! The White Mother is a mythical creature that may be real apparently there have been sightings of a massive white whale but no one has any evidence of their existance. The White Mother that we found was 30 meters long and the longest whale we have found!

Blue Whale

Whale week took another amazing turn today when we found the Blue Whale. The Blue Whale that we found was an amazing 20 meters long.


In the Comments:
What do you know about Blue Whales.

A CHALLENGE!!!
Can you write a really short story about a blue whale in 6 lines or less?

Scientific Aquarium Reports

These are the scientific reports that we wrote about our trip to the Dubai Aquarium:



In the comments:
What did you think of our reports?
Did you learn anything new?
Is there anything else you know about these species that you could add?

Thank You!

We would like to say a massive "THANK YOU," to all the people that have been posting comments on our blog! The children in my class have really been enjoying the Endless Ocean topic and their first time blogging. We have hhad some amazing comments from student teachers from The University of Southern Alabama which the children have loved reading in class. We had a great post from a class in Tanzania that we are looking to link up with in the future. As well as all of that we have had visits to out blog from all over the world. If you are just visiting us could you please leave a comment? It doesn't matter to us how big or small it is we just love hearing from everyone.

Once again a huge THANKS to everyone!!!

Let Whale Week Begin!!!

This week we have decided that we are going to find as many whales as we can so that we can research the differences and similarities between them. We have already found a Humpback Whale and caught a glimpse of a Sperm Whale. The first whale we found in Whale Week is . . . The North Atlantic Right Whale!

In the Comments:
What is a North Atlantic Right Whale?
Can you find out any information about it?

Mirage Atoll and the Whale Shark

Once we arrived back from one of our dives Catherine told us to move the boat to a certain position on the map. When we arrived there and dived in wer were met by a Whale Shark! Again the Whale Shark was gigantic! We attached ourselves onto it and it swam away to a sunken underground city called Mirage Atoll. Maybe our friends in Tanzania can tell us more about Whale Sharks since some childrren in their school have swam with them?



In the Comments:
Can you find out any information about Whale Sharks?
How about some video links?
What did you think of the underground city?
What do you think it was like when it was above ground?

Giant Squid

4C dived into the Abyss last week and found . . . a giant squid! The squid was longer than anny of the whales that we had found so far, it was a massive 18 meters long. We couldn't believe it was longer than the whale so we put them both in our Aquarium and had a look. It turns out that it is longer.

In the Comments:
What do you know about Giant Squids?
What makes them so long?
Can you find any video links so we can have a look at giant squids in the wild?