Using+this+package

= Using this package  =

This package is designed for Stage 5, specifically year 9, students. The package links to prior learning, revising and synthesising material previously covered in the classroom in order to prepare students for the investigation that follows – Grime Scene Investigations.

Extension activities are available that make this package suitable for gifted and talented programs.

The students will complete 2 flash activities to scaffold their learning in the first section of the the package that will also allow the teacher to assess prior learning as well as allow students to place the investigation in a context with their prior learning. Year 9 has been targeted due to the role out of the Laptops4Learning program because all students will have their own wireless laptop so that they can complete the computer based parts of the material. The online activities are complemented by face to face class discussions.

The investigation itself is also computer based with face to face support available in each weeks lesson time and out of hours support and peer collaboration via the [|discussion board] in this wiki.

The investigation involves groups of 5 students playing the role of an environmental consultancy, each with a different role to play and by the end of the activity the students will have produced a scientific report as their major project for this stage. To achieve this students will need to do their own initial research, participate in a one day field trip to an estuary where they will collect data and then interpret this data.

Further information is contained in the Revise and Investigate sections of this site as well as in the Teachers information provided.