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1: TEACHER SUPPORT
2: IMPLEMENTATION
3: DIGITAL CONTENT
4: EXCURSIONS/INCURSIONS
• Teacher
background notes
• Planning ahead and
equipment list
• Teaching and learning plan
(including safety notes)
• Student worksheets
• Videos
• Interactives
• Further lessons
and activities
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
LEARNING
INTENTIONS
Science Understanding / Earth and Space
Sciences / Year 7
Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons
and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions
of the sun, Earth and the moon (ACSSU115)
Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance (ACSSU076)
Learning Intentions
Students will be able to:
• identify questions that can be investigated scientifically
• identify that the moon rotates on its axis as it moves around
the Earth, and hence experiences day and night just as the Earth
does
• describe the way the moon moves around the Earth and hence
explain why the same side of the moon always faces the Earth as
it moves around the Earth
• explain why the shape of the moon that we can observe from
Earth, changes as it moves around the Earth
• analyse information from digital technologies and images to
arrange the different phases of the moon in chronological order
• appreciate the importance of scientific discovery in
changing people’s understanding of the world around us
• communicate their ideas using appropriate scientific
language and representations.
How to use a CLE
The Science ASSIST project is supported by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training through the Mathematics and Science Participation Program.