本学期截止11月底，五年级结合UOI探究单元进行了三次意义深刻的实地探究。

在第一个单元“How we organize ourselves”里，孩子们通过不断刷新自己对“系统”和“人类创造的系统”的理解，认识到自己和身边的人在社区中需要遵循什么样的规则、扮演什么样的角色和整个社会的结构。接下来孩子们决定对存在于我们身边最重要的一个人造系统——交通系统进行进一步的学习。因此我们联系了高新区有轨电车基地进行实地探究。孩子们迫切地参观了展厅，系统性地了解了有轨电车自19世纪被发明出来到现在高科技加身的全过程。除此之外，大家也来到了有轨电车修理和维护中心，理解其平日里的维护保养工作是如何展开的。最后孩子们还亲身体验了有轨电车的驾驶室和模拟驾驶当了一回小小有轨驾驶员。这次实地探究既有理论又有动手实践，孩子们寓学于乐，觉得非常有意义。

By the end of November this semester, the fifth grade has carried out three profound field investigations in combination with the UOI inquiry unit.

In the first unit, "How we organize ourselves," children are constantly updating their understanding of "systems" and "human-created systems" to realize what rules and roles they and those around them need to follow in their communities and the structure of society as a whole. Next, the children decided to learn more about one of the most important man-made systems around us: the transportation system. Therefore, we contacted the tram base of the High-tech Zone for field research. The children eagerly visited the exhibition hall and systematically understood the whole process of the tram from its invention in the 19th century to the high-tech addition of the present. In addition, people also came to the tram repair and maintenance center to understand how its daily maintenance work is carried out. Finally, the children experienced the cab of a tram and simulated driving as a rail driver. This field trip has both theory and practical, the children  learn through fun and they all feel very meaningful.

在我们第二个探究单元“How the world works”中，孩子们利用原有的对于能源的知识再加上课堂的学习和不断地查找资料，分小组进一步理解了化石能源、水能、太阳能、地热能和风能。孩子们对于绿色新能源很痴迷，因此我们的资源家长安排了协鑫集团的未来能源馆进行参观。孩子们在里面感受了未来完全依靠太能能供电的住宅，体验了电车换点全过程，也尝试举起1吨多种的高分子结晶聚合物——柱晶。由于本单元极强的科学性，我们又和四年级一起来到苏州青少年科技馆进行参观和互动。孩子们通过诸多模型更直观的感受了发电的原理和海底采油的模拟过程等能源相关的内容，并且通过动手的活动进行了发电，获益匪浅。

In our second unit of inquiry, "How the world works", the children used their prior knowledge of energy, classroom learning and continuous research to further their understanding of fossil energy, water energy, solar energy, geothermal energy and wind energy. Children are obsessed with green new energy, so our resource parents arranged a visit to GCL Group's Future Energy Hall. Inside, the children felt the future of a house that relies entirely on electricity, experienced the whole process of changing the trolley point, and tried to lift a ton of polymer crystal pillars. Due to the strong scientific nature of this unit, we went to Suzhou Youth Science Museum together with Grade Four to visit and interact. Through a variety of models, the children more intuitively felt the principle of power generation and the simulation process of subsea oil production and other energy-related content, and through hands-on activities to generate electricity, benefited a lot.