Year 7 Discovery Planet X
By Lisa Dixon | Posted: Tuesday July 2, 2024
This term we have been working on a Science based PBL - Discovery of Planet X where our students have designed animals that could exist on this cold, frozen planet after completing their "Science Degree" to learn about the animal kingdom first.
We were very impressed with the final work our Year 7 classes completed for this unit. After spending the first few weeks learning about animals, classification, adaptations, food webs and a visit to animal attic, we moved onto the creative PBL project. Our "clients" we were working for were from Animation Research Limited who came in a number of times to inspire our students and provide feedback along the way. Students researched ideas for their habitat of their choice and what animals already exist there on Earth to get ideas for adaptations for their animals for Planet X. They then individually designed some ideas for their animals before seeking feedback, sharing with their groups and moving on collaboratively to complete the final designs.
Some students made models of their creatures. We integrated digital ideas such as using AI to generate images, created interactive links using slides, learnt how to use google sites and during our literacy times learnt how to write animal reports - when you read them they make their invented animals seem so real! Some of our work is now being shared with you and back to ARL where some groups will present to for their feedback on our design ideas.
We are very proud of the work they have completed and please enjoy the websites and links we share with you.
Here are the links for each class of the finished work.
Team Skywalker
Room 13 Planet X PBL
Room 14 Google site -
Team Syth
Room 7 Google site -
Team Jedi
Room 9 Google site - :
Room 10 Google site
Room 11 Google site
Lisa Dixon
On behalf of the Year 7 Team.
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