Year level: 3/4 School: _______________

Learning Area: HASS Date: 29/03/2017

Lesson Focus: Polar climate Time: _____________

Curriculum focus:
- The difference between climate and weather, the main climatic zones of the world and the
similarities and differences between the climates of different places (Year 3)
- The main characteristics (e.g. climate, natural vegetation, landforms, native animals) (Year 4)

Prior knowledge/background information:

- Building on from previous work on climate.
- Students have looked into temperate, tropical, and arid climates
- Students are aware that they will be looking into polar

Lesson outcome: By the end of this lesson, all students understand what a polar climate is

On the mat

Today we are going to learn more about climates with a focus on polar climates.
Looking at our climate map, we can see that the arctic and Antarctica are part of
the polar climate.

WILF: is that you are learning facts about a polar climate.

Inform | Inspire:
You will be successful with this lesson when I can see that you have correct
responses on your worksheets and can apply this information at the very end of
our lesson into a letter.

Cuing students in from prior knowledge of climates.

Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. While the weather
can change in just a few hours, climate takes hundreds, thousands, even millions
of years to change.

Hand out worksheets

Today we will watch a short video about the polar climate. As you are watching
you are listening for the main facts and information about a polar climate.

Play video

- Model to students how to complete the worksheet by completing the first

question together.
-
Were going to do the first question together: The arctic is really cold.
Show | Share:
We are going to watch the video one more time, paying close attention as we will
be completing a quick worksheet shortly on the video.

Play video again

Try | Transfer: Invite students to work on questions 2 and 3 independently

Show | Share: Go through questions 2 and 3

2. Temperatures as low as minus seventy degrees have been recorded
3. Sometimes the warmest place to be is the water as it never gets below minus
2 degrees

Try | Transfer: Invite students to complete questions 4, 5, 6.

Show | Share: Go through questions 4, 5, 6.
4. In summer there is rain and snow, but in winter there is only snow.
5. In summer some of the sea ice melts.
6. In autumn the sun disappears and the snow returns.

Try | Transfer: Invite students to complete 7 and 8.

Show | Share: 7. In winter the days are very short and its very cold
8. In spring its just as cold as winter.

Praise and handover to Miss S.

Inform | Inspire Now we are going to imagine we are living in a polar climate. Each of us now live
in a polar climate. So now you can choose a family member or a friend to write a
letter to. The focus of your letter is about the climate. You need to take your
information of what you already know about letter writing and apply it.

The focus of your letter is about a polar climate. Some sentence starters could be:
Show | Share
- Today the temperature is
- I can see this
- The weather is very
- Because its winter I can see nothing but
- I cant wait to get back to Perth where the weather is much more

You can use your fact sheets to help you

Apply | Action: Youll be successful when I can see that you have applied what we learnt earlier in
the lesson into your letter.

Review | Review the lesson by sharing in their Kagan groups with a teacher monitoring.
Revise:

WILF: Succe
Above
Not y
 Syed Niheer Layton Rhian Shenae Haneeca Broc C

Maia Jaxson Amy Jasmine Bridget Emelia Hunter Au

Robert Lucas Princess Luke Madeline

WILF: Succ
Abov
Not
Aaditya Aleezay Capri Brooke Bella Aanika Sienna

Rose Rowan Kaiya Cobie Anika Logan Zachary R Jo

Aaliyah Jade Caydance Charlotte