Under the Sea - Virtual Excursion Welcome to the Maker Project Under the Sea Virtual Excursion. In this session, students will investigate the some of the difficulties and physical forces involved in exploring the ocean. This document provides information to prepare you and your students for the session. Included in this document are extension activities to follow up after the session to help maximise your students’ learning from our Virtual Excursion. What to expect Students will investigate how humans have tried to answer the big question of what is down in the deep. They will explore the concepts of pressure, light, and human innovations through the use of visual graphics, hands-on activities, demonstrations, film clips and games to experience why we know less about our deep ocean than we do about space. Runtime: 60 minutes Time Segment Description Teacher Notes 5 min BEFORE Audio Visual Check Teacher to adjust videoconference camera and microphone. Move the camera and zoom in/out to ensure the whole class is visible. If it is a single class session, make sure the microphone is NOT on mute (we’ll be asking questions throughout the session), however if we have multiple schools dialling in, we will request which school should unmute and when. 0-3 min Introduction Welcome to our Under the Sea Virtual Excursion. No action required. 3-10 min Biology of the Ocean Look at various animals that live in the oceans and their adaptions. Teacher to pick students to answer questions and suggest marine life when prompted. 10-25 min Physics of the Ocean What happens as you go into the deep ocean? – it’s cold, dark with lots of pressure. Teachers to assist students with the water in a cup experiment. Instructions below. 25-30 min Understanding pressure What is pressure? Teachers to assist with asking questions and facilitating during experiments and demonstrations.
Curriculum links Australian National Curriculum Online: - 4/5/2016 Science Science understanding Science as a Human Endeavour Science Inquiry skills Year 4 Living things depend on each other and the to survive Forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance Science knowledge helps people to understand the effect of their actions Compare results with predictions, suggesting possible reasons for findings With guidance, identify questions in contexts that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on prior knowledge Year 5 Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their Science involves testing predictions by gathering and using to develop explanations of events and phenomena With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations Compare with predictions and use as in developing explanations Year 6 The growth and survival of living things are affected by physical conditions of their Science involves testing predictions by gathering and using to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
Compare with predictions and use as in developing explanations Year 7 Classification helps organise the diverse group of organisms Change to an object’s motion is caused by unbalanced forces, including Earth’s gravitational attraction, acting on the object Scientific knowledge has changed peoples’ understanding of the world and is refined as new becomes available Sience knowledge can develop through collaboration across the disciplines of science and the contributions of people from a range of cultures scientific investigations including evaluating the quality of the collected, and identifying improvements Use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions based on Year 8 Science knowledge can develop through collaboration across the disciplines of science and the contributions of people from a range of cultures Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to claims based on