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TERM/WEEKS: Term 1, week 7 YEAR LEVEL: Year 1 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science – weather

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

Notes about device access in the classroom:

The device access in the classroom must be easily accessible for the students who are designated iPads for their activity and the
following apps:
- Kahoot app
- Book creator app
- Internet access for further research, if required
WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT
LESSON Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES and other
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Lesson 1. Learning area: Objective 1: Assessment: Introduction:

Science Create a book, using The type of  Students will be asked to take a seat on the mat
Week 7, book creator. assessment on their coloured dots.
Term 1 Science Showcasing the different tools and  “Good morning year 1’s, today we will be
Understanding - types of weather collection
learning about the weather. Does anyone know
Earth and space method that I
sciences: Objective 2: will use in this what weather is, or what weather might look
Observable Name and describe the lesson will be: like?”
changes occur in different types of Formative  As students are answering the question, teacher Smart Board -
the sky and weather conditions assessment: is to create a mini brainstorm on the board https://www.youtub
landscape (sunny, cloudy, rainy and using Kahoot at about weather (possible vocabulary of e.com/watch?v=e5U
(ACSSU019). windy) the start of the TaPV-DIg
weather).
lesson to check
Objective 3: for  After the brainstorm and discussion play the
Create a short video, understanding ‘weather song’ (3 minutes, 35 seconds).
demonstrating simple of weather  Introduce a Kahoot about weather, this will
picture slideshow allow the teacher to be able to assess and check
techniques, showcasing Informal for understanding, to see what students may
the different types of assessment:
already know about weather. Acknowledging
weather Using the
informal that some students are weaker at reading, Easily accessible
assessment making sure the Kahoot is simple and easy iPads for each
strategy, the enough to be answered (small sentences or 5 – student in group 1
teacher will 6 words for each question).
pose questions
to the students. Body:
Their answer  Students will be separated into 3 groups.
will determine  Group 1 students will complete the first activity
whether or not outside. The students are to take pictures of the
the student has different signs of whether conditions they can
a sound see outside. (sunny, clouds, wind etc)
understanding  Group 2 students will remain inside to complete
of weather and
a table top activity which will involve the
the use of the
ICT tools, Book students to create their own sensory weather
Creator and book, drawing pictures using different materials
Kahoot. for collaging etc (hands on).
 Group 3 students will also remain inside to
complete an activity which will involve the
students to create a weather mobile that will be
hung from the roof of the classroom, using
fishing life (hands on).
 Students in group 1 (outside) will then come
back to the classroom to create a digital book
using the ICT tool, book creator to create a book
of their photos they took outside of the
different ‘weather’ conditions.
 The groups will rotate through and have a turn
at each activity.
 The main focus for this lesson is for the students
to experience how to use book creator creating
a book about weather using the different tools
and format settings to create a book on the app
Boom Creator.

Conclusion:
 Bring all students back to the mat.
 Call up a few students from each group to show
the class what they did in their activity.
 o Show the digital books from book
creator, weather mobiles and weather
book using art materials.
 Ask the class to share three things they learnt
during the lesson
 Finish the lesson with a book. Read ‘Elmer’s Elmer’s Weather –
Weather’ – David McKnee. David McKnee