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 S c i e n c e A r c a d e ! Hi, my name is Amanda Single and I have designed a wiki for a year 3 class in the KLA (Key Learning Area) science. The wiki is based on the Life and Living strand and allows both teacher and student use. Students have their own area – student place, and within this area students have activities that they explore and do using a range of web 2.0 tools while learning the life and living strand. Teachers are able to see the links for the activities via the KLA and curriculum materials page. Here you will find links to the essential learnings and the links that each activity has to the essential learnings.

Exploring the ** Life and Living ** strand

Life and living is just one of the four strands in the science curriculum. Life and living relates to the natural and physical things in the word in which we live in (QSA, 2007). Students are able to use their curiosity to explore and test their imagination about the world in which they live. Within the strand of life and living students are able to explore many different aspects of life. They are able to gain an understanding that everything in their world is either living or non-living. They will gain knowledge and understanding about how the world around them works. Students will classify, and understand why living and non-living things are grouped, and what makes each group so special.

Integrating KLAs (Key Learning Areas) allows students to engage and enhance their learning. Students learning what a life cycle is and how it works by interacting with ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) and physically getting involved are going to be engaged and remember the learning. By incorporating the usage of ICTs within the classroom, allows the attention and need of having digital literacy skills for the future (McCarthy, 2002).

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