Turn It Off

Turn It Off

Lesson 3 of 18 in this unit

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Lesson summary

The teacher helps students investigate how appliances are turned on and off and the safety requirements.

Learning Goals:

  • Appliances are turned on and off, but we need to consider safety as well.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 1 Mathematics:

  • Choose simple questions and gather responses (ACMSP262)
  • Represent data with objects and drawings where one object or drawing represents one data value. Describe the displays (ACMSP263)

Year 1 Science:

  • People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE022)

Year 2 Mathematics:

  • Collect, check and classify data (ACMSP049)
  • Create displays of data using lists, table and picture graphs and interpret them (ACMSP050)

Year 2 Science:

  • Earth’s resources, including water, are used in a variety of ways (ACSSU032)

Syllabus Outcomes ST1-11LW, ST1-9ESMA1‑1WM, MA1‑2WM, MA1‑3WM, MA1-17SP.

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor

Time required 35 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: While leading the activity reinforce all safety procedures which include students must not touch where necessary.

Resources required

  • The activity sheet is best used with a digital projector as a whole class activity.

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