Encourage students to explore animal diversity across different habitats with this interactive sorting activity. Students will categorise animals based on whether they are found at the beach, in the bush, or in the backyard.
Identify the basic needs of plants and animals, including air, water, food or shelter, and describe how the places they live meet those needs
Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions
Sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models
Make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate
Compare observations with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidance
Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences
Write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary
Observe external features of plants and animals and describe ways they can be grouped based on these features
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
Living things have a variety of external features
Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
Living things live in different places where their needs are met
Use informal measurements to collect and record observations, using digital technologies as appropriate
People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things
Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables and through discussion, compare observations with predictions
Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways
Compare observations with those of others
Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information
Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met
Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations
Compare observations and predictions with those of others
People use science in their daily lives
Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways
Recognises observable changes occurring in the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources
Identifies the components of digital systems and explores how data is represented
Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Describes, follows and represents algorithms to solve problems
Investigates how forces and energy are used in products
Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products
Describes common forms of energy and explores some characteristics of sound energy
Describes how the properties of materials determine their use
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas
Identifies that materials can be changed or combined
Describes observable features of living things and their environments