Years: 3, 6
Duration: 120mins
Curriculum Objectives: 6
Subject: Science
Children are asked to imagine the world without any light. Drawing from nature for ideas and inspiration, they design ‘stick people’ with special features and powers to live in a world of darkness. The lesson is best done in a woodland or other natural environment, with an optional extension back in the classroom.
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This lesson enables students to: Explore how nocturnal animals are adapted to live in their dark environment. Consider how humans, in the absence of light, may use their other senses to navigate and understand the world. Demonstrate their learning in their design and creation of a Darkness Dweller.
Imagine a world without any light. What would it be like to live in? Human beings have evolved as hunters in a world of light; we have eyes that look forward, ears at the side of our heads, upright bodies for running with our arms free. If we had evolved to live in the dark, how might our bodies look different and what special abilities might we have evolved?
