Oz-e-science
In Lessons 1 to 9, students learn about:
- describing the objects in the sky during the day and at night and representing day and night on a model of a globe
- describing the Sun and observing its position through the day and night
- describing the features of the night sky and how they reflect the Sun’s light at night so we can see them
- recording and explaining how Indigenous Australians use the sky
- identifying the different constellations in the sky and making a model of a feature of the night sky – a constellation
- identifying different types of extreme weather and analysing an extreme weather
- describing and identifying the features of landscapes
- planning a daytime and night-time poster of a landscape
- representing a daytime and night-time landscape by drawing a poster.
- Describe the objects in the sky in the day and at night.
- Represent day and night on a model of the globe.
- Describe the sun.
- Observe the position of the Sun throughout the day and night.
- Describe the features of the night sky.
- Look at how features in the night sky reflect the Sun’s light at night so we can see them.
- Record how Indigenous Australians use the sky.
- Explain how Indigenous Australians use the sky.
- Identify different constellations in the sky.
- Make a model of a feature of the night sky – a constellation.
- Identify types of extreme weather.
- Analyse an extreme weather event.
- Describe the features of landscapes.
- Identify the different features of a landscape.
- Plan a daytime and night-time poster of a landscape.
- Represent a daytime and night-time landscape by drawing a poster.
Progress Tests
Progress tests are conducted after every second lesson, allowing teachers to monitor student understanding of the concepts taught over the past two lessons and to identify where reteaching is needed. The Teaching Guide contains the testing questions, and the Student Workbook has a section where students write their answers and score themselves.
Structured Research Activity
The Structured Research Activity (SRA) for this unit is: Students create and present a poster to show changes in daytime and night-time landscapes. The SRA takes place over two lessons so students can apply the Science Understanding and Science Inquiry Skills covered in the unit. Teachers use the Guide to Making Judgements, which is included in the Teaching Guide, to mark the SRA.
End-of-Unit Assessment
The last lesson is the end-of-unit assessment, which has a variety of question formats (e.g. label the diagram, circle the correct answer) to assess student mastery of content from the unit. The end-of-unit assessment is in the Teaching Guide. Teachers copy the assessment and distribute to students at testing time.
Progress tests are conducted after every second lesson, allowing teachers to monitor student understanding of the concepts taught over the past two lessons and to identify where reteaching is needed. The Teaching Guide contains the testing questions, and the Student Workbook has a section where students write their answers and score themselves.
Structured Research Activity
The Structured Research Activity (SRA) for this unit is: Students create and present a poster to show changes in daytime and night-time landscapes. The SRA takes place over two lessons so students can apply the Science Understanding and Science Inquiry Skills covered in the unit. Teachers use the Guide to Making Judgements, which is included in the Teaching Guide, to mark the SRA.
End-of-Unit Assessment
The last lesson is the end-of-unit assessment, which has a variety of question formats (e.g. label the diagram, circle the correct answer) to assess student mastery of content from the unit. The end-of-unit assessment is in the Teaching Guide. Teachers copy the assessment and distribute to students at testing time.
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