The Grade 5 and 6 classes are joining together to do an inquiry that touches on Biodiversity (Gr 6) and the Human Body (Gr 5). Right now, we're learning some background knowledge before we brainstorm some deep, open-ended inquiry questions. Our final goal? To come up with a HUGE interactive art piece about our main question: How do your choices affect the health of us (Gr. 5) and our planet (Gr. 6)? This inquiry will combine science, French, English reading/writing/oral language and art as well.
Gr 6 Language Connections: The Grade 6s are learning about biodiversity, and how all plant and animal life on our planet are interconnected. We did some shared readings as a class on general biodiversity themes and then students decided on some 'key ideas.' In groups, they researched examples of these key ideas and then presented them to the class. In order for students to ask rich, open-ended questions, they need to first build up some background knowledge. Invasive species, food webs, alternative energy... yes, great inquiry questions are brewing already! We also learned about Matthew Lien and his love for both wolves and music. He wrote a song called "Bleeding Wolves," which is to do with the purposeful removal of wolves in the Yukon in 1992 (in an attempt to increase the number of caribou and moose). We discussed the effects of removing a top predator from a complex food web (result: it's very complicated since everything is interconnected!) and then we listened to the song. Students determined that the soprano saxophone is meant to represent wolves howling.
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