CONNECTED, LEVEL 2 2013, I Spy … Look out for Monarchs by Bob Brockie Overview This article describes what scientists are doing to find out about the distances butterflies fly and where they go in winter. It explains what citizen scientists can do to help biologists and ecologists make observations and collect data. A Google Slides version of this article is available at www.connected.tki.org.nz. Science capability Text characteristics Students need to develop a set of capabilities that support Photographs and diagrams that clarify the text and them to ask informed questions if they are to participate as require some interpretation in a society in which “critical, informed, responsible citizens Scientific and technological vocabulary that may be science plays a capabilities enable significant role”. The unfamiliar to some students students to meet the achievement objectives in a way that supports the purpose of science in The New Zealand The mathematical concept of time Curriculum and the development of the key competencies. Conversational tone that includes direct address to These capabilities include being ready, willing, and able to the reader. Students need to understand what gather and interpret data. counts as evidence in science, the importance of observation, and the difference between observation and inference. Curriculum context SCIENCE NATURE OF SCIENCE: LIVING WORLD: Ecology Key Nature of Science ideas Investigating in science Science knowledge is based on direct, or Achievement objective(s) indirect, observations of the natural physical Achievement objective(s) L2: Students will recognise that world. L2: Students will extend their living things are suited to their experiences and personal particular habitat. Scientists gather data using their senses to explanations of the natural make observations. world through exploration, LIVING WORLD: Evolution Making careful observation often involves play, asking questions, and Achievement objective(s) measuring something. discussing simple models. L2: Students will recognise that Observations are influenced by what you there are lots of different living already know. things in the world and that they can be grouped in different Key science ideas ways. Insects are animals too. All types of animals produce young so the species can keep going. Some babies go through different stages before they reach adulthood. Different species have different responses to seasonal changes in order to survive.
CONNECTED, LEVEL 2 2013, I Spy … Look out for Monarchs by Bob Brockie Overview This article describes what scientists are doing to find out about the distances butterflies fly and where they go in winter. It explains what citizen scientists can do to help biologists and ecologists make observations and collect data. A Google Slides version of this article is available at www.connected.tki.org.nz. Science capability Students need to develop a set of capabilities that support them to ask informed questions if they are to participate as “critical, informed, responsible citizens in a society in which science plays a significant role”. The capabilities enable students to meet the achievement objectives in a way that supports the purpose of science in The New Zealand Curriculum and the development of the key competencies. These capabilities include being ready, willing, and able to gather and interpret data. Students need to understand what counts as evidence in science, the importance of observation, and the difference between observation and inference. Text characteristics Photographs and diagrams that clarify the text and require some interpretation Scientific and technological vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to some students The mathematical concept of time Conversational tone that includes direct address to the reader. Curriculum context SCIENCE NATURE OF SCIENCE: Investigating in science Achievement objective(s) L2: Students will extend their experiences and personal explanations of the natural world through exploration, play, asking questions, and discussing simple models. LIVING WORLD: Ecology Achievement objective(s) L2: Students will recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat. LIVING WORLD: Evolution Achievement objective(s) L2: Students will recognise that there are lots of different living things in the world and that they can be grouped in different ways. Key Nature of Science ideas Science knowledge is based on direct, or indirect, observations of the natural physical world. Scientists gather data using their senses to make observations. Making careful observation often involves measuring something. Observations are influenced by what you already know. Key science ideas Insects are animals too. All types of animals produce young so the species can keep going. Some babies go through different stages before they reach adulthood. Different species have different responses to seasonal changes in order to survive.