Learning Objectives:
- Throughout this web-quest we hope that the students learn and explore where they live and the
world around them.
- They experiment and have a go at investigating and using their creativity and critical thinking skills.
- The students work in groups, sharing ideas, information and conversing.
HASS Curriculum Links:
Geography:
People are connected to many places
- The location of the major geographical divisions of the world (e.g. continents, oceans) in relation to Australia (ACHASSK047)
Humanities and Social Sciences skills:
- Reflect on current understanding of a topic (e.g. think-pair-share, brainstorm) (WAHASS13)
- Locate information from a variety of provided sources (e.g. books, television, people, images, plans, internet) (WAHASS15)
HASS Skills:
Questioning and researching:
Develop questions about events, developments, issues and/or phenomena; collect and organise information, evidence and/or data, from primary and secondary sources.
Analysing:
Interpret information, evidence and/or data to identify key points or ideas, points of view, perceptions and interpretations; identify the purpose of sources and determine their accuracy and reliability.
Evaluating:
Propose explanations for events, challenges, developments, issues and/or phenomena; draw evidence-based conclusions and explanations; and suggest courses of action in response to events, challenges, developments, issues and/or problems
Communicating and reflecting:
Present findings in appropriate forms for different audiences and purposes using subject specific terminology; reflect on conclusions/findings to consider consequences.
General Capabilities:
Literacy:
- Students understand the language being used when interpreting and understanding the information.
- Through HASS students are encouraged to listen, read, view, speak, write and create text.
- Students converse and communicate with their peers through conversations, oral presentations, group discussions and sharing details and information.
- Children's literature conveys new words, meanings and language to the children.
Numeracy:
- Students become numerate as they develop the knowledge and skills to use mathematics confidently across all learning areas at school, and in their lives more broadly.
Information and communication technology (ICT) capability
- Students engage in critical and creative thinking and are introduced to a range of new skills. These skills are important especially due to the development and presence of technology in today's society.
Critical and Creative Thinking:
- Students develop skills, behaviours and dispositions such as reason, logic, resourcefulness, imagination and innovation.
Personal and social capability:
- Students develop this skill as they learn more about the world around them. Through discussing with their peers they are learning how to communicate, solve problems and work effectively in teams.
Ethical understanding:
- Students learn about the world around them, ethical diversity and considerations which helps them develop an awareness of the influence of their values and behaviours.
Intercultural understanding:
- Student learn to have an appreciation for their own culture, other cultures, their languages and their beliefs. Through this unit of work, students have the opportunity to learn about a range of cultures..
EYLF Links:
Principles:
1. Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships
3. High expectations and equity
4. Respect for diversity
5. Ongoing learning and reflective practices
Practices:
Intentional teaching:
- Opportunities for exploration and conversations and communication with their peers, which is important to extend the learning.
Continuity of learning and transitions:
- Through an online activity and resources, children are able to further explore at home, creating a transition and engagement for the
learning at both home and school.
Assessment for learning:
- Through the activities and final task, the teacher is gathering information about what the child knows, what they learn and what
knowledge they obtain.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Children have a strong sense of identity.
- The children are given the opportunity to not only explore where they live but the world and cultures that surround them. This learning can extend their own knowledge on their own cultural identity and be a building block for more learning, questions and research into their own identity.
2. Children are connected and contribute to their world.
- The children are connected to their world through their inquiry and investigations when learning about the world around them. This will aid them in the awareness and allow them to contribute to the world.
4. Children are confident and involved learners.
- Through this web-quest, the children are given the opportunity to have the independence to explore the unit of work at their own pace. They are given the skills and further, the opportunities to further develop these skills to ensure they are confident learners.
5. Children are effective communicators
- The children are given many opportunities to communicate with their peers and their teacher throughout this web-quest, in a range of diverse ways.
Considerations:
The teacher needs to take into consideration all the children's needs and abilities in the classroom.
Many of these activities are to be completed in pairs, which allows the children to bounce ideas off one another and support each others learning. The teacher can select the partners to support particular students.
- Throughout this web-quest we hope that the students learn and explore where they live and the
world around them.
- They experiment and have a go at investigating and using their creativity and critical thinking skills.
- The students work in groups, sharing ideas, information and conversing.
HASS Curriculum Links:
Geography:
People are connected to many places
- The location of the major geographical divisions of the world (e.g. continents, oceans) in relation to Australia (ACHASSK047)
Humanities and Social Sciences skills:
- Reflect on current understanding of a topic (e.g. think-pair-share, brainstorm) (WAHASS13)
- Locate information from a variety of provided sources (e.g. books, television, people, images, plans, internet) (WAHASS15)
HASS Skills:
Questioning and researching:
Develop questions about events, developments, issues and/or phenomena; collect and organise information, evidence and/or data, from primary and secondary sources.
Analysing:
Interpret information, evidence and/or data to identify key points or ideas, points of view, perceptions and interpretations; identify the purpose of sources and determine their accuracy and reliability.
Evaluating:
Propose explanations for events, challenges, developments, issues and/or phenomena; draw evidence-based conclusions and explanations; and suggest courses of action in response to events, challenges, developments, issues and/or problems
Communicating and reflecting:
Present findings in appropriate forms for different audiences and purposes using subject specific terminology; reflect on conclusions/findings to consider consequences.
General Capabilities:
Literacy:
- Students understand the language being used when interpreting and understanding the information.
- Through HASS students are encouraged to listen, read, view, speak, write and create text.
- Students converse and communicate with their peers through conversations, oral presentations, group discussions and sharing details and information.
- Children's literature conveys new words, meanings and language to the children.
Numeracy:
- Students become numerate as they develop the knowledge and skills to use mathematics confidently across all learning areas at school, and in their lives more broadly.
Information and communication technology (ICT) capability
- Students engage in critical and creative thinking and are introduced to a range of new skills. These skills are important especially due to the development and presence of technology in today's society.
Critical and Creative Thinking:
- Students develop skills, behaviours and dispositions such as reason, logic, resourcefulness, imagination and innovation.
Personal and social capability:
- Students develop this skill as they learn more about the world around them. Through discussing with their peers they are learning how to communicate, solve problems and work effectively in teams.
Ethical understanding:
- Students learn about the world around them, ethical diversity and considerations which helps them develop an awareness of the influence of their values and behaviours.
Intercultural understanding:
- Student learn to have an appreciation for their own culture, other cultures, their languages and their beliefs. Through this unit of work, students have the opportunity to learn about a range of cultures..
EYLF Links:
Principles:
1. Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships
3. High expectations and equity
4. Respect for diversity
5. Ongoing learning and reflective practices
Practices:
Intentional teaching:
- Opportunities for exploration and conversations and communication with their peers, which is important to extend the learning.
Continuity of learning and transitions:
- Through an online activity and resources, children are able to further explore at home, creating a transition and engagement for the
learning at both home and school.
Assessment for learning:
- Through the activities and final task, the teacher is gathering information about what the child knows, what they learn and what
knowledge they obtain.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Children have a strong sense of identity.
- The children are given the opportunity to not only explore where they live but the world and cultures that surround them. This learning can extend their own knowledge on their own cultural identity and be a building block for more learning, questions and research into their own identity.
2. Children are connected and contribute to their world.
- The children are connected to their world through their inquiry and investigations when learning about the world around them. This will aid them in the awareness and allow them to contribute to the world.
4. Children are confident and involved learners.
- Through this web-quest, the children are given the opportunity to have the independence to explore the unit of work at their own pace. They are given the skills and further, the opportunities to further develop these skills to ensure they are confident learners.
5. Children are effective communicators
- The children are given many opportunities to communicate with their peers and their teacher throughout this web-quest, in a range of diverse ways.
Considerations:
The teacher needs to take into consideration all the children's needs and abilities in the classroom.
Many of these activities are to be completed in pairs, which allows the children to bounce ideas off one another and support each others learning. The teacher can select the partners to support particular students.
Relevant Children's Literature:
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