Why Bat Hangs Upside Down

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• creative thinking
• critical thinking
• empathy
• ethical understanding
• intercultural understanding
• reflection
• social skills

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 3 and 4, Health and Physical Education

Students learn to 

• select, use and refine personal and social skills to establish, manage and strengthen relationships (AC9HP4P04)

Relevant parts of Year 3 and 4 achievement standards: Students apply skills and strategies to interact respectfully with others.

Victorian curriculum (2.0)

Year 3 and 4, Health and Physical Education 

Students learn to 

• select, use and refine personal and social skills to establish, manage and strengthen relationships (VC2HP4P04)

Relevant parts of Year 3 and 4 achievement standards: They apply personal and social skills and strategies to interact respectfully with others.

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

A student

• describes and applies skills and strategies to strengthen respectful relationships (PH2-RRS-01)

General capabilities: Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, Personal and Social Capability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: High - teachers will moderate student discussion and support student work.

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.

• Anchor Charts (A3 printouts) 
• Device for showing video to students
• Different Endings Activity Sheet
• Reflection Clouds Activity Sheet
• Student Worksheet
• ‘Why Bat Hangs Upside Down’ Story

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