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TERM/WEEKS: Term 2
Week 3

YEAR LEVEL: Pre

Primary

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science/ Exploring my

5 senses

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK/
LESSO
N

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Science
Understan
ding

Week 3 Science
Lesson involves
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Explore
and
make

Scie
nce
as a
Hu
ma
n
End
eav
our

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

KEY
QUESTIONS

RESOURCES

Science
Inquiry
Skills

Name and describe

at least one of the
five senses.

Observe and
take anecdotal
notes.

*All four lessons are based on the different senses

and how kids use their senses in their everyday
lives. This lesson will focus on one of the senses
which is touch. During each lessons students will
contribute to their own books on Book creator.
Introduction:
Introduce subject.
Play the five senses song so that kids can
join along.
Discuss the different type of senses.
Show an example of a book created.
Procedure:

Name one
5 Senses video
thing that you
have enjoyed
in this lesson. QR Codes that
contains
What have
different
you learned
pictures:
in this
cactus, bunny
lesson?
rabbits,
feathers, etc
iPads
Book Creator
app

observati
ons by
using the
senses.
(ACSIS0
11)

Students will use QR reader on iPads to

scan QR code that was set up around the
classroom that contains different pictures
such as cactus, bunny rabbits, feathers, etc.
A sensory table will be set up for the
students with all the different type of
sensory materials such as sand, bouncy
balls, glues, etc. so that students get the
chance to explain how things feel.
They will discuss how these feels with their
peers and teacher.

Lesson Closing:
Class comes back together on the mat and
students are seated in a circle.
Ask students to share what they have
touched and how they feel about it and
share or show around what they have
created in their Book Creator and what they
like the most.
Teacher will explain next lesson okay pre
primarys we will be adding more taste
sense to our book next week so that
students can start to think about what are
the tastes that they have or know.

Qr Code reader
app
Sensory table:
sand, bouncy
balls, glues,
etc.