Zoo Trip - Enclosures

Hi Kea Class,

Your task is to comment on our Zoo trip.

We are focusing on animal enclosures.

1/ Name the animal you plan to design an enclosure for.

2/ Explain in detail an enclosure you saw at the Wellington Zoo (This can be an enclosure for any animal)

Remember to include any 'enrichment' activities you might have seen.

3/ Explain your ideas for an enclosure design

Questions to consider:

What does the animal need to survive?

Any special features?

Food and Water dishes?

Toys?

Comfort?

Shelter?

What animals can live happily together?

What materials will the enclosure be made of?

What features does your enclosure have to stop the animals escaping?

Good Luck,

Mr Douglas.

SKYPE Chat with Room 8 @ Fairfield School. Dunedin

Hi Kea Class,

Today we were lucky to meet the children from Room 8 at Fairfield School via SKYPE.
It was a great chance to experience a new way of communicating using a web cam.

Please post your thoughts and ideas for future SKYPE chats with Room 8 and other classes.

Thanks,

Mr Douglas.

Animals in Captivity - Inquiry

Hi Kea Class,

It was great hearing some of your inquiry questions in class today.

Remember that these questions will be the starting point for your Animals in captivity Inquiry unit.

Some things that you need to consider are:

Do you know the answers to your questions? If so you will have to go back and rethink.

Are your questions open ended?

Please post a list of your top 5 questions below.

Our next step is to think where we are going to go to answer these questions

Life Education

Hi Kea Class,

I am sure you all enjoyed visiting the Life Education truck.
As you know our topic was friends.

I would like you to post your thoughts, feelings and opinions about what you learnt during our Life Ed sessions.

Remember to include parts you liked and anything you thought could have been better.

Good Luck,

Mr Douglas.

ASB Financial Literacy visit

Hi Kea Class,

Thank you for how enthusiastic you were during Jeffs visit today!

Please post your comments about the visit below. I would like you to include something you learnt from the talk and something you liked.

You can also add any questions that you might have and I will forward them to Jeff.

Art Gallery Visit.

Hi Kea Class,

I am sure you will agree that we have had a really busy week. It was great hearing everyone share what they enjoyed about the Art Gallery visit!

Please post your thoughts about the Art Gallery visit below. Include as much detail as possible. Think about the highlight of the day. What did you learn? Did you have a favourite artist?

When you have posted your comments about the Art Gallery go to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm and have a look around the website. Find an article that you think the class might find interesting and tell us about it.

Have a great weekend!

Mr Douglas.

First entry for 2010!

Hi Kea Class,

For some of you this will be the first time you post a comment on the Kea Class blog.

I would like you to click on this link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8520000/newsid_8521300/8521305.stm read the article and post you thoughts below.

Good luck!

Mr Douglas.