Design project: Gardening tool - AT
Students critiqued garden tools, designed for adults, and identified the issues they have with using them. They researched ergonomics and developments by designers of garden tools in shape, size and materials used. Students explained the issues they have …
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Referendum to change the Constitution - AT
Students created a brochure outlining both the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases for Australia becoming a republic. This brochure would be distributed to members of the public before the vote which took place in 1999. The task was completed after an introductory six-week …
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Design project: Budget pants - AT
Students designed and produced pants or shorts for a specified budget. They documented their work including a deconstructed design brief; mood board collage; design ideas rendered and annotated; a fashion illustration (3D sketch); storyboard; materials …
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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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Landscapes - AT
Students were engaged in a process of creating an artwork of a landscape with merged perspectives to communicate a viewpoint on sustainability. They explored Aboriginal Waanyi artist Judy Watson’s own viewpoints on sustainability, as well as her use of …
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Establishing a new colony – AT
Students investigated the early years of settlement of one Australian colony. Using sources provided by the teacher, and with the regular support of the teacher-librarian, they generated a series of inquiry questions to lead to the creation of a collection …
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Research task - AT
During a teaching and learning unit on chemical sciences, students learnt about pure substances and mixtures and investigated a variety of separation techniques for soluble and insoluble substances. During a unit on Earth and space sciences, students …
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Ein Forschungsvorhaben zum Recycling in der Schule – AT
Students had completed a unit on the environment and personal and community responsibility for it. They compared strategies to improve the environment in Germany and Australia and how schools can lessen environmental impacts. They learnt about formal …
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Un viaje a Bolivia - At
In this unit, students learnt about travelling through Spanish-speaking countries from an English speaker’s perspective, considering historical and cultural features and traditions, and places and events of interest. They learnt language and grammar related …
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Scripted performance: Goldfields - AT
Students studied the gold rushes and their impact on Australia and its peoples through an integrated unit that involved History and Drama. In particular, they explored the Victorian goldfields, the miner’s licence and the unrest that led to the Eureka …
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Differing perspectives - AT
Students explored two statements by Australian Prime Ministers: Paul Keating’s ‘Redfern Speech’ in 1992 and Kevin Rudd’s ‘Apology’ in 2008. They watched recordings and analysed written transcripts of each speech and considered the speech within its historical …
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Diary entry of Caterina - AT
Students were asked to imagine that they were Caterina from the film Caterina va in città and compose three diary entries. The diary entries were to reflect Caterina’s experiences, feelings and opinions at different points in the film.
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Response to stimulus: Emotional responses - AT
As part of a unit of work about respectful relationships, students explored how emotional responses can impact on how people interact with each other and the decisions and behaviours they make in a range of situations. Students were asked to write two …
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Australian identity - AT
The task occurred at the end of year as part of a whole-school forum on Australian identity and civic responsibility. In age- or stage-equivalent groups, students participated in a series of structured, teacher-moderated discussions of Australia’s democratic …
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Factors influencing political choices - AT
The task occurred at the end of year as part of a whole-school forum on Australian identity and civic responsibility. In age- or stage-equivalent groups, students participated in a series of structured, teacher-moderated discussions on Australia’s democratic …
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Business plan - AT
Students completed a structured business plan using information and ideas associated with a fictitious company. The task was the culmination of the year’s study and required students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of business practices. …
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Product report – AT
Students chose a product from a provided list to research, and wrote an article for a business magazine analysing the product’s success. Students explored the structure and language features of persuasive writing and were provided with a scaffold of inquiry …
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La mia famiglia – l’albero genealogico - AT
Students completed a unit of work on the family, learning grammar, sentence structures, expressions and vocabulary needed to describe one’s family. Students were then asked to create a family tree and write a description of family members. Students then …
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Animal Storybook - AT
Students were asked to create a children’s number book showing animals engaged in various activities. Students were to include: a variety of adjectives and apply the rules of agreement with nouns regular and irregular present tense verbs the time …
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Communications timeline – AT
Students sequenced teacher-provided images of different forms of communication, from oldest to newest, along a timeline. The teacher then questioned the students about the choices they made. The question, along with a transcript of the student’s answer, …
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