Design and Technologies - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 and 8 Design and technologies knowledge and understanding Content descriptions with elaborations Investigate the ways in which products, services and environments evolve locally, regionally and globally and how competing factors including social, …
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Economics and Business - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Knowledge and understanding Content descriptions with elaborations: The ways consumers and producers interact and respond to each other in the market (ACHEK017) investigating how consumers rely on businesses to meet their needs and wants examining …
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Digital Technologies - Years 5 and 6
Content descriptions with elaborations: Explain how student solutions and existing information systems are sustainable and meet current and future local community needs (ACTDIP021) exploring the ethics and impact of management practices on the use …
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Mathematics - Years 7 and 8
Year 7 Statistics and probability Data representation and interpretation Content descriptions with elaborations: Identify and investigate issues involving numerical data collected from primary and secondary sources (ACMSP169) obtaining secondary …
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NPA2
Identifying and creating patterns identifies standard patterns (dice or domino) without counting individual items creates repeating patterns with numbers and shapes (circle, square, circle, square or 1,2,3 1,2,3 1,2,3)
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Measurement and geometry: The combined area of spaces - WS3
Students were asked to solve the following problem: ‘The school has been donated 36 square metres of artificial grass that need to be laid in the upper playground to create two quiet areas. Draw at least two possible solutions on grid paper displaying …
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UuM8
Converting units converts between formal units of measurement recognises the relationship between metric units of measurement and the base-ten place value system explains why having 100 cm in a metre results in 10 000 cm2 in a square metre (using …
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Production elements - BELOW
Students studied the elements of production in a 10-week unit based on the musical Blood Brothers (1983) by Willy Russell. They explored the script with group workshops, moved readings and short performances for the class. Assessment during the unit consisted …
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UnT4
Comprehension reads and views simple texts with adult support (see Text complexity) demonstrates understanding of a range of texts read by adults makes relevant comments or asks relevant questions to demonstrate understanding of the text makes connections …
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UnT6
Comprehension reads and views simple texts and some predictable texts (see Text complexity) locates specific information in a predictable print text or a given set of digital sources describes the purpose of informative, imaginative and persuasive …
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UnT9
Comprehension reads and views moderately complex texts (see Text complexity) identifies the main themes or concepts in moderately complex texts summarises the text identifying key details compares and contrasts the use of visual elements in multimodal …
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Mi barrio y los pueblos antiguos de Latinoamérica – AT
Students learnt about Indigenous South and Central American groups and conducted research into one group of interest to them. The following task, in three parts, was set: Part 1: Investigate how an Indigenous South or Central American group lived and …
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Production elements - AT
Students studied the elements of production in a 10-week unit based on the musical Blood Brothers (1983) by Willy Russell. They explored the script with group workshops, moved readings and short performances for the class. Assessment during the unit consisted …
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Production elements - ABOVE
Students studied the elements of production in a 10-week unit based on the musical Blood Brothers (1983) by Willy Russell. Students explored the script with group workshops, moved readings and short performances for the class. Assessment during the unit …
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Genetics practical – AT
Students were asked to perform a multi-generational study on the genetic inheritance of two different traits in the species Brassica rapa, a variety of the canola plant. Students were provided with two sets of seeds that had resulted from crossbreeding …
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Genetics practical – ABOVE
Students were asked to perform a multi-generational study on the genetic inheritance of two different traits in the species Brassica rapa, a variety of the canola plant. Students were provided with two sets of seeds that had resulted from crossbreeding …
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Solar cells - Above
This task was the final assessment task of a five-week teaching and learning unit on solar energy. During the unit, students learnt about scientific concepts related to atomic structure and electricity that allowed them to understand how a solar panel …
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Number and algebra: Simplifying fractions - WS7
Students were asked to solve a problem, where they had to determine the missing numerator in a fraction. They were given a set of clues to calculate the numerator.
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Statistics and probability: Baffling box plots – WS10
From a given set of information about two footballers, students were asked to determine which footballer was more worthy of a reward. Students had to provide justification for their decision.
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Readers theatre: Blueback – ABOVE
Students studied the novel Blueback by Tim Winton as part of an integrated unit that included English and playbuilding in Drama. They developed their own character in an imaginary town meeting in Longboat Bay, the novel’s setting. They used these characters …
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