Project Insect - Collaborative learning

 

Attracting Insect

Following M's interest in the stag beetle,  our room had a lot of activities investigating into insects, M got the children's iPad and researched more into the stag beetle, learning how it moves and it's habitat.

Then someone found a dead bee and a group of children took a closer look.

 

The children started looking for different insects in our garden, sometimes they looked really hard but couldn't find any insects.  

M and E had an idea!  

They put some water and a leaf in the explorer lens,

 'the insect can drink water from this,' E said.

 'I put a leaf so the insect will come,' M added.

What learning is happening here?

M collaborate with his friends to make sense of his interest and the living world. They explore, find answers, and discuss their findings.

Opportunities and possibilities. What's next?

Keep an open mind and let M explore, provide more opportunities to learn about M interest and possibly show what he had learned.

Frameworks

Te Whāriki (with Examples) (Early Childhood)

• Curiosity about the world and the ability and inclination to share interests with others.
• Confidence in exploring, puzzling over and making sense of the world, using such strategies as setting and solving problems, looking for patterns, classifying, guessing, using trial and error, observing, planning, comparing, explaining, engaging in reflective discussion and listening to stories.
• Curiosity and the ability to inquire into, research, explore, generate and modify working theories about the natural, social, physical, spiritual and human-made worlds.