Unit 05 - A Pretty Little Leech

Investigating a mini beast

1. Outcomes
2. Early Years Curriculum Guidelines
3. Inquiry Questions

Outcomes
Science: Years 1-10 Syllabus, Queensland Studies Authority
Life and Living Strand
1.1 Students discuss their thinking about the need of living things
1.2 Students group living things in different ways based on observable features
1.3 Students observe and describe features of familiar environments
2.1 Students look for patterns and relationships between the features of different living things and how those living things meet their needs
2.2 Students illustrate changes which take place in the course of a lifespan of living things.
2.3 Students make links between different features of the environment and the specific needs of living things.

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Early Years Curriculum Guidelines

• Active learning processes
• Investigating
• Imagining
• Responding
• Observing
• Comparing
• Exploring
• Questioning
• Identifying
• Discussing
• Describing attributes

Communicating
The students will:

• Use language to explain their thinking
• Begin to understand there are many forms of communication
  

Thinking
The students will:

• Extend their thinking abilities
• Begin to use a range of critical and creative thinking processes
• Engage in real experiences involving a wide range of materials and interactions

Understanding environments
The students will:

• Begin to develop an understanding of natural environments as they
• explore, discuss and recognize features of living things
• Begin to show an interest in why things happen and how they work.
  

Inquiry Questions - Leeches

1. What do we already know about leeches?
2. What do we feel/think about leeches?
3. Have we heard stories about leeches?
4. Where would we find a leech?
5. What do they do in the rainforest?
6. What do know about leech lives?
7. Where can we find information about leeches?
8. Are leeches useful?
9. What would happen if there were no leeches?
10. Are leeches important?