Water in the news

Australian curriculum content descriptions:

Year 7 Science:

• Water is an important resource that cycles through the environment (ACSSU116)
• Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge (ACSIS124)

Year 7 English:

• Use comprehension strategies to interpret, analyse and synthesise ideas and information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of textual sources (ACELY1723)

Year 8 Science:

• Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge (ACSIS139)
• 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 (ACSHE135)

Year 8 English:

• Analyse and evaluate the ways that text structures and language features vary according to the purpose of the text and the ways that referenced sources add authority to a text (ACELY1732) 

Syllabus Outcomes: EN4-2A, EN4-3B, SC4-11PW, SC4-4WS, SC4-12ES. 

Indoor or outdoor activity: Indoor.

Time required: 45 mins.

Learning areas addressed: Geography, Health and Physical Education, ICT.

Level of teacher scaffolding: Keep activity open ended, bring students’ ideas together at the end of the activity.

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