[Stages 4 and 5]

You may choose to explore big ideas within this Stage using either a 'Designing and Making' or 'Investigating' focus.

Access to other 'Stage classrooms' to further explore big ideas is also available within the following options.

Early Stage 1
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
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Stage 1 - Using Big ideas - Investigating

By completing the following activity you will familiarise yourself with the investigating outcome for this Stage as well as the associated big ideas.

You will view classroom movie footage and student learning samples whilst mapping your observations against the big ideas.

Instructions:

  1. Read the outcome statement and the related big ideas for Stage1 - Investigating.
  2. Play the movie sample of student activity and open the student samples of learning evidence.
  3. Check the big ideas to mark those that you are able to identify within the samples of student work.
  4. After completing the previous three steps, listen to the teacher's comments to find out more about the activity and the teacher's intentions in structuring the learning.
  5. Within your own class, practise a similar process viewing and analysing student learning samples. Identify any big ideas that are evidenced within the samples.

Outcome:
Conducts guided investigations by observing, questioning, predicting, collecting and recording data, and suggesting possible explanations.

Big ideas:

Responds to stimulus material by asking simple questions such as how ... why ... what will happen if?

Follows instructions to experience success and to ensure own safety and the safety of others.

Helps to make decisions about ways to investigate.

Suggests evidence needed to answer each question using a variety of collected data (drawings, photographs, video, digital camera, survey of others).

Organises data that is collected and works out trends or patterns.

Reports using simple factual texts modelled by the teacher.

Justifies why an investigation was conducted a particular way (either using first hand data or the data of others or a combination of both).

  


Click here to view a transcript of this video (5.62 Mb - video)
 

Work samples:

Transport

Teacher's Comment
When you are ready, listen to the teacher's intentions in planning the learning experience.

  Transcript of audio commentary (click here)

Commentary

View teacher's program overview (PDF 128 KB)

Summation

  • The above activity helps to illustrate the relationship between syllabus outcomes, the big ideas and student learning.
  • The next step is to gain a greater understanding of this across other stages of learning.
  • The links below can be used to explore those stages with an investigating focus.
Early Stage 1
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
INV

Visit the 'staffroom' to gain a greater understanding of how learning progresses from Stage to Stage

If you have already worked across all Stages, consider reflecting on your experience within the 'staffroom' where space is provided for your input.

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