HASS Term 3 Plan: Geography

Learning Success Criteria Extension and

Learning Activities Teacher Questions Resources
Intentions and Assessment Ongoing Learning

What does this globe show?

What planet do we live in?
Understand that
What country do we live in? Children contribute
the globe is a Explore google earth and identify the
What other countries do you know? to group discussion
representation of different ‘layers’ – earth, countries, states, Google Earth Provocation: globe
th What state do we live in? and understand
19 July Earth and locating cities, suburbs and I pad’s with
What are the other states in Australia? that Australia is just
Australia and other Laptop google earth app
What city do we live in? one country on
familiar countries
What are some other cities that you know? Earth.
(ACHASSK014)
What suburb do you live in?
What suburb is our school in?
Provide a selection of maps on the screen
and hard copies. Ask children to identify the
features that they can see (lakes, buildings, What features do you notice on this map?
beaches, parks etc) and circle them on the Children can Selection of
maps. identify a familiar maps
Identifying familiar Project a map on
What symbols can you see on this map? What place or feature on
places and features wall with butchers
Look at the map legends and identify what do you think this might mean? a map and begin to Laptop
26th July on maps paper and invite
the symbols represent. Explain that a legend understand what
(ACHASSK014/ children to draw
helps us to understand what the symbols on the symbols on a High-lighters
ACHASSK015) features and routes
the map means. Without a legend, we What is a legend on a map for? map legend and fine-
would not know what the symbols meant What do you think this symbol means? represent. liners
and we would not be able to read the map.
Invite children to use colour coding to find
the symbols on the maps.
Display an outline of a town map on a large
piece of paper in the middle of our circle. What is the feature that you have chosen? Butchers
Have photos of a range of different Is this feature part of nature or is it made by paper Draw a large street
Understanding and humans? Children can
geographical features in a bag and ask map on butchers
categorising the identify a feature as
children to draw one out, one at a time. Photos of paper and stick it
different types of either man-made
Children identify if it is a natural or man- Where should this feature go on our map? features to the floor in the
2nd Aug features
made feature and glue it somewhere on our or natural and
construction area.
(ACHASSK015) contribute to
map. What should we name our town? Black Set up cars, block
making our own
markers towers etc for
map as a class.
Ask children to come up with a name for What features do we need to include in our children to explore.
our town. map legend? textas
 Draw the map legend and ask children to
mark the symbols onto our town map.

Introduce our project to children by looking

at a satellite image of Lake Monger. Explain
What features do you notice on this map? Satellite map
Begin our 3D map that we are going to be making our own 3D
of Lake
project map (demonstrate the 3D option on Google
9th Aug How could we design and build these Monger
Earth). Discuss some of the known features
features? What resources and materials do
of the Lake. Brainstorm how we could build
we need? Google Earth
these features (recycled materials, paper
mache, clay etc)
Various crat
resources-
What is a place or feature that you are loose parts,
interested in on our local map? collage
Building our 3D
materials,
map Work with children in small groups to create Every child
What do you already know about this boxes, glue
th different parts/features on the map. Use contributes to our etc.
16 Aug place/feature? What would you like to find
(ACHASS014) the satellite image and iPads to find 3D map of Lake
out?
information. Monger.
iPads
What does this feature look like? How can we
build it? Satellite map
of Lake
Monger
Display photographs of different features
(farm/ beach/ city/ hospital etc) Ask What is this place and why is it important? Photos of
Understand why children to think about why this place is different
important. Scribe their ideas. Children contribute places
places are Could this place be important to other? How? Provocation: add
to discussion and
rd
important the block places to
23 Aug identify why a place
(ACHASSK015) Examples include: the ocean for sea animals Are there any other places that are important Bag the street map in
is important to
to live in, farms to grow our food, hospitals to you? Why? the block corner
them or to others?
to care for us when we are sick. Laptop to
scribe

Develop ideas
Now that we have spoken about our ideas What are some ways that we care for our Children each draw
about how to care Laptop
on why different places are important, we school? Our home? The lake? The a picture and
for places Embed into
30th Aug need to look at how we can look after these environment? describe ways that
(ACCHASSK015/ Youtube clip Rubbish Project
places. they can care for
016/ 017)
How can we care for this place? places.
 Watch a video about caring for places. Butchers
Pause the video and talk about the ‘simple paper
things you can do to help’ and how we can
do these everyday. Fine-liners,
pencils and
Draw a group picture: how to care for textas
places. Scribe ideas.
Identify local Neville
places on our map Why is Lake Monger important to the
that are of Noongar people? Things for
Walk around the Lake with Neville
significance to the Children write a Lake visit –
(Aboriginal Elder). Neville will share stories
Noongar people What did the Noongar people use Lake recount about what emergency
6th Sep of how the Noongar people used to live in
and understand Monger for? they have learned bag, water
Lake Monger and used the natural
why and how these from Neville’s visit. bottles,
resources.
places are special What are the Noongar names for plants, trolley, hats,
(ACHASSK016/ animals etc? sunscreen
017) etc.
Work with children individually to create A3 Paper
their own map. Use i-pads to zoom in on Which of these features is smaller?
Create our own areas and help children to understand how Each child creates
13th Sep Pencils
maps features look from a ‘birds-eye-view’. How does this feature look from a birds-eye- their own map.
Discuss how big/small features should be in view?
comparison with others. I-Pads

20th Sep Revision