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Primary 3, Sciences, Uncategorized

P3 Science – Sound

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We are learning to identify the main areas in the ear and how they allow us to hear sounds.
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•I can identify the ear as the organ for hearing
•I can identify the 3 main areas in the ear
•I can identify the function of the 3 main areas

We recapped on what we had already learned and we shared thoughts/ideas about how we hear sounds. We used a super interactive resource to learn that the brain and ear are used for hearing and how the process works. Not only did we learn to identify the 3 main areas and their functions, we learned about the different parts inside the ear, and even why you get dizzy if you spin around too quickly!
At the end, we were able to work together to name all the parts of the ear and completed an online quiz to show our understanding.
To help us visualise what happens when we hear sounds, we looked again at the rice and drum experiment – we love when the rice jumps up and down due to the sound vibrations!
Mrs Stewart was so excited that we had learned so much more than we had planned and that we could remember our learning when she asked us about it today! 🙂

Some comments from the children –
Cup your hands to your ears, it increases the sound you can hear – Rebekah
The ear is connected to your brain – Freiah
Interested in learning about the ear – Adam
Excited in the lesson – Matthew C
I loved the lesson! – Joni
I was surprised how many things are in the ear – Teagan
I was amazed! I didn’t know that much stuff about the ear, now I know loads – Gemma
I was quite impressed that we learned that much – Oliver
It would have been better if there had been a trickier quiz – Emme
Liquid in your ear makes you dizzy when you spin – Joni

Please click on the link to visit the website that we used to help us learn.
how we hear
or visit the website
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/brainandsenses/ear/

English & Literacy, Interdisciplinary Learning, Primary 3

P3 – Our Little Red Riding Hood Story Map

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We have been learning to create a story map for a traditional tale. We worked together as a class to make a story map for Little Red Riding Hood. We had to make sure that it made sense and we told the story in the right order. Here is our success criteria that helped us to make a fabulous map! –

Sequence – Beginning, Middle, End
Characters
Pictures
Writing, including WoW! words
Direction – so we don’t get lost following the map
Thought bubbles, Speech bubbles

It took a long time to do, but it was fun! Joni liked that we had taken our time over making the map. When we looked at our finished map, we were all very proud of what we had made. Oliver thought it was outstanding, Abby was surprised that it took a long time to do but was amazed to see what we had done and Ruari was excited. Georgia had a great idea at when she saw the finished map and so we added some wolf footprints to show his journey! Theo loved this! We knew that we had been successful because we had included everything in our success criteria.
Our next step is to create our own individual story map for the traditional tale, 3 Billy Goats Gruff! We can’t wait, we are SO excited!
You will see our finished map book when you come to our Open Day!