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Teacher  Introduction

This Webquest has been designed for Year 5 students and has conformed to the following Australian Curriculum content descriptors for Technology: Digital Technologies:

 

  • ACTDEK020: Investigate how electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system’ and the complementary content descriptor:

 

  •  ACTDEP026: Select appropriate materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and apply safe procedures to make designed solutions’ (ACARA, 2015).

 

The purpose of this webquest is for students to revisit their prior knowledge and understanding  of electricity, before being introduced to the new concept of light electricity and circuits. To add to this the 'Its Electrifying' webquest has been created as a resource that provides students with an engaging and enjoyable technology experience.

Standards:

'Its Electrifying' incorporates the following Year 5-6 strands, content descriptors and elaborations of the Australian Curriculum - Technologies: Digital Technologies.

 

Digital Technologies Knowledge and Understanding:

 

  • Investigate how electrical energy can control movement, sound or light in a designed product or system (ACTDEK020)

    • Deconstructing a product or system to discover how movement, sound or light can be controlled, for example deconstructing a torch or buzzer and exploring circuit design.

    • Investigating the features of electrical devices such as switches, light globes and sensors.          

    • Producing models using materials, tools and equipment to show how to ontrol movement, sound or light.          

 

Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills:

 

  • Select appropriate materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and apply safe procedures to make designed solutions (ACTDEP026)

    • Working safely, responsibly and cooperatively to ensure safe work areas, for example the safe use of equipment when making a water-resistant, floating craft or a model of an environmentally sensitive outdoor shelter.          

    • Using appropriate personal protective equipment required for the use of some tools and equipment, for example protective eyewear.

 

 

Teacher Resources:

Differentiation/adjustments to students needs:

When looking at the types of learners including visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learners it is apparent that the website successfully caters to the needs of all learning types. This is apparent as the website will see students working individually and in small groups and will also see students absorbed in a hands-on activity where they will construct a model torch for the kinaesthetic learners, visual video clips for the visual learners and programs that require volume for all auditory learners (Wing Jan, 2009). Therefore by incorporating such activities, the website facilitates differentiation.

Assessment Information:

The assessment that has been created for this Webquest is required to be completed in pairs or small groups. Students will be required to construct their own torch and will need to made a simple circuit. The materials of the torch are to be recycled which therefore conforms to the sustainability cross curriculum priority. Adding to this students will need to complete a reflection of thier assessment. Here students will note how they worked in groups and the information they learnt while completing the assessment and the activities in the Webquest. By completing this assessment students will have a greater understanding on electricity and electrical circuits and how they are used in the world around them.

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  • Wing Jan, L. (2009). Write ways: modelling writing forms (3rd ed.). South Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press.

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