Created using Comic Life Learning Intention: Students will understand the processes involved in the carbon cycle – photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, combustion and fossil-fuel formation. Success Criteria: A product that demonstrates their understanding by providing an explanation of each of these processes. Your assessment task for this unit of work is to produce an artefact that [...]
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Elements and Compounds
February 26th, 2013 · No Comments · Biology, Chemistry, Year 8
Image Source So far this year, you have learned about the following: An atom consists of positively charged protons and neutrons with no charge in a nucleus in the centre of the atom and much smaller electrons, which are negatively charged and on the outside of the atom. Molecules are tiny particles made up of [...]
Year 9 Science: Brain and Body Project
November 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Biology, Year 9
Choose one of the following topics and produce a report, poster, slideshow or video that demonstrates your understanding of the subject. Include ten questions to quiz your audience at the end of your presentation. Structure of the brain – what is the structure and function of the parts of this vital organ? Structure of the [...]
Year 9 Biology: Cycling of matter
October 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Biology, Year 9
Image Source Learning Intention: Students will develop an understanding of the water, carbon and nitrogen cycles and their importance in ecosystems. Success Criteria: Students will be able to discuss the different cycles and the processes that occur within each cycle, using the correct terminology. You have been divided into three groups to learn more about the [...]
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Year 9: Energy of Life
October 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Biology, ICT, Year 9
Image Source Learning Intention: Students will understand that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another; that almost all the energy on earth comes from our sun and that this energy flows through food chains. Only about 10% of chemical energy is passed form one trophic level to the next, [...]
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Year 7 Threatened species project
October 16th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Biology, Year 7
Image source Learning Intention: Students will understand that all living organisms have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment. Success criteria: Students will complete a project, presented as a video, slideshow, poster or other multimedia artifact, that demonstrates their understanding of the structural, functional and behavioural characteristics of a chosen [...]
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Creating a dichotomous key
October 15th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Biology, Year 7
Learning Intention: You will understand the purpose of and how to create and use a dichotomous key. Success Criteria: You will create a key that identifies lollies from a mixed bag, using questions with only two possible answers. A dichotomous key is a tool used by scientists (especially taxonomists) to identify and name organisms. It [...]
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Year 7 Classification
October 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Biology, Year 7
Image source Learning Intention: You will understand the characteristics that are used to define living organisms and how they are classified into groups. Success Criteria: You will remember the six characteristics used to define life, the names of the Five Kingdoms of living organisms and create a poster that demonstrates your understanding of how vertebrates are [...]
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Energy in = Energy out
October 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Biology, Year 9
Learning Intention: Students will understand how energy is measured and the energy content of some different foods. They will understand the process of respiration and how much energy is used during some common physical activities. Success Criteria: You will calculate the amount of energy (in kilojoules) in 100g of some common packaged foods and compare [...]
Year 9 Science: Energy of Life
October 7th, 2012 · No Comments · Biology, Year 9
Of all the sun’s energy that reaches the earth, less than 1% is utilised by plants for photosynthesis, which drives all the food chains and is the ultimate source of energy for almost all life on earth. Even fossil fuels are a form of energy that are created by sunlight converted to chemical energy by [...]
