EDST201/261AssessmentTask2

UnitSummary

Groupmembers:StephanieJordan,CaitlynGallagher,KlaireLadgrove,JemmaMcMahon.

UnitTopic: Light

Level:5&6

Standardsaddressedandabriefsentencedescribinghowtheyaretargeted.

ScienceUnderstanding:Physicalscience:Lightfromasourceformsshadowsandcanbeabsorbed,reflectedand
refracted(VCSSU080)

ScienceInquiry:
Quesoningandpredicng:
Withguidance,posequestionstoclarifypracticalproblemsorinformascientificinvestigation,and
predictwhatthefindingsofaninvestigationmightbebasedonpreviousexperiencesorgeneralrules
(VCSIS082)

Planningandconducng:
Withguidance,planappropriateinvestigationtypestoanswerquestionsorsolveproblemsanduse
equipment,technologiesandmaterialssafely,identifyingpotentialrisks(VCSIS083)

Recordingandprocessing:
Constructandusearangeofrepresentations,includingtablesandgraphs,torecord,representand
describeobservations,patternsorrelationshipsindata(VCSIS085)

Analysingandevaluang:
Comparedatawithpredictionsanduseasevidenceindevelopingexplanations(VCSIS086)

Suggestimprovementstothemethodsusedtoinvestigateaquestionorsolveaproblem
(VCSIS087)

Communicang:
Communicateideasandprocessesusingevidencetodevelopexplanationsofeventsand
phenomenaandtoidentifysimplecauseandeffectrelationships(VCSIS088)

IntegratedAreasoftheCurriculum:
English,MathemacsandArt.


StudentcentredusesofICT:IfstudentshaveaccesstoIpads

Studentswill

UnitDescription:
(Oneparagraphoutliningthekeyknowledgeandskillsdevelopedintheunitandthetypesoflearning
experiencesinwhichchildrenwillbeinvolved).

Whilstundergoingthisunitstudentswilldevelopanunderstandingoftheconceptoflight.
Throughoutthevelessonsstudentswilldevelopskillsandknowledgeonaspectsoflightso
thattheycanputtheirknowledgetowardstheirowninvesgaonsonlight.Aswellasbuilding
ontheirknowledgeandunderstandingoflightconceptsstudentswillbuildagreater
understandingofresearch,invesgangandreporngskills.

UnitScopeandSequence
Lesson
Number
and5E
Focus

Timin
g

Content&
Strategies

Key
Resources
Questions

Assessment

Lesson1:
Introduconto
thetopicoflight.
Engageand
beginningto
explore.

1hour

Studentswillbeginto
exploretheconceptof
light.Studentswillbe
givenanacvityin
whichtoengageand
acvatetheirprior
knowledge.Aer
whichstudentswill
thenbegintoexplore
aspectsthatleadonto
thenextlessons.
Studentswillbegiven
aworkbookwith
worksheetsthatthey
completethroughout
theunittoextend
theirknowledgeand
understandingonlight
anditsconcepts
Studentswillundergo
arotaongroupwhere

Whatislight?
Whatarethe
dierent
aspectsof
light?
howdowe
conductan
experiment?

Studentswillbegivena
taskinwhichshows
teacherstheirprior
knowledge.
Studentswillhavea
workbooktoworkon
throughouttheunit.
Studentsdemonstrate
theirlearningthrough
experiments.

Postitnotesfor
brainstorming
acvity.
Worksheetsfor
eachstaon.
Materialsneeded
forrotaon
experiments.

theywillconduct
experimentsbasedon
theareasoflight
Lesson2:
Students
Developingour
experiment.
Studentsacvely
Exploreand
develop
conceptsand
processes.
Studentswill
thenfurther
deepentheir
understandingof
theseconcepts
inthe
elaboraon
stage.

1hour

Liketheprevious
lessonstudentswill
undergoarotaon
groupwheretheywill
nishconduct
experimentsbasedon
theareasoflight

Howdowe
conductan
experiment?
Whatarethe
safety
requirements
when
complengand
experiment?

Rubric(presented
inbooklets).
(Allofthe
materialsusedfor
theexperiments)
Booklet(including
a
safeexperiment
worksheet)

Studentswillworkon
theirworkbook.
Studentsdemonstrate
theirlearningthrough
experiments.

Lesson3:
Elaboration:
studentswill
planandbegin
theirown
experiments
basedonthe
aspectsoflight
inwhichthey
wantedto
explore,rening
theirskillsby
obtainingmore
informaon
aboutareasof
interest.

1hour

Createawrienplan
foranexperiment.
Usingthematerials
providedbythe
teachers,studentswill
designascienc
experimenttoemita
visiblelightwave.
Studentsmaychoose
todepictAbsorpon,
Reecon,
Transmissionor
Refracon.

Whatis
happening?
Whatami
nding?

Materialsneeded
forexperiments.

Studentswillworkon
theirworkbook.

Compleng
experiments.
Reeconandshare
experiments.

Whatis
happening?
WhatamI
nding?What
havewe
learnt?
Whatwould

Materialsfor
experiments.

Assessmentwillbe
basedonthenal
experimentandits
alignmentwiththe
rubric.

Lesson4:
1hour
Elaboration:
Studentswill
nishtheir
experimentsthat
theybegunin
previouslessons.

Evaluate:
Studentswill
evaluatetheir
learning
throughoutthe
unitandshow
theclasswhere
theirknowledge
andskillshas
beenextended.
Lesson5:
Evaluate:
throughtheuse
ofatrivia
studentsand
teacherswill
reectand
evaluatetheir
learning.

wedo
dierently?

1hour

Finalquizasawayof
summave
assessment.Lile
scienstsselected
studentscan
demonstratetheir
experimentsand
explainwhattheyare
doing/whattheyhave
learnt?
Colleconofstudents
workbookstoassist
withknowledgeof
teaching/learning
success.Returnedto
school.

WhathaveI
learnt?
Wasmy
knowledgeand
understanding
extendedfrom
thisunit?

TriviaQuesons
(facilitatedby
teachersasa
wholeunit)

SummaveAssessment
(Understandingand
knowledgeofthe
conceptscoveredwill
bedeterminedinthe
alignmentwiththe
rubric)