To capture students' interest and find
out what they already know about living things, such as small animals,
we went on a schoolyard safari. First, we predicted what we might see
around the school and soon came to the conclusion that there will be no
elephants or giraffes on our safari.
We
then role-played the movements and behaviours of these animals and
insects.
After that, it was time to put our safari hats on and explore the school. First stop was the Nature Playground, followed by the school oval and finally the play spaces between the classrooms. On our safari we found:
- ants (many, many ants)
- spiders
- birds
- crickets
- butterflies
- millipedes
- bees
- flies
- beetles
The safari was an exciting and engaging way to start our science unit off this term.
Binoculars are a must for a safari!
Exploring in the Nature Playground
We drew our findings
Someone heard a cricket...
That looks like a great adventure!. In our yard at home we find lots of slaters, did you see any?.
ReplyDeleteLauren: "It was fun, I enjoyed it"
I am so glad you had a great time guys! Jack.B found a slater as the siren went, it had curled itself up into a tiny ball.
DeleteDo remember how I told you about all the millipedes I have been finding around our home Lauren? Well... they are still invading our house! Came home to some crawling around the living room today.
We find some critter's in our house to, they chirp away so loudly that we cant sleep!, they hide in small places so we cant find them, but its not long till you hearing them singing there song again, can you guess what critter it is?
DeleteHere's a clue, there's a sport named after them.