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TERM/WEEKS: 4 YEAR LEVEL: 6 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science / Geological

Changes
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Behaviour Personal and Intercultural
creative thinking social Understanding
Competence
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
histories and Cultures

WEE AUSTRALIAN SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES

K/ CURRICULUM LESSON (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
LESS LINKS OBJECTIVE (include learner diversity)
ON

Science
Understanding

1 Sudden geological Using computers Have students Introduce students to the webquest, becoming What are Computers
changes and extreme or ipads students make the link to News Reporters and filming a segment on a some Ipads
weather events can are to research their spider major geological change in or around Australia. characteristi Access to
affect Earths their topic. scribe cs of news spider-scribe
surface (ACSSU096) accessible to Students (in groups of 3-4) are to choose from reporters?
Using Spider- teacher. From the list of geological changes: Black Friday
Scribe students here the Bushfires, Dec 2010 Queensland Floods, Cyclone What
are to organise teacher will Tracy, Millennium drought Droughts, Boxing day information
research on their access the Tsunamis. have you
chosen topis. standard of the been able to
students work. Individually students research topic and organise put in your
information into a mind map mind maps?

2
Sudden geological Get students to reflect on last lesson where they What did you
changes and extreme Using imovie Evaluate the researched their geological event. discover Imovie
 weather events can students design standard of about your Slid.ly
affect Earths and produce a imovie video. Students, in their groups, design a video using geological Animoto
surface (ACSSU096) video to within the Play close imovie, slid.ly or animoto. The video needs to event last
news segment. attention to focus on the causes, Long and short term effects. week?
transitions and
Students discuss audio. In the video students can be as creative as they What caused
causes, Long and like, they can include audio and special effects. your major
short term effects geological
and demonstrate event?
this in the video.
What are
some long
and short
3 term effects? . Camera
. Collaborating as a group to write a news story
Sudden geological narrative, including segments on their specific
changes and extreme
. Web Camera
. Apply research . Completion of weather events effects on surrounding areas, . How are
weather events can undertaken in the news you going to
affect Earths wildlife and habitats.
surface (ACSSU096)
previous weeks to segments that structure your
create a narrative are filmed will . Story boarding how they will place the segments filming?
new story. be placed in the within the news story, camera angles, costumes etc. Which
end project to be camera
. Using their assessed. . Incorporating at least one eye witness account angles will
knowledge of of the incident (to be performed by one of the you use, will
technology group members). it have a
(cameras and web story board?
cameras) film the . Filming the actual segments themselves to
necessary segments incorporate into the final edited project. . What are the
that would make up priority
a news report/ pieces of
news segment. information
you feel your
group need to
include in
your
presentation?

4 . I movie
. Combining the previous 3 lessons to competently . Kahoot
Sudden geological edit the final news segment, to be shown and
. Incorporate the 3 Assessing other . How are
changes and extreme
weather events can previous lessons students explained to the class (using I movie) you going to
affect Earths work into one understanding best
surface (ACSSU096)
completed and via the kahoot . Create a short yet comprehensive kahoot quiz for incorporate
edited project quiz that relates the other students in the class to complete. This your
(news segment) directly to their quiz will demonstrate how well the information presented
news segment came across in the news report and the general material into
. Create a Kahoot report. listening capabilities of the class. a kahoot
quiz to test quiz? Which
understanding from . Present the finalised news segment to the class. information
the rest of the class do you feel is
on news segment. pertinent?

. Overall how
do you feel
the project/
web quest
went? How
could you
improve it for
next time?