Round robin water activities

Round robin water activities

Lesson 8 of 14 in this unit

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Science
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Lesson summary

Students have hands on experience with a wide variety of water related tools. As all the activities are short and some are messy, it makes sense to do them together in a round robin.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 Science:

  • Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a range of contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations (ACSHE120)
  • Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are followed (ACSIS125)

Year 8 Science:

  • Scientific knowledge changes as new evidence becomes available, and some scientific discoveries have significantly changed people’s understanding of the world (ACSHE134)
  • Collaboratively and individually plan and conduct a range of investigation types, including fieldwork and experiments, ensuring safety and ethical guidelines are followed (ACSIS140)

Syllabus Outcomes: SC4-11PW, SC4-15LW, SC4-5WS, SC4-6WS. 

Year levels: 7 and 8

Indoor or outdoor activity: Outdoors or indoor wet area.

Time required: 30 mins

Learning areas addressed: Geography, Health and physical education, ICT.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Requires a lot of setting up as far as collecting equipment.

Resources required

  • Internet
  • See equipment list

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