This Curiosity Snapshot provides a cross-curriculum introduction to ocean habitats, marine animals, and life beneath the waves through science, geography, English, creativity, and inquiry.
Learners explore a variety of ocean habitats, investigate amazing marine animals, discover how special body features and adaptations help sea creatures survive, and learn how simple ocean food chains connect living things beneath the waves. Along the way, learners develop skills in observation, questioning, comparing, recording information, scientific thinking, creativity, communication, and design.
Each Snapshot is designed using inclusive learning principles, supporting diverse learning needs through self-paced exploration, clear instructions, flexible activity options, visual supports, and multiple ways for learners to engage, create, and reflect.
A Curiosity Snapshot is a single learning experience within the larger Curiosity Collection. Each snapshot introduces a topic through exploration, creative activities, and reflection.
The Snapshot includes:
Each Curiosity Snapshot takes learners on a Wonder Learning Journey.
| Learning Area | Level, Code | Descriptor |
|---|---|---|
| English | Level 3, VC2E3LY03 | Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning from texts. |
| English | Level 3, VC2E3LY06 | Create and edit written and/or multimodal texts to express ideas and experiences. |
| English | Level 3, VC2E3LY07 | Plan, create, rehearse and deliver spoken and/or multimodal presentations for audiences and purposes, using appropriate voice, pace, gesture and visual features. |
| Science | Level 3, VC2S3U01 | Compare characteristics of living and non-living things, and examine the life cycles of plants and animals. |
| Science | Level 3, VC2S3U02 | Pose questions, make predictions and plan safe investigations about familiar scientific phenomena. |
| Science | Level 3, VC2S3I02 | Describe how living things depend on each other and the environment to survive. |
| Science | Level 3, VC2S3I01 | Pose questions and make predictions based on prior knowledge and experiences. |
| Science | Level 3, VC2S3I02 | Safely use equipment to make and record observations, following procedures and identifying patterns in results. |
| Science | Level 3, VC2S3I05 | Represent and communicate ideas and findings using scientific representations and everyday language. |
| Mathematics | Level 3, VC2M3ST01 | Acquire, sort and represent data using tables, picture graphs and other simple displays, and interpret the data. |
| Humanities (Geography) | Level 3, VC2HG3K02 | Explain how people and environments are connected and how places can be cared for. |
| Humanities (Geography) | Level 3, VC2HG3S01 | Locate, collect and record information and data from observations, maps, photographs and other sources. |
| Visual Arts | Level 3-4, VC2AVA4C02 | Create artworks by experimenting with visual conventions, materials, techniques and processes to communicate ideas, observations and imagination. |
| Critical and Creative Thinking | Level 3–4, VC2CCT3S02 | Generate and evaluate ideas, considering alternatives and possibilities to solve problems or create new ideas. |
| Critical and Creative Thinking | Level 3-4, VC2CCT3S03 | Organise, compare and represent ideas and information in different ways. |
Our guided learning journey that moves from curiosity to understanding. Each step
builds naturally, so your child can explore, think, create, and grow at their own pace.
Get orientated and understand the challenge, goals and what you’ll create.
Ask questions, explore different ideas and perspectives and gather inspiration.
Dig deeper into your ideas, test possibilities and build understanding.
Create, make and experiment using the skills and ideas you’ve developed.
Look back on your process and results, celebrate growth and consider what’s next.
Explore legends, creatures, and mythical worlds while building skills
Discover how animals live, adapt, and survive while learning about the natural world.
Use gaming worlds to strengthen problem-solving, digital literacy, and thinking.
Discover the science behind speed while developing skills in physics, measurement, and data.
