The development of these new units has been made possible thanks to support by the australian government department of education through the maths and science participation program. These pdfs are modified versions of tasks from our units. Supported by the australian government, primary connections is an awardwinning and innovative program linking the teaching of science with the teaching of literacy in primary schools from foundation to year 6. Backward design unit planner brief backward design unit planner detailed national scientific literacy progress map. Abacus educational suppliers is the exclusive australiawide distributor of primary connections units in textbook format. Primary connections facilitation tools and techniques handbook. Primary connections has released three early years stem curriculum units. For permissions, contact the business manager, primary connections. The thematic units are underpinned by key questions that help focus. Encourage children to make connections across the areas of.
The unit is based on the 5es learning model for teaching science, and includes literacy and. Digital versions of 31 curriculum units are available free for educational. Units are organised by strand and year level, not in the recommended order for teaching. Name physicians phone number address pembroke family medicine matthew fernaays, m. Each unit contains detailed information about its alignments with all aspects of the australian curriculum. This is an extensive teaching unit focused on learning, through a collaborative, inquirybased approach, about the causes of earthquakes, how they are measured and the damage they can cause.
Three new units will cover science material suitable from foundation to year 4 and will include a free downloadable pdf, assessment rubrics and. There are four primaryconnections units for each year of primary school one for each science domain of the australian curriculum. Hard copies of all units are available for purchase. Primary connections releasing new units and teaching resources. This unit is one of a series designed to exemplify the primaryconnections teaching and. Primary connections, canberra, australian capital territory. Units with shaded backgrounds indicate that these units have a strong link to the design and technologies skills and content of the australian curriculum. Collection of primary connections units available on scootle. The book contains assessment rubrics and a code to download a free pdf of the unit.
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