5E’s- ELABORATE (1-2 lessons)

 To challenge and extend students’ understandings in a new context or make connections to additional concepts through a student planned investigation
 To use investigative/ inquiry skills
 Summative assessment of science inquiry skills

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON LINKS OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
(include learner diversity)
Science Science as Science
Understan a Human Inquiry
ding Endeavour Skills
Living - As a result of this SUMMATIVE- Lesson based on the primary connections lesson In Would you find - class science
things lesson children will be Science Inquiry the Elaborate phase, where students plan and conduct an a worm in the journal
have a able to: Skills open investigation to apply and extend their new conceptual ground? - word wall
variety - conduct an understanding in a new context. It is designed to challenge - team roles
of investigation of a A summative and extend students’ science understanding and science Why do you chart
external habitat of the assessment rubric inquiry skills. think that? - team skills
features ‘Schoolyard safari’ will be use to chart
(ACSSU area and make and assess the children. INTRO Would you find - class
017) record their The teacher and EA - Read ‘How to construct and use a graph’ a snail in the ‘Schoolyard
observations. will assess all - Identify a number of different habitats for investigation, ground? safari’ map
Living such as: pond, oval, garden, compost heap or school (see Lesson 1)
objectives through
things - compare the Why do you - ‘Code for
individual vegetable patch.
live in observations of two think that? caring’ poster
questioning whilst - Decide on the size of the area that each collaborative team
differen different habitats and (see Lesson 1)
children complete will analyse, for example, the size of two large hoops. The
t places identify similarities What sort of - 1 enlarged copy
the tasks larger the area, the more chance of finding small animals
where and differences. animal might of ‘Investigation
but the longer it will take to investigate.
their - Allocate collaborative learning teams to each of the areas. you find in record’
- identify links The students will
needs It might be necessary to allocate more than one team to water? (Resource sheet
between animal be assessed on how
are each habitat. 5)
features and their they:
met (AC - Organise an older class, or adults, to help groups What sort of - 1 sheet of
habitats. - conduct an
SSU211) investigate the different habitats. animal might butcher’s paper
investigation of a
habitat of the - On the class and each group’s piece of butcher’s paper you find in the with a
‘Schoolyard draw a horizontal axis labelled ‘Type of small animals’ and desert? horizontal axis
safari’ area and a vertical axis labelled ‘Number of small animals’. Include labelled ‘Type
make and record the heading for each team’s graph ‘Number of small of small animal’
their animals in [name of area] habitat’. and a vertical
observations. axis labelled
BODY ‘Number of
- Compare the - Review the walk in Lesson 1, to the ‘Schoolyard safari’ area small animals’
observations of using the class ‘Schoolyard safari’ map and identify the
two different areas the class observed and the number of animals
habitats and recorded.
identify - Ask students to report what they have identified in their
garden recently using their ‘In my own backyard’ journal.

- Indicate the asphalt and ask if you would find a fish there.
 similarities and - Ask students to explain their answers, for example, ‘I don’t
differences. think you would find a fish there because fish die when
they are out of water’.
- Identify links - Explain that students will be working in collaborative
between animal learning teams to investigate the different types and
features and their number of small animals in different habitats in the
habitats. ‘Schoolyard safari’ area.
- Discuss the investigation and record in the class science
journal student’s responses to questions such as:
How will the habitats be different?
What differences might there be in the animals
found in the different habitats?
How can you make the comparison fair? (For
example, use the hoops to make sure they observe
the same amount of space at each site.)
What if team A counted animals in one hoop and
team B counted animals in four hoops?
- Introduce the enlarged copy of ‘Investigation record’
- Explain how students will complete the boxes using words
and sketches to record their findings. Explain that they will
count how many of each small animal they find, however,
after a certain number (for example, 20) they should stop
counting and write ‘lots’. They can then concentrate on
looking for evidence of other small animals.
- If the habitats being investigated have mainly ants, you
might like to encourage the students to look at the
different kinds of ants.

- Review the ‘Code for caring’ poster created in Lesson 1.
- Remind students to wear gloves and not to pick up small
animals with their fingers as some of them can sting and
bite.

- Form teams and allocate roles. Assign teams to habitats.
Allocate an older helper to each team. Ask Managers to
collect team equipment.
- Allow teams time to investigate their designated habitat
and make notes and sketches on their ‘Investigation
record’ (Resource sheet 5).
CONCLUSION
- On returning to the classroom, discuss the investigation
using questions such as:
Describe the habitat you studied. Did it have shade?
Did it have water?
Which small animals did you find lots of? Why were
there so many?
 Did you find evidence of any other small animals?
Did you find any tracks of small animals? Were they
easy to follow?
- Discuss how to organise information on a graph: the
horizontal axis is used to plot the types of animals while
the vertical axis is used to plot the number of animals.
Discuss the purpose and features of a graph.