Lesson summary
Choose one of your favourite animals; it could live in the sky, in the water or on land. Then research the biome (or sub-biome) that your animal lives in. Finally, create the environment and a model of your animal in a box!
Lesson guides and printables
Curriculum links
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Curriculum codes:
- Year 2: ACSSU030, ACHASSK048, ACTDEP006
- Year 3: ACSSU044, ACHASSK068, ACTDEP015
- Year 4: ACSSU073, ACHASSK088, ACTDEP015
Safety advice: Always cut with the scissors pointing away from you.
This is a good activity for kids to complete independently.
Time required: 40 minutes
Curriculum connections: Science, Geography, Design and Technology, Critical and Creative Thinking
Resources required
- Coloured pencils
- Device for researching
- Junk material
- Natural materials
- Paper
- Shoe box or cereal box
Additional info
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