TELSTAR Inquiry Overarching Question What is climate? An ho! oes it a"ect me?

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Inquir
y
$hase
s
%uiing
Questions
Resources Teaching strategies an &rocesses
'(ontent ieas an sequence)
Phase
1
Tune
In
What o I alreay
*no! a+out
climate an
!eather?
- ,WL (hart
- White+oar
-ar*ers
- .igital
Resource
a+out climate
- /ournal
- Sho! stuents a short cli& a+out climate a
!eather '0oo*)
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- (om&lete a ,WL chart 'What I ,no!9 What I
!ant to *no! an !hat have I learnt?) as a
class teacher guie
- Stuents com&lete a short :ournal entry
a+out !hat they thin* they are going to
learn a+out this term9 as !ell as toays
lesson this is iniviual
Phase
2
Explor
e
What o climates
loo* li*e?
- $re;i
- (om&uter
- Interactive
!hite+oar
- /ournal
- Wor*sheet2s
- Stuents colour in a !orl ma& to e&ict
&olar an equatorial ;ones3
- Stuents &artici&ate in a teacher le
activity <eaturing $re;i
- Stuents iniviually ans!er questions on
the !or*sheet &rovie 'Iniviual
learning)
- $artici&ate in sel<=re>ection on the
in<ormation they learnt an !hat they
+elieve climates loo* li*e3 An res&on to
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the ?nal questions on the +oar= iniviual
Phase
3
Look
What o you
thin* Australia@s
climate is?
- (om&uters
- Wor*+oo*s
- Aenn .iagram
- White+oar
- -ar*ers
- 7oo*s
- /ournal
- Teacher +rings u& a slie sho! !ith images
o< Antarctica an com&letes hal< the Aenn
iagram !ith the stuents (olla+orative
learning
- Teacher then +rainstorms !ith the stuents
a+out ieas o< !hat Australia@s climate is9
&ossi+ly loo*ing outsie <or ieas
colla+orative an teacher guie
- Stuents then com&lete other hal<
com&leting their o!n iniviual research on
Australia@s climate !hether it +e on
com&uters or in +oo*s
- (lass comes +ac* together to com&lete the
mile section 'same) colla+oratively3
Teacher guie
Phase
4
Sort
What is
Australia@s
(limate?
- (om&uter
- Art su&&lies
- Each stuent receives a state !hether it +e
Western Australia9 Borthern Territory9
Queenslan etc9 they must research their
state an &resent their ?nings on the
climate o< that state
- Stuents learn iniviually
- $resent to the class their &ro:ects once
com&lete
- Teacher guies !ith questions
Phase
5
Test
0o! oes
Australia@s
climate e"ect its
&eo&le an
&eo&le e"ect
climate?
- %uest
s&ea*er2s
- Bote +oo*s
- /ournals
- $ens an
&a&er
- %uest s&ea*ers come in '<armers9 miners9
city council mem+ers9 ?sheries)
- Tal* to stuents a+out the climate an its
e"ect on their !or*
- Teacher guies +y ?ltering the questions
that are as*e
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- Teacher as*s questions a+out !hat is
a"ecting climate 'ru++ish9 littering9 car=
&ooling to &revent greenhouse gasses)
- Once s&ea*ers have le<t teacher can
reiterate some o< the core learning <rom the
s&ea*ers i3e recycling etc
- Stuents can then re>ect
Phase
6
Act
What can I o to
hel& +etter our
climate?
- Artsu&&lies
- $ens an
&a&er
- /ournals
- Stuents can ma*e &osters to hang aroun
the school to hel& their school start
recycling more9 saving !ater9 car=&ooling to
save on some materials that can a"ect our
climate
- 0ave stuents +rain storm some ieas
a+out ho! they can hel& the environment
an ma*e it more sustaina+le
- 0el& stuents to &ut these ieas into action
to ma*e the school more climate !ise3
Phase
7
Refec
t
0o! oes the
climate a"ect me
at home an
!hat can I o to
lo!er my im&act
on climate?
What is climate?
- /ournals
- &o!er&oint
- Stuents then re>ect in their :ournals a+out
!hat they have learnt in the term as !ell as
ho! they can change things at home to
+etter suit the environment an ho!
climate e"ects their house hol3
- $ut together a small &o!er&oint on the
climates they li*e3
- $ut together a &o!er&oint on one o< the
&laces aroun the !orl in !hich they
!oul li*e to visit an eC&erience its
climate3
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