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TERM/WEEKS: Term 2 YEAR LEVEL: 5 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science

Week 1-4

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and creative Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural Understanding
thinking Competence
Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON LINKS OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
(include learner diversity)
Science Science as Science
Understand a Human Inquiry
ing Endeavour Skills
Lesson EARTH COMMU At the end of this lesson, Motivation and Introduction (5 Mins)
AND NICATIN students will:
One
SPACE G -Teacher will introduce the unit, explain our roles as scientists and
Our SCIENCES -Work collaboratively to iPad.
how we will use our data and observations to make decisions
Solar record what they think they -A whole class
The Earth Communi know about our solar brainstorm, using
along the way.
System
is part of cate system. Popplet mind map. -Teacher will pick groups of four for students to work in (one iPad
a system ideas, per group). Teacher will assign roles in group (Scribe- records
of planets explanati -Observe and record -Findings and observations. Techie, who is responsible for collecting and
orbiting ons and findings on the sun and observations recorded returning the iPad, Speaker-who asks teacher or other students
around a processes planets of our solar system. in journal (book creator) for help and Manager, who keeps everyone on time.)
star (the using
sun) (ACS scientific -Reflect (through a -Class discussion,
Lesson Steps (40 Mins).
SU078) represent discussion) on the teacher observation
k ations in differences between what
a variety they thought they knew and -Have everyone log onto a class Webquest created by the teacher How many planets Popplet (iPad app)
of ways, what they observed. and follow the link to Popplet, where each group will develop a are there?
including mind-map on what they already know about the solar system. Let What do you know Book Creator (iPad
multi- the students know they have 10 minutes to make their mind-map. about them? app)
modal The teacher may create bubbles for each of the sun and the
texts (ACS different planets so students can brainstorm what they know
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about each one. The Teacher may use prompting questions to get
students to think about what they already know.

-Next, the teacher will instruct students to take a screenshot of the

mind map, which will be used as their first piece of data in a book Solar System Scope:
that as a group, they will be creating in the app, Book Creator. http://www.solarsyste
The teacher will also briefly explain to students how to set up a mscope.com/
new book in Book Creator.
-The teacher will then direct students to a link that will take them
to the website, Solar System Scope. The teacher will let them know
that they have 25 five minutes to explore the different planets and
record three things in their book creator about each of them: the
name of the planet, its order from the sun (1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.) and
one interesting thing they didnt know about it before.

Lesson Closure 15 Mins

- The teacher will then guide a discussion on what we learnt -What did you
observe?
today, as well as the difference between what we thought we
-Was it different
knew and what we observed. from what you
-Class will return their iPads and make their way to lunch. thought you would
find? Why?

Learner Diversity

-Fast finishing groups will be given more complicated data to collect i.e.
which of the planets are gas giants, how many moons does each have,
what is the temperature like?
-For students struggling with Solar System Scope, teacher will provide a
diagram on the whiteboard with the same basic information.
Lesson EARTH COMMU Motivation & Introduction (10 mins) iPad.
AND NICATIN - Students can identify that - Kahoot quiz results
2
SPACE G all planets revolve around - The class will first be instructed to break up into groups from the Kahoot
Orbitin SCIENCES the sun and identify every previous week. The teacher will assign new roles to each group member; https://kahoot.it/#/
g! planet in order. scribe, techie, speaker, manager and distribute an iPad to each group
The Earth Communi - Class completes the Kahoot quiz on previous lesson in their groups and
is part of cate - Students will be able to - Findings and the results will be discussed as a class.
a system ideas, observe and record that the observations recorded - Teacher introduces the subject for today, solar orbiting; years, and
of planets explanati further the planet is from in journal (book creator) outline how we will use our data and observations to make decisions
orbiting ons and the sun, the longer its orbit throughout the lesson.
around a processes
star (the using - Students will be able to - Class discussion, Lesson Steps (40 mins)
sun) (ACS scientific reflect on what they thought teacher observation
SU078) represent they knew and what they 15mins
k ations in discovered - Have everyone log onto the class webquest and follow the link to orbits. Drawing Pad (iPad
a variety Let the students know they have 5 minutes to use the Drawing Pad on the app)
of ways, iPad to draw how they think the planets move around the solar system.
including Each group shows their drawing to the class and explains their thinking. Do the planets go
multi- The teacher can use prompting questions to help students. For example, around the sun?
modal what is at the centre of the solar system? How?
texts (ACS - The teacher instructs students to take a screenshot of their drawing and Book Creator (iPad
IS093) add it to book creator. app)

25mins
- The teacher hands out an activity sheet to each group, splits the class Activity Sheet
into larger groups of 8 (2x smaller groups of 4) and roles (1x timer, 1x
recorder, 1x sun, 5x planets).
- The class will then be given instructions on how to complete the activity
and that they will have to do so outside on the oval. The students will also
have to bring an iPad for each small group.
- The class will then move outside to the oval.
- Each group will complete the activity and records their measurements on
the activity sheet.
- The representative from each smaller group will then use Popplet to Popplet (iPad app
record key observations (e.g. the sun is the centre of the solar system and
the further away you are the longer it takes).
- The group member will then take a screen shot of the Popplet and
upload it to the groups Book Creator.

Lesson Closure (15 mins)

- The class will then come together (still outside) and teacher will guide a
discussion on what was learnt in the lesson, and reflect on what they
thought they knew and what they observed, based on the class popplet.
- The class will then return back to the classroom and put iPads away.

Learner Diversity

-Students digitally struggling can use paper to do their drawing,

-Students can rely on their peers observations to come to conclusions they
 did not get to themselves.

Lesson EARTH COMMU

AND NICATIN - Students will be able to - Kahoot quiz results. Motivation & Introduction (10 mins)
3
SPACE G identify that each planet -Collect iPads.
SCIENCES rotates on an axis - Class break up into groups of 4 from previous lessons and the teacher iPad.
will assign new roles to each group member; scribe, techie, speaker,
The Earth Communi - Students are able to - Completion of the manager, The teacher will also provide each group with an iPad and 1
is part of cate answer (via survery) why survey monkey. Teacher computer.
a system ideas, Earths day is 24hrs and that will review answers after - Teacher introduces subject for today; axis of rotation and outline how we
of planets explanati other planets days vary in class. will use out data and observations to create our findings throughout the
orbiting ons and comparison lesson
around a processes - Teacher guides discussion and reflection on what has been learned in
star (the using the 2 previous lessons. (Questions such as, how many planets are there,
sun) (ACS scientific name the planets, what is the centre of our solar system?).
SU078) represent
k ations in
a variety Lesson Steps (40 mins)
of ways,
including 10 mins
multi- - Class moves outside for an introduction and demonstration. Teacher
modal introduces the concept of axis of rotation and that each planet rotates as it
-What do you think
texts (ACS orbits the sun. 1 rotation = 1 day. Students are prompted to answer
will happen?
IS093) questions about Earths rotation (how long does it take for earth to rotate
(hypothesis)
and which way does the earth rotate).
-What did you
- Teacher explains that each planet rotates as they orbit. The teacher will
observe?
use students to represent planets and the sun, demonstrating that they
-What conclusions
rotate whilst orbiting around the sun. Students will make their own
can we draw?
observations and record them.
- class returns to classroom and sits with their group at their computer Computer.
with the iPad
Solar System Scope
30 mins
- The teacher will instruct each group to log onto the class webquest and
navigate to the axis of rotation section. Let the students know they have 25
minutes to explore solar system scope to answer the questions through Survey Monkey
survey monkey on the webquest (survey monkey on computer, Solar
system scope on iPad).
- The teacher will instruct students that they are allowed to use calculator
to answer questions if needed.
- Students to submit answer to survey monkey once completed.

Kahoot
Lesson Closure (15 mins)
-What have we
- As a class, the teacher leads a discussion of what they have learned over
learnt?
the past 2 lessons. Teacher will prompt discussion with questions such as;
whats the centre of our solar system? What is the distance of the sun to
orbit time, as well as Earths orbit time?
- The teacher will then instruct each student to login into a computer and
 complete a Kahoot quiz on orbits and rotation. The Kahoot quiz code will
be found on the classs webquest.
- Teacher informs students on what they will be focussing on in the next
lesson, distances between planets and inform them briefly of the outdoor
activity.
The teacher will then assess the results of the kahoot quiz and survey
monkey after class to determine the development of the students.

Learner Diversity Earth's Rotation &

-High achievers will be given more difficult things to observe. i.e. do you Revolution: Crash
think the planets could ever crash into each other? How long do you think Course Kids 8.1
a day is on each planet? (https://www.youtube.
-Those struggling with Solar System Scope or the ideas can focus on com/watch?v=l64Yw
Earths rotation with a video. Nl1wr0)

Lesson EARTH COMMU -Students will be able to -Each groups findings Motivation & Introduction (10 mins)
AND NICATIN calculate and compare the recorded into the class
4
SPACE G distance between two Popplet Teacher can -The teacher will reflect and remind students of what we have learned so
SCIENCES planets in Astronomical see the accuracy of far about our solar system.
units and Kms. students results -The teacher will then introduce the topic of this lesson: Now that we know
The Earth Communi how the solar system works, we are going to find out just how big it
is part of cate actually is.
a system ideas, -Students will be able to -Class discussion of -Teacher will divide students up into their groups from previous weeks and
of planets explanati combine data to calculate what they have learned reassign roles in groups: Scribe, techie, speaker and manager. After this iPad.
orbiting ons and the distance between the in this lesson and during lesson, every students has had a chance to try each role.
around a processes Sun and Neptune the whole unit of work
star (the using To be observed by the Lesson Steps (35 Minutes)
sun) (ACS scientific teacher
SU078) represent - The teacher will first assign each group a different planet (Neptune will
k ations in not be assigned as it is the last planet and students will be measuring
a variety distance between their planet and the planet after theirs planet in the
of ways, order of planets).
including - The teacher will then explain to students that they will in their groups, Laminated QR codes.
multi- they will be going out onto the oval to find their assigned planets and that
modal they will need to use QR readers on the class iPads to scan a QR code that QR Reader (iPad app)
texts (ACS will be placed alongside the planet.
IS093) The teacher will then explain that students are to follow the link they find https://theplanets.org
on the code to calculate the distance between their planet and the next (if /distances-between-
unsure about the order, remind students that they have the order written planets/
down in their journals!).
The link in the QR Code will: be https://theplanets.org/distances-between- Planet Models.
planets/
-The teacher will explain that they will end up with two numbers: the
astronomical units and the number of kilometres. One astronomical unit is
equal to 149,600,000 km. They will record astronomical units ONLY on a
piece of paper.

- Now that everything has been explained, students will make their way to
the oval. There, the teacher will start a short discussion about how models
of each planet have been shrunk to scale to fit inside this football field.
-Students will then have ten minutes to find their QR code and planet and
do the calculation. They will then record their information on a piece of
paper.

-Students will then head back inside. Popplet (iPad app).

- The teacher starts a class Popplet.
- To start the Popplet, the teacher will give students the distance between -How did you come
the sun and Mercury (0.39 AU). to your answer?
- Each group will then put their results (in Astronomical Units) into the -Why do you think
popplet.so that everyone can see all of the calculations. you are right?
-The teacher will tell the class that their final task is to analyse everyones
data and use it calculate the distance between the Sun and Neptune- or
the length of our whole Solar System! Students will have five minutes to
add together all the astronomical units in their calculators and each group
will report the number they get back to the class. If there are any
discrepancies, we could have a brief discussion about how that happened
(teacher guiding students towards correct answer).
-The teacher will then explain how the distance (30.09 AU) is equal to
4,501,399,929.36 kms and how this is as much as going to Melbourne and
back 1,650,678.37527 times! Our solar system is HUGE.

Lesson Closure 15 Mins.

- The teacher will then explain to students that each group will need to Book Creator (iPad
take a screen shot of the class Popplet on their iPads and insert it into their app)
Book Creator science journal.
-Final discussion on what we have learnt in this unit and during todays -What did we
lesson. Students will look at their brainstorm from week one and reflect on observe?
how much more they know. The teacher will point out that they only got -What have we
this far by making their own observations- and by collecting data and learnt from these
using it to find the answers. Just like scientists do! observations? (what
-Everyone will return their iPads and head to lunch. conclusions)

Lesson Diversity
-Teacher will wander around to help those struggling with the QR
reader.
-Lesson is quite structured so there should be no early finishers.