Let's make a forest ecosystem

Let's make a forest ecosystem

Lesson 1 of 16 in this unit

  • Primary
  • Year 1 - 2
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Lesson summary

Students demonstrate their prior learning by contributing to a mural. They draw and cut out different elements that they would find in an ecosystem and place them on the mural.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • use a basic concept of scale when they paint their images and use location to place their images on the mural.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 1 Science:

  • Living things have a variety of external features (ACSSU017)
  • Living things live in different places where their needs are met (ACSSU211)

Year 2 Science:

  • Living things grow, change and have offspring similar to themselves (ACSSU030)

Syllabus Outcomes: ST1-10LW, ST1-11LW

Resources required

  • Art materials including scissors and paste

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