YEAR 3 TERM 2 2008

CLASS PROGRAMMING ICT PROGRAMMING TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES

SHARING THE PLANET INQUIRING 1. Network

Theme: Sharing the Palnet • Use ICT to conduct a structured inquiry (WebQuest) into • APPS folder
Concept: Responsibility endangered animals • My Computer
Unit Overview • Use ICT in inquiry process to support their thinking and • Home folder
In this unit, students inquired into how human behaviour develop new understandings about issues and topics • Year 3 shared folder
impacts the environment. A major focus was examining why CREATING • internet links page
some animals become endangered, and devising possible • Use ICT as a tool for recording thinking and learning
solutions to these problems. Students used a variety of search • Use ICT to express ideas, represent thinking and develop 2. Pixie Ecosystem activity
engines and completed web quests during their ICT sessions. specific responses to tasks
COMMUNICATING 3. Lorax WebQuest
Central Idea: • Use ICT to record evidence of learning Complete booklet
It is our responsibility to live in harmony with the • Use ICT to share and communicate ideas about
environment. endangered species and possible solutions 4. Endangered Animals – Information Links
ETHICS AND ISSUES Research
Lines of Inquiry: • identify issues and practices for using ICT in a safe and • choose an animal
• Interdependence within ecosystems and environments responsible manner • use links to research
• How humans can affect the balance of ecosystems OPERATING • Narrative Graphic Organiser - notes
• Develop strategies and skills when working with files and
Outcomes digital content 5. Web 2.0 pictures
Science • Use WebQuest and Information Links sites and navigates Big Huge Labs
• Identifies relationships between the features of an to these sources to access the required information
ecosystem or environment • Use a note-making process to extract animal facts into a 3L – Writeboard and TikaTok
SOSE graphic organiser 3F – Endangered Species Trading Cards
• Suggests ways humans can positively impact on the
environment UNIT REPORT OUTCOME
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