Flight Topic

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The topics are integrated units with activities from several curriculum areas involving a range of thinking and learning skills.

Social Studies

Strand: Time Continuity and Change
Level: 3–4
Aim: Students will understand relationships between people and events through time
Processes: Inquiry

Science

Strand: Making Sense of the Physical World
Level: 3–4
Achievement Objective 4
Strand: Making Sense of the Nature of Science and its Relationship to Technology
Level: 3–4

Maths

Strand: Number
Level: 3
Sub strand: Exploring computation and estimation
Achievement Objective: Write and solve story problems which require a choice of any combination fo the four arithmetic operations

English

Strand: Reading and Writing
Level: 3–4
Sub strand: Close Reading
Achievement objective: Discuss language, meanings and ideas in a range of texts, relating their understanding to personal experiences and other texts.
Sub strand: Transactional Writing
Achievement objective: Write instructions, explanations, and factual accounts, and express personal viewpoints, in a range of authentic contexts, sequencing ideas logically
Processes: Processing Information

Strand: Viewing and Presenting
Sub strand: Presenting
Achievement objective: use verbal and visual features to communicate information, ideas, or narrative through layout, drama, video, or still photography.