Lesson summary
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.
Learning intentions:
Students will...
- 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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Lesson details
Curriculum mapping
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.
Resources required
- Internet Access
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