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It's Electrifying : Count Alessandro Volta

Literacy Groups : Week 4

Learning Intention : We are learning to navigate and read digital texts to find information.

Use the websites below to investigate Count Alessandro Volta.

What is he famous for?

Create a timeline to show the major achievements in his life as a Scientist.

Include at least 5 interesting facts about Count Volta.

Include a picture of Count Volta if you can.

Record your findings in your SCIENCE book.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/scientists/volta.html

http://www.famousscientists.org/alessandro-volta/

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/al/Alessandro_Volta

http://reekoscience.com/science-tips/alessandro-volta-volts-battery

Literacy Group & HSIE Activities

Literacy Groups Week 5

Choose one person to research from the list of Federation People below:

Frank Anstey Edmund Barton Andrew Inglis Clark Edith Cowan Annette Bear-Crawford Alfred Deakin Vida Goldstein Sir Samuel Walker Griffith Henry Bournes Higgins Livingston Hopkins	Charles Cameron Kingston Henry Lawson Louisa Lawson Sir William McMillan Edward William O'Sullivan Sir Henry Parkes Banjo Patterson Sir John Quick Rose Scott Catherine Helen Spence

Briefly recount their contribution to Federation in your HSIE book.  Print out a picture in black and white to include if possible.

Use the links on our Australia as a Nation post, try Worldbook Online or try a Google search.

Literacy Groups Week 3
Watch the short YouTube describing major events in Australia's history.  Take notes of the dates and events and create a timeline in your HSIE book entitled Significant Events in Australia's History.

HSIE Week 3
In pairs, view the Federation timeline at Timetoast

Re-create the timeline in your HSIE book, entitled Federation Timeline,  listing the events in point form.

Choose one event to display on an information card.  Experiment with fonts, colour, page margins, and page boarders to create an clear, attractive and informative card.  See the Henry Parkes card as an example. Your card should be about half an A4 page in size. Save in your file on the O Drive for your teacher to print in colour.

Identify any technical language related to Federation that we may not know the meaning of.  Create a word bank definition card for our HSIE wall.  See the debate and premier word definition card as an example. You should use a large point size for your word cards. Print these out in black and white.

See here also for extra information.

Australia as a Nation

In Term 2 Year 6 will be studying key events and people who influenced the development of Australia up to Federation and beyond.

We will be learning about the development of Australia as a nation, particularly after 1901.

Key inquiry questions:

• Why and how did Australia become a nation?
• How did Australian society change throughout the twentieth century?
• Who were the people who came to Australia? Why did they come?
• What contribution have significant individuals and groups made to the development of Australian society?

Below are some websites that may be helpful in our studies:

The Path to Federation

Australia's Federation

Parliamentary Education Office



TIMELINES:

Significant Events in Australia's History - Timeline

Australian Profile Timeline - Detailed

Our Shared History - Impact of European events on Indigenous people

A good simple summary of Federation

Skwirk - Affect of Federation on Indigenous people


Indigenous Traditions

Our Shared History - Impact of European events on Indigenous people

For and Against Federation

Six colonies - Descriptions

School A to Z

Flags of Australia

Flags of Australia

Historical Flags of Australia

Symbols of Australia

We know our history!

6W presented some wonderful Historical Recounts about famous Antarctic Explorers.  The variety of presentation mediums was fantastic with students presenting posters, diaries and journals, picture books, newspaper reports and even television interviews!  Here are some examples of the wonderful efforts the students made in presenting their research.

Australia My Country - Creative Writing and Art Competition

Avalon RSL is again hosting the Australia My Country writing and art competition this year.  This is a wonderful competition to show your creative writing and arts skills as well as celebrate the many different faces of our country.  Please see below for all details and entry form – your teacher also has hard copies of the entry form if you need one.  You must have your entry at school by 4^th May to enter.

 

In the Footsteps of Mawson Comprehension Activity

Access the site below to find out about Mawson's EPIC sled journey across Antarctica in 1912.

http://mawson.samuseum.sa.gov.au/epic.htm

Click on the Map in the lower left corner, and starting at Main Base continue north through Mawson's journey.

Use the question sheets to record facts and your responses about the journey that Mawson, Ninnes and Mertz attempted.