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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Infographic: Making a nation - At
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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Chemical change – AT
Prior to the sample task, students were introduced to the atomic model and the ways in which this could be used to explain chemical structures and processes. They had investigated a variety of chemical reactions and classified them as endothermic or exothermic, …
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Interview: An idea that changed the world - At
Students worked in pairs to research one allocated progressive idea or movement from the 18th or 19th century. They were asked to identify its features and to adopt the persona of one of its leaders or proponents. Students then wrote the script for an …
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Seeking workplace information - BELOW
In groups, students visited workplaces that most closely aligned with their interests. Students were asked to prepare a set of interview questions that could be asked of a human resource person in the workplace. They visited the workplace and conducted …
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Travel advice - AT
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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Remembering and commemorating - Above
Students examined the ways in which war memorials in Australia and overseas assist people to remember and commemorate the past. They were provided with a teacher-produced worksheet listing nine different war memorials and were asked to record a summary …
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Remembering and commemorating - At
Students examined the ways in which war memorials in Australia and overseas assist people to remember and commemorate the past. They were provided with a teacher-produced worksheet listing nine different war memorials and were asked to record a summary …
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Earth Science Task – ABOVE
Over a period of eight weeks, students engaged in an integrated STEAM project designed to offer students insights into real-world industry applications and work experiences. Students were organised into ‘business units’ of a fictitious mining corporation …
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Interconnections: Magnetic Island - AT
Over a two-week period, students completed a staged investigative inquiry into how people connect with Magnetic Island and the impacts of these interconnections. The scaffolded stages of the inquiry were: Identify and list the main questions that …
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Interconnections: Magnetic Island
Over a two-week period, students completed a staged investigative inquiry into how people connect with Magnetic Island and the impacts of these interconnections. The scaffolded stages of the inquiry were: Identify and list the main questions that …
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Design project: the top playground – Cherrybrook
This task is the culmination of an extended unit of work that aimed to make connections for students between STEM disciplines in a project that targeted an identified need in the school. Students collaborated in small groups to investigate the effect …
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Radioactivity and its application - At
In a teaching and learning unit on chemical sciences, students learnt the basic concepts and history of atomic theory, investigated different models of the structure of atoms, and learnt about isotopes and different forms of radioactive decay. They discussed …
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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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Literacy - Level 6 (Years 9 and 10)
Typically, by the end of Year 10, students: Navigate, read and view learning area texts navigate, read and view a wide range of more demanding subject- specific texts with an extensive range of graphic representations Listen and respond to learning …
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Geography - Years 9 and 10
Geography Year 9 The perceptions people have of place, and how this influences their connections to different places (ACHGK065) Geography Year 10 The different ways of measuring and mapping human wellbeing and development, and how these can be applied …
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Geography - Years 9 and 10
Geography Year 9 Reflect on and evaluate findings of an inquiry to propose individual and collective action in response to a contemporary geographical challenge, taking account of environmental, economic, political and social considerations; and explain …
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Personal and Social Capability - Level 6 (Years 9 and 10)
Typically, by the end of Year 10, students: Develop self-discipline and set goals critically analyse self- discipline strategies and personal goals and consider their application in social and work-related contexts Communicate effectively formulate …
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Geography - Years 9 and 10
Geography Year 9 The distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity (ACHGK060) The effects of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices on places, and the implications …
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Numeracy - Level 6 (Years 9 and 10)
Typically, by the end of Year 10, students: Interpret proportional reasoning illustrate and order relationships for fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios and rates Interpret chance events explain the likelihood of multiple events occurring together …
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