The Learn About Wool resources provide the ideal opportunity for students to investigate the Year 4 Science curriculum.
Students can explore the resources listed at the side this page to help them better understand the lifecycle of sheep and the factors that affect and impact on the wellbeing of sheep in a farming system.
Links with the Australian Curriculum
An investigation into the lifecycle of sheep could link to all three strands of the Australian Science Curriculum: Science understanding, Science as a human endeavour and Science inquiry skills as outlined below.
Science understanding | Biological sciences
Living things, have lifecycles (ACSSU072)
Science understanding | Biological sciences
Living things, including plants and animals depend on each other and the environment to survive (ACSSU073)
Science as human endeavour | Use and influence of science
Science knowledge helps people understand the effect of their actions (ACSHE062)
Science inquiry skills
Opportunities exist to incorporate the full strand depending on the classroom activity being undertaken (ACSIS064, ACSIS065, ACSIS066, ACSIS068, ACSIS216, ACSIS069, ACSIS071)
