Lesson summary
Students will explore ecosystems and how a healthy ecosystem can support native bees. Students will draw the elements of an ecosystem, understanding the role that native bees have in this system, and incorporating this into their drawings. Students will then take action to protect native bees and their habitats at their school.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- explore the concept of ecosystems
- investigate the basic needs of native bees.
Success criteria:
Students can...
- understand the elements of an ecosystem
- explain the basic needs of living things, including native bees
- take action to protect native bees.
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Lesson details
Skills
This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:
- creative thinking
- critical thinking
- communication
Curriculum Mapping
Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description:
Year 1 and 2, Science
- identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs (AC9SIU01)
- describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions (AC9S2H01).
Relevant parts of Year 1 and 2 achievement standards: Students identify how living things meet their needs in places they live. They can describe how people use science in their daily lives and how people use patterns to make scientific predictions.
NSW Syllabus outcomes:
- describes observable features of living things and their environments (ST1-4LW-S).
General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability
Level of teacher scaffolding: High - Lead students in drawing tasks and class discussions. Support students in taking action on native bees. The level of involvement here will depend on the task selected.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Target 15.5: Take urgent and significant action to reduce the degradation of natural habitats, halt the loss of biodiversity and, by 2020, protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species.
Resources Required
- Drawing materials for each student
- Optional - device capable of sharing a presentation and YouTube video
Additional Info
This is an original Cool.org lesson.
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