FORWARD PLANNING DOCUMENT

TERM/WEEKS: Term 2,
Week 6

YEAR LEVEL: 1

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science- Sense of Sight

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

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

WEEK
/
LESS
ON

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS
Science
Underst
anding

We
ek
6,
Les
son
2

Living
beings
have a
variety
of
external
features
ACSSU
017

Scie
nce
as a
Hum
an
Ende
avou
r

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMEN
T
(what &
how)

Students are able to

define an optical
illusion.

The teacher will

take anecdotal
notes as students
make colour
wheels and the
teacher will record
students
responses to key
questions to
record if they have
grasped the
concepts being
taught. Students
posters can also
be assessed.

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

KEY
QUESTION
S

RESOURCES

Scien
ce
Inquir
y
Skills

Students are able to

explain how optical
illusions mislead our
brain.
Students are able to
justify the colour
that they can see
whilst spinning a
colour wheel.

Students will go on the iPads and look at optical illusions on the following
website

What colours
do you see?

http://www.optics4kids.org/home/content/illusions/

Does it
matter which
direction, or
how fast you
spin the
wheel?

Then the class will come back to the mat to have a class discussion about
what optical illusions are, what they saw on the website, what they liked
and disliked and how they enjoyed using the iPads.
Then the teacher will then introduce and explain the Colour Whee Activity.
It will flow as follows 1.
2.
3.
4.

Teacher has already divided the paper plates into six equal
sections, using the ruler and a pencil.
Students are encouraged to paint the segments in whichever
colours they choose. For example yellow and red.
Students can then push a pencil through the centre of their plate
and rub it in their hands to make the plate spin around.
Students observe what colours they see when their plate spins;
they can experiment with other colours by creating more plates
and testing those too.

Does it
matter what
colours are
next to each
other?

iPad for each

student or in
pairs.
White paper
plates.
Ruler and pencil.
Paint brushes
and paint in the
following
colours, red,
orange, yellow,
green, blue and
purple.
Pencils to stick

At the end of the activity, students will stick their colour wheels to
cardboard and write what colour it appears when it spins, for example My
wheel is yellow and blue, but when it spins it looks green! Then these
posters will be hung around the classroom.

through and use

and spinners.