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TERM/WEEKS: 1 YEAR LEVEL: 2 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: The students will be in pairs and share an IPad to work together to research and collect images for the first rotation. The Kahoot
assessment at the end of the lesson will be individual, with each student having an IPad. The teacher will need a smartboard for Kahoot.
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WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 1 Understanding 1. Research the four life stages of Formative Introduction Intro:
Lesson 1 Biological a butterflies’ life cycle and take assessment at the  Students will be seated on the mat in order to start the The book ‘The Very
sciences- Living notes. end of the lesson lesson. Hungry Caterpillar’ by
things grow, using Kahoot to  The teacher will explain to students the purpose of the lesson Eric Carle
change and 2. Gather images about the life check students
and what they should be able to achieve by the end of this
have offspring cycle of a butterfly by using the understanding
similar to website Pexels. about the life cycle lesson.
themselves of a butterfly.  The teacher will read the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’
(ACSSU030) 3. Create a collage about the life by Eric Carle
cycle of a butterfly by effectively  The teacher will question students about what was read...
using PicCollage. “What types of fruit did you see?”
“What happened to the caterpillar?”
4. Match the picture cards to the
words cards. “What did the egg turn into?”
Body:
Body Station 1
Rotation 1 Life cycle of a butterfly
 The teacher will demonstrate how to use Pexels & PicCollage. information:
 The students will research the life cycle of a butterfly and take https://www.natgeokids
notes about the name of each stage and what it includes. .com/au/discover/anima
ls/insects/butterfly-life-
cycle/
 The students will research images on Pexels and save them to PicCollage
the camera roll so they can be used in their collage. Image collections: Pexels
 Students will then create a collage using PicCollage. https://www.pexels.com
/
Rotation 2 Station 2
 Students will create different fruits with playdough. Playdough
 They will then form the letters using playdough to make the
name of the fruit. Station 3
Paint brushes, paint
Rotation 3 pots, paint, art smocks,
 There will be paint brushes, paint pots filled with paint and A3 A3 paper
paper set up at the table.
 Students will need to be wearing an art smock for this
activity.
 Students will paint their favourite fruit using the materials
provided then explain using describing words what they
painted. Station 4
Matching cards
Rotation 4
 There will be laminated cards at this station.
 Students will find the matching pairs of cards.
 The cards will include different images such as a butterfly,
caterpillar, apple, banana, leaf ect
 The students will need to find the card that has the word of
the picture and match them together. Conclusion:
Kahoot:
Conclusion https://kahoot.it/
 Students will be asked to stop what they are doing, pack away
and make their way to the mat with an iPad.
 The teacher will question the students about their research
done in the first station by using Kahoot.