Science Communication, Group N

  Outputs
27 July 2013
  1. Amazing UP with SCIENCE - A Challenge to celebrate the last 3 years on the UP with SCIENCE programme
  2. Citizen Science Survey
  3. Blog - for the last time as an UP with SCIENCE learner
  4. Feedback - complete the final questionnaire
  5. Letter of Attendance
  6. Group Photo & 'Good Bye'
18 May
  1. Science in the News - Classroom 8:30 - 9:00/9:15
  2. Launch Box - A Contraption Chain Reaction
  3. Explore Open Day

Weekday in April/May

 

Perform your Science Show

  1. Group North - Kekana Primary School
  2. Group East - Norridge Primary School
  3. Group South - Lyttelton Primary School
  4. Group West - Generaal Beyers Primary School
13 April 2013
  1. Science in the News - Classroom 8:30 - 9:00/9:15
  2. Practise your Science Show
Project week
25-28 March 2013

Nqobile

  1. Science in the News - Classroom 8:30 - 9:00/9:15 (daily)
  2. Talk by Renée Hlozek (UP with SCIENCE Group A and one of the Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans of 2012)
    Astronomy video under guidance of Renée Hlozek
  3. Globe at Night
  4. Design and practise your Science Shows
  5. Mathematics
  6. Visit to CSIR
  7. Food Labels, part 2
  8. Sort out any registration to study at UP in 2014 problems
  9. Catch up on outstanding work
  10. Blog
2 March 2013
  1. Science in the News - Classroom 8:30 - 9:00
  2. Mammal Map - Dr Tali Hoffman
  3. Citizen Science
  4. Globe at Night
  5. Register to study at UP in 2014 (over lunch)
  6. Fun activity - Numbers game, 6-pointed Star, Plexers
  7. Food Labels, part 2
  8. Blog
2 February 2013
  1. Talk: “NASA: New Horizons spacecraft flying to Pluto”by Dr Henry Throop
  2. Do you have an e-mail address? If not create one;
    read the guidelines given under Activity 1a.
  3. Citizen Science (Irene and assistants)
  4. Catch up on outstanding work; there are still many Pixton comics missing and if you have not blogged yet, it is time to start.
  5. Lunch
  6. Food Label Challenge
  7. Video
  8. Food label groups
  9. Food label - prepare homework
1 September 2012
  1. SKA talk by Prof Nithaya Chetty, Department fo Physics, Group Executive of Astronomy at the National Research Foundation (NRF)
  2. Where stuff comes from - worksheet
  3. The story of stuff - If you were absent, please take the time to watch the video at: http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-stuff/
  4. Calculate your Carbon / Ecological footprint
  5. Lunch
  6. Plant and sow something edible - this is also your Homework
  7. Create a Pixton comic
  8. Start your blog with entries about the puppet show you did last time and today's activies
4 August 2012
  1. Prepare for Expo and / or write your research report.
  2. Design a puppet show, present it and write the script.
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Homework

If you are absent on a specific UP with SCIENCE day or are not able to complete the assignments of the day, you have homework! Please completed all the tasks before the next meeting.
 


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Last updated: 26 July 2013