INquiry Projects

KIDS WITH A VOICE PROJECT

Your Inquiry Project for Term 3 is 'Kids with a voice'.
You will have 6 weeks to complete your research, project and speech about an inspirational kid of choice.
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Click the button to view the rubric
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Here is a PowerPoint about things you could include in your project about a person
PDF version of the PowerPoint above, for those who cannot access PowerPoint

Backyard Olympics project

Click on the picture to view project 

Week 6 -10 Olympics Links

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1               Click here for Olympic Wordsearch 1
Click here for Olympic Wordsearch 2
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Click here for Olympic Crossword template
Click here for Olympic Crossword clues

Inquiry Links

BTN Winter Olympics 2018
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/winter-olympics-2018/10521986
​BTN Youth Olympics
​https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/youth-olympics/10535922
BTN Special Olympics
​https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/special-olympics/10536818
BTN Kids Olympics
​https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/kid-olympics/10539734
BTN Teens choose which country to represent at the Olympics
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/newsbreak/who-will-these-teens-represent/10988484

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WEEK 4 & 5- 'KIDS WITH A VOICE'
Kids who have helped the local community

​Click on the Nona Siblings to view their inspiring story​

Inquiry Links

BTN- Kids stories
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/kids-stories/10523638
Cricket bat kid - BTN
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/cricket-bat-kid/11229614
Firefighting kids (CFA)
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/fire-fighting-kids/10527484
Kids causes
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/kids-causes/10525376 
Kids contribute survey BTN (looks at how BTN viewers help others)
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/kids-contribute-results/10489168
Racing kid-international racing champion
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/racing-kid/10524360
Student mentors for new arrival students
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/mentor-kids/10526134
Dandenong HS ride to raise money for charity
https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/stories/family-news/dandenong-high-school-supports-around-the-bay
Famous young people who changed the world
https://www.biographyonline.net/people/inspirational/young-people.html
40 ways kids can give back to their community
https://www.brisbanekids.com.au/40-ways-for-kids-to-give-back-to-their-community/
6 kids that are doing amazing things for their community
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/these-6-kids-are-doing-amazing-things-for-their-communities_n_597f8d20e4b00bb8ff38b63e

Week 3- 'Kids with a voice'
INSpirational kids with disabilities

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​Click on Bethany Hamilton to view her inspiring story
Click on Lizzie Velasquez to view her inspiring story

Inquiry Links

Talk to me - physical disabilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL8GMxRW_5Y
Interview with kids who support siblings with disabilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qOl4mYfn-g
Inspirational child with disability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz9TpVRy8aM
Child who was told he couldn’t walk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQkjgonApQ0
Paralympics Champ Isis Holt
https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/paralympics-kid/10524046

Week 2- 'Kids with a Voice'
​inventions

Click on Louis Braille to view his inspiring story
Click on Boyan Slat to view his inspiring story

INQUIRY LINKS

Kid president - How to be an inventor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75okexRzWMk
Young inventors BTN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4xk6zAHWBs
Learning braille
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lMpMnzNt44
11 Kid Inventors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiuU1mlFeEc


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Click on William Kamkwamba to view his inspiring story
Week 1- 'Kids with a Voice'
​Public Speaking

Click on Abraham Keita to view his inspiring story
Click on Greta Thunberg to view her inspiring story

Inquiry Links

Kid President- What makes an awesome leader?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdL4o7wU0CQ&list=PLzvRx_johoA-YabI6FWcU-jL6nKA1Um-t&index=7
Kid President- Pep talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1zNHoYmhUI&list=PLzvRx_johoA-YabI6FWcU-jL6nKA1Um-t&index=33
Kids who give the BEST motivational speeches!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGusd0HKvtY
Indigenous boy addresses UN on Australia's youth detention laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJfYI-XYWo