Henry's Animal Habitat- Digitise It Learning Story - August 2015

Learner: Henry                                                                          Learning Coach: DWilkes       Date: August 2015                                                                       Learning Area:  Science

Learning Observed

This term the LH1 learners have been learning about animals, adaptations and habitats.  They were fortunate enough to go on a field trip to the zoo where the live primates captured the curiosity of Henry and he wanted to learn more about chimpanzees.  He has been building his language and developing his understandings of the many ways the natural world can be represented.  Henry is very able to recognise that living things are suited to their particular habitat and can discuss the adaptations of specific animals like the chimpanzee.  Henry not only recognises that all living things have certain requirements so they can stay alive, he can identify and discuss these for a variety of animals. The learners were instructed that they needed to create a habitat that would be suitable for their animal.  Henry opted for the ‘Digitize It’ option knowing that he wanted to design the cheetah habitat in Minecraft to demonstrate his capability at using it.  Henry went through a rigorous design process that involved connecting with information through researching to create a fact file on the Chimpanzee, drawing a draft diagram of what the habitat would look like and then creating it in a digital tool -Minecraft.   Henry collaborated very well- listening to others, supporting others with his knowledge and asking questions.  He assisted other learners who were using Minecraft.  When it was time to share his learning, he presented the chimpanzee habitat confidently to all of the Learning Coaches and learners in LH1.  You can see his assessment here.

Evidence of learning

Next Learning Steps

write a reflective blog post about their learning and share with parents create a product of their learning eg. iMovie to show his Minecraft to others create a more detailed diagram with labels that is represented in their final product learn more about the chimpanzee by reading books and websites about it