FORWARD PLANNING DOCUMENT

TERM/WEEKS: Term2 Week1 YEAR LEVEL: Five LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science – Biological Sciences

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 Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

Notes about device access in the classroom: Students will have access to iPads

Lesson WA Curriculum Specific Lesson Assessment Teaching and Learning Experiences Resources
Links Objectives
Using Popplet Formative Introduction Popplet
Living things have  Explain what an Assessment- Observe Divide students into three groups of six and give each An interactive mind map tool that students can
structural features students working and group an environment focus topic. The Australian desert, a use to brainstorm ideas and upload to their
adaptation is
eucalypt forest, and the Snowy Mountains. Provide iBook
and adaptations  Recall living things engagement
students with two or three QR codes linked to videos. Students use their Science iBook as a portfolio
that help them to throughout class
have adaptations Video one describes adaptions and videos two and three to continually add their work to throughout
survive in their time discuss animals and animal adaptions from their assigned the year
Lesson environment suited to their
Australian environments. QR Code Videos
One (ACSSU043) natural environment Summative Body Adaptation
 Describe specific Assessment- Review Have students start by watching the video on adaption. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVaF-
Communicate ideas, adaptations animals students work on Get them to open a Popplet and start creating a mind map O0cVoo
explanations and presented Popplet in on what adaption is and different kinds of adaption ie. Desert
have in the behavioural and physical. Next tell students that they are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLiOMBz
processes using iBook.
environment going to become experts on adaption of a specific mxXw
scientific
provided environment in Australia. Have students watch video/s on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DZnx1m
representations in a
their assigned environment and add to the Popplet specific Gyq4
variety of ways, features or behaviours animals require in that Eucalypt Forest
including multi- environment. This can be discussed within their groups. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h5mZRb
modal texts 2fk0
(ACSIS093) Conclusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk4BA6e
Have students upload their completed Popplet to their DwuU
science iBook. Let students know that next lesson they will Snowy Mountains
be creating their own animals so to keep in mind the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfcrxLk6Q
adaptions they will want their animals to have Ss