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TERM/WEEKS: 3/ 4-9 YEAR LEVEL: 3 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Earth and Space Science
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative thinking Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural Understanding
Students create a story which Students are given the Competence
includes fiction and non- opportunity to use ICT to
fiction. create a story.
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
Story links to indigenous culture and native animals.

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSO CURRICULUM OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
N LINKS (include learner diversity)

Science Science as Science

Understand a Human Inquiry
ing Endeavour Skills

5 (ACSS (ACSI Students can Summative 1. Students are separated into groups of 4 or 5 and What activity Resource 15
U048) S058) remember 5 key A Kahoot quiz collaboratively create a list of everything they did you enjoy Story starters
learning points from can be used to learned from the previous lessons. the most?
(ACSI the topic. formally assess i. Every student should use a different Why?
S060)
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student’s colour to contribute ideas Extension
Students create a knowledge of the What did you
criteria
story detailing the content covered. Read the students a story with a theme closely related to find the most
effects of the Earth’s The quiz day and night (We All Sleep. Ezekiel Kwaymullina) interesting?
rotation on its axis. It questions will be Resource 18 Why? Resource 17
includes pictures and Story
directly related to
factual information assessment
the key learning 2. Students individually create a story that shows
about the concept. guide
points covered in the effects of Earths rotation on its axis
the topic. i. Students can use either digital or How does the
Students create a Students are physical resources to create their story earths rotation Resource 18
brainstorm of expected to get at ii. The story must include picture and effect your Indigenous story
everything they’ve least 5 answers factual information about the subject life? book
covered about the correct.
topic. 3. Quiz
Students stories i. Students participate in a Kahoot quiz
can be collected ii. 15 questions based on key learning
and compared to points from the past lessons
previous work iii. 5 true or false questions
sample to iv. 10 multiple choice questions
determine if the
new information Learner Diversity
has expanded Students who struggle to engage in creative tasks are
upon the student’s provided with story starters and a template if needed
old Resource 15
understandings.
This will allow Students are given choice to use multiple means of
the teacher to producing a story to allow students to choose a mode
determine areas that will best enable them to succeed.
that were
effective and Students that need to be extended will be asked to create
ineffective in the a scientific text book for the new year 3 students next
teaching learning year. This means that they will need to follow more
process and adjust strict criteria. Resource 16
in the future.
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Health and Safety
Students follow classroom rules and know not to be
negative to people if they don’t do as well in the quiz as
others.