Personal Investigations

You have shared some fabulous Personal Investigations. Have you noticed the huge variety of interests and presentation methods?

Most of you will already have worked out what topic you will do this term. Remember your topic needs to include some research, using books, internet - or you can learn from people - as Estelle did when she interviewed her Niuen granddad - or you can learn by doing as Brianna did when she tested out all the playgrounds in Palmerston North.

This term some of you will need to narrow your topics a little. Instead of asking "What can I find out about ... egg plants? ... worms? ... the Universe?", you'll need to ask a more specific question. eg "What are an emu's predators?" or "What are the Palio Contrade and what are their symbols?" or "How were Medieval castles defended?"

Of course if you are learning a new skill or designing / creating / constructing something new, then this won't affect you.

Some of you have already started your next investigation. If you haven't started yet, you need to get moving. While it is possible to do an investigation in a couple of days, this should be a term's worth of effort.