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== Sealife Task Page Sealife Resources Sealife Teacher Info == = = = Topic: Sealife =

Year: 2 & 3

 * Teachers: Ashleigh Axford & Jesse Hall**

= Introduction = ====There are lots of interesting things living in the Sea, a large portion of all life on earth exist in the Oceans. Teaching Sealife in your classroom covers a wide range of the required Curriculum Framework for students. We have created a class program that covers a wide variety of activities that relate to English, Science and Art.====

= Task Overview: = ====This topic that we are covering this semester is based on sealife, we are covering what lives under the sea and going into some research about specific animals, finding out what they look like, what they eat, what areas of the ocean they like to live in etc. Children will either write a report or create a powerpoint to display the information they find. We will then take a trip to AQWA to see some animals that many of the children may have never seen before, on this trip we are giving the children the task of taking pictures of as many different sealife creatures they can find, when we return back to school we will use these pictures to make a large collage display for the classroom and talk about what it was we saw and found interesting on this trip. The students will then be required to make their own underwater world in the form of a diorama. Once this has been completed we will watch the film 'Finding Nemo' and then complete some worksheets based on the film.==== ====Out of this the children should grasp the knowledge of how to use powerpoint presentations, how to surf the internet to find information, how to use digital cameras, and of course learn about the different creatures that call the ocean home.====

Part One:

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= Curriculum Alignment: =

English Curriculum Framework - Focus on Outcomes:

 * 1 - Understanding Language
 * 3 - Conventions
 * 4 - Processes and Strategies
 * 7 - Viewing
 * 8 - Reading
 * 9 - Writing

Science Curriculum Framework - Focus on Outcomes:

 * 1 - (Working Scientifically) Investigating
 * 8 - (Understanding Concepts) Life and Living

**The Arts Curriculum Framework - Focus on Outcomes:**

 * 1 - Arts Ideas
 * 2 - Arts Skills and Processes
 * 3 - Art Responses

= References =

Unknown, (2012). Under water Pic. Under Water Picture Wallpaper Unknown, (2008). Ocean Life Banner. Ocean Life Wallpapers