This unit will investigate how daily and seasonal changes in our environment affect everyday life. The unit has been created to support the Foundation Year of the Australian Curriculum Science - Earth and Space Sciences strand.
Students will begin the unit by learning about the different types of weather and how to record the weather. They will look at various activities suited to different weather conditions and the appropriate clothing to wear. Students will conduct weather experiments, learn about sun safety and enjoy activities in windy weather.
Daily and seasonal changes in our environment affect everyday life
Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events
Pose and respond to questions about familiar objects and events
Participate in guided investigations and make observations using the senses
Engage in discussions about observations and represent ideas
Share observations and ideas
Observes, questions and collects data to communicate ideas
Identifies how daily and seasonal changes in the environment affect humans and other living things
Develops solutions to an identified need
Identifies digital systems and explores how instructions are used to control digital devices
Observes the way objects move and relates changes in motion to push and pull forces
Explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things
Identifies that objects are made of materials that have observable properties
Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape; daily and seasonal changes affect everyday life
Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events
Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions
Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways
Students will: