Dancing Daisies Debrief
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.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to contribute to discussions and share opinions, use strategies such as paraphrasing, questioning, clarifying and interrogating ideas to develop and support arguments.
- We are learning to participate in and contribute to discussions, develop and support arguments and use strategies such as pausing, questioning, rephrasing, repeating, summarising, reviewing and asking clarifying questions.
- We are learning to investigate needs or opportunities for designing and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions.
- We are learning to critique needs or opportunities for designing and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions.
- We are learning to understand that the growth and survival of living things are affected by physical conditions of their environment.
Curriculum alignment
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
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
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
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
AC9S6I03
9
Use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate
AC9TDE6P01
9
Investigate needs or opportunities for designing, and the materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions
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 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 AC9S6H01 9 Examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others ACSSU094 8.4 The growth and survival of living things are affected by physical conditions of their environment ACSHE100 8.4 Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions ACTDEP024 8.4Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions
ACSIS110 8.4 Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts ACSIS232 8.4 With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about 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 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 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 ACSIS108 8.4 Reflect on and suggest improvements to scientific investigations
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
VCSIS084
Decide which variables should be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests and accurately observe, measure and record data
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
VCSIS088
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
VCSIS087
Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem
VCSIS083
With guidance, plan appropriate investigation types to answer questions or solve problems and use equipment, technologies and materials safely, identifying potential risks
VCSSU075
The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment
VCSSU073
Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to inform personal and community decisions and to solve problems that directly affect people’s lives
VCDSCD038
Critique needs or opportunities for designing, and investigate materials, components, tools, equipment and processes to achieve intended designed solutions
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
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.