Lesson summary
Students will develop a vision of a future school ground with a focus on improving its biodiversity. They will identify what they still need to find out and where they can get assistance.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- be able to recreate ecosystems to increase the biodiversity in the school ground. Students describe their vision of what their school ground would be like with increased biodiversity.
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian curriculum content descriptions:
Year 5 English:
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1704)
Year 5 Science:
- Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (ACSSU043)
Year 6 English:
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1714)
Year 6 Science:
- The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment (ACSSU094)
Syllabus Outcomes: ST3-10LW, ST3-11LW, EN3-2A.
Time required: 40 mins
Teacher input: Lead discussion, review students’ findings in this unit when it is relevant
Resources required
- Whiteboard or smartboard
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