Lesson summary
In this activity students get out into an ecosystem and record the sounds that they hear. The sounds can be recorded (e.g. on a tablet), or through drawings or brief explanatory notes.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- use their audio observation skills to identify the kind of activities occurring. They sort the sounds into natural and those are not natural.
- interpret what they have heard as an indication of some aspects of the local biodiversity.
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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
Australian curriculum content descriptions:
Year 3 Science:
- Living things can be grouped on the basis of observable features and can be distinguished from non-living things (ACSSU044)
Year 3 English:
- Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbs (ACELA1484)
Year 4 Science:
- Living things, including plants and animals, depend on each other and the environment to survive (ACSSU073)
Year 4 English:
- Incorporate new vocabulary from a range of sources into students’ own texts including vocabulary encountered in research (ACELA1498)
Syllabus Outcomes: EN2-9B, ST2-10LW.
Indoor or outdoor activity: Outdoor
Time required: 40 mins
Level of teacher scaffolding: Guide students through activity and lead discussion around findings.
Resources required
- Outdoor habitat locations where students can sit undisturbed for a short period of time
- Clip boards
- Paper
- Pencils
- Camcorder or a sound reordering device e.g., tablet (optional).
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