Year End Inquiry Project
Would you enjoy the opportunity to share your passion with your teacher and/or your peers? Have you ever thought that you would like the chance to teach others a skill that you have mastered?
Now is the time! In the final weeks of school, we would like you to teach us about a personal passion of yours or a skill/technique that has an importance to you.
Your final inquiry project is to be completed by Tuesday, June 23rd (end of the day), therefore you have a total of 7 school days. Your classroom teacher will either be reviewing your submitted projects OR meeting for individual presentations on Wednesday, June 24th and Thursday, June 25th.
Learning Intentions:
I can organize ideas and information using many strategies.
I can record ideas and information that are on topic.
I can communicate ideas and information in a variety of ways.
I can present information in an organized way.
Student Checklist:
I have made sure that:
Ideas between sentences are connected in a way that makes sense (a natural flow)
At least 3 connections to subject strands (can all be from the same subject or from a variety of subjects) are stated in the presentation
A clear, organized presentation appropriate to the audience on the passion or skill is prepared
The presentation is a minimum of 2 minutes and a maximum of 5 minutes.
Possible Topics:
*sport related (ie. how to pass a puck in hockey, shoot a free throw in basket-ball, hit a long drive in golf)
*cooking/baking
*robotics/technology
*gardening (ie. how to prepare your garden for seed, how to decide which plants/flowers to use)
*origami
*arts (dance, music, art)
*sketching
*personal family origin/background
*construction/architecture
*personal hobby
*club
*skill (yo-yo tricks, sewing, skateboarding)
Think about where learning lives in your passion/skill. Does it use a lot of math or science? Do you need literacy skills to be successful with it? Maybe it requires a knowledge of the past. Think about each of these topics and see if you can find where learning lives in your passion. You may find that it connects directly to one main subject or uses learning from many subjects. Here are a few strands that you may wish to include in your presentation:
Math
Calculating numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
Estimating (quantities, time, distance, speed, area)
Money (decimals, addition/subtraction, estimating, rounding, counting)
Making, using or reading fractions (as part of a set of items or a whole object)
Patterns (finding patterns in tables or charts, putting information into a table or chart
Telling time on a clock
Reading and recording calendar dates
Estimating or calculating perimeter or area of a space
Creating/constructing 2-D or 3-D shapes
Creating or identifying symmetrical shapes or pictures
Creating, reading and understanding graphs
Additional mathematical ideas that might fit: angles, percentages, capacity (mL, L), mass (g, kg), volume (cm3, m3)
Science
Simple Machines (transfer of motion using gears, levers, pulleys, speed)
Environment (recycle, reuse, reduce,)
Light and Shadow (light sources, reflection, refraction, relationship between light and various materials)
Plant Growth and Change (structure/function of plant parts, plant life cycle, steps to proper plant care)
Building a device/vehicle that moves (wheels, rollers, gears, pulleys and a variety of levers and connectors, transfer of motion - including pushes, pulls, cranking, inclines)
Literacy (incl. Social Studies)
Asking questions
Thinking about the ideas of others
Vocabulary specific to your passion
Spelling patterns
Finding information or research
Expressing personal experiences
Expressing personal opinions
Sharing ideas in interesting ways
Telling/reading/writing a story
Working together with others / collaborating
Geography (connection to the land)
History (connection to the past)
Culture (connection to other cultures)
Personal identity
Valuing and respecting diversity
Health & Wellness
Movement activities (individual or group)
Nutrition (Food Guide to Healthy Eating)
Functional fitness
Health benefits that result from physical activity (both physical and emotional)
Interacting positively with others (fair play, leadership, communication, teamwork, respect, role model)
Goal setting/personal challenge, effort, safety (organization, decision making)
Here are a few examples:
(these are examples of specific skills and/or passions AND examples of GOOD presentations)
Playing the Drum: attached. Mrs. H describes her passion for drumming and teaches a few rhythms.
Learning how to ride a bike: demonstrate how a bike works or how to ride a bike
Science connections: simple machines (gears, wheels), sounds when riding a bike (wind in your ears, gears clicking), force and motion (force on the pedals creates motion in the wheels)
Math connections: shape (shape of wheels, gears, measurement of length/height/speed)
Literacy connections: descriptive words to describe the feeling of riding a bike, onomatopoeia of the sounds of riding a bike (whoosh, click, zoom, splash), a story beginning that includes riding a bike
Learning how to pass a ball in Field Hockey:
Learning how to Juggle: This example does a great job of demonstrating the steps to learn to juggle. It’s fun and easy to understand.
Presentation Component
When deciding on how to present your passion/skill, you have a choice:
Video/Movie - you can pre-record yourself sharing your passion/skill. We would like your video to be a minimum of 2 minutes long and a maximum of 5 minutes long. When you have completed your video, please email your teacher to let them know you have completed your task.
LIVE video - if you feel that the sharing of your passion/skill is best done live, please connect with your classroom teacher to schedule a 15 minute time block.
Alternate visual representations of your learning - poster, slide show, model, photos of the process (when you have completed the task, please take a photo of your work and submit this to your classroom teacher)
Non-Examples of Presentations
Too simple and unclear:
Too complex and confusing:
Week 12 Math Tasks - Optional extensions
These are a mix of review, challenges and opportunities to build on what you have learned. Choose the ones you’re most interested in.
Task #1
Five coins
Greg has five coins in his pocket.
How much money might he have?
What is the smallest amount? What is the largest amount?
Keep these things in mind:
How will you make sure you don’t repeat any totals?
How will you make sure you find all the different ways?
Remember in Canada we do not have pennies
Task #2
Data Collection
Here’s a chance for you to practice collecting data. You can decide what you will look for, what the categories will be, then collect the data using tally marks. You can summarize what you learned at the bottom of the page. You may decide to graph your results as well. Here are some ideas for questions for data collection at home or you can think of your own!
How many different types of vehicles pass by my house in 1 hour?
How many different types of birds came to eat at the bird feeder in 30 minutes?
How many different types of recyclables were in our recycle bin today?
Data Collection
Question: _____________________________________________________________
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Task #3
Symmetrical Drawing
I can complete a symmetrical 2-D shape, given half the shape and its line of symmetry
I can identify lines of symmetry of a given set of 2-D shapes, and explain why each shape is symmetrical
Draw the other half of the object on the sheets provided. Using the blank graph paper create ½ of a picture that could be uploaded and given to a friend or family member to complete.
Task #4
Prisms
I can construct right rectangular prisms from their nets
I can construct right triangular prisms from their nets
I can identify examples of right rectangular and right triangular prisms found in the environment
Using Google Slides, explore right rectangular and triangular prisms. Using nets, or materials from around the house, try to build both shapes. Take a picture of your models and share them with your teacher.
Task #5
Calendar Sorting
Click on this link to sort the calendar that is all mixed up. You can either print the calendar cards and sort them or use the interactive calendar in the link.
Task #6
Logic Puzzles
Math Logic Puzzle #1:
Math Logic Puzzle #2:
Math Logic Puzzle #3:
Math Logic Puzzle #4:
Math Logic Puzzle Bonus!
