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Animal Habitats – Year 1 CLE

Publication Date: October, 2016

Type of Resource: Practical activity/investigation

This Connected Learning Experience introduces the idea of animal habitats.

Description: In this investigation living things that live in particular habitats are investigated in the context of habitats being places that provide many of the needs of living things and so contribute to their survival.

Learning intentions

Students will be able to:

- describe the features of a habitat in the local environment that meets the needs of living things
- understand that living things thrive and survive in habitats that meet their needs
- pose questions and make predictions about the habitats of living things
- participate in a guided investigation of habitats of living things
- follow instructions to record and sort their observations about the habitats of living things.

New Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S1U01 (Year 1)

Additional Information

A Connected Learning Experience (CLE) is a resource package designed to support the use of inquiry investigations in the classroom.

Each CLE may not encompass all the concepts and skills addressed in the specific content descriptions outlined by the Australian Curriculum: Science for that Year level. The Learning Intentions clearly define the aims and objectives of the CLE.

Year 1 Achievement Standard

This lesson sequence provides opportunities to gather information about students’ achievement of specific components in the standards (which are bolded in the statements below).

"By the end of Year 1

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