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TERM/WEEKS: 1 YEAR LEVEL: 5 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Earth and Space Sciences

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities: Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative thinking Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Competence Sustainability Intercultural Understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures

WEEK/ LESSON

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM LINKS

Science Understand ing Science as a Human Endeavour Science Inquiry Skills

SPECIFIC LESSON OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT (what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING EXPERIENCES (include learner diversity)

RESOURCES

(ACSS U078)

Students must get a mark of 5/10 or above on the DiscoveryKids Quiz Students use snipit to save images of the information provided by the quiz

Teacher records score of quiz once it has been completed Teacher checks student drive folders to make sure students have saved their snipits and marks it off on a list

INTRODUCTION - Students gather on the mat - Teacher introduces the topic of the solar system - Play YouTube video - Discuss what they know about the solar system now PROCEDURE - Students complete DiscoveryKids Quiz on the computers - Students are encouraged to answer the questions as best as they can - Students use snipit to capture the part on the screen that displays information after answering the question - Students save the snipit image in a folder under their name on the student drive Learner Diversity - Students who finish early may complete the DiscoveryKids puzzle CONCLUSION - Teacher gathers students quiz marks - Students gather on mat and review INTRODUCTION - Review previous lesson - Discuss what students learnt - Discuss lesson objectives for todays lesson PROCEDURE - Students choose a planet that they wish to investigate

The Solar System Song: http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=B Z-qLUIj_A0 DiscoveryKids Quiz: http://kids.discove ry.com/quizzes/sp ace/our-planets DiscoveryKids Puzzle: http://kids.discove ry.com/puzzles/sp ace

(ACSS U078)

(ACSIS 093)

Students create a mind map using SpiderScribe Students research a chosen planet from the solar system

Students export their mind map and save it to the student share drive where the teacher can access it for

iPads SpiderScribe

using instaGrok Students must identify how long their chosen planet takes to orbit the sun

marking using a checklist Teacher checks students off a list to identify whether they have stated in their mind map how long their chosen planet takes to orbit the sun Students save images in their student folder where teacher can access it to check completion of task Teacher uses rubric to mark whether students have completed task as either still progressing, satisfactory, or beyond satisfactory

Using the iPads, students conduct research online using instaGrok - Use snipit images from last lesson and research from todays lesson to make a mind map in SpiderScribe on their chosen planet CONCLUSION - Students export mind maps and save it to the student share drive so that teacher can view them - Students write a journal entry on what they learnt about their lesson and what they still wish to learn

instaGrok

(ACSS U078)

ACSIS 090) (ACSIS 093)

Students will save at least three images from their Britannica image quest

INTRODUCTION - Lesson is conducted in the computer lab Students are introduced to the lesson objectives PROCEDURE

Computers Britannica

Students are seated behind their own computer Proceed to conduct an image quest on Britannica Save at least three images in the student folder

Students will create a Glogster using the information recorded on their mind map and the images saved from the image quest

Use information gathered of previous lessons and images saved to create a Glogster CONCLUSION - Ask for volunteers to share their Glogsters with the rest of the class - Discuss what information students put on their Glogsters and why

(ACSIS 093)

Students will communicate their knowledge of a chosen planet using Prezi

Students present their Prezi to the class and teacher marks using rubric

INTRODUCTION - Lesson is conducted in the computer lab - Discuss lesson objectives PROCEDURE - Students are given a rubric and work individually on their Prezis - Students use information collected and knowledge obtained over the past three lessons to create their Prezis - Students include the images and Glogster poster they created in

Computers Prezi

their Prezis CONCLUSION - Students save and share Prezis with the rest of the class (this will take more than one lesson so it will be spread out over the rest of the week)