RIC-3531 Primary Science - Book D (Digital)

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The Local Environment – Fifty Years Ago Changes to the Local Environment – Activity 2 Lesson Focus Outcomes Earth and Beyond 2.2 Describes changes that occur in the local environment. Indicators • Investigates what the local environment was like 50 years ago by conducting a survey. Skills Focus • Investigates • Compares • Conducts a survey • Evaluates Background Information The environment is always changing. We try to make the environment suit our needs and make our lives more comfortable. We build shelters to protect us from the weather. We create farms to provide us with food and build dams so we can store water. We build roads to move from place to place. As the human population increases, the built environment encroaches more and more onto the natural environment. Before the Lesson Materials Needed A4 paper, pictures, postcards and maps of the local community in the past, artefacts, newspaper clippings, archive pictures, a person willing to discuss the changes that have occurred to the environment in the local community over the last 50 years. Preparation • At the beginning of the unit, send a letter home to parents informing them of the science topic ahead. Explain that the class is investigating the changes to the local environment over the last 50 years and would appreciate any photographs, pictures, sketches, newspaper clippings or postcards showing the area during that time. The students will also need to locate a person to survey who has lived in the local community for at least the last 50 years. The Lesson Stimulus • Display pictures, postcards and maps of the local community from the past. Add arrows showing sections of the community that were fields and that now have homes or office buildings. Attach the dates the pictures were taken to each. Suggestion – order the pictures to represent a simple timeline. What to Do • Ask the students to close their eyes and picture the local community. This includes the area where they live, go to school, go shopping and participate in leisure activities. Ask them to imagine what it was like 50 years ago. Ask the students what they think would be missing. Make a list. Repeat the activity for 100 years ago and make another list. • Ask the students to imagine what the area was like 200 years ago. What would have existed then? What would the landscape have been like? Discuss ways we could find out what the area was like 200 years ago. • Explain to the students that they are going to survey a person who has lived in the local community for at least the last 50 years. Brainstorm questions to ask and the things they would like to find out. • The students complete the survey. For students who are unable to locate a person to question, perhaps a teacher or another adult who is associated with the school could speak with a small group about the changes they have witnessed. After the Lesson Answers Answers will vary Additional Activities • Choose a natural part of the local environment that should be protected. Design a poster that informs people of the importance of preserving this local area. • Look at quarries and the effect they have on the environment. Display Ideas • If the people being surveyed give permission, take photographs of them and display them next to mounted copies of their survey responses. • Display the pictures, postcards and maps of the local community from the past. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy 34 PRIMARY SCIENCE ~ R.I.C. Publications ® ~ www.ricpublications.com.au ISBN 978-1-925660-54-8
Changes to the Local Environment – Activity 2 The Local Environment – Fifty Years Ago 1. 2. 3. 4. a Survey Name of the person you are surveying Your name How different is the built (not-natural) part of your local environment now to 50 years ago? a List three built things that we see today b List three things that are missing. that existed 50 years ago. How different is the natural part of your local environment now from 50 years ago? a List three natural things that we see today that existed 50 years ago. b List three natural things that are missing. Do you think there are any areas in your local environment that should be protected from further use by people? b Describe one area. Explain why it should be protected. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy What else have you discovered about your local environment 50 years ago? Write your findings below. • • • • PRIMARY SCIENCE ~ R.I.C. Publications ® ~ www.ricpublications.com.au 35 ISBN 978-1-925660-54-8
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