Victorian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Science / Science Inquiry Skills / Questioning and predicting
Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events (VCSIS050)
Stimulating Science Change Preview Unit |
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The Concept Of Change
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be immersed into changes in the world around them. |
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Earth And Space: Daily Weather
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about different weather conditions as they predict the weather for the following day. |
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Earth And Space: Seasons And Months
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn the seasons as they sing along to the 'Seasons Song'. |
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Earth And Space: Celery Experiment
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider what might happen if there was no freshwater as they conduct an experiment to see how plants absorb water. |
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Immersion
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be immersed into science as they participate in experiments. |
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What I Have Learnt About Science
· Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will record what they have learnt during this unit. |
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Introducing The Unit
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn what they will be doing during this learning sequence. |
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Biology: Features And Needs Of Plants
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will study the biology of plants as they draw a plant and identify the features and needs of plants. |
Tip Toe Through Our World Sustainability Preview Unit |
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Reducing Packaging
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about ways to reduce the amount of packaging they accumulate. |
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Describing Water
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will use adjectives to describe water. |
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Reusing Rubbish
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn the value of reusing items to make new things as they reuse a container to make a pot for a plant. |
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Digging Up Our Rubbish
· Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will dig up the rubbish they buried at the beginning of the learning sequence to identify the extent of decomposition. |
Robot Buddies Creativity Preview Unit |
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Analysing Objects
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to analyse the design process and materials used to build an object. |
Hidden Wonders 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. |
Light and Sound Discovery Preview Unit |
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Building Instruments: Percussion
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn how different objects move and make sounds depending on their size and shape as they build maracas. |