Recycling never sounded so good!

How does electricity get to your house?

Zak and Josh made a Powerpoint to explain how electricity is generated and travels to your house.

Inspirational quote by Yoda

Electricity Posters

Joel, Emilio and Jack researched the creation of electricity.

Johan investigated hydro-power and how it generates electricity.

Polina researched how electricity travels through wires.

The magic of pixels

Matthew and Nicholas investigated pixels and how they link to electricity. This is the Powerpoint presentation they created.

Pixels

News Reporters interview Benjamin Franklin

Ayushman, Sarah, Michael and Saskia wrote a play to explain how Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity.

How wind turbines create electricity

Monty and Rove built a model to show how a wind turbine generates electricity - and how this is transferred into the power grid. 

Power Cut

Isla and Sophie looked at the recent storm in Canterbury and the reasons that caused houses to lose power. Here is the play they wrote to explain it.

Static Electricity

Sam and Fraser created a slideshow to share their research on static electricity.
Why not try the experiment at home!

Ways we can save electricity in Matai

Holly and Fleur built this model to show ways that Matai could save electricity.

Using stop-motion to make a movie about electricity.

Sean and Arlo were busy with paper and camera to create this video about the speed of electricity.




Eliza, Isobel and Zoe created this stop-motion video. They also wrote a soundscape to go with their movie using a rainmaker instrument and a drum.

The Discovery

Eve and Seraphine wrote a play about Benjamin Franklin.
We have videoed it and posted this on You Tube.

Example of our GoAnimate videos

Ben, Anthea and Veronica used GoAnimate to make a video explaining electricity savings in the home.

TERM 3 INQUIRY - ELECTRICITY

In Matai and Kahikatea we have been looking at electricity as part of our inquiry. We have been using open and closed questions to help us find out more.
After we picked our best question it was time to do some research and then find an interesting way that we should share what we have learnt. The last couple of weeks have been really busy as lots of people learnt some new skills or shared their knowledge to help others.

Here are some of the ways that we presented our inquiry...