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TERM/WEEKS: 4/3 YEAR LEVEL: 5 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: SCIENCE

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural
thinking Competence Understanding
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

Notes about device access in the classroom: It is an assumption that iPads are readily accessible within the classroom. Each student will have access to an iPad.
WEEK/ West Australian
LESSON
Curriculum
LINKS
3/1 Science 1.
The Earth is part of a
system of planets 2.
orbiting around a star
(the sun) (ACSSU078)
Important contributions
to the advancement of
science have been made
by people from a range
of cultures. (ACSHE082)
Communicate ideas,
explanations and
processes in a variety of
ways, including multi-
modal texts. (ACSIS093)
Mathematics
Use efficient mental and
written strategies and
apply appropriate digital
technologies to solve
problems. (ACMNA291)
English
Navigate and read texts
for specific purposes
applying appropriate
text processing
strategies, for example
predicting and
confirming, monitoring
meaning, skimming and
scanning. (ACELY1702)
Use comprehension
strategies to analyse
information, integrating
and linking ideas from a
variety of print and
digital sources.
(ACELY1703)
SPECIFIC LESSON
OBJECTIVE
Research the distance of each
planet from the sun.
Create a poster detailing the
orbit of planets in order of
distance from the sun.
ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
other
(what & how) EXPERIENCES
(Introduction, Body and Conclusion)
Informal assessment Understanding planets have an order in space. Intro: Answer Garden to
using answer garden to generate interest
gauge and establish Introduction https://answergarden.ch/6227
prior knowledge.  Gain attention using answer garden. This will assist in reviewing prior 81
lessons.
Teacher will check over Body:
 Facilitate discussion about the orbit of planets and distance from the
information informally QR codes created for students
sun. Use Earth as the example.
on the popplet mind to access appropriate
maps information using Kaywa
Body http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
Summative assessment  In pairs, students will use QR codes to gather information on planets.
The minimum information to be sourced includes: popplet website to make
Rubric for poster o Order from the sun mindmaps
Key points o Distance from the sun https://popplet.com/
 Accuracy of  Information sourced will be arranged on popplet.
distance Smore to create the poster
 Using smore, students will individually create a poster with labelled https://www.smore.com/app/
 Planet order planets, in order of distance from the sun that contains the information pages/new
 Design sourced.
Conclusion: Google docs to
upload posters
 Extension: early finishers will be asked to find additional information
(how many Earth years does it take for each planet to rotate the sun?
and any other characteristics) that may be added to their poster.
iPad
Conclusion
 Students will upload a link to their smore to the class google doc.
 At least 3 groups will share their work and explain their findings
 The teacher will review the content by presenting a slideshow with the
facts
WEEK/ West Australian
LESSON
Curriculum
LINKS
3/2 Science 1.
The Earth is part of a
system of planets
orbiting around a star
2.
(the sun) (ACSSU078)
Important contributions
3.
to the advancement of
science have been made 4.
by people from a range
of cultures. (ACSHE082)
Communicate ideas,
explanations and
processes in a variety of
ways, including multi-
modal texts. (ACSIS093)
Mathematics
Use efficient mental and
written strategies and
apply appropriate digital
technologies to solve
problems. (ACMNA291)
English
Navigate and read texts
for specific purposes
applying appropriate
text processing
strategies, for example
predicting and
confirming, monitoring
meaning, skimming and
scanning. (ACELY1702)
Use comprehension
strategies to analyse
information, integrating
and linking ideas from a
variety of print and
digital sources.
(ACELY1703)
SPECIFIC LESSON
OBJECTIVE
Work out how many Earth years
it would take each planet to orbit
around the sun.
Problem solve to determine the
distance of each planet from
Earth.
Research features of each planet.
Create a word cloud for a planet
ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
other
(what & how) EXPERIENCES
(Introduction, Body and Conclusion)
Rubric for wordcloud Planets orbit! Intro: Youtube clip to re-
created introduce the planets and their
Key points Introduction orbit
 Grammar  The teacher will play a 4 minute youtube video about the planets https://www.youtube.com/wa
 Accuracy of orbiting the sun tch?v=4yzraWw8mrc
information  Students will get back into their pairs
Body:
 Design  Teacher to facilitate conversation about the Earth’s orbit to stimulate
Online encyclopedia to find
inquiry. information
https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=4yzraWw8mrc
Body
 Knowing that it takes the Earth 365 days to orbit the sun, students will Popplet website to continue
work out how many Earth years it takes each planet to orbit the sun mindmaps
 In pairs, students will problem solve to work out the distance between https://popplet.com/
each planet and Earth.
Wordart to create the
 Students are to research the following features of each planet wordcloud
o Size https://wordart.com/
o Temperature
o Length of one day Google doc. For the class to
o Length of one year upload on to.
o Distance from Earth
 Students will add features to the popplet that they created in the
Conclusion:
previous lesson. Printer to print the wordclouds
 The teacher will assign pairs a planet.
 Using all of the information gathered, students will create a wordcloud
using wordart about their assigned planet.
 Extension: early finishers will research features of the moon and add
these to popplet.
Conclusion
 Students will upload their wordcloud to the classroom google doc
 The teacher will print them out at recess/lunch and they will be
displayed in the classroom.
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LESSON
Curriculum
LINKS
3/3 Science
The Earth is part of a
system of planets orbiting
around a star (the
sun) (ACSSU078)
Important contributions to
the advancement of science
have been made by people
from a range of cultures.
(ACSHE082)
Science involves testing
predictions by gathering
data and using evidence to
develop explanations of
events and phenomena.
(ACSHE081)
Communicate ideas,
explanations and processes
in a variety of ways,
including multi-modal texts.
(ACSIS093)
Mathematics
Use efficient mental and
written strategies and apply
appropriate digital
technologies to solve
problems. (ACMNA291)
English
Navigate and read texts for
specific purposes applying
appropriate text processing
strategies, for example
predicting and confirming,
monitoring meaning,
skimming and scanning.
(ACELY1702)
Use comprehension
strategies to analyse
information, integrating and
linking ideas from a variety
of print and digital sources.
(ACELY1703)
SPECIFIC LESSON
OBJECTIVE
1. Analyse data and draw
conclusions about what life
would be like on other planets.
2. Create an avatar that could live
on assigned planet.
3. Create a film that demonstrates
features of the planet.
ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
other
(what & how) EXPERIENCES
(Introduction, Body and Conclusion)
Rubric for puppet pal My new place in space. Intro:
movie created Powtoon clip made by teacher
Key points Introduction for instruction
 Script  Teacher will play a powtoon with the class mission on it. This will outline
 Inventiveness what the students are to do. Puppet pal movie made by
teacher as an example
 Deductions  Students get back into their pairs.
about life on  Teacher generates discussion about what it would be like to live on the
Body:
another moon, based on the same facts students have on each planet. A guide to living beyond planet
planet  Teacher plays puppet pal movie made about the moon. Earth for reference
 Accuracy of  Teacher will assign each pair a planet. http://astronimate.com/article
information s/living-on-other-planets/
 Length Body
 Students will have ‘a guide to living beyond planet Earth’ Build your wild self to create
 Relevance of an avatar
avatar  Considering the living conditions of their assigned planet, students will
http://www.buildyourwildself.
create an avatar using build your wild self to live on their planet. com/
 Students will create a factual dialogue for a one-minute video about
what it is like to live on their planet. Puppet pal app to create the
 This will take into consideration the research conducted in previous video
lessons.
Conclusion:
 Video will be created using puppet pal by students
Google slides document to
upload the final work
 Extension: early finishers will repeat the process for another planet.
Conclusion
 Students will upload their video to a glass google slides document.
 The teacher will play the videos to the rest of the class.