Explanations. Day One term Two

Our literacy focus for the term is on ‘explanations’ complimenting our science focused  inquiry.

We are learning to :Clearly explains how something works or state a reason for some phenomenon. Shows awareness of the audience through content, structure, language choices.

TIB: It is important to be able to explain how to do something or explain how things work and why, clearly and accurately.

Explanations and Phenomenon - immerse

Explanations’ There are two types of explanation one that explains how something works and one that states a reason for a phenomenon (Why)

In order to explore Phenomenon and to gain a greater understanding of what an explanation is, we did a number of activities using balloons.
Giving simple scientific explanations.