During Term 3, students explored the big idea of ‘Life Cycles of Plants and Animals Shape Ecosystems’. Through guided research the students gained a general understanding of ecosystems, living and non- living things and producers, consumers and decomposers. Students worked together in small groups to investigate these understandings specific to their group's ecosystem of either desert, coral reef, tundra, wetland, rainforest or savannah. They worked in their groups to create a diorama of their ecosystem, demonstrating the key areas of learning. 

Inquiry Essential Understandings

SCIENCE

• The difference between living and non living things

• Plants and Animals have different life cycles

• The ecosystem is influenced by decomposers, consumers and producers

Writing content descriptors

• I can identify the purpose of layout features in print and digital texts

• I can use topic specific and technical vocabulary 

• I can create an informative text that groups ideas into simple paragraphs and uses topic specific vocabulary

• I can use images and diagrams to support the meaning of a text