Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Understanding / Science as a human endeavour
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives (VCSSU073)
The Journey to Discovery Discovery Preview Unit |
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The Concept of Discovery
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will consider the difference between finding something and a scientific discovery. |
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Building a Thermoscope
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn how liquids and gases change when they are heated or cooled as they build a thermoscope. |
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Immersion
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be introduced to different scientific discoveries and work together to sort them into chronological order. |
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Habit of Mind: Responding with Wonderment and Awe
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will consider why it is important to respond with wonderment and awe when experiencing something unexpected as they learn about accidental discoveries. |
Think Global Act Local Sustainability Preview Unit |
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Changing Environments Over Time
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider changes to the environment over time. |
Reversible & Irreversible Changes Subject Based Preview Unit |
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Reversible Changes: Water Filter Experiment
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will observe reversible changes as they conduct a water filter experiment. |
Journey to the Red Planet Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit |
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Assessment
· Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research. |
Entrepreneurial Thinking Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit |
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Assessment
· Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research. |
Solids, Liquids, and Gases Subject Based Preview Unit |
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Building a Water Distiller
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about condensation as they build a water distiller and conduct an experiment. |