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TERM/WEEKS:

YEAR LEVEL:

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC:

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Critical and creative

thinking

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures

WEEK/
LESSO
N

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS

Ethical Behaviour

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural Understanding

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

KEY
QUESTIONS

RESOURCES

Science
Understan
ding

Lesson
1

Science as
a Human
Endeavou
r

Science
Inquiry
Skills

Students should be
able to identify the
stages of their plant
or animals lifecycle

Students will gain an
understanding of the
relevance their topics
lifecycle has to the
real world

Students will begin to
record observations
of living things as they
develop through their
life cycle.

Diagnostic
assessment of
students prior
knowledge/
beliefs on
lifecycles

Ongoing
assessment of
ability to work in
groups.

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The lesson will commence with students seated at

their desks
Students will be given a piece of card with either an
image of a chicken, frog, butterfly or sunflower on it.
They will then be asked to move around the
classroom and form a group with peers who received
the same image. These groups are to be seated at a
desk together
The teacher will inform students of the long term
goals, purpose, and outcomes of this assignment:
! Group research on designated topic
! Gather information using various ICT tools and
technologies
! Identify the stages of their topics lifecycle
! Produce a journal with all information and
resources gathered over the program using Book
Creator

Students will then be asked to log onto their existing
spiderscribe account and brainstorm, as a group,
what they already know about their topics lifecycle.
Students are to allocate tasks to each group member,
ensuring the roles are shared evenly.
The teacher is to create a google.doc documents for
these roles to recorded on. Students are to update
this document when certain tasks are completed.

Do you know
any other living
things which go
through a
similar
lifecycle?

Access to i-Pads
and/or
Computers with
Wi-Fi

Students will then be given 15 minutes to begin their

research task.
Resources will be posted to the class blog:

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Butterfly Lifecycles: Butterfly: Walk through of
lifecycle stages
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L1358/index.ht
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Butterfly Caterpillar to Butterfly: Video fast forwarded
about the stages of a butterflys lifecycle including correct
terminology

Frog Lifecycle of a Frog!: Lifecycle Animation video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMs3waaW75g

Frog Make it Alive: Spotted Tree Frog: Interactive
activity about the stages of a frogs lifestyle, their habitat,
eating habits
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L6358/index.htm
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Chicken Chicken Embryo Development: Video about
the development of chicken embryo
http://www.poultryhub.org/embryo/

Chicken Lifecycle Stages app on i-Pads

Sunflower What on Earth?: Demonstration on how
plants grow & students can then examine how different
parts of sunflowers work
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L30/index.ht
ml

Sunflower Lifecycle Stages app on i-Pad


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Once the 15 minutes is up students will begin their
lifecycle experiment observations with teacher
assistance. Prior planning by the teacher is necessary.
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Students will be able to observe the current stage of
their subjects lifecycle, taking notes and photos to
add to their Book Creator app.

Have you ever
watched a ____
grow before?

www.scootle.edu
.au

Direct YouTube
link

i-Pad with pre-
installed app












Pre- prepared
experiments for
each group:
Planted seeds,
butterfly cocoon,
chicken egg and
tadpoles
(Found around
the school
grounds).