VISIT A GARDEN VISIT A GARDEN

Copyright 2008. Project Sense about Science: Enhancing Science

Literacy and Conservation Among Secondary School Students in
Malaysia.
Copyright 2008. Project Sense about Science: Enhancing Science
Literacy and Conservation Among Secondary School Students in
Malaysia.
Contents
Learning Objectives; Pupils should be able to investigate and carry out
an activity to take care garden in school.
Learning Activity 1: Students are divided into groups (4 pupils each
group)
Learning Activity 2: Read a task of Visit A Garden
Learning Activity 3: Each group is given a different garden around the
School and give the name of their garden
Learning Activity 4: They have to list down 10 common names of
plants and 20 common names of animals.
Learning Activity 5: Next, build 20 food chains from the list.
Learning Activity 6: From the food chains, build a food web.
Learning Activity 7: What the effects of natural disasters on food web
and balance in nature?
Learning Activity 8: Shows the diagram of food web and pictures of
natural disaster from website.
Learning Activity 9: Creating a scrap book.
Assessment
Creating a scrap book of title Visit A Garden
Contents
What Youll be Learning
How to take care my school garden?
Learning Activity 1: Grouping
Learning Activity 2: Read a task about Visit A Garden.
Learning Activity 3: Name the garden.
Learning Activity 4: Lists down 10 common names of
plants and 20 common names of animals
Learning Activity 5: Build 20 food chains from the list.
Learning Activity 6: Build a food web.
Learning Activity 7: Explain the effects of natural disasters on food
web and balance in nature?
Learning Activity 8: Getting ideas from the diagram of food web and
pictures of natural disaster from website given
from teacher to create scrap book.
Learning Activity 9: Creating a scrap book.
How well have you learnt?
Students would be asses to make a scrap book after visit a
garden.
Knowledge Domain
Science
Scope of Learning
Preservation and Conservation on of the environment
Learning Level
Form 5 (17 years old)
Prior Knowledge
What is balance in nature?
Our Subject
Science
Our Topic
Preservation and Conservation on of the environment
Our Class
Form 5 (17 years old)
What We Already Know
How to build a food chains and food web and explain how food web
helps to maintain the balance in nature.
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As a result of completing this Learning Element, students will be able
to:
Understand what balance in nature is.
Describe the natural cycles that helps to maintain balance in nature.
Describe the effect of natural disaster on food web and on balance in
nature.
By experiencing a real garden, you will be able to:
Describe what balance in nature is.
State and explain the natural cycles that helps to maintain balance in
nature.
Explain the effect of natural disaster on food web and on
balance in nature.
Have knowledge about balance in nature from mass media and personal
experience.
Have knowledge about balance in nature from mass media.
Ask questions from the task given Respond to the task given.
Going out for field work.
Read a task of Visit A Garden
Read a task about Visit A Garden.
Name the garden.
Lists down 10 common names of plants and 20 common names
of animals
Build 20 food chains from the list.
Build a food web.
Explain the effects of natural disasters on food web and balance
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in nature?
Creating a scrap book.
Shows the diagram of food web and pictures of natural disaster from
web site.
Create a scrapbook.
Getting ideas from the diagram of food web and pictures of natural
disaster from website given from teacher to create scrap book.
Creating a scrap book.
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Learning Activity 1:
Students are divided into groups (4 pupils each group)
Ask student to name their own group.

Learning Activity 1:
Making group
Name their group.
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Learning Activity 2:
Read a task of Visit A Garden
Task of Visit A Garden
Learning Activity 2:
Listen to the teacher.
Grouping
Name the group
Receive task Visit A Garden from teacher.
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Visit A Garden
Make four in a group.
Name your group.
Choose one garden in the school area and name your
garden.
List down 10 common name of plants and 20 common
name of animals in your garden.
From your list, build 20 food chains.
From the food chains, build a food web.
Create a scrapbook.
Learning Activity 3:
Each group is given a different garden around the school and give the
name of their garden
Learning Activity 3:
Determine and visit the garden
Name the garden.
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Learning Activity 4:
They have to list down 10 common names of plants and 20
common names of animals.
Teacher will guide the pupils with the worksheets.
After finish the task 1, go back to Science Lab.
Learning Activity 4:
Identify the plants and animals those live in their garden.
List down 10 common names of plants and 20 common names
of animals in the worksheet given by teacher (Task 1)
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Task A
Group : .
Name of Garden :
10 commons name of plants20 Commons name of
animals
Task A
Group : .
Name of Garden :
10 commons name of plants20 Commons name of
animals
Go back to Science Lab.
Learning Activity 5:
Build 20 food chains from the list.
Pictures can be provided if necessary example is given.
Learning Activity 5:
Build 20 food chains from the list.
20 food chains from the list followed the examples from teacher.
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Food chain 1
Food chain 3
Learning Activity 6:
From the food chains, build a food web.
Pictures can be provided if necessary.
Examples are given
Learning Activity 6:
From the food chains, build a food web is built.

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Food web 2
Food web
Learning Activity 7:
What the effects of natural disasters on food web and balance in
nature?
.Shows the pictures of natural disasters.
Learning Activity 7:
Discuss the effects of natural disasters on food web and balance
in nature in group.
.Write 10 effects of natural disasters on food web from the
example given by teacher.
Write 5 effects of natural disasters on balance in nature.
Discuss and complete Task B.
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TASK B
10 effects of natural disasters
on food web.
5 effects of natural disasters
on balance in nature
Ask student to give 10 effects of natural disasters on food web.
Asks students to give 5 effects of natural disasters on balance in
nature.
Worksheet is given to students as Task B.
10 effects of natural disasters on
food web.
5 effects of natural disasters on
balance in nature
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TASK B
Learning Activity 8:
Shows the diagram of food web and pictures of natural disaster
from website to generate the students idea to create the content of
their next task.
Learning Activity 8:
Generate ideas from pictures of food web and natural disasters
shown by teacher.
Discuss with friend in group.
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Learning Activity 9:
Creating a scrap book
Teacher gives an example of scrap book taken from internet.
A format to create scrap book are given to students.
Learning Activity 9:
Creating a scrap book
Students are given some examples of scrap book taken from internet.
Scrap book is created by following format given by teacher.

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Cover : 1. Name of Group.
2. Name of members group.
3. Form
4. Name of Garden
5. Teachers name.
Content: 1. ntroduct!on
!. Food cha!n " Food #eb.
!!. $a%ance !n Nature.
!!!. Natura% d!sasters.
2. Comp%ete No. 3 unt!% No. & !n Tas'
(!s!t ) Garden.
3. Comp%ete Tas' $.
4. Conc%us!on
nsert p!ctures ava!%ab%e.
nsert attachment sheets su!tab%e.
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)c'no+%edgement

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Cover : 1. Name of Group.
2. Name of members group.
3. Form
4. Name of Garden
5. Teachers name.
Content: 1. ntroduct!on
!. Food cha!n " Food #eb.
!!. $a%ance !n Nature.
!!!. Natura% d!sasters.
2. Comp%ete No. 3 unt!% No. & !n Tas'
(!s!t ) Garden.
3. Comp%ete Tas' $.
4. Conc%us!on
nsert p!ctures ava!%ab%e.
nsert attachment sheets su!tab%e.
*eferences
)c'no+%edgement
Assessment Task: Creating a scrap book.
1. Cooperation
2. Creat!ve of nam!ng the!r group and the!r garden.
3. Fo%%o+ !nstruct!on from the tas'.
4. dent!f, the food cha!n and food +eb.
5. Compare and contrast bet+een food cha!n " food +eb.
&. -!st the %!v!ng organ!sms.
.. /ef!ne of $a%ance !n Nature and Natura% /!saster.
0. G!ve op!n!ons on effects of natura% d!saster on nature !n
ba%ance.
1. Create a scrap boo'.
Assessment Task: Creating a scrap book.
1. Cooperation
2. Creat!ve of nam!ng the!r group and the!r garden.
3. Fo%%o+ !nstruct!on from the tas'.
4. dent!f, the food cha!n and food +eb.
5. Compare and contrast bet+een food cha!n " food +eb.
&. -!st the %!v!ng organ!sms.
.. /ef!ne of $a%ance !n Nature and Natura% /!saster.
0. G!ve op!n!ons on effects of natura% d!saster on nature !n
ba%ance.
1. Create a scrap boo'.
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Science project garden.
Take care of their choosen garden.
Science project garden.
Take care of their choosen garden.
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About this Learning Element
Description
Visit A Garden
Knowledge Domain
Science
Learning Level
Form 5 (17 years old)
About the Author
Author: Rose Izamrin Awi & Wan Taherah Wan Abdullah
Position: Science Teacher
Affiliated Organisation: {Sekolah Model Khas Bukit Jenun & SMK
Tokai}
Short Biography: {A professional/biographical note}
Photo: {Insert a photo of the author}
About this Learning Element
Description
Visit A Garden
Knowledge Domain
Science
Learning Level
Form 5 (17 years old)
About the Author
Author: Rose Izamrin Awi & Wan Taherah Wan Abdullah
Position: Science Teacher
Affiliated Organisation: {Sekolah Model Khas Bukit Jenun & SMK
Tokai}
Short Biography: {A professional/biographical note}
Photo: {Insert a photo of the author}
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This earning !lement is published b" the #name publisher$ at%
http%&&#'ublisher(ame$.)*'ublisher.com
+irst 'ublished in
)op"right ,
All rights reser-ed. Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of stud".
research. criticism or re-iew as permitted under the )op"right Act. no
part of this book ma" be reproduced b" an" process without written
permission from the publisher.
This learning resource ma" /uote some cop"right material. It has been
created solel" for educational purposes. An" reproduction of cop"right
material either in-ol-es permissions sought b" the publisher or author.
or is within the bounds of 0minimal use1 or 0fair use1.
This work has been produced as part of the earning b" 2esign
research and de-elopment project. b" 3ar" 4alantzis and 5ill )ope.
Template and schema )op"right , 677689 )ommon *round
'ublishing. www.)ommon*round*roup.com
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Contents
Learning Objectives;
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Assessment
Learning Pathways
Contents
What Youll be Learning
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Learning Activity 10:
How well have you learnt?
Moving on
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Knowledge Domain
Scope of Learning
Learning Level
Prior Knowledge
Our Subject
Our Topic
Our Class
What We Already Know
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As a result of completing this Learning Element, students will be able
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By experiencing a _____________________, you will be able to:
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About this Learning Element
Description
Knowledge Domain
Learning Level
About the Author
Author:
Position:
Affiliated Organisation: {Name of organisation to which you are
affiliated}
Short Biography: {A professional/biographical note}
About this Learning Element
Description
Subject
Level
About the Author
Author:
Position:
Affiliated Organisation: {Name of organisation to which you are
affiliated}
Short Biography: {A professional/biographical note}
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Photo: {Insert a photo of the author} Photo: {insert a photo of the author}
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