How to become a Scientist.

Scientists ask questions about how the physical and living world around us works. The answer to these questions can be found in textbooks and the Internet, BUT a major part of being a scientist is finding out the answers to questions by making observations, performing experiments and looking for answers to all of our ‘WHY’ questions. At Joondalup Primary, students from PP to Year 6 classes embarked on an investigative journey that will equip them with the necessary skills to become future scientists.

Students have started 2019 by exploring the disciplines of science through a mind-mapping task. After completing a collaborative learning session, a mind map was developed as a reflective tool that students will build upon each week as their knowledge grows (this is in their Science Journals). Over the course of 2019, Biological Science, Chemical Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical Science and Inquiry Science will be explored.

The lesson objective for weeks one and two, was to allow students to become Biologists. Biology is the study of living things. A Biologist is a scientist who studies Biology. Biologists try and understand the natural world and the things that live in it. These include subjects such as plants, animals and micr-organisms. The Science Lab has been converted into a biome and students have been actively engaged in activities that explored different habitats, skeletal structure of plants and animals, the microscopic structure of plants and animals, food chains, classifications and animal adaptations. Biology has opened up the doors of science for the start of 2019.

Mrs Phillips