Week One: Introduction IWB Voki ST2-8ES Email from ST-4WS Open and listen to class on IWB. “Voki” Ruby Stone ST2-5WT Give students email handout from Professor Ruby Stone, outlining the Images of ENS2.5 tasks they will undertake throughout the unit Landmarks EN2-1A Display images of significant Australian landmarks and discuss how Youtube students think they were formed. video NSW 3 Sisters KWL NT Uluru Sticky NT Devils Marbles Karlwe Karlwe – Question box Vic Twelve Apostles WA Wave Rock Use IWB to video about weathering Students work in small groups of 3-4 to create a KWL chart about weathering. Students write their ideas on sticky notes and place them on class KWL board. Pre- assessment Students choose one question that they have and put it in the class Box’ ‘Questions Risk Management Plan Teacher will supervise throughout the lesson. Week Two: Exploring different types of rocks Students look at images of significant landmarks again. Discuss how they look similar/different and why. Students will do a Think, Pair, Images of ST2-8ES Share on the websites questions and report back to the class. The landmarks ST-4WS teacher will then explain that different types of rocks make up each Rocks ST2-5WT landform. Before commencing the lesson it is important to have a Rock safety talk with the students about using the equipment. classification Rock observation experiment: Identifying different types of rocks worksheet Explain that students will be identifying different types of Magnifying rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. As a class glasses write an aim and method for the experiment. Students copy PowerPoint this into their science journal. presentation
Week One: Introduction Open and listen to class “Voki” on IWB. Give students email handout from Professor Ruby Stone, outlining the tasks they will undertake throughout the unit Display images of significant Australian landmarks and discuss how students think they were formed. NSW 3 Sisters NT Uluru NT Devils Marbles – Karlwe Karlwe Vic Twelve Apostles WA Wave Rock Use IWB to video about weathering Students work in small groups of 3-4 to create a KWL chart about weathering. Students write their ideas on sticky notes and place them on class KWL board. Pre- assessment Students choose one question that they have and put it in the class ‘Questions Box’ Risk Management Plan Teacher will supervise throughout the lesson. Week Two: Exploring different types of rocks Students look at images of significant landmarks again. Discuss how they look similar/different and why. Students will do a Think, Pair, Share on the websites questions and report back to the class. The teacher will then explain that different types of rocks make up each landform. Before commencing the lesson it is important to have a safety talk with the students about using the equipment. Rock observation experiment: Identifying different types of rocks Explain that students will be identifying different types of rocks as igneous, sedimentary or metamorphic. As a class write an aim and method for the experiment. Students copy this into their science journal. IWB Voki Email from Ruby Stone Images of Landmarks Youtube video KWL Sticky Question box Images of landmarks Rocks Rock classification worksheet Magnifying glasses PowerPoint presentation ST2-8ES ST-4WS ST2-5WT ENS2.5 EN2-1A ST2-8ES ST-4WS ST2-5WT
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