Social media: Aztecs and Incas - ABOVE
Students were asked to create a series of social media posts regarding an aspect of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. They were required to choose an appropriate platform incorporating text and images and were provided with teacher-created templates …
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Expansion – AT
Prior to the sample task, students explored states of matter focusing on how the particle model explains matter in its different states at a molecular level. They had completed various inquiries relating to the particle model including kinaesthetic activities …
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Source analysis: Vikings - AT
Students examined a teacher-curated collection of primary and secondary sources associated with the life and history of the Vikings. They were asked to select three sources from the collection and write an analysis of each, focusing upon its usefulness …
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Postcard from Angkor Wat - At
Students were asked to imagine visiting Angkor Wat in Cambodia and to design and write the two sides of a postcard detailing what they had seen and learned at the site. They were provided with a teacher-created template to record their thoughts and observations, …
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Comparison: Knight versus samurai - AT
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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Solar car experiment– ABOVE
As part of an integrated STEM project, students had previously designed and built a solar-powered toy car and they used this to investigate the transformation of light energy into electrical and kinetic energy. Students designed and performed an experiment …
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Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Recognise intellectual property apply practices that comply with legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products resources Apply digital information security practices independently …
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Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Apply digital information security practices independently apply strategies for determining the appropriate type of digital information suited to the location of storage and adequate security for online environments Apply …
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Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Apply digital information security practices independently apply strategies for determining the appropriate type of digital information suited to the location of storage and adequate security for online environments Apply …
Information and Communication Technology Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8) | Informed and safe use of information and devices | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Recognise intellectual property apply practices that comply with legal obligations regarding the ownership and use of digital products resources Apply digital information security practices independently …
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8) | Multimedia dimensions | Dimensions | Curriculum connections | Resources
Numeracy - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Understand and use numbers in context compare, order and use positive and negative numbers to solve everyday problems Interpret proportional reasoning visualise and describe the proportions of percentages, …
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Ethical Understanding - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Recognise ethical concepts analyse behaviours that exemplify the dimensions and challenges of ethical concepts Explore ethical concepts in context analyse the ethical dimensions of beliefs and the need for …
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Literacy - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Navigate, read and view learning area texts navigate, read and view a variety of challenging subject-specific texts with a wide range of graphic representations Listen and respond to learning area texts listen …
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Numeracy - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Estimate and calculate solve complex problems by estimating and calculating using efficient mental, written and digital strategies Use money identify and justify ‘best value for money’ decisions Recognise …
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Ethical Understanding - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Reflect on ethical action analyse perceptions of occurrences and possible ethical response in challenging scenarios
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Intercultural Understanding - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Challenge stereotypes and prejudices identify and challenge stereotypes and prejudices in the representation of group, national and regional identities
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Ethical Understanding - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Consider consequences investigate scenarios that highlight ways that personal dispositions and actions can affect consequences Examine values assess the relevance of beliefs and the role and application of …
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Intercultural Understanding - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically, by the end of Year 8, students: Consider and develop multiple perspectives assess diverse perspectives and the assumptions on which they are based Empathise with others imagine and describe the feelings and motivations of people in challenging …
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Ethical Understanding - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Examine values assess the relevance of beliefs and the role and application of values in social practices Explore rights and responsibilities analyse rights and responsibilities in relation to the duties of …
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Intercultural Understanding - Level 5 (Years 7 and 8)
Typically by the end of Year 8, students: Investigate culture and cultural identity explain ways that cultural groups and identities change over time and in different contexts Explore and compare cultural knowledge, beliefs and practices analyse the …
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