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Groups of students choose a water related website. They evaluate the website using selected criteria. They make recommendations on how the website could be improved and forward their suggestions to the organisation.

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evaluate website materials to see if they help and are relevant to the intended users
evaluate website design to identify how easy it is to navigate and find required information
identify solutions in weaknesses in the website
propose new ideas to make the site more interesting.

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Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 9 Science:

Critically analyse the validity of information in secondary sources and evaluate the approaches used to solve problems (ACSIS172)
Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose, including constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions and representations (ACSIS174)

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:

Critically analyse the validity of information in secondary sources and evaluate the approaches used to solve problems (ACSIS206)
Communicate scientific ideas and information for a particular purpose, including constructing evidence-based arguments and using appropriate scientific language, conventions and representations (ACSIS208)

Year 10 English:

Use comprehension strategies to compare and contrast information within and between texts, identifying and analysing embedded perspectives, and evaluating supporting evidence (ACELY1754)

Syllabus Outcomes: SC5-7WS, SC5-8WS, SC5-9WS, EN5-2A.

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