The washing dishes experience caused quite some commotion in class...everyone wanted to help, but not everyone could. So we generated some lists regarding related phenomena, and with that, we hands down had everyone connected to our experience. From washing cars to flushing the toilet, everyone has had an experience using clean water and making it dirty.
From here, we established our initial models, thinking about where the clean water comes from and where it goes once we make it dirty. We had a clear understanding from this, and this was that each fifth grade class didn't agree on much! We only agreed that there were pipes involved in the process, and as a result, built out our first consensus model.
From here, we established our initial models, thinking about where the clean water comes from and where it goes once we make it dirty. We had a clear understanding from this, and this was that each fifth grade class didn't agree on much! We only agreed that there were pipes involved in the process, and as a result, built out our first consensus model.
This really got us thinking that we didn't know much (and that's awesome since we have so much to figure out)...so we spent a WHOLE day asking questions we had about clean water, dirty water, our consensus model and our related phenomena lists. From here, we built out our Driving Question Board, where every student came up with a question! Check out these awesome questions...by fifth graders!
Then the excitement came...
We began thinking how we could investigate the answers to our questions. And while research (both online and in books in a useful too), we want to figure out the answers ourselves. So we set the sky as the limit and came up with some amazing investigation ideas!
We began thinking how we could investigate the answers to our questions. And while research (both online and in books in a useful too), we want to figure out the answers ourselves. So we set the sky as the limit and came up with some amazing investigation ideas!
These students are surely giving Mrs. Brinza some homework...what investigation can we do first to help us figure out answers to our questions?!?!