Factors that shape places
Intro...
Welcome to library research Term 3!
Over the next 9 sessions, we will travel the world in order to learn about the 7 continents of the world and how Australia is connected to them.
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Our learning intention will stay the same each week: To research facts about a chosen country within a continent.
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Our first two lessons will be to work collaboratively to create a visual learning board fact file about Australia. You will be able to refer to this throughout the term in order to make connections between this information and the countries you are researching.
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It is important that you access both digital and print resources throughout the research process.
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Before we begin, remember, whilst you are online, you must be a responsible Digital Citizen!
Digital Citizenship, by Sandy Liptak, 2012, Lessons by Sandy (http://lessonsbysandy.com/2012/10/digital-citizenship.html).
Copyright 2020 by Kliptak Productions, LLC.
Reproduced with permission.
Graphic organiser options
Tictactoe- 6/9 ideas
Tictactoe- 6/9 ideas
Tictactoe- 6/9 ideas
Table
Draw and label
Bullet point
Mind map
Paragraph
Digital resources:
World Book
Click View
Links Plus
Kids world travel guide
National Geographic
Ducksters
BTN
Australia (Oceania)
Learning Intention: Describe Australia (Oceania).
Success criteria:
1. Select one topic to research about Australia
2. Research your topic using digital or print resources
3. Present findings in bullet points- large enough to be read from afar
4. Display findings on a visual learning board
Topics
Print resources:
Tub 62 and 63
Digital resources:
World Book
Click View
Links Plus
Kids World Travel
Ducksters
BTN
Asia
Learning intention: Describe a chosen country within the continent of Asia and compare to Australia.
Print resources:
Tub 57
Success criteria:
1.Select the country within Asia
2.Select 2 topics to research
3. Choose a graphic organiser
4. Access print and digital resources
5. Select information
5. Organise information into a graphic organiser.
6. Make a comparison between chosen country and Australia.
Topics
Digital resources:
World Book
Click View
Links Plus
Kids World Travel
Ducksters
National Geographic
National Geographic - destination
National Geographic Kids- South Africa
BTN
Africa
Learning intention: Describe a chosen country within the continent of Asia and compare to Australia.
Topics
Success criteria:
1.Select the country within Africa
2.Select 2 topics to research
3. Choose a graphic organiser
4. Access print and digital resources
5. Select information
5. Organise information into a graphic organiser.
6. Make a comparison between chosen country and Australia.
Print resources:
Tub 58
LI: We are learning about how gold was collected
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SI: We can describe the gold collection method by drawing and labelling two different ways.
Digital resources:
World Book
Click View
Links Plus
Kids World Travel
Ducksters
Digital resources:
World Book
Click View
Links Plus
Kids World Travel
Ducksters
National geographic
Clickable Map
North America facts
BTN
North America
Learning intention: Describe a chosen country within the continent of
North America and compare to Australia.
Topics
Success criteria:
1.Select the country within Asia
2.Select 2 topics to research
3. Choose a graphic organiser
4. Access print and digital resources
5. Select information
5. Organise information into a graphic organiser.
6. Make a comparison between chosen country and Australia.
Print resources:
Tub 58
Topics
Digital resources:
World Book
Click View
Links Plus
Kids World Travel
Ducksters
Interactive Map
Another clickable map
BTN
South America
Learning intention: Describe a chosen country within the continent of South America and compare to Australia.
Success criteria:
1.Select the country within South America
2.Select 2 topics to research
3. Choose a graphic organiser
4. Access print and digital resources
5. Select information
5. Organise information into a graphic organiser.
6. Make a comparison between chosen country and Australia.
Print resources:
Tub 58
Digital resources:
World Book
Click View
Links Plus
Kids World Travel
Ducksters
BTN
Europe
Learning intention: Describe a chosen country within the continent of Europe and compare to Australia.
Topics
Success criteria:
1.Select the country within Europe
2.Select 2 topics to research
3. Choose a graphic organiser
4. Access print and digital resources
5. Select information
5. Organise information into a graphic organiser.
6. Make a comparison between chosen country and Australia.
Print resources:
Tub 56
Topics
Antarctica
Learning intention: Describe a chosen country within the continent of Antarctica
and compare to Australia.
Success criteria:
1.Select the country within Antarctica
2.Select 2 topics to research
3. Choose a graphic organiser
4. Access print and digital resources
5. Select information
5. Organise information into a graphic organiser.
6. Make a comparison between chosen country and Australia.
Print resources:
Tub 63
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