Indigenous Spinning Tops – CLE

Publication Date: November, 2016

Type of Resource: Connected Learning Experience

This Connected Learning Experience explores forces in an Indigenous context.

Description: In this investigation younger students explore how push/pull forces can be applied to make an object move in the context of spinning tops. They observe characteristics of successful spinners and notice how a force is applied to set them in motion or to make them stop.

Learning intentions

Students will be able to:

ask questions about and describe changes to objects and materials
identify examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives
predict outcomes of investigations
use informal measurements to make and compare observations with those of others
record and represent observations and communicate ideas in a variety of ways
use discussion to sort information and compare ideas.

New Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9S1U03 (Year 1)

External Link:

Indigenous spinning tops – Year 2 CLE

Additional Information

A Connected Learning Experience (CLE) is a resource package designed to support the use of inquiry investigations in the classroom.

Each CLE may not encompass all the concepts and skills addressed in the specific content descriptions outlined by the Australian Curriculum: Science for that Year level. The Learning Intentions clearly define the aims and objectives of the CLE.

Year 2 Achievement Standard

This lesson sequence provides opportunities to gather information about students’ achievement of specific components in the standards (which are bolded in the statements below).

By the end of Year 2, students describe changes to objects, materials and living things. They identify that certain materials and resources have different uses and describe examples of where science is used in people’s daily lives.

Students pose and respond to questions about their experiences and predict outcomes of investigations. They use informal measurements to make and compare observations. They record and represent observations and communicate ideas in a variety of ways.

Australian Curriculum:

Year 2 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Use and influence of science > People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things >
ACSHE035
Year 2 > Science Inquiry Skills > Questioning and Predicting > Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events >
ACSIS037
Year 2 > Science Inquiry Skills > Processing and analysing data and information > Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables and through discussion, compare observations with predictions >
ACSIS040
Year 2 > Science Inquiry Skills > Planning and conducting > Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions >
ACSIS038
Year 2 > Science Inquiry Skills > Evaluating > Compare observations with those of others >
ACSIS041
Year 2 > Science as a Human Endeavour > Nature and development of science > Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events >
ACSHE034
Year 2 > Science Understanding > Physical Sciences > A push or a pull affects how an object moves or changes shape >
ACSSU033

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