The Beacon Museum

Where can you find didgeredoos, rainbow boa constrictors, bobotie, and a mongulu? 

At the Beacon Museum!

 

The grade 7/8 students have been working hard this month on a Beacon Biome Museum culminating in exhibits shown to the Grades 1-6. 

 The biomes studied were the arid lands, rainforest and grasslands.The first part of the term was used to examine the four elements of each biome: the location, climate, flora and fauna.   

After that each of the eleven groups were assigned a specific part of the biomes studied in class this term such as the Kalahari Desert, the Indonesian rainforest or the Australian grasslands. 

 

Students then practiced research skills and created powerpoints, models, books, food and murals to give answers to the following two basic questions:  "How do people affect the biome?" answered by the environmentalists and "How does the biome affect people?"  answered by the anthropologists.

  Some great work was produced!

These students then presented their museum displays to Grades 1-6.

These younger students were engaged in every presentation, which included a variety of food and drink and interesting information displayed in a variety of ways.

Much learning occured across all grades!

   
Thank you and well done, Grades 7 + 8!