Aussie Bus Safari

Students discover the sights, sounds, smells and feel of the bush as they discover who calls this forest home. Using scientific catching cubes, they

Investigate the variety of terrestrial invertebrates that inhabit the leaf litter.

Lunch

Students have recess before activities and a lunch break between session 1 and session 2.

Students dip net for aquatic creatures including tadpoles in our purpose-built pond and use our taxidermy and preserved specimens to learn about life cycles, simple food chains and how living things can be grouped.

Cost

$8 per student

Learning intentions

• We are learning to collect data about the variety of living things in a local habitat
• We are learning to identify living things at different stages of their life cycle
• We are learning how to group living things

Key syllabus outcomes and content

ST1-SCI-01 measures and describes changes in living things, materials, movement, Earth and the sky

Living things change over time

• Collect data about the variety of living things in a local habitat, group them and justify the groupings
• Describe the changes in an animal as it goes through its life cycle using data and scientific models

ST-PQU-01 poses questions based on observations and information to investigate cause and effect

PH1-SMI-01 describes and demonstrates self-management and interpersonal skills in a range of contexts

Responsible choices and actions promote self-management skills

• Identify and demonstrate self-regulation strategies in response to situations and emotions
• Demonstrate help-seeking and decision-making actions to support learning

Tier 2 and Tier 3 Vocabulary:

Life stage, leaf litter, habitat, observe, larvae, invertebrate, vertebrate, identify, metamorphosis.