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TERM/WEEKS: Term 3, Week 4 YEAR LEVEL: 9 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: All students have access to a personal device (windows or mac). Teacher has access to computer and connected to television
for projection in each room.

WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 4, The theory of  List the key aspects of Formative Introduction Intro video:
Lesson 1 plate tectonics divergent plates assessment with  Introduction video regarding divergent plate movement and https://www.khanacade
explains global  Predict what will occur as a Plickers regarding its subsequent effects my.org/science/cosmolo
patterns of prediction of plate  Students complete an answer garden regarding what they gy-and-
result of divergent plate
geological activity movement and key astronomy/earth-
movement thought were the key points from the introductory video
and continental aspect of divergent history-topic/plate-
movement (ACSS  Understand the action of plates techtonics/v/plate-
U180) seafloor spreading tectonics-geological-
Body features-of-divergent-
 Students complete the PhET Interactive Lab activity regarding plate-boundaries
plate tectonics; focusing only on divergent plate movement
 The students then complete an experiment from Woodside PhET Interactive Lab
Australian Project Activity regarding seafloor spreading in activity
groups of three. Prior to commencing students will provide a
Equipment for
prediction of what will occur using Plickers.
experiment

Plickers Quiz
Conclusion
 Students complete a Plickers quiz at the end of the lesson
regarding key concepts of divergent plate movement.
WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 4, The theory of  Explain through a Google Doc Formative Introduction Intro video:
Lesson 2 plate tectonics what type of plate tectonic assessment with  Watch introduction video regarding Supervolcanoes https://youtu.be/S1Kby
explains global movement results in the Google Docs and  Students break in to groups of 3 or 4 to answer the following m7WYzs (from movie
patterns of Moovly regarding questions placing their answers on separate Google Docs. 2012)
formation of a volcano
geological activity students
 Create a short clip using o What is a Supervolcano
and continental understanding of Google Docs to record
movement (ACSS Moovly explaining how a one volcano formation o Why is it classified as a Supervolcano answers regarding
U180) type of plate tectonic o What type of Plate Tectonics causes the formation of volcano formation
movement occurs this
 List a real life example of a  Class discussion regarding Google Docs answers Prezi for teacher to
elaborate on content
location effected by plate
Body
tectonic movement
 Teacher uses Prezi to present further information, elaborating Moovly to create
on the three types of plate movements and what they cause individual clip
 Students create a Moovly account and individually students
QR Code Generator for
produce a short clip on Moovly of: assessment topics
o What type of tectonic movement is their favourite
o Why is it their favourite
o What occurs with the movement
o What is a structure or event this movement has
caused

Conclusion
 Students create groups that will be used for a group
assessment commencing the next lesson and in groups
students scan one QR Code in the room.
 The QR Code will outline the type of plate tectonic movement
they will need to discuss for their group assessment.
WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 4, The theory of  Analyse the effect of plate Formative Introduction Kahoot regarding the
Lesson 3 plate tectonics tectonic movement on assessment in the  Students complete a Kahoot regarding the three types of plate fundamental aspects of
explains global communities living around the form of Kahoot to movements discussed in the previous classes each type of plate
patterns of begin lesson  Watch a short Twig clip summarising plate tectonics, tectonic movement
site of movement.
geological activity
and continental  Recall the fundamental aspects Summative group
particular focus on any areas of difficulty in Kahoot
Body
movement (ACSS of each type of plate tectonic assessment on Video: https://www.twi
U180) movement through a Kahoot Moovly – students g-world.com/film/plate-
Body
 Define at least one type of to have gathered tectonics-1106/
information for  Students join their groups for assessment and create one
tectonic plate movement
each dot point group Moovly account for the assessment. Moovly to create a
(monitored on  In these groups students analyse their type of plate presentation
group Padlet) movement which is allocated to groups randomly; students
required to: Padlet to record
information gathered
o Define their particular type of plate movement
o Locate one location where an event has occurred or Snipping tool to provide
structure formed as a result of this plate movement progress
o Research the change that has occurred at the
location of their structure or event
o How is the movement of these plates monitored and
who completes this
o What adjustments have been made by communities
around the site of the plate movement
 Students are required to record the information they gather
through Padlet.

Conclusion
 Students are allocated homework on their group assessment,
each group submits a screenshot of their padlet at end of class
to monitor homework progress