Kia ora,
It was great pleasure watching my Year 11 Science students working in groups of 3 and sharing their prior learning around Mining, Deforestation and Fossil Fuels. There was a real buzz in the classroom as students discussed and recorded their ideas and supported each other to make sense of the impacts of these human induced activities on various spheres. As their confidence grew they shared their finding with other students in the class. They gave each other feedback and feedforward to co construct their learning and improved their metacognition. This deepened their understanding to work at excellence Level. Below are some photographs of their thoughts:
