Year 5 Science
Year 5 Science
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TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES RESOURCES
Science Understanding Science Inquiry Skills
Earth and Space Sciences Communicating Introduction • Planets Kahoot
• The Earth is part of a system • Communicate ideas, • Class to complete the Planets Kahoot.
of planets orbiting around explanations and processes
a star (the sun) (ACSSU078) using scientific Lesson Steps
representations in a variety of • The teacher will explain that, in the same pairs from the previous
• iPads
ways, including multi-modal lesson, students must use their Solar System model as a reference and
texts (ACSIS093) film a video explaining everything they have learnt about the Solar
System. The students must collaboratively write a script for the video,
LESSON OBJECTIVES with each student discussing four planets. Students to upload videos
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to: to Seesaw once complete.
• Film a video, in pairs, discussing the eight planets, and their key • Script example: “This planet (indicates to Mercury on
characteristics. model) is Mercury. Mercury is the smallest planet in the
Solar System, that’s why you can hardly see it in our
LEARNER DIVERSITY model! It is also the closest planet to the sun and has an
Enabling: students to write their scripts with the teacher’s assistance. orbital period of 88 days.”
Teacher to assist with creating filming station i.e., where to place
iPad, how to locate the recording app etc. Conclusions
• Class to revisit the TWLH Chart from lesson one and complete the • TWLH Chart
Extending: students to edit their video in iMovie and include other ‘what we learned’ and ‘how we know’ sections.
features, such as images of planets and titles.
ASSESSMENT (SUMMATIVE – Science Understanding)
• Teacher to view the completed videos on Seesaw and use a
rubric to mark.
• Teacher to compare the students’ Kahoot results from lesson
three to lesson five.