Buzzy Bees Reading Planning
Term Four, 2016
Experiment: Does rubbish exist?
WALT: Think about inferences made within the text
Vocab:
What do you know already about experiments? How might you prove rubbish does not exist?
How was Dr Thinkmore (play of words) planning to prove for hypothesis?
What were her plans for the peels and does this prove rubbish does not exist?
How were the student’s inspired by Dr Thinkmore’s talk?
Words to discuss or clarify:
Airing cupboard, sill, resource, compressed, rich compost, resemble
Water Worries
WALT: Understand the water cycle
How is water reused?
Vocab:irrigation, aquifers
Pg.38 List the uses of water
Pg.39 What is meant when water is being reused many times over?
Pg.40-41 Explain how water rises
How does water droplets end up on the ground?
What happens when water falls?
Look carefully at each step of the water cycle
Pg.42 What is one of the main reasons why we use a lot more water today than in the past?
How do dairy farmers use more water?
How does having more cows increase water pollution?
Where does everything that goes into a drain go?
Pg.44 What has caused climate change?
Why are there serious water shortages?
Pg.45 Explain desalination
What is fog harvesting?
Pg.46 What can we do to help with the water shortage?
Why we have soap
WALT: Understand why we need soap
WALT: Understand what soap does to grease and dirt
Pg.12 Explain what is meant by ‘oil and water don’t mix’
Pg.13 What happens when soap is added to the oil and water mix?
Explain what soap does
Pg.14 What would happen if we didn’t have soap?
What happens to the grease/ dirt when it is in soapy water?
The Water cycle
WALT: Understand how water is reused
Pg.6 How much of the earth is covered by water?
What would the earth look like without water?
Pg.7 What is ‘evaporation?’
Explain what makes it rain
How are rivers formed?
Pg.8 Explain the process of ‘erosion’
When water is collected in dams, what does it produce?
Pg.9 What is sediment?
Once lands have been flooded, what does that leave behind?
What makes sea water salty?
An interview with a glass of water
WALT: Understand the different states of water
Pg.2 How much of the earth does water cover?
Pg.3 How does water states of matter change? List them
Explain how water helps human bodies
Pg.4 Explain how water becomes a cloud again
What is the water cycle?
Pg.5 List the different states of water