15 March - 21 March

Kia ora 8F1!  Welcome back to Term 1 for 2020. I hope you have had a great break and fun holiday and are ready to explore science!  Below you will find this terms Achievement Objectives and the Learning Intention for the next few weeks. I have also outlined what will happen in each session of the week.

Big idea: ‘Te Taha Wairua’ - Connecting to the Goat Island marine environment

Achievement Objectives:

Living world

Students will:

Life processes

• Recognise that there are life processes common to all living things and that these occur in different ways.

Ecology

• Explain how living things are suited to their particular habitat and how they respond to environmental changes, both natural and human-induced.

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING to define the term habitat and explain the habitats of a range of organisms
• We are FOCUSING to develop our understanding about food chains
• We are FOCUSING to compare the terms herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores
• We are FOCUSING to Identify different animals in a food web

Success Criteria: I can ...

• Describe what the term habitat means
• Name the different animal in a food chain
• Explain what a herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore is
• Create a food web.

Activities:

Lesson 1:  

Goat Island trip

Lesson 2:   

Marine habitats of New Zealand PPP and worksheets