5E’s- EXPLORE (2-3 lessons)

 To provide hands on, shared experiences of XXXXX

 To support students to investigate and explore ideas about XXXXX
 Formative assessment

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON LINKS OBJECTIVE (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
(include learner diversity)
Science Under Science as a Science Inquiry
standing Human Endeavour Skills

ACSSU032 ACSHE021 ACSIS024 Student will be able FORMATIVE Introduction

22 What do I know Teacher
to: Observations 1) Have to the class use the Paddlet
ACSIS026
- Verbally identify a when in the provided to answer questions to elicit prior about soil? prepared Padlet
ACSIS213 How do people on ‘what do you
purpose of soil class discussion knowledge.
use soil? know about soil’.
ACSIS029
Why is soil
Anecdotal notes 2) Have a class discussion about some of the
- Describe the important?
on the answers provided and ask the students to
differences
worksheet provide some examples of uses and its
between each
importance.
resource on the
‘use my senses’ Body What can you Different
worksheet. 3) Organise the class into groups to see through the resources:
investigate the different kinds of magnify glass? Compost soil,
resources, describing what the materials is What do you beach sand,
like through the different sense: sound, think that garden sand and

texture, colour, look. Allow the children to resource is? rocks

make guesses as to what resource it is

and allow them to touch, hear and look at
the different materials and investigate.

So what did
Conclusion
everyone find
4) Bring the class back to their tables and
out about the
have a discussion about what they found
resources?
out about the resources and what truly What did you

makes up the different types of soils and find in the

the minerals and nutrients inside. compost soil?