with Mrs Gatti

Year 4 gallery:

Celebration of Learning 

In Term 3, Year 4 students will be exploring how natural processes and human activity cause changes to the Earth’s surface. This week, Year 4 students participated in a lesson and conducted an experiment on erosion where they used a cookie to simulate the concepts of weathering and erosion. The purpose of the experiment was to determine what happens to the amount of erosion when we change the amount of weathering and water poured on the cookie rock. Students formed a prediction following the ‘If, Then, Because’ strategy and were then required to work in small groups to complete the experiment. Observations were recorded via sketches, photos and words. At the conclusion of the experiment, students reflected on their predictions, if they were correct, and why/why not. Lessons and experiments this term will inform and prepare students on how to communicate and participate in scientific processes to demonstrate an understanding of natural processes such as weathering and erosion for their end of term assessment.