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me
and my shadow
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Unit overview: Children investigate shadows indoors and outside to develop their understanding of the sun as a light source and how it's apparent motion across the sky changes the size and direction of the shadows formed. |
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Author(s): Marianne Nicholas, Jane Hogben & Mary Tucker |
Band: Early Primary (R-2) Strand: Earth and Space |
Duration: eg. Approximately 4 lessons Published: June 2002 |
Financial assistance for the development of this resource was provided by CEASA |
| Context: This unit was written collaboratively by three teachers, based on successful activities they had used to teach Earth and Space R-2 in various urban schools. |
| Key Idea: Children identify sequences and cycles of natural events connected to their daily lives. |
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Elements
of the SACSA Framework
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Essential
Learnings
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Key
Competencies
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Outcome
(SACSA Standards)
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Communication Thinking |
1: Collecting,
analysing and organising information |
2.2: Explores the apparent motion of the sun in relation to the earth and develops models of their understanding. |
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South Australian Science Teachers Association Inc. 2002
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