Investigation into How We Create and Use Energy - Research Project

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 5 Science:

• Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS093)
• Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE083)

Year 5 English:

• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1704)

Year 6 Science:

• Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS110)
• Scientific knowledge is used to inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE100)

Year 6 English:

• Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1714)

Syllabus Outcomes: EN3-2A, ST3-6PW, ST3-4WS.

General capabilities: Critical and creative thinking, Literacy.

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability OI.6, OI.8.

Relevant parts of Year 5 Science achievement standards: Students discuss how scientific developments help us solve problems, and communicate their ideas and findings using multimodal texts.

Relevant parts of Year 5 English achievement standards: Students create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts for different purposes and audiences.

Relevant parts of Year 6 Science achievement standards: Students explain how scientific knowledge helps us to solve problems and inform decisions, construct multimodal texts to communicate ideas, methods and findings.

Relevant parts of Year 6 English achievement standards: Students create detailed texts elaborating on key ideas for a range of purposes and audiences.

Time required: up to 60 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Lead the students in activity.

• Student Worksheet – one copy per student OR computers/tablets to access the online worksheet.

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Critical thinking
• Creativity
• Digital literacy
• Communication

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