Science and Technology – Living World
Program overview
Students explore the Royal National Park through hands-on and sensory activities. They learn about the needs of living things and gain a respect for the natural world.
Location
Royal National Park Environmental Education Centre, Bungoona Path and surrounds
Key syllabus outcomes (2017 syllabus)
- Students explore the characteristics, needs and uses of living things STe-3LW-ST
- Students observe, question and collect data to communicate ideas STe-1WS-S
Skills focus - working scientifically
Planning and conducting investigations
- make observations using senses through participation in guided scientific investigations
- record observations using drawings, simple digital recording methods, oral descriptions and/or simple visual representations (ACSIS011)
Communicating
- share observations and ideas based on guided investigations (ACSIS012)
Inquiry question
- What do we notice about living things?
Content
Characteristics and basic needs of living things
Students:
- recognise that living things have basic needs including air, food and water (ACSSU002)
- compare the basic needs of some plants and animals
- participate in guided investigations to identify living things and the external features of plants and animals in the local environment SciT
- communicate findings of observations of living things in their environment SciT
Learning experiences
Students:
- Learn the secret of PAWS (Plants Animals Water Shelter)
- Participate in sensory awareness activities on a bushwalk along Bungoona Path (e.g. mirror walks, invertebrate search, whiff cups, touchy feely bag, blindfold walks, matching colours)
- Find shelters and other evidence of animals meeting their needs in the natural environment
- Build model shelters using natural materials
