Burnham School Student's Voice, Inquiry Topic Consultation

This is a video that show how Burnham School Primary initiated consultation with our students to get students to come up with Inquiry topics for 2014.

Cultural Importance & Environmental Group

The Task:

To show the beliefs of people about space and how changes to the night sky influence the every day choices they make.

Your group needs to decide how to show the links between different cultures beliefs about using the night sky to make everyday choices i.e. crop planting, astrology

You will need to include information from all individual areas of your groups inquiry.

Here are some ideas that you might use to show the change

• Venn Diagram
• Song
• Play
• Powerpoint presentation

Below are some website links that might assist you to locate information about your inquiry

http://www.astronomynz.org.nz/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=35

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrology

http://www.users.on.net/~arachne/MoonPlanting.html

http://www.patheos.com/Library/Pagan/Ritual-Worship-Devotion-Symbolism/Sacred-Space.html

Myths and Legends

The Task:

To show the beliefs of people about space that are reflected through Myths and Legends and the links that can be identified through different cultures ideas.

Your group needs to decide how to show the links between different cultures beliefs about the night sky

You will need to include information from all individual areas of your groups inquiry.

Here are some ideas that you might use to show the change

• Song
• Venn Diagram
• Play
• Powerpoint presentation

Below are some website links that might assist you to locate information about myths and legends

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/myths-and-legends-about-the-moon.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way_(mythology)

http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=56

Travel Group

The Task:

To show the change in how people use space as a form of travel from past (navigation), present (exploring) and future.

Your group needs to decide how to show the different ways people used space as a form of travel in the past, how it is used today, and what your research suggests be like in the future.

You will need to include information from all individual areas of your groups inquiry.

Here are some ideas that you might use to show the change

• Diagrams of past, present and future travel
• Powerpoint presentation
• Models

Below are some website links that might assist you to locate information about space technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_travel

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/people-and-technology/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation

Technology Group

The Task:

To show the change in technology from past, present and future.

Your group needs to decide how you will show space technologies that were used in the past, those used today, and what your research suggests will be used in the future.

You will need to include information from all individual areas of your groups inquiry.

Here are some ideas that you might use to show the change

• Diagrams of past, present and future technologies
• Powerpoint presentation
• Models

Below are some website links that might assist you to locate information about space technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_technology

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/people-and-technology/