Map the water use

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 science:

• Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS130)
• Science understanding influences the development of practices in areas of human activity such as industry, agriculture and marine and terrestrial resource management (ACSHE121)

Year 7 Mathematics:

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

Year 8 Science:

• Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions (ACSIS145)
• Science understanding influences the development of practices in areas of human activity such as industry, agriculture and marine and terrestrial resource management (ACSHE136)

Year 8 Mathematics:

• Investigate techniques for collecting data, including census, sampling and observation (ACMSP284)

Syllabus Outcomes: SC4-13ES, SC4-7WS. 

Year levels: 7 and 8

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor/Outdoor

Time required: 45+ mins. Parts of this activity can be completed or set as homework.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Lead students in class discussion around water, assist students with assessment of water use.

• Art and writing materials
• Printed student worksheet

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