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WEEK: 1 of 5 ENGAGE TOPIC: The planets and their distance from the sun
GENERAL CAPABILITIES
Critical and Creative Personal and Social
Literacy Numeracy ICT Capability Ethical Understanding
Thinking Capability
CROSS CURRICULUM PRIORITIES
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability

SCSA LINKS
Science LEARNER
Science Science as a Human TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES RESOURCES
Inquiry DIVERSITY
Understanding Endeavour
Skills
Earth & Space Nature & Development of Enabling – Have Motivation and Lesson Introduction:
Sciences - The Science – Science involves prompting
earth is part of a testing predictions by questions at each
• Get students to complete the ‘Fill in the Blank’ worksheet to Fill in the blank worksheet
system of planets gathering data and using station recap on the previous lesson
orbiting around a evidence to develop • Show students cut out pictures of each planet one at a time and PowerPoint Slides
star (the sun) explanations of events and Extending – get them to guess which planet you are showing them
(ACSSU078) phenomena and reflects Assist enabling
o Provide clues if needed Paper planet cut outs
historical and cultural students with
contributions (ACSHE081) research (pre- • Introduce lesson topic and lesson objectives to the students
planned groups) • Have students complete the diagnostic assessment – KWL KWL Chart
LESSON OBJECTIVES • Go through the KWL chart answers with the class
o Take some of the ‘W’ questions and write them on the White board
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Identify and order the planets from closest to furthest from board for students to use as ‘research guides’
E.g., “Can humans live on Venus?” or “How long would it take to travel to White board markers
the sun
• Describe characteristics of their allocated planet including Mars from Earth?”
• Students will be placed into small groups of 3 and will be Station worksheets
name, weather, structure/surface, and features
allocated a planet on their grouping card
• Go through the safety considerations with the class Planet Info Station Sheets
ASSESSMENT (DIAGNOSTIC)
• Fill in the blank Lesson Development: Student science glossaries
o To recap on previous lesson content (sun, moon, • In small groups of 3, students will move to a station that focuses
and earth) on their allocated planet. Allow at least 15-20 minutes for iPads
• KWL chart students to work at their station
o To elicit prior knowledge from previous, engage • Each station has an information sheet that requires students to
lesson that focused on the sun, moon, and the earth read, use iPads to visit websites to research, and an activity for
(orbits) students to complete related to their allocated planet
o To find out what students already know about the Stations:
planets and solar system Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

Teacher Reflection: Lesson Closure:

• How well did students work within their groups?
• Were there any behaviour issues that need to be
addressed?
• Did students meet the lesson objectives? Why/why not?
• How could this lesson be improved for next time?
• Students are required to pack away their stations and return to
their normal seats
• Students are to think, pair, share with the person sitting next to
them and discuss what planet they researched, one interesting
fact about their planet, and the activity they completed
• Hand one student from each planet group a paper cut out of
their planet
• Have students order themselves closest to the sun to furthest
from the sun in front of the class