Schoolyard Safari

Invertebrates features

The program commences with a short presentation about the different types of invertebrates, their features, where they live, and the amazing reproductive behaviour of these insects. The students will also meet a live leaf insect (Phasmid).

Invertebrate hunt

Students will work in groups to search for invertebrates in trees, leaf litter and gardens around the school. The collected invertebrates will be examined using magnifiers and identified using ID charts.

Collected specimens study

Students will brings some of the invertebrates that they collected into the classroom and they will be magnified onto a IWB for the class to view and discuss.

During this time, students will also be able to examine a variety of sample invertebrates in perspex to explore the similarities and differences between invertebrates.

NOTE: Gibberagong staff can work within established school times on the day. Please contact the Centre to disucss.

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Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus 

Outcomes

A student:

> observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas ST1-1WS-S

> describes observable features of living things and their environment ST1-4LW-S

Content

External features of living things

Students:

• Describe the external features of a variety of living things (ACSSU017)
• Identify and group plants and animals using their external features

Living things live in different places

Students:

• Identify that living things live in different places that suit their needs (ACSSU211)

Features of places

Students:

• investigate features of places and how they can be cared for, for example: (ACHGK005)

    - description of the natural and human features of places

    - consideration of how a place can be cared for

Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2017