Grey Water and Data Collection

Year 7 Science:

• Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are followed (ACSIS125)
• Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS130)

Year 7 Mathematics:

• Identify and investigate issues involving numerical data collected from primary and secondary sources (ACMSP169)

Year 8 Science:

• Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are followed (ACSIS140)
• Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS145)

Syllabus Outcomes: SC4-5WS, SC4-6WS, SC4-7WS.

Extension opportunities: Complete a similar experiment that varies soil pH

Activity Type: Experiment, Communication, Group Work

Time needed: One lesson to prepare and one week to collect data

Level of teacher scaffolding: High – Introduce new content, assist with data collection

• Internet, camera, electronic scale, tap water, grey water, mung beans or what seeds, rulers

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