The Secret Life of Pollinators

Science Stage 2 (NSW)  

NSW Science (2024)  

Physical and living systems depend on energy 

ST2-SCI-01 uses information to investigate the solar system and the effects of energy on living, physical and geological systems

Living things depend on energy and materials to survive.

• Identify the systems of Earth that make up environments: air – atmosphere, land – lithosphere, water – hydrosphere, living things – biosphere
• Describe how the needs of living things are provided by the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere
• Describe the relationship between habitat, ecosystem and environment
• Observe and describe living and non-living things in a habitat
• Describe the transfer of energy between plants and animals using food chains, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary
• Describe ways in which plants and animals depend on each other for survival 

Creating written explanations of physical and living systems supports understanding of Science and Technology

• Use Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary and noun groups to enhance the specificity of texts
• Use notes, diagrams, flow charts and annotations to support understanding and explain processes
• Use temporal and causal connectives and labelled diagrams when explaining the process of conducting a fair test 

ST2-PQU-01 poses questions to create fair tests that investigate the effects of energy on living things and physical systems

ST2-DAT-01 uses and interprets data to describe patterns and relationships 

Science Australian Curriculum 

Biological sciences

Year 3

AC9S3U01 compare characteristics of living and non-living things and examine the differences between the life cycles of plants and animals

• observing and describing differences between metamorphic (such as butterflies, beetles or frogs) and non-metamorphic life cycles of animals, including humans
• comparing the physical characteristics of an animal such as a frog or moth with its activity at different stages of its life cycle
• representing stages of a plant or animal’s life cycle using drawings, digital photographs, graphic organisers or concrete materials 
   

Year 4 

AC9S4U01 explain the roles and interactions of consumers, producers and decomposers within a habitat and how food chains represent feeding relationships

• describing how animals, including humans, obtain their food from plants and other animals
• representing feeding relationships of producers and consumers as a food chain and comparing food chains across different habitats
• researching how the removal of a food source from within a habitat, such as through an insect or rodent infestation, affected other living things within that habitat