KGQ Nature Outing

As usual start with first writing about your experience as your mind naturally relates it to you. Write in terms of words, anecdotes, pictures, mind maps, diagrams, flow charts, graphic organisaers, lists etc. Then use the questions below to further explore the experience.

KGQs:

  1. Where did you go? What about that place? (k,c)
  2. Why did you go - with what objectives? What all did you learn on these objectives? (e)
  3. What kind of animals, insects, plants, trees, landforms did you see, observe, interact, with? (k,c)
  4. For each of the above (in #3) What specific characteristics about the animal / plant / insect / land-form etc did you notice, came to know? What were some of the interesting (c,a)

* physical - visual characteristics (draw if you want & photos)

* physical - by touch & feel characteristics (if you could touch)

* behaviour characteristics (again draw or videos)

* food habits (mind map maybe)

* habitat characteristics (again draw or photos)

* Social characteristics (amongst sexes also)

* ecological interactions

* Trivia

  1. What was the place's physical layout? What were the different parts of the place? (you may want to sketch the layout here) (c,a)
  2. What all (people) you met? What all they were doing or what are there responsibilities? What specifically you noticed, liked and learned from them (c,a)
  3. What all kinds of equipment, furniture, fixtures where used? What role each played? (c,a)
  4. What all did you do? How all you interacted with the animals, plants, land-orms etc? What was the process?  (you may want to make a flow chart here) (u,s)
  5. What all did you like? What all you did not like? (e)
  6. Would all more you would like to find out about the flora and fauna you explored? What more questions come to your mind? (s)
  7. What else did you learn? What else is of value? (e)
  8. What that you saw and learned you can use in your home, life? (u,s)