Theme/Unit: Living World - plant lifecycles and human lifecycles and systems what living things need to survive. Science outcomes/ content History/HSIE Outcomes/ content CAPA Outcomes/ content PDHPE Outcomes/ content English connections Maths connections Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Sustainability Describe that living things have life cycles, can be distinguished from non-living things and grouped, based on their observable features. ST2-10LW Describes ways that science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions on the environment and on the survival of living things. ST2-1LW Cycles in nature (moon, water) that impact the growth of plants etc. Describes and explains effects of British colonisation in Australia (Sir Joseph Banks) HT2-4
Visual arts - Botanical drawings? Landscapes? Healthy eating Exercise/fitness
Informative: Explanations and descriptions. (Body systems jigsaw activity) Imaginative: Poetry
Texts that link to the theme eg Dorothea M
Temperature MA2-9MG Data MS2-18SP Volume MS2-11MG Money (quotes for items, financial literacy)
Introduced plants when rice was introduced. Asian botanical art? Tie in with traditional Aboriginal ways/plants and food sources. Grow plants. Introduced species vs native. Biodiversity. Native animals need these plants.
Week Content Teaching and Learning 1 Living and non-living things. (Inquiry question: What is a living thing?). Plant structures Life cycles of plants Plant a fast growing seed. How some plants are designed to live in certain places (water cycle too). Poetry about nature and plants, based on an image. Send out environment task. Lesson One: Living and non-living things. (Inquiry question: What is a living thing?). Plant structures Lesson Two: Life cycles of plants Discuss needs of plants. Plant a fast growing seed Lesson Three: How some plants are designed to live in certain places (water cycle too). Discuss different Australian natural environments and the needs of living things in those areas. 2 Australian native plants specific needs of these plants. Animals that would be attracted to these plants (biodiversity). Sir Joseph Banks plants. Botanical drawings (CAPA). Poetry about nature and plants (botanical drawings and written observations of banks) as stimulus, Lesson One: Australian native plants (What are they?) Specific needs of these plants. Animals that would be attracted to these plants (biodiversity). Send out environment task Lesson Two: Sir Joseph Banks plants. Botanical drawings (CAPA). Walk around and sketch. Lesson Three: Plant some seeds etc Literacy link: Sir Joseph Banks diary entry. 3 Introduced plants (Asia link rice introduced to Australia). Native animals needing native plants. Planting? Lesson One: Theme word study; biodiversity, flora and fauna, sustainability, impact, etc. Lesson Two: Introduced species (what are they? how/why do species become introduced into new environments?) Introduced species before and after British colonisation, e.g. rice, rabbits. Lesson Three: Rice case study: How rice was brought to Australia. Lesson Four: Observations of seeds. Literacy link: Rosie Dock by Jeannie Baker 4 Planting? Soil. Lesson One: Tea case study: How tea was brought to Australia by Quong Tart. Lesson Two: Observations of seeds. Lesson Three: Q and A poem about an ecosystem CAPA link: Boab seed art from NT. 5 Planting? Assessment biodiversity/Australian environment diorama presentation. Lesson One: Water colour artwork with Haiku printed on it / or leaf art Lesson Two: Planting natives. Lesson Three:
6 Human lifecycle What humans need to survive skeletal Lesson One: Human lifecycle Lesson Two: What humans need to survive Lesson Three: Skeletal systems