HASS 3.6 bundle: Exploring Climates

Description

Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Year 3 unit 3.6

Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping and assessment guide, student workbook, and a workbook with model answers (5 PDFs) for

• HASS + Science: Understanding Our World
• Year 3, Unit 3.6: “Exploring Climates”
• Minimum time allocation of one hour per week. Extensions are provided for up to 2.5 hours a week.

In this unit students examine explorations of different climates of the world, focussing on extreme climates such as deserts and polar regions. There is a focus on Australia, with Aboriginal and European explorations of the interior of the continent, in particular, providing several possible areas of examination. A discussion of the different regions and climate areas of Australia adds foundation to these explorations.

In addition to Australia, there are options for discussing explorations of the Sahara Desert, South Pole, North Pole and Mount Everest. The teacher can either let students choose an explorer to study, or support students to work in groups on a subset of the material. The core of this unit is a research topic by students which covers a range of aspects related to their chosen explorer. This research topic provides in-depth information, whilst the combination of all the students’ research gives a broad overview to the whole class.

Multi-Year Level Integration

In a multi-year level class, this unit can be integrated with the unit for Year 4: Exploring Africa and South America, as well as Year 5: Exploring North America. It is also broadly compatible with the unit for Year 6: Exploring Asia.

For integration with Year 2, the alternate Unit 3.2: Our Changing Community should be used instead.