8.+Teacher+Notes


 * Year Level: ** Stage 1 (Year 2) 


 * KLA: ** Science and Tecnology 

Material: ** Small exercise book used as their journal  This WebQuest is designed for students to understand // Living Things // (strand in KLA Science and Technology). The aim is for students to acknowledge:   ·   The way living things interact with one another  · T he way living things adapt to their environment  ·  All living things are different  ·  <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">Living things grow, reproduce, move, need air, take in nutrients and eliminate wastes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;">
 * Duration: ** 3 lessons (45 mins)

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol;">Students will research their information on the internet with the links that are provided on the WebQuest (Links to your animal page). The students will answer the questions with their partner on the process page, and then reunite with their group to discuss and take notes in their journal) of their team member’s information. You will collect and mark these journals at the end of the assessment. ** Make sure when students are researching their second animal, the partners in each group have swapped roles. **

Below are some ideas you could employ and extend for this Animal WebQuest: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   Integration of various roles including economist or financial co-ordinator <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·   <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol;">Only focusing on Australian animals <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msolist: Ignore;">·<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">Visiting your local zoo - from this students will get an idea of what they should plan towards <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">·<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">Creating a website based on the information students found <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofareastlanguage: EN-US;">· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; msoansilanguage: EN-AU; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msofareastfontfamily: Calibri; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msofareastthemefont: minor-latin;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Have students make an opening for the newly accomplished zoo in your classroom. Invite other classes to visit your zoo, where student’s diorama is presented around the classroom. Get the students to give their ‘visitors’ a brief description of their animal<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">