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  • 29 January - 4 February

    Goat Island from above


    Kia ora 8F2!  Welcome back to Term 1 for 2024. 

    I hope you have had a great break and fun holiday and are ready to explore science!  Below you will find this term's Learning Intentions and Success Criteria for the each week. I have also outlined the main activities we will do each week.


  • Term 1 Week 2

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING threats to our Marine Environment and ways to protect our oceans environments (participation for change)
    • We are EXPLORING the importance of biodiversity by investigating different species and habitats of sea life.



    Success Criteria:

    • I can recall and follow the classroom rules
    • Describe what a marine reserve is
    • Describe how caring for our resources of the land and sea is important to our well being and survival
    • Define the term habitat and give an example


    Activities:

    • Learning the classroom rules
    • Listing fish species we already know
    • Learning the common and Māori names of fish and shellfish common to Te Hāwere-a-Maki/Goat Island
    • Blooket on these fish and shellfish

  • Term 1 Week 3

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING threats to our Marine Environment and ways to protect our oceans environments (participation for change)
    • We are EXPLORING the importance of biodiversity by investigating different species and habitats of sea life.



    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Describe what a marine reserve is
    • Describe how caring for our resources of the land and sea is important to our well being and survival
    • Describe how tides affect rocky shore species
    • List features that can be used to classify the five groups of vertebrates


    Activities:

    • Investigating tides and their affect on rocky shores
    • Drawing a diagram of rocky shore zones
    • Classifying animals into groups (vertebrates vs invertebrates, then into mammal, reptile, bird, etc)

  • Term 1 Week 4


    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI

    PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

    • We are PLANNING an EOTC experience to learn about marine protected areas, ecosystem functions, intertidal/zonation & ‘futures thinking’. We are also challenging ourselves by snorkelling at the Goat Island Marine Reserve.
    EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING threats to our Marine Environment and ways to protect our oceans environments (participation for change)
    • We are EXPLORING the importance of biodiversity by investigating different species and habitats of sea life.



    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Use a key to identify different species of animals
    • Recall different habitats found in Aotearoa/NZ


    Activities:

    • Visiting the neighbouring forest: what animals can you find? Can you find any wēta homes?
    • Using a key to identify different sea animals
    • Identifying the habitats of different species in Aotearoa from a list of examples

  • Term 1 Week 5


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on features that all living organisms share
    • We are FOCUSING on the biodiversity of sea life by identifying adaptations of different species.


    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Design a fair test to see what living things need to grow


    Activities:

    • BrainPOP activities on "amphibians"
    • Designing a fair test that involves growing mustard seeds in Petri dishes and changing one condition

  • Term 1 Week 6


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on features that all living organisms share
    • We are FOCUSING on the biodiversity of sea life by identifying adaptations of different species.


    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Design a fair test to see what living things need to grow
    • Recall the acronym MRS C GREN and describe what each letter stands for


    Activities:

    • Watering our Petri dishes from our fair test (growing mustard seeds in Petri dishes and changing one condition)
    • Writing observations on our results of our fair test
    • Defining what each letter in the acronym MRS C GREN represents

  • Term 1 Week 7


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on features that all living organisms share
    • We are FOCUSING on the biodiversity of sea life by identifying adaptations of different species.


    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Do research online and filter out information to find relevant information 
    • Design a food web that shows the feeding relationships between organisms


    Activities:

    • Science Assessment 1 on Google classroom

  • Term 1 Week 8


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on features that all living organisms share
    • We are FOCUSING on the biodiversity of sea life by identifying adaptations of different species.


    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Do research online and filter out information to find relevant information 
    • Design a food web that shows the feeding relationships between organisms
    • Described how living things are suited to their particular habitat
    • Identified adaptations of different living things


    Activities:

    • Science Assessment 1 on Google classroom

  • Term 1 Week 9


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on features that all living organisms share
    • We are FOCUSING on the biodiversity of sea life by identifying adaptations of different species.


    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Do research online and filter out information to find relevant information 
    • Design a food web that shows the feeding relationships between organisms
    • Described how living things are suited to their particular habitat
    • Identified adaptations of different living things


    Activities:

    • Science Assessment 1 on Google classroom
    • BrainPOP on cells

  • Term 1 Week 10


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on features that all living organisms share
    • We are FOCUSING on the biodiversity of sea life by identifying adaptations of different species.


    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Label the parts of a microscope. 
    • Safely use a microscope to magnify objects. 
    • Make scientific drawings of objects under the microscope


    Activities:

    • Viewing cells on pre-prepared slides under microscope
    • Labelling a diagram of a light microscope

  • Term 1 Week 11


    FOCUS / ARONGA

    FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

    • We are FOCUSING on features that all living organisms share
    • We are FOCUSING on the biodiversity of sea life by identifying adaptations of different species.


    Success Criteria: I can/have: 

    • Label the parts of a microscope. 
    • Safely use a microscope to magnify objects. 
    • Make scientific drawings of objects under the microscope


    Activities:

    • Viewing cells on pre-prepared slides under microscope
    • Preparing onion cells on a microscope slide and viewing them under a light microscope

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