Students are finishing up their final Science project with a bit of a difference… It is self directed!

Self-directed learning is the ability to plan, monitor, and evaluate one’s own learning goals, strategies, and outcomes. It is a valuable skill for children to develop, as it fosters independence, creativity, and lifelong learning. However, self-directed learning does not mean learning in isolation…

I end the school year by adapting the final Science unit to reflect some self directed principals, mainly around student choice. The unit is Rocks and Minerals, I will introduce the topic and some of the main ideas but then it is down to the students to choose an interest area within that topic to pursue in way that works for them.  In this project, there are students who are exploring volcanic rock and are building a model volcano (yes we will make it explode!) another project is a stop motion rock cycle short film, others are using Mine craft… Student choice and autonomy is essential!

Here are our ‘building’ stage pics – check each out individual student blogs for specific projects.