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 * Topic: ** Life Cycles
 * Subject Area: ** Science and Technology


 * Year: ** 4
 * Curriculum Alignment: [[file:Year 4.pdf]] **
 * Teachers: ** Amy Agnew, Breanna Jones and Tessa Geddes

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 * Introduction: ** There is a great deal of importance when learning about the life cycle. It creates understanding that we are born, grow, live and die. This shows students that everything in life has a beginning, middle and end, Along with allowing students to learn and understand the processes and life cycle of a frog. Students may compare the life cycle of a frog to their own life and this may bring up questions about the life cycle of a human, which can then lead into discussion about human biology. An authentic way to teach students about life cycles is to immerse them in having classroom 'pets' that they can observe and see change throughout a time period. Coming to the realisation that life is not instant, it takes time to grow and develop and that sometimes a frog might develop later than others. Since it takes longer than a fortnight to develop from frog spawn into a frog, this project can keep students involved over an extended length of time, with more learning and activities on life cycles that they could then relate to themselves.
 * Task Overview: ** The students will have a chance to observe frog eggs developing into tadpoles for the next fortnight, although some tadpoles may not develop early. The usual period of development from egg to tadpole, is 6-21 days. In the fortnight, students will be given the opportunity to view and record the changes of the eggs. Students will be given book and activities to learn the life cycle of a frog and since it takes more than a fortnight to develop from an egg to a frog. This task can be done over an average school term of 10 weeks. During the fortnight however students will discuss the changes and learn about the life cycle, then create their own lifecycle digital book together as groups in the classroom. Each student will get to be the narrator of their own page of the story. Then this digital story will be shown on a parent day. Students will spend up to 2 hours every morning working on their PowerPoint story (narrating their page), along with reading books and using the smart board for activities based on the life cycle of a frog. Students will also be given the opportunity to watch a movie, create some culinary master pieces and create their own online forum group to write in, regarding their experiences with this task.