Finding Out and Synthesizing our Information
Work on synthesizing your understanding based on all the information you are discovering during this Finding Out stage. By the end of the week you will use the thinking routine 'I used to think' and 'Now I know' to help you to see how your thinking and understanding have changed. You need to make sure you have gathered enough evidence and acquired enough knowledge. Following this, you will rank your information and decide what is the most important ‘stuff’ you have learned.
One way to decide what the most important ‘stuff’ you have learned is by writing generalizations. A generalization is a bit like a central idea. You use the sentence starter
‘Now we understand that…..’
And think of the best ways to finish the sentence. Think back to your unit on electricity. If you were using this approach then maybe your sentences would have sounded like this:
Work on synthesizing your understanding based on all the information you are discovering during this Finding Out stage. By the end of the week you will use the thinking routine 'I used to think' and 'Now I know' to help you to see how your thinking and understanding have changed. You need to make sure you have gathered enough evidence and acquired enough knowledge. Following this, you will rank your information and decide what is the most important ‘stuff’ you have learned.
One way to decide what the most important ‘stuff’ you have learned is by writing generalizations. A generalization is a bit like a central idea. You use the sentence starter
‘Now we understand that…..’
And think of the best ways to finish the sentence. Think back to your unit on electricity. If you were using this approach then maybe your sentences would have sounded like this:
- Now we understand that electricity requires a circuit to work.
- Now we understand that metals conduct electricity but plastic and wood insulate electricity.
- Now we understand that one form of energy changes into another form of energy, electricity usually comes from movement energy.
Continue with your field trips and interviews and share your findings with your mentors.
Remember to check that your group has uncovered a variety of different perspectives based on last week's compass activity: Nature, Well-being, Society and Economy.
Remember to check that your group has uncovered a variety of different perspectives based on last week's compass activity: Nature, Well-being, Society and Economy.
Mentor Meeting
Success Criteria
- We have opened this week’s Weekly Expectations on the website and discussed our tasks for this week
- We have agreed what some of our group and individual jobs are.
- Are we able to make generalizations about the most important “stuff” we have learned so far from our different sources?
- Review the three types of Action introduced earlier in the week: "Direct", "Indirect" and "Advocacy".
- Try finishing this sentence in respect to your issue:
- Share your interview and field trip questions. If you have been on your interview or field trip, what did we learn?
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