How humans work
Every time we start up a new IPC unit, we start with something called an Entry Point. Our Entry Point for our new IPC unit was a visit to the museum "De Wereld van Kina".
We looked at their exhibition of the human body...
We all started thinking about our bodies and how they work. It was interesting and we realised that there are things that we really would like to know! Our Entry Point got us excited about our new IPC topic!
We walked back to ISG and started the Knowledge Harvest, where we share the things we already know about our new IPC topic, and also ask questions. Our IPC wall is full with questions, here are some of them:
How does the body know how to walk and jump, for example? Where does hair come from and how come it grows? How can we remember so many things and how can the brain work so fast?
There are many things we would like to know...
We started talking about one of the Personal Goals in IPC, 'enquiry', and how we can practice this during our science lessons.
Enquiry:
We know that enquiry is about asking questions, about searching for answers in different ways and also sharing the result of our hard work. When it comes to enquiry it is good to be curious about the world around us. It is good to know how to ask questions, and how to ask good questions.
We know that we can also look at models, like we did when we came back from our visit to the museum. We have a small human torso in our Primary classroom, where we can see what we are like inside. We can take out the main organs (heart, lungs, liver, stomach, intestines etc) and see exactly where they are in our body and how they are connected to each other. It was easier to take the organs out than putting them back in the right place, though!
We know that we should use our scientific eyes and search for patterns. We can also test and experiment to learn and understand. We talked about fair testing, what it means and what we need to think about to make a test fair to all participants.
We can make observations and we can search for answers in books and on the internet when we are busy doing research. And of course, we can visit interesting places and we can interview people with great knowledge within a certain area!
Wow, this fits our IPC unit perfectly! We will absolutely learn more about enquiry during this unit! We have already started our first Science task, where we focus on the eye. We will do our best to learn more about the eye so that we can use all our knowledge in our first challenge, where we have to think like opticians and design an eye test. We know some things about the eye and how it works already, but we will learn more and we will share our knowledge with pupils here at ISG and with parents.