Planning the investigation- Hannah

Hi everyone This week we have been given some questions to answer about how we planned our playground investigation. Here are the questions and my answers.

What did you do during today's lesson?
Today we looked at planning our investigation. This investigation will help us to design our new playground. The first thing we needed to do was listen to Miss Isaacs' recording on the steps of the investigation. Next we had to think of different ways to do the investigation steps. Our group decided that we could ask a professional on what sorts of materials our playground could be made from.

What is Step 1 of the investigation and how will it be completed?
Step 1 of the investigation is choosing the types of things we will have in our playground. Our class decided that the best way to do this was to interview the grade 3-5 students to see what they want in our playground. We also thought that we might be able to visit some playgrounds and see what they have.

What other possible investigation methods did the class think of for this stage?
We also thought that we could do some research on the internet to find different types of playground equipment that we like

What is Step 2 of the investigation and how will it be completed?
Step 2 of the investigation is deciding what materials the playground will be made from. Our class decided that the best way to do this is to have a look at the materials other playgrounds use. We could also consult a professional playground builder.

What other possible investigation methods did the class think of for this stage?
We also thought that we could do some research on the internet about different types of materials.

What is Step 3 of the investigation and how will it be completed?
Step 3 of the investigation is creating a playground design. We decided that we would draw our playground design on big pieces of butchers paper as it may be to hard to make our design on the computer.

What other possible investigation methods did the class think of for this stage?
We didn't really have any other ideas for this stage of the investigation

What is Step 4 of the investigation and how will it be completed?
Step 4 of the investigation is presenting our playground design to Mr Smith. We decided that it would be best to show Mr Smith our design and not create a video of it. We thought this because if we show Mr Smith our design he will be able to ask us questions to get more information but if we used a video he couldn't.

What other possible investigation methods did the class think of for this stage?
Other than presenting it straight to Mr Smith or making a video we could make a voice recording or just send him our playground design but these wouldn't be as good.

What did you enjoy today and what are you looking forward to in the investigation?
I liked using the iPad to do the survey, i think it was a really good idea because everyone got a say in how to make our investigation. I am looking forward to going and looking at other playgrounds.

What did you find difficult today and is there anything you are worried about doing in the investigation?
Sometimes it was hard to come up with ideas on how to do each step of the investigation but Miss Isaacs asked our group lots of different questions and that helped us think of some ideas. I am a bit worried about showing our idea to Mr Smith. I don't like talking in front of people.

From
Hannah