a journey through the solar system

Unit overview: Students investigate the relationships between the Earth, our solar system and the universe.

Author(s): Julie Martin

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Band: Primary Years

Strand: Earth and Space

Duration: 6 – 8 weeks

Published: November 2002

Financial assistance for the development of this resource was provided by The National Quality Teacher Program
Context:This unit was developed for a Year 5/6 class working within a Middle School setting. A few students show behavioural and social problems, and as a group responds well to activity based learning. Achieving learning outcomes through an integrated curriculum remains the focus.
Key Idea: Students use information and communication technologies and a variety of other resources to develop their own explanations about the relationship between the Earth sun and moon.
Elements of the SACSA Framework
Essential Learnings
Key Competencies
Outcome (SACSA Standards)

Futures: developing perspectives to critically reflect upon and contribute to creating preferred futures.

Communication: developing knowledge, skills and dispositions required to construct and deconstruct meaning and to critically understand and use the power of communication and technologies.

Interdependence: developing a sense of connectedness with other people and systems, reflecting on and taking action to shape local and global communities.

Thinking: developing creativity, enterprise, wisdom and the capacity to evaluate and generate ideas and solutions.

Link to SACSA Essential Learnings

KC1: Collecting, analysing and organising data.

KC2: Communicating ideas and information.

KC6: Solving problems.

KC7: Using technology.

List all Key Competencies

3.2 Students can describe various components of the solar system and the effects of these on our everyday lives.
F. In. C. KC2.
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