Over the past two weeks students have been immersed in a project-based learning unit in our classroom. Throughout our science, reading, and writing blocks we have been studying Earth's surfaces and the people who live there. Our guiding question was:
How can we learn about our Earth and different cultures?
Students worked in small cooperative groups to become an expert on a chosen continent. They used clay to build a model of their continent, adding landforms, as well as labeling salt and fresh bodies of water.
Each team worked together to research their continent and learn more about Earth's surfaces!
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| Team South America |
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| Team Africa |
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| Team Asia |
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| Team Australia |
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| Team Europe |
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| Team North America |
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| Team Antarctica |
We started learning more about the culture of our continent in Reader's Workshop by researching an important winter holiday celebrated there. Each group used a book created by Ms. Durgy and I to help them with their research. Students used what they learned to create a brochure to teach others about their holiday. Reading other brochures helped us see all the different cultures and traditions celebrated around the world. We were fortunate to have parent volunteers in to help with the research portion of this project!
Earlier this week built a world map using our continent models. The students enjoyed seeing their work come together as one final product!
We celebrated our learning with an exhibition for our parents at our holiday party on Thursday afternoon! Thank you to all parents who came and shared in the celebration of our learning!
