Up, Down and All Around - Primary Connections
Publication Date:
June, 2014
Type of Resource:
Unit of Work
This unit of work supports younger students learning about change.
The resource is a teaching unit targeted at Year 1s that supports investigating and learning about the changes that occur to natural, managed and built environments. Students have the opportunity to investigate the daily, weekly and seasonal changes in their local environment through outdoor observations and photographic records. They observe sky and landscape over several timescales, and apply their new learning by investigating how human activities affect features of the landscape.
New Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S1U02 (Year 1), AC9S2U03 (Year 2)
Additional Information
This unit includes lesson plans, student handouts and other teaching resources, for seven structured lessons. There is sufficient guidance and information to implement this unit over several sessions. It offers a valuable opportunity to engage student thinking, oracy and recording about their predictions and observations.
Primary Connections is a program developed by the Australian Academy of Science and is freely available to Australian educators through the National Digital Learning Resources Network via either the Scootle website or your local jurisdictional portal. This process requires registration on one of these sites and you will be asked to log in to access these resources.
Refer to your school science resources to determine if your school has access to the Primary Connections materials. If your school does not have access to the PrimaryConnections resources visit the Australian Academy of Science's Primary Connection website to find out more about the program. http://primaryconnections.org.au
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 1 > Science Understanding > Earth and Space Sciences > Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape > ACSSU019
