Bug Hunt: Are Bugs Alive?

PrimaryYear 3 - 4ScienceBiologyEnvironmentalBiodiversity

Lesson Summary

Students will explore Australia’s invertebrates and their place in our ecosystems. They will assess how invertebrates meet the criteria for living and the role they play in ecosystems as consumers, producers and decomposers. Students will investigate and participate in citizen science efforts.

Learning intentions

Students will:

explore Australia's invertebrates and their place in our ecosystems
participate in Australia's Bug Hunt.

Success criteria

Students can:

explain how invertebrates meet the criteria for living
demonstrate the role invertebrates play in ecosystems.

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Lesson Details

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Bug Hunt: Are Bugs Alive?

Lesson Summary

Learning intentions

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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