Ecosystem in a box

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 5 Science:

• Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
• Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to solve problems that directly affect peoples’ lives (ACSHE083)

Year 6 Science:

• The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment (ACSSU094)
• Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena (ACSHE098)

Syllabus Outcomes: ST3-7PW, ST3-4WS, ST3-10LW, ST3-11LW. 

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor/Outdoor

Time required: 45+ mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Assist students in research and ecosystem construction, provide materials for ecosystems

• Shoe box or other similar sized box for each student or group
• Scissors, rulers, permanent ink markers, glue, cardboard pieces to fit into boxes, sand, dirt, potting soil, magazine pictures or plastic animals, clumps of grass, twigs, rocks, small paper cups, coloured paper
• Internet access, Student worksheet 1 (optional)

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