Session 1 · VOICE: Create Conclusions
Claim, evidence, reasoning
- 20 minWrite a claim, the evidence from your graph that supports it, and the science reason (energy flow, food webs, abiotic factors, human impact).
- 15 minLink your claim to people: what are we changing here, and how does it ripple through the web?
- 15 minSwap with a partner: does the evidence really support the claim? Is anything claimed that the data can't show?
Session 2 · VOICE: Evaluate
How sure are we?
- 15 minWhat could have affected our results: weather, time of day, sample size, a missed creature, a mistake in identification?
- 15 minRate your confidence (low, medium or high) and explain why. What would make it stronger?
- 20 minPlan the poster or talk: what will the audience need to see first?
Session 3 · VOICE: Evaluate
Science hui
- 35 minShare explanations with the audience. Take questions and record them.
- 15 minReflect: what did you change your mind about, and why? Write one action you would recommend, and the evidence behind it.
Getting started
Present with a partner using one graph and one food web.
Stretch
Recommend one action for the school, council or care group, and design a simple monitoring plan so the next class can check whether it worked.
Checkpoint
Every explanation names at least one limitation and a next step.
Useful this week
- Food webs ↗ How energy moves through producers, consumers and decomposers.
- Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) ↗ Compare your findings with official monitoring for rivers and beaches near you.