6A 2013: Research

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Thursday, September 5

Ned Kelly - Hero or Villain?

Your task is to work with a partner to research famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly (& his gang). You will need to find information on the following topics:

Early life/childhood
Crimes committed
Final capture and arrest
Death and legacy.

You will also need to give your personal opinion on whether you believe him to be a hero or a villain. Use this Scootle interactive (PIN: GNXJQP) to help you decide! Make sure you justify your stance!

Use these resources to find information:

ABC Australians

National Museum Interactive

The State Library of Victoria

Web Wombat

Ned Kelly's World

BTN - Ned Kelly

Australian Bushrangers

Bushrangers on the Roam Interactive

National Library of Australia

Organise your notes on the Biography Research Scaffold. Download the Scootle app.
Good luck!

Friday, May 31

Australian Innovations

Use these sites to help you with your Australian Innovations task!

Australian Government - Australian Inventions

100 Years of Innovation

Powerhouse Museum

Amazing Australian Inventions

Technology & Inventions

Our Clever Country

Here's what we came up with!

Excellent work 6A!

Friday, April 12

Antarctic Explorer Diaries

As part of our Antarctic Explorer Task, we wrote diary entries from the point of view of an explorer. Everyone did such a fantastic job, check them out - they turned out great!

These are entries from Jack's Shackleton journal. Great work Jack!

Well done everyone! You did a fantastic job of writing from the perspective of an Antarctic explorer!

Monday, April 8

Antarctic Food Chains & Webs

In preparation for our inquiry lesson, download the Antarctic Food Chains & Webs iBook to your iBooks library.

Use the Who's Eating Who? brochure to help you complete

your digital fact file for each animal in Notability:

Wednesday, March 27

Baleen & Toothed Whales!

We worked in inquiry groups to research the similarities and differences between toothed and baleen whales. We used Notability to organise our research and presented our findings in a range of ways using Art Set, iMovie, Pic Collage, Explain Everything and Visualize. Here's a snapshot of what we came up with!

By Amelia

By Shayna

Sunday, March 10

Antarctic Explorer Research Task

Click here for more detailed information on you Antarctic Explorer Task. Once you have decided on an explorer to research, please post a comment with the name of your explorer - don't forget to include your name too!

If you have any questions please leave a comment on this post and I'll get back to you.

Get started on your research! I can't wait to see what you come up with...

Wednesday, March 6

Whale Research

Baleen whales (Humpback, Southern Right, Blue, Sei, Minke) and toothed whales (Sperm, Killer/Orca) visit Antarctica to feed in the summer. Choose one and use these sites to help you complete your Baleen Whale Organiser or Toothed Whale Organiser with your group.