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TERM/WEEKS: Term2 Week2 YEAR LEVEL: Five LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science – Biological Sciences

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: Students will have access to iPads

Lesson Western Australian Specific Lesson
Curriculum Links Objectives
Living things have
structural features and
Lesson adaptations that help
Two them to survive in their
environment (ACSSU043)
Communicate ideas,
explanations and
processes using scientific
representations in a
variety of ways, including
multi-modal texts
(ACSIS093)
Assessment Teaching and Learning Experiences Resources
 Create unique Formative Introduction
animals suited to Assessment- Observe Have students in their expert groups of six from previous lesson Animal cut-outs
specific students working and and ask students to separate into pairs within that group. Instruct purchased from
engagement students that today they are going to make unique animals out of Twinkl.com
environment
throughout class time cut outs that need to be suited to their particular environment.
 Justify animal Tell students that each pair will then be making a stop motion iMotion is a stop motion
characteristics and Summative video using iMotion. We will provide the students with speech video tool that will allow
adaptations in Assessment- Review bubbles that state; “My name is…” “My skin is…” “My legs are…” the students to model
iMotion video and students work on “My tail is…” “My special skill is…” With the provided speech their animals in a creative
how they aid presented iMotion bubbles they will explain the animal they have made and how way
video their distinct features aid survival in their particular environments.
survival in their
Body
particular Hand out the cut animal pieces, blank speech bubbles and brass
environments fasteners. Give students ten minutes to create their unique animal
in pairs. Then talk students through iMotion. With the backdrops
provided have the pairs create iMotion videos describing their
animals and explaining how their choices will aid their animal’s
survival.
Conclusion
Save and upload video to their iBooks. Let students know that in
the next lesson they will be using their iMotion video to
collaborate with other groups to create a documentary on
Australian environments.