English
Literacy – Interacting with Others:
Plan, rehearse, and deliver presentations for defined audiences and
purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and
multimodal elements (ACELY1700) – Students are to create an
infographic and present it to the class along with an oral presentation.
Literacy – Interpreting, Analysing, & Evaluating:
Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and
linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources (ACELY1703) –
Get students to complete a retell assessment and create their own
videos about the planets and how they orbit the sun.
Concept: Earth & Space Sciences
Weeks: 5
History
Humanities & Social Sciences Skills – Questioning & Researching:
Identify current understandings, consider possible misconceptions, and
identify personal view on a topic (WAHASS50) – Get students to
complete a KWL at the beginning of the science unit.
Humanities & Social Sciences Skills – Questioning & Researching:
Develop and refine a range of questions required to plan an inquiry
(WAHASS51) – Get students to prepare their own questions prior to
beginning their science investigations.
Maths
Statistics & Probability – Data Representation & Interpretation:
Describe and interpret different data sets in context (ACMSP120) – Get
students to collect data for the orbit of each planet around the sun and
compare them.
Statistics & Probability – Data Representation & Interpretation:
Construct displays, including column graphs, dot plots, and tables,
appropriate for data type, with and without the use of digital
technologies (ACMSP119) – Get students to plot their table data onto a
graph and have them interpret the patterns.
Visual Arts
Making – Production:
Presentation and reflections of ideas, feelings, and opinions of work,
including consideration of the audience and feedback (ACAVAM116) –
Get students to create a poster/infographic and have other students
peer assess and give feedback.