Biodiversity band

Year level: Lower primary Learning outcome Students will understand the importance of biodiversity loss through dramatisation of an interlinked machine. Explain to the class they are going to form a machine. Encourage students to link into someone else and make a sound. (Students may need to experiment with repetitive movements and sounds beforehand.) Once all students are involved suggest that those along a particular ‘arm’ or making a particular noise experienced a power failure. Discuss: How did everyone work together? What happened when some people could not work? Explain this is like biodiversity – all living parts are linked together. Assessment task Draw a picture of the machine and show what happens when one part breaks down.