Data analysis: Water in the world – ABOVE
Over a period of six weeks, students explored how water connects places, environments and people. Students used digital technologies to present the process of orographic rainfall and explain how it influences the characteristics on either side of a mountain. Students …
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Research inquiry: Interconnections - ABOVE
Students were required to select one product that is purchased by their household and investigate how the production and demand for this product creates networks of trade and economic interdependence at and across different scales. The inquiry took place …
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Design project: Pig enclosure - ABOVE
Students completed an analysis of the two pig enclosures (managed environments) at the school where pigs were housed. They used their prior knowledge, internet research and an audit key to assist them in assessing the positives and negatives of each of …
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Ensemble: Site specific – AT
Students studied choreography using a site specified by their teacher as a stimulus. The unit explored different spaces where dance can occur and provided students with the opportunity to choreograph their own work in a specific space. This was an informal …
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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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Animation - ABOVE
Students studied endangered animals, read The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and created short stop motion animation artworks as part of a 10-week unit called ‘Our Animal Planet’. They developed their understanding of the natural world and sustainability, …
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Animation - AT
Students studied endangered animals, read The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, and created short stop motion animation artworks as part of a 10-week unit called ‘Our Animal Planet’. They developed their understanding of the natural world and sustainability, …
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Art response: Leaving home - ABOVE
Students engaged in responding to the subject matter and narrative in Aboriginal Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup’s woodcut print, Leaving home. They were also required to analyse elements such as shape, the artist’s choice to exclude colour, and the technique …
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Art response: Leaving home - AT
Students engaged in responding to the subject matter and narrative in Aboriginal Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup’s woodcut print, Leaving home. They were also required to analyse elements such as shape, the artist’s choice to exclude colour, and the technique …
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Art response: Leaving home - BELOW
Students engaged in responding to the subject matter and narrative in Aboriginal Nyoongar artist Laurel Nannup’s woodcut print, Leaving home. They were also required to analyse elements such as shape, the artist’s choice to exclude colour, and the technique …
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Blog: Working safely - ABOVE
Students, with teacher assistance, have collected evidence of safe and skilful use of technologies in a range of design tasks, and recorded this in a blog.
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Design project: Automata - AT
Students investigated some of the key mechanical systems that are used and relied on in daily life, such as the muscles that move their own head, unlocking and opening a door, toys that move and mechanisms in the family car. They critiqued these key mechanical …
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Investigation: Innovation - AT
Students investigated a designed solution they believed was innovative. They prepared a report including an analysis of why the design was innovative (including materials, tools and techniques) and an analysis of the impact of this designed solution on …
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Investigation: Innovation - BELOW
Students investigated a designed solution they believed was innovative. They prepared a report including an analysis of why the design was innovative (including materials, tools and techniques) and an analysis of the impact of this designed solution on …
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Design project: Desktop lamp - ABOVE
Students completed an investigation of lighting technology and design developments over the past century. They developed knowledge and understanding of lighting technologies and the impact they have locally and globally. Students identified key elements …
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Design project: Desktop lamp - AT
Students completed an investigation of lighting technology and design developments over the past century. They developed knowledge and understanding of lighting technologies and the impact they have locally and globally. Students identified key elements …
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Working safely and accurately - BELOW
Students were filmed or photographed to demonstrate working safely in the technologies classroom (below sample not published). They completed safety worksheets to demonstrate their understanding of safe work practices.
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Digital project: Organising ideas – ABOVE
Students generated a digital mind map as a way to display pictorial data. They collected data about known places around the school in the form of digital photos taken using a tablet computer. They used an app to create a mind map to represent these data. …
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Worksheet: Digital systems - ABOVE
Students have been collaborating, creating and communicating ideas, information and solutions face-to-face and online via a class wiki. They were asked to identify hardware and software used throughout the year and describe other purposes for which they …
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Worksheet: Whole numbers - BELOW
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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