CONNECTED, LEVEL 2 2013, I Spy … What Alice Saw by Don Long Overview In this article, students read about Alice McKenzie and her observations of a bird she saw in Martins Bay. Alice later finds out that the bird she she thought it was. observed wasn’t what 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 Scientific and technological vocabulary and Māori nouns, the meanings of which are supported by them to ask informed questions if they are to participate as illustrations and written explanations in a society in which “critical, informed, responsible citizens science plays a capabilities enable significant role”. The Photographs and diagrams that clarify the text and students to meet the achievement objectives in a way that require some interpretation supports the purpose of science in The New Zealand A mixture of text types, including direct quotation Curriculum and the development of the key competencies. A clearly structured article with headings that signify the These capabilities include being ready, willing, and able to information in each section and help the reader to gather and interpret data. Students need to understand navigate the text. what counts as evidence in science, the importance of observation, and the difference between observation and inference. Curriculum context SCIENCE NATURE OF SCIENCE: NATURE OF SCIENCE: Key Nature of Science ideas Understanding about Evolution Science knowledge is based on direct, or science indirect, observations of the natural physical Achievement objective(s) Achievement objective(s) world. L2: Students will explain how L2: Students will appreciate we know that some living Scientists gather data using their senses to that scientists ask questions things from the past are now make observations. about our world that lead to extinct. Making careful observations often involves investigations and that measuring something. is important because there may be more Observations are influenced by what you than one explanation. already know. Key science ideas Anatomical and behavioural characteristics are important in animal classification. Such features are used because they are often easy to identify. Differences and similarities in external characteristics are used to distinguish between living things.
CONNECTED, LEVEL 2 2013, I Spy … What Alice Saw by Don Long Overview In this article, students read about Alice McKenzie and her observations of a bird she saw in Martins Bay. Alice later finds out that the bird she observed wasn’t what she thought it was. 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 Scientific and technological vocabulary and Māori nouns, the meanings of which are supported by illustrations and written explanations Photographs and diagrams that clarify the text and require some interpretation A mixture of text types, including direct quotation A clearly structured article with headings that signify the information in each section and help the reader to navigate the text. Curriculum context SCIENCE NATURE OF SCIENCE: Understanding about science Achievement objective(s) L2: Students will appreciate that scientists ask questions about our world that lead to investigations and that is important because there may be more than one explanation. NATURE OF SCIENCE: Evolution Achievement objective(s) L2: Students will explain how we know that some living things from the past are now extinct. 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 observations often involves measuring something. Observations are influenced by what you already know. Key science ideas Anatomical and behavioural characteristics are important in animal classification. Such features are used because they are often easy to identify. Differences and similarities in external characteristics are used to distinguish between living things.
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