Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Understanding / Earth and space sciences

Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape; daily and seasonal changes affect everyday life (VCSSU046)

Weather and Seasons Subject Based Preview Unit

Sharing What I Know About Weather and Seasons · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will share what they know about weather and seasons.
Weather Glossary · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students are going to become familiar with words that they will use during this learning sequence.
Protection from the Weather · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider different clothing to wear in different weather conditions.
Observing Clouds · Learning Opportunities
Your students will observe the clouds and make a cloud-inspired artwork.
Four Seasons: Changing Trees · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider seasonal changes and show how a tree might look during different seasons.
Two Seasons: Shelter from the Rain · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider how we know rain is coming and create a rain shelter for a figurine.
Animals in Winter · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn how animals stay warm in Winter and draw a monster wearing clothes to keep it warm in cold weather.
Sharing What I Learnt About Weather and Seasons · Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will share what they have learnt during this learning sequence by adding, removing or changing what they wrote or drew on their 'What I Know' sheet.

The Changing World Change Preview Unit

Changing Seasons · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider how our lives change as a result of the changing seasons.
Habit of Mind: Questioning And Posing Problems · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be introduced to the Habit of Mind of Questioning and Posing Problems.

Great and Small Connections Preview Unit

Butterflies: Seasons and Changes · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider how places change and how we need to adapt to those changes.

Our Sustainable World Sustainability Preview Unit

Sustainable Calendar: Saving Energy · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider sustainable ways to stay warm and stay cool.
Sustainable Calendar: Fruit Salad · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider which seasons different fruits grow in their region.
Our Sustainability Handbook · Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will use one of the words from the Word Wall to write a sentence about sustainability.