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TERM/WEEKS: Term 1, week 9 YEAR LEVEL: Year 1 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science – weather

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 Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
Cultures

Notes about device access in the classroom:

The device access in the classroom must be easily accessible for the students who are designated iPads for their activity and the
following apps:
- QR code app
- Internet access for further research, if required
WEEK/ West SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT
LESSON Australian OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES and other
Curriculum (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)
LINKS

Lesson 3. Learning Area: Objective 1: Assessment: Introduction:

Science Use iPads to scan a QR The type of  Students will be asked to take a seat on the mat
Week 9, code linked to a photo or assessment on their coloured dots.
Term 1 Science video tools and  “Good morning year 1’s, how are we all today?
Understanding collection
 In this lesson today, we will be revising weather
– Earth and Objective 2: method that I
space sciences: Name and describe the will use in this again.”
Observable different types weather lesson will be:  “First, we are going to revisit our last lesson
changes occur conditions where we learnt about a weather condition.”
in the sky and Informal  “Can anyone remember what weather
landscape assessment:
condition we talk about last week?”
ACSSU019). Using the
informal  “Yes, that’s right, we looked at the weather
assessment condition, sunny”.
strategy, the  “Before we get into any activities we are going
teacher will to play a song, it is called “How’s the weather” https://www.youtub
pose questions  “After the song, we are going to talk about what e.com/watch?v=rD6
to the students. FRDd9Hew
weather condition it is today, so let’s get our
Their answer
will determine thinking caps on.”
whether or not  Play song (2min, 6 seconds).
the student has  After the song, discuss with the class what
a sound weather condition it is today? Sunny, rainy,
understanding cloudy, windy.
of weather and
 After the discussion, focus on the weather
the use of the
ICT tools, QR condition rainy.
code scanner.
  “Today we are going to focus on the weather
condition rainy.”
 Talk about what rainy might look like? Make a
brainstorm on the board of what rainy may look
like.
 “Does anyone know what rainy might look like?
Or what it feels like.”

Body:
 The students will be separated into 3 groups. Easily accessible
 Group 1 students, will complete the first activity iPads for each
which will be the main aim of the lesson. This student in group 1
group will need an iPad each per student.
 Group 1 students will be using the app called
‘QR code scanner.’ There will be multiple QR QR code scanner
codes set up around the class room which will app
be linked to photos. When they scan the QR
code and the photo pops up the students will be
instructed to go outside to see if they can find
that weather condition and take a photo on
their iPad. For example, clouds, rainy, sunny,
wind etc? There will also be QR codes around
the class room that will be linked to youtube
videos of different weather conditions.
 Group 2 students will complete a table top
activity
 Group 3 students will also complete an activity
 Each group will rotate through the three
activities so they get a turn in each activity.
 The main focus for this lesson is for the students
to experience how to use QR code scanner, in
 which links to a particular activity or aim for the
lesson.

Conclusion:
 Bring all students back to the mat.
 Call up a few students from each group to show
the class what they did in their activity.
o Show the photos taken on the iPad’s and
table top activities. Children’s literature
 Finish the lesson with a children’s literature “Split! Splat! – Amy
book “Split! Splat! – Amy Gibson Gibson