Where In The World Is?

The Force were given a number of names of rugby-playing nations of the world. These were some of the nations that are recognised by the world governing body of Rugby Union, the International Rugby Board (IRB), as member unions but did not qualify for RWC 2011.
We divided them up amongst our team. I was given Israel.
This is what I found -

Israel is country in the Middle East.The capital city is Tel Aviv.The population of Israel is 7,473,052. too popular sports in Israel are football and basketball.

Where The Heck Is Epsom?

Different Auckland town centres have adopted Rugby teams from countries that qualified for the World Cup. I found out information about : The location in Auckland; Something special about this place; A 'potted' history of the place; If it has it's own symbol of some sort.(If we couldn't find a symbol we chose a picture that told more about the place).

Epsom is a suburb of Auckland. It is located approximately 3 kms south of Auckland city centre.
Epsom is named after a horse racing track and a town in England.
From 1840 - 1890 Epsom was as its rich pasture land, it is now the home of The Easter Show at the ASB Showgrounds.

Keep Your Eye On The Ball

We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.

For this unit we are in one of four teams: Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers. My team is Force
There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.
I'm looking forward to the all blacks games this year my favorite players are Zack Guilford and Cory Jane and i hope Dan Carter goes well with his kicking.