Draft – Assignment 2

Here I present my current draft ideas for assignment 2 of EDC3100

Constructing

Earth and space sciences

Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day (ACSSU048)

 

Transforming

Communicating

Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations (ACSIS060)

And if it doesn’t crowd the unit plan too much, this as well.

Processing and analysing data and information

Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS057)

Learning Objective/Criteria Matching

I think I have managed to confuse myself if I am either matching content descriptions or the elaborations of the content description. I went with just the content description as I haven’t worked out any specific elaborations to go with at this stage. Hope I am in the ball park at least!

• Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day (ACSSU048)

Understanding dimension/Science Understanding (QCAA)

• Represent and communicate observations, ideas and findings using formal and informal representations (ACSIS060)

Skills dimension/Communicating (QCAA)

• Use a range of methods including tables and simple column graphs to represent data and to identify patterns and trends (ACSIS057)

Skills dimension/Processing and analysing data and information (QCAA)

My initial plan is to potentially focus on misconceptions such as the sun goes away at night time and the sun revolves around the Earth. I would also like to include a way for the students to record observations of the sun/shadow positions across a 24 hour time period then communicate the environmental experiences of a student’s 24-hr day.