Science incursion
Stage 2: Classification of living things - birds & shells
Location:
Bring the expert educators from Kamay Botany Bay Environmental Education Centre to your school for an exciting, hands-on incursion! Our qualified teachers will guide students in exploring the unique classifications of living things in their own school grounds, fostering curiosity and discovery right where they learn every day.
Overview:
This immersive experience transforms your school into a living classroom, where students engage in real-world science and develop a deeper connection to their environment by identifying animal species in their surroundings.
During the incursion, students will conduct a scientific study to investigate the bird species living in bushland, grassland, and beach habitats. Using their science journals, they will:
- Identify and record bird species
- Annotate a scientific drawing of a bird
- Group and classify feathers, seeds, and shells
Tailored to your school's context and student needs, this incursion is a cost-effective alternative to traditional excursions—bringing science directly to your students without the need for bus travel.
Our team will visit your school to support students as they explore, observe, question, and collect data.
Outcomes:
- ST2-1WS-S questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations.
- ST2-4LW-S compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things
Key Inquiry questions answered:
- How can we group living things? For example, what are the external features of a bird that we can use to classify birds?
- How are environments and living things interdependent? For example, birds and seeds.
Students will:
- complete a scientific drawing of a bird
- record birds they observe on a bird walk
- classify shells
- create ephemeral art of bird wing shapes
Learning across the curriculum content:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures
- Sustainability
- Literacy and numeracy
