For Teachers
Meeting the needs and interests of the students.
Learning experiences for this unit will assist students to:
- manage th eir everyday activities
- utilise opportunities for the development of creativity, flexibility and innovativeness
- evaluate and use the products of technology
- find, make judgements about and use information effectively
- interact with others
- create and interpret texts
- develop understandings about the world, and
- develop an appreciation of language, literature and computer technology
(Board of Studies, 1993; Board of Studies NSW, 1998)
Outcomes & Indicators
Science & Technology
IC S3.2 ~ Creates and Evaluates information products and processes, demonstrating consideration of type of media, form and audience.
- Works collaboratively to research and develop a multimedia presentation for communicating about weather concepts.
- Selects reference material and checks its accuracy through identifying sources, currency of information, purpose and bias.
PS S3.5 ~ Creates and evaluates products and services, demonstrating consideration of sustainablity, aesthetic, cultural, safety and functional issues.
- Works collaboratively to evaluate the process used to design and construct weather related devices.
ES S3.6 ~ Recognises that the earth is the source of most materials and resources, and describes phenomena and processes, both natural and human, that form and change the earth over time.
- Uses a thermometer and rain gauge to record local weather.
- Works collaboratively to design a presentation based on factual information gathered about weather concepts.
DM S3.8 ~ Develops and resolves a design task by planning, implementing, managing and evaluating design processes.
- Works collaboratively to evaluate the process used to design and construct weather related devices.
- Constructs a working model to measure weather phenomena.
UT S3.9 ~ Evaluates, selects and uses a range of equipment, computer-based technology, materials and other resources to meet the requirements and constraints of investigation and design tasks.
- Uses bookmarked web sites to research a particular topic.
- Uses a variety of components and materials to construct various weather devices.
- Uses a thermometer and rain gauge to record local weather.
Human Society and It's Environment
EN S2.6 ~ Describes poeples interactions with environments and identifies responsible ways of interacting with environments.
- Identifies processes used by people to design weather tools.
English
TS 3.1 ~ Communicates effectively for a range of purposes and with a variety of audiences to express well developed, well organised ideas dealing with more challenging topics.
- Listens to and gives detailed accounts of weather features.
- Listens to information reports with supporting graphics.
- Listens to demanding explanations with supporting diagrams.
- Listens to and gives a short presentation, and responds.
RS 3.6 ~ Uses a comprehensive range of skills and strategies appropriate to the type of text being read.
- Attempts several strategies when reading difficult texts.
- Uses several strategies for finding information in texts.
- Understands and uses various text layouts to access information.
- Identifies and uses various resources (eg: texts, Internet).
WS 3.12 ~ Produces texts in a fluent and legible style and uses computer technology to present these effectively in a variety of ways.
- Uses computer software programs and associated technology to format a variety of texts.
- Varies font and layout to suit particular audience and purpose.
- Chooses appropriate graphics to accompany text.
- Uses multimedia software to create published works incorporating text, graphics, sound and animation.
Mathematics
SG5 ~ A single symbol may represent several objects.
- Construct and interpret picture graphs.
SG6 ~ Information may be represented by a variety of different graphs.
- Interpret and draw line, bar and pie graphs.
MT7 ~ A formal unit for measuring temperature is the degree Celsius.
- Estimate, measure and record temperatures in degrees Celsius.
- Measure and graph changes in temperatures.
MT8 ~ Instruments to measure temperature in a variety of ways have been devised.
- Uses various thermometers.
- Describe the differences in design between various thermometers.
Creative and Practical Arts
VA S3.1 ~ Investigates subject matter in an attempt to represent likenesses of things in the world.
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