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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Lesson details
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, ST1-9ES, MA1‑1WM, 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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