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Mrs stevens showed us a slide show that Ms Smith made and it was to help us with our inquriy. We also had to write down "facts" that were from the slide show. Here are some facts that I put down to help and remind me.

=Inquiry Notes.=

Walt:Research effenitly and use the ICT skills effenitly


 * Go to three different sites to check if its correct.
 * Internet is a faster way of finding information

=Web Sites That Are Help Full!=

www.clusty.com

www.ask.com

www.google.com

www.brainboost.com

www.answers.com

www.kidsclick.com

=Tricks On The Perfect Inquiry.=


 * Try to narrow words down *Watch out for “Soap box” sites *Make sure the info you have is swaying your opinion


 * Make sure you see the date of the site from when it was last updated *You must say where you got you info from you do an inquiry

The four steps to a good inquiry are:

Plan: do it in steps one by one

Sorting and sifting: Always try to box info you find interesting

Stop read and evaluate: It needs to include all answers for big question and small.

We had to do a speech on something and I chose ADHD. Below will show you my speech.

=Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder=

We all know how children daydream in class and act without thinking or even sometimes fidget at the dinner table, but inattention and hyperactivity are also signs of ADHD.

ADHD is a disorder where children don’t focus and lose control of them selfs. There have been many tests to see what causes ADHD but researchers still don’t know quite why some people have ADHD. Research shows that ADHD may be related to conditions like depression and bipolar.

Children with ADHD can pay attention when they like the things others are doing and if the activity is done again they quickly get bored. Children with ADHD also jump from task to task without finishing any of them and we all know this is not very good as they will not be able to learn as easy as other children.

Kids with ADHD try to do several things at once.Even when forced to sit still it starts to get very difficult for them. Think of what the school children have to do: Sit still, Be- quiet, concentrate, Pay Attention And listen. These are the things ADHD kids have a hard time doing, not because they don’t won’t to but because their brains arn’t letting them.

It is estimated that between 3 and 5 percent of school age children have ADHD.This means in a class of 20 to 30 students, it is likely that at least one student will have this condition. ADHD begins in childhood for most people, but it often stays with them till they are an adult.

For topic we had to think of a new building for children and say "what would be in it" and "what would it be made of" and "where would it be"
We also had to think how it would be "ECO" to the earth. Here is my idea.

=What if there was a building just for children?=

=What would be in it?=

There would be entertainment for children including things like games, food and sweets.

=Where would it be?=

It would be at greytown school on the north creek field on the left hand corner.

=What would it be made of?=

It would be made of brick And have wooden floors with double glasing windows With lime green wall paper.