During the first weeks of Term two, Grade 7/8 have been learning about a range of different scientific concepts relating to wrapping up our unit in Biology and commencing a new unit in Earth Sciences.

Depending on class and year level, students have completed models of Cells and research projects on Invasive Species. There have been some excellent creations and high levels of quality and effort invested toward completing these tasks – great to see. Submitting these in electronic format on our learning platform STILE has enhanced our digital literacy skills and we would encourage students and parents to use the mobile version of STILE this at home called SQUIZ.

Grade 5/6 have completed structural projects relating to designs which consider the impacts of natural disasters by using the engineering design process. Thinking, drafting and creating has been the theme of this unit and students have also demonstrated some excellent capabilities to create electronic presentations on platforms such as Powerpoint and Word.

This week, we began a new unit on Flight and students have started to think about the processes and concepts around designing something that will fly and building on previous experiences in term one. Lots of fun and creating.

 Mr Templar

WHAT IS SQUIZ ?

SQUIZ is a free flashcard app available on smartphones and tablets that explicitly teaches definitions of scientific terms required for a particular STILE unit. It was designed and heavily prototyped with students to use as a pre-work, consolidation or revision learning activity for students to do in their own time.

It is the perfect accompaniment to STILE — every Year 7–10 unit in STILE has a corresponding Squiz with 2–3 levels of vocabulary to master. The vocabulary in each level becomes increasingly complex from the simplest vocabulary in Level 1 to more difficult in Levels 2 and 3. Students must master each level before moving onto the next one.

Android:  Squiz - Apps on Google Play

Apple: Squiz on the App Store (apple.com)