Y2U2 Inquiry Cycle Ideas

1. Finding Out

1.1. Using iPads to research seasons.

1.2. Make a season tree in class

1.3. How do people use seasons (e.g farming)

1.4. Acrostic poems to represent seasons.

1.5. Homework - dress up in what they wear for the different seasons and take photographs at home. Arrange in a pic collage.

1.6. Make a weather station

2. Sorting Out

2.1. Sort the characteristics of each season.

2.2. What activities happen in each season

2.3. How people live in different environments

2.4. Hazards in different seasons

2.5. Ordering the Earth's cycles

3. Taking Action

3.1. Make an Earth cycle mobile including seasons, day and night and the water cycle.

3.2. Awareness of water conservation.

3.3. Be aware of natural cycles we see everyday for example day and night, Moon and Sun.

3.4. Talk about water filtration and why we must have clean water

4. Making Conclusions

4.1. Make a Earth cycle mobile

4.2. Demonstrating how to make rain

4.3. Plan an investigation to see how rain is formed using cotton wool and hot water.

4.4. Collect soil samples and discuss the effects of the water cycle.

4.5. Dissolve salt in water and discuss what might happen.

5. Going Further

5.1. Look at the water cycle

5.2. Watch a water cycle video

5.3. Colour in water cycle poster

6. Tuning In

6.1. What do we know about the sun?

6.2. What do we know about day and night?

6.3. What do we know about the Earth?

6.4. Complete Earth's Natural cycle What do we know sheet.

6.5. Watch video in auditorium and listen to facts about the Earth's rotation.

6.6. Use torch to represent the Sun and play doh to represent the Earth. Demonstrate Night and Day.

6.7. Night and day poems

6.8. What do you know about each season?