How an idea changes – AT
This task was designed to address the aspects of the Year 8 achievement standards that relate to science as human endeavour. Students were asked to research a ‘big idea’ in science and create a presentation in which they explain how that idea has developed …
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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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Wie ist das Wetter? – AT
Students learnt about the terms used for weather in German and how to describe the weather using short, modelled sentences. In this task, students were asked to create a poster with pictures and sentences to describe the weather. They were asked to create …
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Cook’s logbook – AT
Students, under teacher guidance, collaboratively traced the journey made by James Cook in the Endeavour between 1768 and 1771 to create a class map of the voyage. This map is included as part of the work sample. Students then chose four locations along …
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Listening comprehension – AT
Students learnt how to talk about themselves and then applied the knowledge to listen to information about other people. Students practiced listening to the teacher read introductions about various people before completing a listening comprehension task. …
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Why we shouldn’t go to school 6 days a week – AT
Students learnt persuasive writing techniques and how to present opinions, thoughts and argue a case in a short text. Students examined the features of persuasive texts, as well as paragraphing, sequencing and common grammatical structures and vocabulary …
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Japanese classroom - AT
Students had completed a unit of work on Japanese school life, classrooms and school etiquette. Students learnt key concepts and classroom related language as well as differences between Japanese and Australian school life and classrooms. In this task, …
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Research inquiry: Interconnections - AT
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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Solar cells - AT
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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Past and present – AT
Students recorded, with teacher guidance, a definition of ‘the past’ and a definition of ‘the present’. Following class discussion, and teacher provision of examples, students drew pictures and wrote explanatory texts to support each definition. Students …
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