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Dancing Daisies Debrief

Dancing Daisies Debrief
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This 2 page worksheet is designed to work hand in hand with the first presentation in this unit, and help students better understand the scientific method and the key components of a fair test.

Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
Curriculum Codes

AC9E6LY02 9

Use interaction skills and awareness of formality when paraphrasing, questioning, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, and sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions

AC9S6H01 9

Examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others

AC9S6H02 9

Investigate how scientific knowledge is used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions

AC9S6I01 9

Pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions

AC9S6U01 9

Investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions

AC9TDE6P01 9

Investigate needs or opportunities for designing, and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions

AC9S6I02 9

Plan and conduct repeatable investigations to answer questions including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests; describing potential risks; planning for the safe use of equipment and materials; and identifying required permissions to conduct investigations on Country/Place

AC9S6I03 9

Use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate

AC9S6I05 9

Compare methods and findings with those of others, recognise possible sources of error, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to draw reasoned conclusions

AC9S6I06 9

Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate

ACSSU094 8.4

The growth and survival of living things are affected by physical conditions of their environment

ACSHE098 8.4

Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions

ACSHE100 8.4

Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions

ACTDEP024 8.4

Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions

ACSIS232 8.4

With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations

ACSIS103 8.4

Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks

ACSIS104 8.4

Decide variables to be changed and measured in fair tests, and observe measure and record data with accuracy using digital technologies as appropriate

ACSIS108 8.4

Reflect on and suggest improvements to scientific investigations

ACELY1709 8.4

Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions

ACSIS110 8.4

Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts

EN3-1A old

Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features

ST3-10ES-S old

Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth’s surface

ST3-9PW-ST old

Investigates the effects of increasing or decreasing the strength of a specific contact or non-contact force

ST3-8PW-ST old

Explains how energy is transformed from one form to another

ST3-1WS-S old

Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions

ST3-2DP-T old

Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity

ST3-7MW-T old

Explains how the properties of materials determines their use for a range of purposes

ST3-6MW-S old

Explains the effect of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials

ST3-5LW-T old

Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition

ST3-4LW-S old

Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things

EN3-VOCAB-01 new

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts

EN3-OLC-01 new

Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding

VCSSU073

Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives

VCSSU075

The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment

VCDSCD038

Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions

VCSIS083

With guidance, plan appropriate investigation types to answer questions or solve problems and use equipment, technologies and materials safely, identifying potential risks

VCSIS084

Decide which variables should be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests and accurately observe, measure and record data

VCSIS087

Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem

VCSIS088

Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships

VCELY366

Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions, and use interaction skills, varying conventions of spoken interactions according to group size, formality of interaction and needs and expertise of the audience

VCSIS082

With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules

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