The document provides instructions and examples for using concept cartoons to teach science concepts, noting that concept cartoons can be used to introduce topics, review learning, and encourage discussion, and that they work for a wide range of ages and abilities as learners can interpret them in their own way. It also suggests ways to improve concept cartoons and gives an example of a group work activity where students design their own concept cartoon about a selected science concept.

4. check own ideas, promote discussion and
identify possible enquiries at the beginning
of the lesson
 at the end of a topic to review learning and
apply ideas to situations
 developing literacy skills for teaching
English and encouraging everyone to put
forth your views

5.  suitable for wide age and ability range as
learners interpret the concept cartoon in a
way they find meaningful
 situations will mean different things to
different groups
 when you are more involved, you are more
motivated towards learning

6.  more able learners create their own
concept cartoons
 as a lead in to debate in which learners
can side with different characters
 as a challenge to see who can produce the
most interesting/imaginative concept
cartoon

7. W h a t is t h e
s c ie n c e c o n c e p t
b e h in d t h e s e
c onc e pt
c a rto o ns ?

8. If all the plants
died, then all
the animals
would die too! If all the plants If all the plants
died, then the died, then the
rabbits would foxes would live
die but not the if some rabbits
foxes? True? were left to breed.
Food Chains & Food Webs

9. There are always more
rabbits than foxes so
there is enough food for
the foxes It is because It’s because the
the rabbits do foxes are at the
not need as top of the food
much to eat. chain so they
have more energy
It’s because
the rabbits
produce more
babies
Food Chains & Food Webs

10. We will run out of We will run out
paper if we do not of trees if we do
recycle it not recycle
paper
Paper is
biodegradable
so we do not
need to recycle
it
Recycling paper
takes less
energy than
making new
paper
Recycling – Effects of the
environment

11. The cactus has spines The cactus has
so that animals do not needle-like
eat it. leaves that
reduce water
loss.
Cactus
Valley
Thick fleshy stems can The cactus has
store water and stems spines because
have chlorophyll to take they fall off and
over the process of grow into new
photosynthesis cactus plants.
Characteristics of cactus

12. H o w w o u ld y o u
im p r o v e
the s e
c onc e pt
c a rto o ns ?

13. Its
lunch Oh no!
time. It’s a snake!
I think its time
to change my
colour.
Of course. A
Do you know why Chameleon
chameleons changes its colour
change their to hide from its
colour ? predators. This act
is also called
camouflage.
DONE BY: ARAVINTH AND JARRAN

14. Camel do not A camel’s
store water in thick coat
their humps as it reflects
is commonly sunlight ,it
believed. also
insulates it
from the
intense heat
radiated
from the
desert sand.
Do you know Camel has long legs to
that camel keeps its body far from
store water the hot sands .It also
in their has large padded feet
blood? to prevent it from
sinking into the sands.
Done by :Li Huang Wei and
Lee Yao Rong Camel

15. They get their
energy by
breaking down
dead matter. I
can be
decompose
too….
We ensure
that the
earth would
I can not be
enrich covered
the soil with dead
too… matter and
animal
waste too.

16. G ro up Wo rk
- Gather in groups of 4 or 5 and assign a number to each
member of the group. (CLS: Number Heads Together)
- Duties:-
- Number 1: Controls the computer
- Number 2: Leader
- Number 3: Time Manager
- Numbers 4/5: Research Analysts
- Select a science concept and go to
www.makebeliefscomix.com
- All groups given 20 minutes to design their concept
cartoon and save the completed work under the Student
Project folder