Cisco GPS - Using Technology for Good

Australian curriculum content descriptions: 

Year 3 HASS:

• Reflect on learning to propose actions in response to an issue or challenge and consider possible effects of proposed actions (ACHASSI060)

Year 4 HASS:

• Reflect on learning to propose actions in response to an issue or challenge and consider possible effects of proposed actions (ACHASSI081)

Year 3 and 4 Design and Technologies:

• Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs (ACTDEK010)
• Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques (ACTDEP015)
• Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment (ACTDEP017)

Syllabus outcomes: GE2-4, ST2-5WT, ST2-11LW, ST2-14BE, ST2-15I, ST2-16P.

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking.

Relevant parts of Year 3 HASS achievement standards: Students reflect on their learning to suggest individual action in response to an issue or challenge

Relevant parts of Year 4 HASS achievement standards: Students reflect on their learning to propose action in response to an issue or challenge, and identify the possible effects of their proposed action

Relevant parts of Years 3 and 4 Design and Technologies achievement standards: Students explain how products, services and environments are designed to best meet the needs of communities and their environments. They explain needs or opportunities and evaluate ideas and designed solutions against identified criteria for success, including environmental sustainability considerations. They develop and expand design ideas and communicate these using models and drawings including annotations and symbols.

This lesson is part of the wider unit of work Cisco Global Problem Solvers – HASS – Years 3 & 4

Time required: 60 mins

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium – lead students in guided discussion, oversee group activities

• A3 paper and pens/pencils
• Background Information – Series 1 factsheet
• Device capable of presenting a website to the class
• Student Worksheet – one copy per student

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Social skills

These lessons have been developed in partnership with Cisco. Cisco believes that our future will be defined by global problem solvers – global citizens ready to thrive in a connected and digital future by thinking like entrepreneurs, innovating like technologists, and acting as agents of social change.