Primary education kit - Museums Victoria · Immersive experiences and multimedia exhibits allow...

Primary education kit

Teachers may photocopy the contents of this kit for educational purposes.

Prepared by Jonathan Shearer, Program coordinator, Melbourne Museum. All images by Andrew Plant unless otherwise stated.

Activities are copyright Museum Victoria, 2009.

Wild: Amazing animals in a changing world is an exhibition at Melbourne Museum. Education bookings: telephone 1300 130 152 weekdays

Wild: Amazing animals in a changing world Primary teacher notes

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Contents

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Teacher notes 3

Main exhibits 4

Floor plan 5

Learning in museums 6

VELS curriculum links – Level 1 7




Other resources: Websites and books 11

Finders keepers kit 14 Lower primary classroom activities

My questions 15

1: Where in the world? 16

2: Nature games 18

3: Zebra camouflage 19

4: Moody lizards 21

5: What’s in our school? 24

6: Further activities 27 Upper primary classroom activities

My questions 28

1: Where in the world? 29

2: Nature games 31

3: Dichotomous keys 32

4: Who am I? 34

5: Zebra camouflage 36

6: The Wild survival game 38

7: Changing state 43

8: Biodiversity audit 45

9: Further activities 48

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Teacher notes This education kit provides teachers with resources to plan a successful class visit to the Wild: Amazing Animals in a Changing World exhibition at Melbourne Museum. The Wild: Amazing Animals in a Changing World exhibition is an exciting teaching resource featuring a wonderful diversity of mammals, birds and reptiles from around the world. Explore this wonderful diversity and discover which animals are thriving and which are merely surviving. Experience Victorian environments such as Alps, grassland and wetlands. See animals larger than life and faster than life, and find the hidden connections which link living things. Discover why biodiversity is under threat and get clues about how we can create a more hopeful future. Students can view hundreds of animals from the side, and from above and below. Immersive experiences and multimedia exhibits allow students to explore the successes and failures of these species in their changing environments. The exhibition, together with education programs and resources, will enhance student learning in Science and support other domains of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS), particularly Geography, Mathematics and English in the early and middle years. Please note Wild: Amazing animals in a changing world is a long term exhibition at Melbourne Museum. The museum is open from 10am to 5pm each day. Bookings are essential for all groups. Bookings: 1300 130 152 Free entry Subscribe to MVteachers – the only way to get free teacher entry to Melbourne Museum. Join at: http://museumvictoria.com.au/Education/MVteachers/


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Main exhibits For information about the exhibits in Wild: Amazing animals in a changing world, visit the exhibition web pages at: http://museumvictoria.com.au/wild The following animals are a few of the 650 mammals, birds and reptiles exhibited. Worldwide Africa: Blue Crane, Secretary Bird, Mandrill, Wild Dog, Okapi South America: Toco Toucan, Gorgeted Woodstar (Hummingbird), Jaguar, Cotton-top Tamarin, Nine banded Armadillo North America: Wood Duck, Rattlesnake, American Black Bear, Greater Horned Owl, American Beaver, Wolverine Eurasia: Giant Panda, Yak, Snow Leopard, Lady Amherst’s Pheasant, Common Eider (Duck) Arctic: Polar Bear Indomalay: Indian Rhinoceros, Javan Rhinoceros, Palm Civet, Luzon Bleeding-Heart Pigeon, Indian Peafowl Antarctica: Emperor Penguin, Snow Petrel, Elephant Seal Australasia: Southern Brown Kiwi, Thylacine, Banded Hare Wallaby, Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo, Platypus, Southern Cassowary, Saltwater Crocodile Oceania: Ultramarine Kingfisher, Many-Coloured Fruit Dove Victorian Environments Mallee: Mallee Fowl, Fox, Carpet Python, Red Kangaroo Dry Forest: Regent Honeyeater, Little Forest Bat, Squirrel Glider, Tree Goanna, Murray Cod Wetlands: Red-Necked Stint, Eastern Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit Alps: Burramys, Gang-Gang Cockatoo, Baw Baw Frog, Bogong Moth Grasslands: Plains Wanderer, Golden Sun Moth, Striped Legless Lizard, Southern Brown Bandicoot


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Floor plan




Learning in museums Making the most of a school visit Research suggests that school students will learn more in a museum if:

• Pre-visit preparation takes place, for example pre-visit lessons, orientations and assessment of students’ prior knowledge.

• Planning and preparation of concepts to be investigated with students takes place.

• Curiosity is encouraged and some student choice and control over their learning experiences is taken into account. The experience should be learner-centred.

• Teachers are familiar with the museum site.

• Co-operative small groups are used.

• The social aspects of learning are taken into account. Teachers should encourage students to talk and share ideas about what they are seeing/hearing/touching; they should be asking lots of questions.

• The visit to the museum is integrated into a broader body of student learning at the school level and is strongly linked to the curriculum. Follow-up and reflective sessions are essential.

• Both physical and mental rests are available during the visit.

• Students share their findings in some sort of report or presentation.

What to bring on the excursion

• Any materials you would like students to complete while at the Museum should be copied prior to your visit. A wide variety of educational materials for teachers and students are available to download from our website: http://museumvictoria.com.au/wild

• It may be appropriate for students to bring clipboards, pens/pencils, etc. They may also bring cameras for use in certain areas. Please check about any restrictions for photography when booking.

• Student bags should be left on the bus, where possible. Alternatively, bags will need to be left with the Schools Entrance in purpose-built trolleys. These can be accessed throughout the visit if necessary.

• To reduce congestion in the Museum Café we recommend students bring their own food and drink. Consumption of food and drink is not permitted outside the designated café areas. School groups generally have lunch out on the plaza in front of the museum.





Curriculum links Activities in this education kit cover the following areas of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS). Level 1 VELS Domain Dimensions, Standards

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Learning Focus • use senses to explore the world around you; for example living and non-living things • describe activities and observations using both general and science-specific

language; for example, hard, soft, long, short, big, small, strong and weak. • sort objects according to basic criteria such as size, shape, colour and weight, to

identify and describe the similarities and differences between them. • participate in very simple investigations involving observation and measurement;

learn about basic procedures and processes, including collecting and recording data.

Maths

Number • count the size of small sets using the numbers 0 to 20.

Measurement, chance and data • compare length, area, capacity and mass of familiar objects using descriptive terms

such as longer, taller, larger, and heavier. • make measurements using informal units. • collect and display data related to activities using simple pictographs.

English

Reading • read aloud simple print and electronic texts that include some frequently used words

and predominantly oral language structures. • use context and information about words, letters, combinations of letters and the

sounds associated with them to make meaning, and use illustrations to extend meaning.

Writing • write personal recounts and simple texts about familiar topics to convey ideas or

messages. Speaking and listening • ask and answer simple questions for information and clarification, contribute relevant

ideas during class or group discussion, and follow simple instructions. • listen to and produce brief spoken texts that deal with familiar ideas and information.

The Arts

Creating and making • make and share performing and visual arts works that communicate observations,

personal ideas, feelings and experiences.




Level 2 VELS

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Learning Focus • observe and describe phenomena. • expand simple scientific vocabulary. • begin to generate questions about situations and phenomena, and suggest

forms of observations and measurements that are appropriate for the investigation of questions.

• begin to recognise simple patterns in data and describe them in terms that represent conclusions drawn from the data.

Maths

Number • model the place value of the natural numbers from 0 to 1000.

Measurement, chance and data • compare measurements of length, area, volume, mass and time using informal

units. • use formal units such as hour and minute for time, and the standard units of

metres, kilograms and seconds. • collect simple categorical and numerical data and present this data using

pictographs and simple bar graphs.

English

Reading • read independently and respond to short imaginative and informative texts with

familiar ideas and information, predictable structures, and a small amount of unfamiliar vocabulary.

Writing • write short sequenced texts that include some related ideas about familiar

topics. Speaking and listening • listen to and produce spoken texts that deal with familiar ideas and information. • recall some of the main ideas and information in short live or recorded

presentations.

The Arts

Creating and making • create and present performing and visual arts works that show emerging arts

knowledge and an ability to plan arts works that communicate ideas, concepts, observations feelings and/or experiences.

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT) • manipulate text, images and numeric data to create simple information products

for specific audiences. • compose simple electronic messages to known recipients and send them

successfully.

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Working in teams • work in teams in assigned roles, stay on task and complete structured activities

within set timeframes, and share resources fairly.




Level 3 VELS Domain Dimension & Standards

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Science Knowledge and Understanding • identify and describe the structural features of living things, including plants and animals • identify how these features operate together to form systems which support living things to

survive in their environments • describe natural physical and biological conditions, and human influences in the

environment, which affect the survival of living things • explain how features of the landscape are altered by processes of weathering and erosion

Geography

Humanities Knowledge and Understanding • describe the human and physical characteristics of their local area and other parts of

Victoria • describe how people use and affect different environments in Victoria • develop simple timelines to show events in sequence

Maths

Number • use place value to determine the size and order of whole numbers to tens of thousands,

and decimals to hundredths. • round numbers up and down to the nearest unit, ten, hundred, or thousand.

Measurement, chance and data • estimate and measure length, area, volume, capacity, mass and time using appropriate

instruments. • recognise and use different units of measurement. • read linear scales (for example, tape measures). • use a column or bar graph to display the results of an experiment.

English

Reading • read and respond to an increasing range of imaginative and informative texts with some

unfamiliar ideas and information, vocabulary and textual features. Writing • write texts containing several logically ordered paragraphs that express opinions and

include ideas and information about familiar topics. • order information and sequence events using some detail or illustrative evidence, and

express a point of view providing some information and supporting detail.

Speaking and listening • project voice adequately for an audience, use appropriate spoken language features, and

modify spoken texts to clarify meaning and information.

The Arts

Creating and making • create and present works in a range of arts forms that communicate experiences, ideas,

concepts, observations and feelings.

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ICT for communicating • initiate and compose email messages and, where appropriate, send replies. • use a search engine and limited key words to locate information from websites.

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Civics and Citizenship

Community Engagement • explain why protection and care for the natural and built environment is important • participate in activities to protect and care for the natural environment


Working in teams • cooperate with others in teams for agreed purposes, taking roles and following guidelines

established within the task.




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Science knowledge and understanding • explain change in terms of cause and effect • identify and explain the relationships that exist within and between food chains in the environment • analyse a range of science-related local issues and describe the relevance of science to your own and

other people’s lives • explain how sustainable practices have been developed and/or are applied in your local environment • practise framing and investigating questions that interest you and are drawn from locally based issues

Geography

Humanities knowledge and understanding • describe the reaction of people to natural processes including the management of natural disasters • compare the various ways humans have used and affected the Australian environment • recommend ways of protecting environmentally sensitive areas in a sustainable way

Maths

Number • use place value to determine the size and order of whole numbers to the millions, and decimals to

thousandths. • round numbers up and down to the nearest unit, ten, hundred, or thousand. • use decimals, ratios and percentages

Measurement, chance and data • use metric units to estimate and measure length • recognise and use different units of measurement. • present data in appropriate displays (for example, a pie chart)

English

Reading • analyse texts and support interpretations with evidence drawn from the text

Writing • produce, in print and electronic forms, a variety of texts for different purposes using structures and

features of language appropriate to the purpose, audience and context of the writing • employ a variety of strategies for writing, including note-making, using models, planning, editing and

proofreading

Speaking and listening • plan, rehearse and make presentations for different purposes • sustain a point of view and provide succinct accounts of personal experiences or events • identify opinions offered by others, propose other relevant viewpoints and extend ideas

The Arts

Creating and making • create and present performing and visual arts works that show emerging arts knowledge and an ability

to plan arts works that communicate ideas, concepts, observations feelings and/or experiences

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ICT for Communicating • use ICT tools and techniques that support the organisation and analysis of concepts, issues and ideas

and that allow relationships to be identified and inferences drawn from them • use email, websites and frequently asked question facilities to acquire information from peers and

known and unknown experts

Thinking Processes

Reasoning, processing and enquiry • distinguish between fact and opinion • use the information you collect to inform decision making

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Community engagement • present a point of view on a significant current issue and include recommendations about the actions

that individuals and governments can take to resolve this issue • demonstrate understanding that there are different viewpoints on an issue


Working in teams • work effectively in different teams and take on a variety of roles to complete tasks of varying length and

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Other resources Websites Exhibition The Wild: Amazing animals in a changing world exhibition at Melbourne Museum http://museumvictoria.com.au/wild Biodiversity Museum Victoria’s Bioinformatics site (Victoria’s butterflies, snakes and frogs): http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bioinformatics/ Federal Government - Biodiversity Guide: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment: http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/ CSIRO Biodiversity: http://www.csiro.au/science/Biodiversity.html WWF Australia: http://wwf.org.au/ Globio - Global biodiversity education: http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/Default.aspx Endangered Species Currently Endangered species list - Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicthreatenedlist.pl?wanted=fauna Earth’s Endangered Creatures: http://www.earthsendangered.com/ IUCN Redlist of threatened species: http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Animals Animal Fact Sheets - ARAZPA: http://www.arazpa.org.au/Animal-Fact-Sheets/default.aspx Africam: A virtual safari of Africa: http://www.africam.com




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Frogs Victorian Frog Group: http://www.frogs.org.au/ Birds The Life of Birds - Sir David Attenborough: http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/ Bird Identifier - ABC Science: http://www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/query.htm Conservation Conservation Action Programs - Healesville Sanctuary: http://www.zoo.org.au/Learning/Programs/Action National Parks Victorian National Parks Association: http://www.vnpa.org.au/ Environmental Education Our Cool School – Victorian environmental education: http://www.ourcoolschool.org/ The Gould League: http://www.gould.edu.au Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative: http://www.environment.gov.au/education/aussi/index.html Evolution Darwin’s Evolution Game: Who wants to live for a million years? http://science.discovery.com/interactives/literacy/darwin/darwin.html


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Books Nonfiction How Do Animals Adapt? The Science Of Living Things Series, by Bobbie Kalman. (Crabtree, 2000) True Green Kids … 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet, by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin. (ABC Books, 2008) Tuart Dwellers, by Jan Ramage (Department of Environment & Conservation, 2008) Going Bush, by Nadia Wheatley, Ken Searle (Allen & Unwin, 2007) Endangered Animals of Australia's Forests, by Greg Pyers (Echidna Books, 2001) Endangered Animals of Australia's Wetlands and Grasslands, by Greg Pyers (Echidna Books, 2001) 30 Amazing Australian Animals, by Christopher Cheng and Gregory Rogers (Random House, 2007) Fiction Are We There yet? by Alison Lester (Viking, 2004) The Other Side, by Sally Morgan (National Museum of Australia, 2008) Picture Books Uno’s Garden, Graeme Base (Penguin, 2006) The Last Tree, by Mark Wilson (Lothian Books, 2007) Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot, by Karen Treanor (Quenda, 2003) Miss Lily’s Fabulous Pink Feather Boa, by Margaret Wild (Puffin, 1999) Koala Lou, by Mem Fox (Puffin, 1991) Green Air, by Jill Morris (Greater Glider Books, 1996) What am I? by Kim Dale, illustrated by Kim Dale (Lothian, 1999) Wetlands, by Tricia Oktober (Hodder Children's Books, 2000)




Finders keepers kit Everything you need to keep bugs in the classroom or at home. Bugs are the most successful animals on the planet. Find out exactly what a bug is, how their bodies work and why they have outlived the dinosaurs! ‘Finders keepers’ is a one-stop-box that includes a terrarium, hydro-thermometer, drink bowl, sponge, magnifying glass, tweezers, cuttlefish, spray bottle and substrate. The kit also features laminated A3 bug images, a manual with general information about bugs and bug keeping, bug activities, VELS links and a copy of Museum Victoria’s Bugs Alive! A Guide to Keeping Australian Invertebrates.

Cost $75.00 including postage and handling. To purchase, telephone Museum Victoria’s Discovery Program: 03 8341 7289 Or fax the order form below to Museum Victoria’s Discovery Program: 03 8341 7210 Name: ______ School: Address: Suburb: ______ Postcode: State: _______ Contact telephone number: _


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