Extended response: Responsibility for the outbreak of World War II - AT
Students explored key people and events from the inter-war years between World War I and World War II and considered the contribution of particular actions and attitudes in the lead-up to the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. Students then examined a …
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Infographic: Making a nation - At
Students collated information and ideas associated with the ‘Making a nation’ depth study and created an infographic to summarise their findings. The teacher provided a scaffold for the organisation of the material and students were required to use the …
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Research assignment: Wellbeing indicators - AT
Over a period of four weeks before completing the task, students examined the concept of human wellbeing and factors affecting human wellbeing. Students discussed how effective quantitative and qualitative indicators are at assessing levels of wellbeing. …
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Digital project: App development - AT
Students collaboratively designed and implemented an app for Year 7 and 8 students. They documented their process using a group wiki including guidelines for using the wiki and managing files, analysis of similar apps, functional and non-functional requirements, …
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Body systems – AT
In a teaching and learning unit on biological sciences, students studied human anatomy with a particular focus on the respiratory, circulatory, nervous and digestive systems. They investigated cells, tissues and organs in each system. Students were given …
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Translation and reflection – Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München Pamphlet – AT
In this unit of work students explored concepts of the environment, recycling and waste management and how German and Australian attitudes and practices towards the environment compare. This built on previous learning that had already taken place about …
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Written response: Personal fitness - AT
Students participated in a range of activities that developed health-related and skill-related fitness components. Students were asked to design a personal training workout and then performed the workout while wearing a heart rate monitor. Students were …
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Hip-hop: Technology - AT
Students were asked to use dance to explore an issue facing the youth of today in a four-week unit. They were assessed in a summative task that included making (choreography and performance) and responding. Students selected and organised the elements …
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Email to a member of parliament – AT
Students explored levels of mobile phone use and ownership in Australia as part of a unit on resources, consumers and businesses. They then wrote an email that might be sent to their local federal member of parliament requesting new legislation in relation …
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Choreography: Telling stories - AT
Students investigated how elements of dance can be used to tell a story. The task consisted of two sections that were joined together. The first part engaged the students in the development of understanding of repetition and contrast to communicate their …
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Source analysis: The atomic bomb - AT
Students examined two sources relating to the use of the atomic bomb in 1945: a primary source from US President Truman; and a secondary source from a recent historian. They were asked to analyse each source in relation to its content and perspective …
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Land rights source analysis – AT
Students listened to the song ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody. They worked in groups to conduct research into the song, including its lyrics and the events and people upon which it was based. Students then answered questions …
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My summer holidays dairy entries - AT
Students had learnt about plain form and past plain form and how to write diary entries and sequence events. In this task, students were asked to reflect on their summer holidays and write 2-3 separate diary entries for 2-3 days or events recounting …
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Parts of the body -AT
Students had completed a unit of work on body parts and body part kanji. They completed a series of oral, aural and written activities to provide evidence of learning.
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Style: Hip-hop - AT
Students were asked to choreograph a dance that explored the stylistic features and culture of hip-hop in a five-week unit. They worked collaboratively in pairs to manipulate and combine the elements of dance, choreographic devices, form and production …
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Wetter - AT
Students created a German weather phrasebook that included German and English translations, as well as a picture to describe each phrase. They learnt how to use a conjunction to join two short sentences. This was the first task in a unit focusing on how …
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How an idea changes – AT
This task was designed to address the aspects of the Year 8 achievement standards that relate to science as human endeavour. Students were asked to research a ‘big idea’ in science and create a presentation in which they explain how that idea has developed …
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Magazine cover - AT
Students studied the conventions and technical and symbolic elements of magazine covers and how they engage an audience. They explored how the media creates meaning and engages particular audiences with precision on magazine covers. In particular, students …
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Changing seasons – AT
As part of a unit on weather and seasons, students learnt how to describe the weather, report on weather, and compare seasonal features in different parts of the world. In this task, students were asked to write descriptions of seasonal features in a …
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Wet ‘n’ wild Wetlands world – AT
As part of their Science inquiry learning, students in Years 5 and 6 learned about ponding in the school wetlands. Ponding is part of an integrated program, that incorporates STEAM and German. Students learn German in weekly lessons from Foundation …
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