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TERM/WEEKS: T2, Wk 2 YEAR LEVEL: 6 LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Science - Volcanoes

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:

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 Year 6 - Science 1. Students will recall Informal Introduction: Intro:

information about how assessment: Teacher will introduce the lesson topic and specific lesson Kahoot
Lesson 1 Investigating and why volcanoes Kahoot quiz used objectives. https://create.kahoot.i
major geological to assess t/share/volcanoes/a33
erupt, the structure of
events such as students’ prior ‘What do we already know about volcanoes?’ dff4d-f690-4103-8224-
earthquakes, volcanoes, and where knowledge. In groups of 2 or 3, students will enter the pin code to access aea2ee331d68
volcanic they are located around the Kahoot quiz about volcanoes. iPads
eruptions & the world. Formative
tsunamis in 2. Students will research a assessment:
Australia, Asia given volcano using Canva poster to Body: Body:
and throughout online resources showcase their Students will be split into pairs by assigning pairs by
the world research and alphabetical order and each given one of the three following
provided on Britannica
(ACSSU096) understanding of volcanoes to research:
School. volcano history. - Krakatoa, Indonesia
3. Students will create a - Mt. Vesuvius, Italy
Canva poster of a given - Mt. Tambora, Indonesia
volcanoes’ history and
demonstrate
understanding of how Each pair will be provided with an iPad and directed to iPads
volcanoes work and Britannica School to research their given volcano.
their history.
Students will use resources from Britannica School to build Britannica School
on their prior knowledge of volcanoes and look at the https://school.eb.com.
history of their specific volcanoes. They need to identify: au/
- When did the volcano first erupt?
- Is the volcano dormant or active now?
- Structure of volcanoes
- Impacts of the eruptions

Once students are satisfied with their research, they will use
the iPads to create a Canva poster of their collected Canva App
information.

Students will be encouraged to use their creativity when Britannica Image

creating the poster and utilise images from Britannica Image Quest
for their work. https://quest.eb.com

The teacher will move amongst the pairs ensuring students

remain on-task and provide guidance and help if needed.

Conclusion:
With 15 minutes left of the lesson, the teacher will inform Conclusion:
the students they have 5 minutes to finish up their Canvas Padlet App
and upload their Canvas to Padlet for the whole class to
view.