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 * Choosing content to achieve overarching goals **

The goals of the course plus the broad content topics will combine to provide a framework for the activities and assignments that you will design to help students achieve the goals of the course.  List the overarching goal(s) for your course. For each goal, list the broad content topics that you could use to achieve the overarching goals of your course. Below each broad content topic, list the more specific content items that are imbedded in each broad topic and that students must master to achieve the goal. Then consider; 
 * "What content topics could I use to achieve the overarching goals of my course?"**
 * Task 1.4: Choose broad content topics, and flesh those broad topics out. **
 * What order might you put the broad topics in that would allow students to build the complexity of ideas and applications over time and to revisit concepts or topics in an appropriate way?
 * Are you constrained to include particular topics in your course in order to prepare students for subsequent courses or exams? If so, what are they?
 * Do the broad content items that you have chosen enable you to include those items that must be covered for subsequent courses or for exams? If not, how might you fit those content items in?

Animal classification systems based on physiology Similarities and differences between and within sub-groups Suitability of characteristic as a means of classification What constitutes an acceptable variation within a group __**Goal 2**__ - Students will be able to formulate a core question and design, plan and carry out a research project to answer their core question. From 'What I know' to 'What do I want to find out?' Strategies for formulating and posing questions. Research techniques focusing on appropriate data selection and effective browsing techniques. Insect characteristics and their purposes within the environment.(Camouflage, defence, attack, communication) An insect has physical characteristics which improve its chances of survival and procreation. Drastic changes in the environment can be detrimental or benficial.
 * __Goal 1__** - Students will be able to analyze characteristics to create classifications of their own about the insect world.
 * Content topics**
 * Content topics**
 * __Goal 3__** - Students will be able to evaluate their new knowledge and apply it when constructing a habitat for their minibeast.
 * Content topics**