Sharing the Planet

Central Idea

Protective behaviours contribute to survival in the natural world

Lines of Inquiry

An inquiry into the needs of the natural world (Function)

An inquiry into how communities organise themselves to support growth (Connection)

An inquiry into actions/behaviours required to support survival (Causation)

Provocation

For our provocation each student was given an egg animal to create a safe environment for. They had to use the available resources to make this home with the aim of keeping the egg intact until the end of the day. Students soon realised how important it was to treat their egg animal carefully and gently – being in a safe place was not enough. Actions and behaviours are very important to survival. This was important to know when the incubator arrived full of unhatched eggs.

Following our provocation we explored protective behaviours and how we can support each other and plants and animals in our community and beyond.

 Making Connections to our Learning

We watched and patiently waited for many days while the eggs stayed warm and safe in their special home. Small cracks appeared as the chick pecked and pushed its way out. 

Learner Profile

Inquirers – ask questions, explore new things

Caring – thoughtful actions, helping others, recognising you are part of a group

Using our new knowledge from asking questions, listening to others ideas and reading books we learned how living things organise themselves to survive. We learned that people, plants and animals have lots of similar needs and that they depend on each other to survive. We are interdependent. What we do effects everything around us. We need to look after our own community – pick up rubbish, use water wisely, care for plants in our kitchen garden and recycle and reuse when possible. By doing this we can take care of God’s creation.

Excursion

We went on an exciting trip to Canberra Zoo to learn more about animals and their habitats. We observed lots of animals in created environments and discovered how the zoo keepers have adapted some habitats to support their survival. The caves in the lion enclosure have heated rocks to keep the lions warm in Canberra’s cold winter.

Putting our Learning into Action

Kinder decided to get creative and share our understanding of the needs of animals and their natural habitats. We made dioramas replicating our chosen animal habitat and we then invited our families into our classrooms to share our learning.