Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre

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Storybook STEM

The Very Ugly Bug

Students read Liz Pichon’s ‘The Very Ugly Bug’ to learn about the observable features of bugs. They observe resin bugs, identify and label the body parts of bugs. Students design and construct their own ‘ugly bug’ using clay and natural materials.

Duration: 1 hour.

ST1-4LWS 

Describes observable features of living things and their environments.

ST1-2DP-T

Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity.

What are the external features of living things?

Students will:

  • join a group reading of the picture book 'The Very Ugly Bug' by Liz Pichon.
  • discuss observable features of the bug in the book. Discuss observable features of other bugs.
  • observe resin bugs and identify observable features and identify body parts.
  • create a unique bug using air-dry clay.

Storybook STEM

Who Sank The Boat?

Students read Pamela Allen’s ‘Who Sank the Boat’ and investigate scientific concepts of sinking and floating. They use recycled materials to design, construct and test boats that can float while holding toy animals.

Duration: 1 hour.

ST1-6MW-S

Identifies that materials can be changed or combined.

ST1-7MW-T

Describes how the properties of materials determine their use.

ST1-9PW-ST

Investigates how forces and energy are used in products.

How do the properties of materials determine their use?

What changes occur when materials are combined?

How are forces used for a purpose?

Students will:

  • join a group reading of the picture book 'Who Sank the Boat' by Pamela Allen.
  • discuss what happened in the story and why things happened.
  • test a variety of containers to find the best boat.
  • identify characteristics of a ‘good’ boat.
  • design and make a boat to hold a minimum of five animals.
  • re-enact the story with students as characters.

Aboriginal education

The First Scientists

Students engage in hands-on activities to investigate inventions and innovations from Australia’s First Peoples. They explore characteristics of living things, properties of materials and how living things and objects move.

ST1-SCI-01

Measures and describes changes in living things, materials, movement, Earth and the sky.

Geography

Features of Places

Students investigate the natural and human features of their schoolyard by creating nature maps and sound maps. They record observations of the plant and animal life within the school grounds.

Looking for something a little different?

Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre can tailor incursions to your environmental education needs. Outdoor fieldwork skills, environmental audits (water, waste, biodiversity), and hands-on schoolyard investigations can be designed to suit students’ learning needs.

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