SCIENCE OVERVIEW, TERM ONE How you design and create a home to withstand a storm? (A) Students are asked to answer the Science Understanding unit question: How would you Earth and Space: design and create a home to Observable changes in the sky and withstand a storm? landscape. This unit relates to students’ everyday lives and applies their new learnt knowledge in a Science as Human Endeavour creative, real life context. It Nature and Development of Science: provides students with opportunities to explore the way Science involves asking questions about, and that Science is used in the real describing changes in, objects and events. world. This is achieved through an excursion to the Meteorological Science Inquiry Skills Office and a visit from a Questioning and Predicting: community member in the Respond to and pose questions, and make building industry. This is an predictions about familiar objects and events. important component in developing students’ scientific literacy as they come to understand and appreciate the way which Science influences society.
SCIENCE OVERVIEW, TERM ONE How you design and create a home to withstand a storm? (A) Students are asked to answer the unit question: How would you design and create a home to withstand a storm? This unit relates to students’ everyday lives and applies their new learnt knowledge in a creative, real life context. It provides students with opportunities to explore the way that Science is used in the real world. This is achieved through an excursion to the Meteorological Office and a visit from a community member in the building industry. This is an important component in developing students’ scientific literacy as they come to understand and appreciate the way which Science influences society. Science Understanding Earth and Space: Observable changes in the sky and landscape. Science as Human Endeavour Nature and Development of Science: Science involves asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events. Science Inquiry Skills Questioning and Predicting: Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events.