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Unit for Year 3 to 4 Butterflies: Engaging with nature

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This unit of work engages students in preparing butterfly gardens in their schoolgrounds. It explores scientific entomology, features of caterpillars and butterflies, the lifecycle of butterflies, survival requirements, and the characteristics of butterfly gardens. The unit includes worksheets, assessment ideas, pictures, and links to useful websites, and is supported by The Manual: Butterfly Gardening in South Australia.

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3; 4

Topics Adaptation (Evolution) Environmental management Habitats Food chains Animal reproduction Living things Assessment rubrics Scientists Decomposition (Living things) Plant reproduction Breeding cycles Butterflies Problem solving Communication skills Report writing Consumers (Food chains) Discussions (Texts) Curiosity Scientific inquiry Observations (Data) Design briefs Assessment for learning Text types Predictions (Science) Vocabularies Lifestyles Patterns Similarity (Classification) Explanations (Scientific inquiry) Research questions Modelling

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Science

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Person: Naomi Findlay
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Person: Naomi Findlay
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Name: Australian Association for Environmental Education SA Chapter
Organization: Australian Association for Environmental Education SA Chapter
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Address: South Australia, AUSTRALIA
URL: https://www.aaeesa.org.au/

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Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
Address: AUSTRALIA
URL: www.esa.edu.au

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0) Please quote the following if adapting or copying the material. Copyright: Australian Association for Environmental Education SA Chapter October 2021, except where indicated otherwise.