Australia's water future communication project

Australia's water future communication project

Lesson 12 of 12 in this unit

  • Secondary
  • Year 9 - 10
  • English
  • Science
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability
  • Water
  • ...

Lesson summary

Students create a communication tool to explain what Australians need to do to manage our water for the future. They explain why water is essential for the environment, our health, agriculture and industry. Within their communication tool they explain what they believe are the appropriate solutions.

Learning intentions:

Students will...

  • develop a communication tool that can explain Australia’s water issues to a wide audience.
  • communicate what they believe are the appropriate solutions to addressing the future water issues.
  • use their communication tool as part of a presentation.

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Curriculum mapping

Australian Curriculum content descriptions:

Year 9 Science:

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

Year 9 English:

  • Create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts that present a point of view and advance or illustrate arguments, including texts that integrate visual, print and/or audio features (ACELY1746)

Year 10 Science:

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

Year 10 English

  • Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues (ACELY1756)

Syllabus outcomesSC5-7WS, SC5-8WS, SC5-9WSEN5-1A

Resources required

  • Computers
  • Art material
  • Digital projector

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