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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)
• Sorting cards
• Interactives
• PowerPoints
• Further lessons
and activities
• Articles
INDIGENOUS SPINNING TOPS
LEARNING
INTENTIONS
Science Understanding / Physical
sciences / Year 2
In this investigation, students explore how push/pull
forces can be applied to make an object move, in the
context of spinning tops. They observe characteristics
of successful spinners, and notice how a force is
applied to set them in motion, or to make them stop.
Learning Intentions
Students will be able to:
• ask questions about, and describe changes to objects
and materials;
• identify examples of where science is used in people’s
daily lives;
• predict outcomes of investigations;
• use informal measurements to make and compare
observations with those of others;
• record and represent observations and communicate
ideas in a variety of ways;
• use discussion to sort information and compare ideas
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.