CONTENT	PROCEDURE
Step 1: prawn (shrimp), crab, crayfish   What can we discover about the slater and why is it a member of the crustacean family?	Setting the Problem Through reference to earlier lesson, members of the crustacean family are recalled. Teacher introduces the problem.
Step 2: Slaters, lenses and newspaper (to protect desk tops)	Looking for the Solution Specimens, lenses and newspaper are distributed by class monitors. Children are allowed opportunity to freely observe the specimens. Noting of observations is encouraged.
Step 3: Anticipated Findings: Small segmented bodies, antennae, 7 sets of legs.Hard shell coloured to blend with the soil /earth background.   How are they similar / dissimilar to prawns etc.?	Checking Findings Children volunteer findings which are clarified and extended by re-reference to the specimens.     Through questioning teacher directs observations, eliciting further information and encouraging comparison with earlier findings.
Step 4: Often called pigs, wood lice, carpenter or saw bugs. Have sea relatives which infest and destroy timber pylons. Vegetable feeders, usually in large colonies, but not social insects as are ants, bees. Apparently sensitive to light, withdraw or curl up when uncovered.Eggs sometimes carried in body pouch. Young hatch resembling adults.	Enrichment Teacher supplies additional information on habitat, breeding habits etc. clarifying concepts with simple board drawings.
Step 5: Cards stating: segmented body, antennae, etc.	Consolidation Children label the prepared board diagram. Children commence recording individual diagrams and observations in their books. Equipment is collected and specimens are disposed of. Teacher commends children for accuracy of observations, cooperative behaviour etc.

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