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Students work in small groups to identify as many water related issues as they can think of in 60 seconds. The small groups then collate their ideas to create a class list and add any additional issues they can recall. Students keep the class list to review at the close of the unit of work.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

develop their knowledge around water issues.
relate water issues to the sustainable management of a renewable resource.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 9 Science:

People can use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they should accept claims, explanations or predictions (ACSHE160)

Year 9 English:

Interpret, analyse and evaluate how different perspectives of issue, event, situation, individuals or groups are constructed to serve specific purposes in texts (ACELY1742)

Year 10 Science:

People can use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they should accept claims, explanations or predictions (ACSHE194)

Year 10 English:

Identify and analyse implicit or explicit values, beliefs and assumptions in texts and how these are influenced by purposes and likely audiences (ACELY1752)

Syllabus Outcomes: SC5-13ES, SC5-13ES, EN5-2A, EN5-8D.

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60 second water issue list

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