Quick summary: Students confirm the rules that apply in their home about switching on and off appliances.
Key lessons and understandings of activity:
- Rules are needed to save energy at home, while keeping students safe and making sure other people in the home are not disrupted or inconvenienced.
Australian Curriculum Mapping
Year 1 English
- Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features (ACELY1660)
Year 1 Science
- Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways such as oral and written language, drawing and role play (ACSIS029)
Year 2 English
- Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures (ACELY1670)
Year 2 Science
- Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways such as oral and written language, drawing and role play (ACSIS042)
Year levels: 1 and 2
Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor/Outdoor
Time required: 20 mins in classroom and 10 min at home
Learning areas addressed: English, Health, Science, Geography, ICT, Civic and Citizenship.
Level of teacher scaffolding: Lead the students in problem solving about home rules balancing energy savings, safety and an optimal living environment. Assist students with understanding that each home is going to have its own rules.
Resources required: Smartboard or digital projector if available, print out of activity sheets, pencils or tablet.
Homework: Complete activity sheet with parent or guardian
Keywords: Energy, electricity, rules, safety.
Cool Australia’s curriculum team continually reviews and refines our resources to be in line with changes to the Australian Curriculum.