check own ideas, promote discussion and identify possible enquiries at the beginning of the lesson

at the end of a topic to review learning and apply ideas to situations

developing literacy skills for teaching English and encouraging everyone to put forth your views

suitable for wide age and ability range as learners interpret the concept cartoon in a way they find meaningful

situations will mean different things to different groups

when you are more involved, you are more motivated towards learning

more able learners create their own concept cartoons

as a lead in to debate in which learners can side with different characters

as a challenge to see who can produce the most interesting/imaginative concept cartoon

What is the science concept

behind these concept cartoons?

If all the plants died, then all the animals

would die too! If all the plants died, then the

foxes would live if some rabbits

were left to breed.

If all the plants died, then the rabbits would die but not the foxes? True?

Food Chains & Food Webs

There are always more rabbits than foxes so

there is enough food for the foxes It’s because the

foxes are at the top of the food chain so they

have more energy

It is because the rabbits do not need as much to eat.

Food Chains & Food Webs

It’s because the rabbits

produce more babies

Recycling paper takes less

energy than making new

paper

We will run out of trees if we do

not recycle paper

Paper is biodegradable so we do not

need to recycle it

We will run out of paper if we do not

recycle it

Recycling – Effects of the environment

Cactus Valley

The cactus has needle-like leaves that

reduce water loss.

The cactus has spines because they fall off and grow into new cactus plants.

The cactus has spines so that animals do not

eat it.

Thick fleshy stems can store water and stems

have chlorophyll to take over the process of

photosynthesis

Characteristics of cactus

How would you improve these

concept cartoons?

Oh no!It’s a snake!

I think its time to change my

colour.

Do you know why chameleons change their

colour ?

Of course. AChameleon

changes its colour to hide from its

predators. This act is also called camouflage.

Its lunch time.

DONE BY: ARAVINTH AND JARRAN

Camel do not store water in their humps as it is commonly believed.

Do you know that camel store water in their blood?

Camel has long legs to keeps its body far from the hot sands .It also has large padded feet to prevent it from sinking into the sands.

A camel’s thick coat reflects sunlight ,it also insulates it from the intense heat radiated from the desert sand.

CamelDone by :Li Huang Wei andLee Yao Rong

They get their energy by breaking down dead matter. I can be decompose too….

I can enrich the soil too…

We ensure that the earth would not be covered with dead matter and animal waste too.

Group Work

- Gather in groups of 4 or 5 and assign a number to each member of the group. (CLS: Number Heads Together)- Duties:-

- Number 1: Controls the computer- Number 2: Leader- Number 3: Time Manager- Numbers 4/5: Research Analysts

- Select a science concept and go to www.makebeliefscomix.com

- All groups given 20 minutes to design their concept cartoon and save the completed work under the Student Project folder