How to Design a (Social) Science Enterprise

Australian curriculum (v9.0) content descriptions:

Design and Technologies:

Students learn to:

• develop project plans that include consideration of resources to individually and collaboratively make designed solutions (AC9TDE6P05).

General capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, Ethical Understanding

Syllabus outcomes:  ST3-2DP-T, ST3-3DP-T
Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures. 

Relevant parts of Year 5 and 6 achievement standards: Design and Technology
Students explain how people design products, services and environments to meet the needs of communities, including sustainability. Students share and communicate ideas or content to an audience using technical terms, graphical representation techniques and appropriate digital tools. They develop project plans, including production processes, and select technologies and techniques to safely produce designed or digital solutions.

• device capable of creating audiovisual recordings, such as an iPad or camera (optional)
• digital resources – Post-it note App, Canva, Prezi (optional & teacher’s preference) 
• digital apps – Design thinking tool: Design Maker Squad (optional)
• paper A3 or butcher paper
• sticky notes or recycled paper squares (cut to the same size as sticky notes)
• writing materials

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

• Collaboration
• Social skills
• Problem solving
• Initiative
• Ethical understanding
• Enterprise
• Digital literacy
• Creativity
• Communication

Level of teacher scaffolding:  Medium – facilitate group organisation, class discussions, digital content, assist with project idea and implementation.

Cool Australia would like to thank and acknowledge the support of the _auDA Foundation _enabling us to create these lessons.

Visualise Data in the Secondary Classroom

Quick Summary:

Infographics have grown in popularity because they communicate information quickly and clearly. These visual tools represent information, data or knowledge. In this hands-on course, you will build your ability to use infographics as a learning tool in your curriculum.