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TERM/WEEKS: Term 3, week YEAR LEVEL: 4 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science, Biological Science,
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AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy ICT X 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: Each student will have access to a computer and there will be an interactive whiteboard in the class.
WEEK/ West Australian SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES = ICT and
LESSON other
Curriculum OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES
LINKS (Introduction, Body and Conclusion)

Week 2, Living things As a result of the is lesson The teacher will Introduction Scootle life cycle
Lesson 2 have life cycles students will be able to be able to collect  Students will go to the website and go to lesson 2. They game on the Platypus:
(ACSSU072) research, individually, using the research will begin by clicking on the link of the platypus life cycle http://www.scootle.e
Britannica School, the life cycle done by each game and play it. du.au/ec/viewing/L28/
of their chosen organism by individual student Body index.html
taking notes put onto a google by accessing their  Once the students have finished playing, Students will Research Website,
doc. notes on a google Individually use the website Britannica School to research Britannica School:
doc the organisms that they chose in their groups the https://school.eb.com
As a result of this lesson previous week. Students should be looking for .au/
students will be able to The teacher will information on just the life cycles of their organisms. Google Docs For
summarise their groups notes get a summary of  Students will put their research onto a google doc which individual research
on life cycles onto a class shared each groups can be accessed by the teacher. and class shared doc:
google doc. notes on their  Students will meet up with the rest of their group for https://www.google.c
organism’s life some think pair share time and then summarise their om/docs/about/
cycle through the notes by putting them onto a class shared google doc.
class shared
google doc. Conclusion.
 Each group will let the class know something interesting
The students will that they learnt about their organism.
also inform the
teacher of what
they have learnt
through their
research through
the sharing time
at the end of the
class.