Intermediate Sampler Yr 7-8

What are we learning? Taking collective action for the care of other people in our school and wider community. Understanding how people participate collectively in response to community challenges. Undertaking planning that includes stakeholder feedback to develop an outcome.

What are we learning? Exploring simple models and carrying out appropriate investigations to develop simple explanations. Explaining how living things respond to environmental changes both natural and human induced. Undertaking functional modelling that takes account of stakeholder feedback.

What are we learning? The human body needs the right balance of nutrients to be healthy Foods provide nutrients that help different parts of the body function The place of milk in a balanced diet

What are we learning? Understanding of purpose/audience through deliberate choice of content and language. Investigating how prototyping can be used to justify ongoing refinement of outcomes. Utilising the lack of dietary requirements in rations provided to soldiers at Gallipoli as a brief for development of a technological product.

What are we learning? Historic events have causes and consequences. Persevering (via research) to solve a problem that has no singly defined answer. The Treaty is a living thing and is everywhere around us.

Plan and conduct an experiment using the statistical enquiry cycle. Evaluate statistical investigations undertaken by others including choice of measures. Using First World War statistics to investigate the impact of war on New Zealanders.

What are we learning? Understanding of purpose/audience through deliberate choice of content and language. Investigating how prototyping can be used to justify ongoing refinement of outcomes. Utilising the lack of dietary requirements in rations provided to soldiers at Gallipoli as a brief for development of a technological product.

What are we learning? Historic events have causes and consequences. Persevering (via research) to solve a problem that has no singly defined answer. The Treaty is a living thing and is everywhere around us.

What are we learning? Participating in communal events and describe how such events enhance community wellbeing. Converting between metric units (and steps) using whole numbers and commonly used decimals. Transforming seemingly unachieveable health goals into smaller more achievable steps.

What are we learning? The human body needs the right balance of nutrients to be healthy Foods provide nutrients that help different parts of the body function The place of milk in a balanced diet