Digital project: Exploring Python - ABOVE
Students designed and implemented solutions to increasingly complex problems using the object-oriented programming language Python. They explored different programming constructs and user interfaces using both a command line and graphical interface. Students …
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Design project: Rainbow costumes - ABOVE
Students designed and produced costumes for a performance based on the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They gathered information on materials, colours, special effects and design features. They generated and evaluated ideas for their costumes. …
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Analysis: Food and nutrition - ABOVE
Students learnt about the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating and its categories. They discussed influences on the food and drink people consume and what food is needed to stay healthy. Students were asked to record what they had eaten in the previous …
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Gold rushes: wants and needs – ABOVE
Students studied life on the nineteenth century gold fields from the perspective of the gold miners. They investigated the wants and needs of miners at the time, using teacher-selected source material, and made a comparison with present-day wants and …
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Reflection: The legacy of Rome – Above
Students were asked to reflect on the legacy of ancient Rome for modern society, and write a response as part of an end-of-unit task. They were asked to make connections between the ancient and modern worlds, incorporate images in their texts, and to …
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Comparison: Knight versus samurai - ABOVE
Students compared the life and roles of European knights and Japanese samurai in medieval times. They examined a selection of primary and secondary sources provided by the class teacher and teacher-librarian and summarised their findings on a Venn diagram. …
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Infographic: Making a nation - Above
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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Written response: Body reactions - ABOVE
Students participated in a combined HPE and Science unit, exploring how their body felt after physical activity. Before going for a run, students checked their heart rate by putting their hand on their chest. After the run, students checked to see if …
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Written response: Fitness - ABOVE
Throughout the term, students participated in a range of physical activities that developed health-related and skill-related fitness components. The teacher led discussion about the difference between health- and skill-related components and after each …
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Travel advice - above
As part of their teaching and learning unit on biological sciences, students investigated how living organisms maintain the requirements for life through the coordinated function of body systems, such as the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, nervous …
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Worksheet: Whole numbers - ABOVE
Students were introduced to whole numbers using a CS Unplugged video and unplugged group activities. Students completed a worksheet to assess their understanding of binary numbers.
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Written instructions: Environmental games - ABOVE
As part of a History unit, ‘Children 100 years ago’, students learnt that there was limited money and toys for children in Australia. Students were asked to create or adapt a game, using only natural resources. Students used a template to help develop …
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Reflection: Emotional responses - ABOVE
Students participated in a games unit focusing on social interactions and emotions. They identified their own and others' emotions using a classroom chart of ‘feelings faces’. Students identified how their reactions might make others feel, talked about …
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Posters: Personal safety - ABOVE
Students undertook a six-week unit involving protective behaviours to keep themselves safe. This included sun, water, playground and community safety. Students were asked to make a poster to share sun safety messages. Students were also asked to write …
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Reflection: I am good at ... - ABOVE
As part of a unit of work on personal identity, students learnt how people, places, personal interests and personal strengths helped shape their identity. Students were introduced to character strengths and each strength was explained. Students were …
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Written response: Community connections - ABOVE
As part of a unit of work on community connections, students learnt about how places in their local community were designed to promote physical activity. They visited a local playground near their school to conduct an audit of the types of resources available. Students …
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Journal writing - ABOVE
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. The task was undertaken as a part of a sequence of six 30-minute lessons about potential workplace issues. Through journal writing, students were required …
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Community walk map – ABOVE
Students undertook a supervised walk around the local community and recorded the journey on a template map containing key marker points. The teacher then interviewed the student, posing questions about the journey. A transcript of the interview is included …
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My special place – ABOVE
Students produced a drawing of an important place in their lives. The teacher then interviewed the students regarding the reasons why the places depicted were important. The explanations were transcribed by the teacher. The drawings and explanations formed …
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My connections – ABOVE
Students discussed their personal connections to places in the world beyond Australia, particularly the Asia-Pacific region. Students then labelled and annotated a teacher-provided map of the region to indicate and explain these connections. The task …
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