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 |
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Sharing What I Know About Weather and Seasons
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will share what they know about weather and seasons. |
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Weather Glossary
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students are going to become familiar with words that they will use during this learning sequence. |
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Protection from the Weather
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider different clothing to wear in different weather conditions. |
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Observing Clouds
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will observe the clouds and make a cloud-inspired artwork. |
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Four Seasons: Changing Trees
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider seasonal changes and show how a tree might look during different seasons. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Changing Seasons
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider how our lives change as a result of the changing seasons. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sustainable Calendar: Saving Energy
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider sustainable ways to stay warm and stay cool. |
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Sustainable Calendar: Fruit Salad
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider which seasons different fruits grow in their region. |
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Our Sustainability Handbook
· Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will use one of the words from the Word Wall to write a sentence about sustainability. |