In Science over the past couple of weeks 5O and 5B have been working together to answer the inquiry question "What do we need to live on a New Earth?" as part of our Science Unit - Earth and Space - Our Place in Space.

The task outlined that in the future, planet Earth may not be habitable for humans anymore and as Scientists it was the students jobs to find a "New Earth" for humans to colonise. Each Year 5 student was placed into a Collaborative Inquiry Jigsaw team to come up with an answer to the question. These teams were made up of 4 students with each student answering a question and constructing a building component.

Role 1 - Where will we move to? Research another place in our Solar System for humans to move to. You will make a model of this place and answer the following questions:

• What are some features of this place? (size, landscape, distance from other objects)
• What makes this place the best choice for humans?

Role 2 - How will we get there? Design a mode of transportation to ship humans to New Earth. You will need to take into consideration the supplies to be transported to set up our new civilisation, distance you need to travel, etc... Explain your design in one or more paragraphs. Then, you will build an actual rocket that will ‘launch’.

Role 3 - What do we need to survive? Design and create a model of a sustainable base for humans to live on New Earth. Think about essential support systems that we need (food, water, air, shelter) and explain these in one or more paragraphs.

Role 4 - Our place in Space. Build an Orrery and explain how it works, the parts you have included and our current place in space. Then, document your teams progress. You will be responsible for creating a Google Slide for your team and submitting.

All students were contributors and had to document their progress at various stages of construction by entering this information onto a shared Google Slide. 

What did 5O like about this assessment??

Working with a group of kids that I wouldn’t normally work with. It showed me what other kids were capable of - Fletcher

The STEM building and working with others that have really good ideas - Stirling

Working with a team and building - Stella

How well my team get on together. If we had a problem we all came together and worked it out - Haley