Magazine cover - ABOVE
Students studied the conventions and technical and symbolic elements of magazine covers and how they engage an audience. They explored how the media creates meaning and engages particular audiences with precision on magazine covers to market magazines. …
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Demonstration, verbal and written response: Striking and fielding (T-Ball) - ABOVE
Students suggested what they wanted to learn about striking and fielding, which was recorded on camera for the teacher to use to develop lessons. Students became more familiar with the games sense approach using questioning and direct instruction to promote …
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Written response: Identity - ABOVE
Students participated in a five-week unit of work about personal wellbeing and relationships, with a focus on belonging, resilience and personal and cultural identities. Physical activity challenges were used to generate discussion about linking feelings …
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Reflections on a shadow day - ABOVE
Students were part of a mixed-ability, multi-aged class of combined Year 9 and Year 10 students. In cooperation with the teacher, students negotiated a day to shadow a person working in an occupation of interest. Prior to the experience, students prepared …
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What is a home? – ABOVE
Students completed a mind map template to record their answers to the question: ‘What is a home?’ The activity took place in class with students creating visual representations to support their own texts which were scribed by the teacher.
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Comparison: Food models - ABOVE
Students were asked to compare the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating with the dietary recommendations from another country. They were then asked to design their own food guidelines and to explain reasons for their recommendations. This assessment task …
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Written response: Culture and physical activity - ABOVE
As part of a broader unit about influences on identities, students explored how stereotypes portrayed within the media and broader society influence the way people perceive the activities they can participate in, the roles they can play in the community …
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Business plan - ABOVE
Students completed a structured business plan using information and ideas associated with a fictitious company. The task was the culmination of the year’s study and required students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of business practices. …
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My holiday story - Above
Students produced a sequence of drawings of the key events in a recent holiday. The drawings were completed in class on a teacher-provided template. The teacher then interviewed the student, posing questions about the holiday. A transcript of the interview …
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My map and globe– ABOVE
Students completed a series of activities associated with world maps and globes. First, after examining a series of printed maps and discussing the locations of continents, oceans and geographic regions, students produced their own labelled map of the …
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Exploring rights and freedoms - ABOVE
Students were asked to investigate the role, actions and influence of an individual or group involved in the achievement of the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They were required to present their findings in the first-person …
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Digital project: Organising ideas – ABOVE
Students generated a digital mind map as a way to display pictorial data. They collected data about known places around the school in the form of digital photos taken using a tablet computer. They used an app to create a mind map to represent these data. …
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Worksheet: Digital systems - ABOVE
Students have been collaborating, creating and communicating ideas, information and solutions face-to-face and online via a class wiki. They were asked to identify hardware and software used throughout the year and describe other purposes for which they …
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How to make a law - ABOVE
This task had two parts. First, students wrote a letter to their local member of parliament asking for improved access to the internet for all members of a remote Australian community. Second, assuming this request was successful, students wrote a short …
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The Australian colonies – ABOVE
Students constructed climate maps to show the location of the major climate zones in Australia. Students then produced overlays for the maps to indicate key events from the colonial history of each state and territory along with indications of its main …
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Bushfire action plan – ABOVE
Students were asked to write a bushfire action plan for their homes. Students examined digital and printed advice from rural fire authorities to identify key information and worked in consultation with their parents or carers to personalise the structure …
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Travel itinerary – ABOVE
Students were asked to produce a map depicting the position, distance and direction of places in the northern hemisphere relative to a location in eastern Australia. The map was to be presented as an itinerary for a potential round-the-world journey by …
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Email to a member of parliament – ABOVE
Students explored levels of mobile phone use and ownership in Australia as part of a unit on resources, consumers and businesses. They then wrote an email that might be sent to their local federal member of parliament requesting new legislation in relation …
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Letter: Life in ancient China – Above (history)
Students were asked to adopt the perspective of a peasant in ancient China and to write a letter describing the main features of their life. This task was undertaken at the end of a unit on ancient China in which students investigated housing, work, clothing, …
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Postcard from Angkor Wat - ABOVE
Students were asked to imagine visiting Angkor Wat in Cambodia and to design and write the two sides of a postcard detailing what they had seen and learned at the site. They were provided with a teacher-created template to record their thoughts and observations, …
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