JPAghion : At the Bathurst goldfields... Gold - Get Smart. Stage 3 Gold! June 23, 2012 by mrsbooth006 · No Comments · Education Coffs Harbour Public School Stage 3 students were transported back in time to the days of the gold rush on Wednesday.
During term 2, they all have been working on a HSIE unit on the discovery of gold in Australia. Last Wednesday students were involved in a variety of activities including barn dancing, making a campsite (they had to have at least 3 items including a tent per group), stockade, BBQ, weighing gold, photos, alluvial gold hunt etc. It was a great day and the students enjoyed themselves immensely. Some lost large amounts of their gold and money due to bush ranger Jerry springing up from behind the bushes, but some crafty groups kept the bulk of their gold well hidden! Here is our Animoto slide show it lasts for around 7 minutes Happy prospecting Mrs Booth. Themes and Topics Index - Pete's Power Point Station - A Collection of FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format, Free Games & Interactives for Kids. Australian gold rush timeline, HSIE, Discovering gold, Gold! Year 6.
The first major mineral discovery - gold - was a watershed (a turning point or landmark) for Australian society.
The initial stages of the gold rush were responsible for tremendous changes in the community, bringing Australia's first great waves of immigration from countries other than England and Ireland. Ambitious prospectors from Asia, Europe and America made the trek to the goldfields of Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria, and Bathurst in New South Wales, in the hope of striking it rich.
This influx of people brought many social changes, including an increase in racial tensions with the persecution of some groups, notably the Chinese. Government Surveyor James McBrien discovers traces of gold in the Fish River, east of Bathurst. Explorer and geologist Paul de Strzelecki discovers small amounts of gold in silicate near Hartley in the Blue Mountains. The 1840s Early gold discoveries were greeted with fear. William Campbell finds gold on his sheep run in Strathlodden, Victoria, in 1840. The Australian Gold Rush. Publish.newsserv.com.au/epublisher/schools/wentworthville_ps_enp/images/user_uploads/2012/15/5-6R_Group_Gold_Assignment.pdf. Stage 3 Gold Virtual Build. July 3, 2012 by mrsbooth006 · 3 Comments · Education Stage 3 classes finished up with their HSIE Gold!
Unit last week. Many of the grade 5 students had been working on a virtual simulation of a gold rush town and the end result is wonderful. Mrs Booth filmed the build today but there were a few glitches with the program she was using! Also some of the students missed out exporting their builds onto the sim due to various reasons but the overall result and watching the students collaborate on the shared sim as they terraformed the land, selected Eucalyptus trees, various grasses and images was brilliant.
Well done everyone. Stage 3 Gold Virtual Build on PhotoPeach My Place Website My Place: For Teachers Mrs Booth We love comments Tags: 5M·5N·Gold·HSIE·sim-on-a-stick·Virtual Worlds. Searching for Gold: A Collaborative Inquiry Project. ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us.
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