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TERM/WEEKS: Term 3 YEAR LEVEL: 3 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science

weeks 2,3 & 5

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

Notes about device access in the classroom:

WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES other
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

W3/2 Living things Students are able to use their informative Introduction: Introduction:
can be knowledge of the seven assessment: 1. Students will be instructed to get back into the pairs Answer garden
grouped on characteristics of living things Students will be they made their posters in.
the basis to identify a range of asked a
of observable f different living things. question on 2. Teacher will direct the students to answer garden
eatures and answer garden. and ask them a question to remind them what they
can be Students are also able to use learned about in the previous class.
distinguished their knowledge to identify Formative
from non- the difference between living assessment: 3. Teacher leads students in discussion about their
living and non living things by Students will answers to the question on answer garden. Teacher
things (ACSSU creating a mind map using create a mind reminds students about the seven characteristics of
044) Popplet. map that will living things.
demonstrate
their knowledge Body:
of things that 1. Students will be asked to get into the pairs they have
are living, were been making their interactive books with.
once living and iPad
things that are 2. The teacher will then ask the students create a mind Popplet
products of map that outlines their understanding the difference
living things. between living and non-living things.
- Students will be required to create a heading for
living and non-living things.
- The teacher will ask the students to come up
with five examples for each heading.
- Students will then use their understanding of
living things to explain their examples.
- Students are encouraged to use examples of
the seven characteristics of living things to help
them identify things that are living and things
that are not.

Conclusion:
The teacher will give get the students to finish their
Popplets and get them upload the image onto their
Book Creator file. The teacher will then give the
students 10-15 minutes to write something about their
mind maps and to customise their book layouts.