Syllabus Suggested teaching, learning and assessment experiences

Content
WEEK 3 Lesson Number/Name: Weather changes in our lives and living things. Your Name: Kirralee Harmer
K&U, WS and Sequenced Teaching and learning activities. Instructional Assessment
DP Outcomes Objectives: Students will learn about how seasonal changes can affect our daily Approaches activities/strategies
(Append lives and living things.
content)
Using both Lesson 1 and Lesson 2, this lesson will be building upon the relevance
of Earth and the Properties within Earth.
Inquiry Question: What do you know about the changes in weather can affect our
lives. DIAGNOSTIC
ASSESSMENT
Science involves
observing, Engage: Get an idea of where the
asking questions To begin this lesson the teacher will go over the last lesson about weather changes students are at from
previous lesson by asking
about, and and see of the students know any other ways that the weather can change, how does
questions (Campbell,
describing the temperature change and what happens with the daylight hours.
Jobling & Howitt, 2021).
changes in, The students will sit in the front of the classroom watching a video on the
objects and whiteboard “Seasons | Sciences for Kids’.
events During the video the teacher will pause after each season and ask the students ENGAGE
(ACSHE013, questions about the video to see if they are understanding Reflecting on what the
ACSHE021,
- What happens to the animals in these seasons? students learnt from the
ACSHE034) video to each other
- Can any see what happens to the planets in a season?
(Campbell, Jobling &
Students are now asked to reflect on the video they just watched and turned to the
Howitt, 2021).
person next to them and tell them one thing that they learnt from watching the
Cross video.
curriculums:
English: En1-4A
Draws on an
Explore:
increasing range of After students have watched the video and discussed any new information they
have learnt about the seasons and how it can affect our animals and planets.
Syllabus Suggested teaching, learning and assessment experiences
Content
WEEK 3 Lesson Number/Name: Weather changes in our lives and living things. Your Name: Kirralee Harmer
K&U, WS and Sequenced Teaching and learning activities. Instructional Assessment
DP Outcomes Objectives: Students will learn about how seasonal changes can affect our daily Approaches activities/strategies
(Append lives and living things.
content)
skills and strategies The teacher will set up 2 stations at the front of the room, The first station will be a
to fluently read, plant sample station, and the second satiation will be a picture of animals.
view and ASSISTIVE Diagnostic Assessment:
comprehend a range TECHNOLOGY (AT)
The plant station will have samples of plants that have different experiences in Have any confession that is
of texts on less Using iPads to assist in
different seasons and same with the pictures of animals, each group will be given a observed during the
familiar topics in their learning through discussion and provide
different media and season they have to investigate what type of changes will happen to each of these the uses of a multimedia additional clarification.
technologies. living organisms. presentation (Campbell,
The students will use their iPad, to search online what happens to either a planet or Jobling & Howitt,
animal in their chosen season and to take notes of any important information they 2021). Formative Assessment
ST1-4LWS
have gathered.
Teacher to review
Describes COOPERATIVE completed presentations
observable Explain: LEARNING (Skamp & Preston, 2018).
features of Once the students gathered the information needed, they will then be asked to
Students are working in
living things and create a multimedia presentation with all the relevant information they have found.
groups for their
their
presentations
environments. Each group will then present their presentations to the class but before that the (Campbell, Jobling &
teacher will review each one to see if they have used appropriate information. Each Howitt, 2021).
ST1-2DP-T of the students should have in their presentation information about connections to
SCAFFOLDING
Uses materials, the season they were given, characteristics s and behaviours of planet or animal and
tools, and any other information they wish. The groups are encouraged to using pictures and Working in groups and
equipment to videos from the internet in their presentation’s. having discussion about
develop solutions their work.
Syllabus Suggested teaching, learning and assessment experiences
Content
WEEK 3 Lesson Number/Name: Weather changes in our lives and living things. Your Name: Kirralee Harmer
K&U, WS and Sequenced Teaching and learning activities. Instructional Assessment
DP Outcomes Objectives: Students will learn about how seasonal changes can affect our daily Approaches activities/strategies
(Append lives and living things.
content)
for a need or Evaluate and Elaborate: Reflecting on the group
opportunity.
Challenges the students to think creatively and criticality on how they are going to discussion and asking
apply their information and show that they are understanding the concept of directed questions.
Identify seasonal changes. (Campbell, Jobling &
technologies and Howitt, 2021).
When each of the groups are presentation their multimedia work, feed-back from
appropriate
their peers is encouraged after each of the presentation’s students will have time to
materials needed to
ask questions and get any clarification on areas they missed or did not understand.
realise designed
solutions
(ACTPEP005). As well as this the teacher will provide constructive feedback to each of the groups
and the groups members, to help with support the groups and their reflection on
their learning experiences. Once all the presentations are completed the students.
The teacher will conclude the lesson by reflecting on what they have learnt about
today and turned to the person next to them and tell them.
Resources
- Digital Devices (iPad)

- Plant Samples

- Animal pictures

- Notebooks