STEM FORWARD PLANNING DOCUMENT

TERM / WEEKS: UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE YEAR LEVEL:

5 DEVELOPMENT GOAL: 14 Life Below Water 4
GENERAL CAPABILITIES
Literacy Numeracy ICT Capability Critical and Creative Ethical Understanding Personal and Social Ethical Understanding
Thinking Capability
CROSS CURRICULUM PRIORITIES
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia Sustainability
OI.9 Sustainable futures result from actions designed to
preserve and/or restore the quality and uniqueness of
environments

SCSA LINKS
Design Design Digital Digital
Technologies Technologies Technologies Technologies
Knowledge & Process & Knowledge & Process &
Understandings Production Understandings Production
Skills Skills

ACTDEP01 Resources
4 Introduction  Scattergories
ACTDEP01  To refresh class knowledge, whole class game of scattergories - Whiteboard and
6 As a class student will come up with 1 word beginning with a letter for each one markers
of the alphabets related to the topic of water pollution  Materials for
 Students move into project groups to continue work prototypes
- Cardboard
Body - Aluminium
 As a group student will select one of their annotated sketches to further - String
investigate by creating a rough prototype of their product using provided - Cloth
materials - Toilet rolls
 Students will analyse product and list both pros and/or cons to their product in - Paper
their science journals - Pop sticks
 Evaluate and discuss as a group the product and list possible improvements that - Toothpicks
could be made/modified to enhance their product (what materials could be better - Other reusable
suited?) materials
Science journal
Conclusion  Individual peer
 Students are to complete group evaluation section in science journals evaluation
 pros/cons sheet
LEARNER DIVERSITY

This lesson is structured around a hands-on activity, can cater for students who work well
Pros
(What is good about your
using concrete materials and will be encouraged to participate among their group product)
 Cons
(What is not working well)

Modifications
(What can we change to
make it better)

OTHER SCSA LINKS eg Maths, Science

Statistics and Probability : ACMSP096

Science as a Human Endeavour ACHE062
OBJECTIVES

 Groups will take one of their sketches and construct a

rough prototype using provided materials
 Groups are to evaluate prototype and list pros/cons of
product and possible improvements they could make
 ASSESSMENT

Students will individually complete group evaluation section in

science journals
 “How well do you feel your group is working
together? Are all members contributing?”
 “Has there been any part of the project where
members were not seeing eye-to-eye?”
“If so, how did you as a group resolve it the issue?”
 “What parts of the project do you feel your group
work really well together?”