WEEK ONE LESSON ONE

PROBLEM ANALYSIS

"WHAT IS SEDIMENTATION AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS?"

Queensland curriculum (senior science) - Earth science (2000)

Core areas of study

• Forms of human impact on the environment

• Landscape rehabilitation

• Environmental monitoring

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

• Council project - view the council website and the online request for community consultation to identify key areas for rehabilitation

• Five minute group discussions and brainstorming session

- Why is planting trees important?

- What are the environmental issues the council are trying to manage?

• Short movie - Sedimentation in Australia and related environmental issues.

MOVIE AND DIGITAL INFORMATION

Soil - there is plenty of it isn't there? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv5VNV31xtg

Erosion (Google Images, 2015)

STUDENT ACTIVITIES CONT..

• In groups of 3-4 undertake online research to investigate:

- Erosion and sedimentation processes

- Impacts on local coastal marine ecosystems, and

- Case study from NSW Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority 2008 and Burnett Catchment Care Association website.

• Present a proposed central workstation – choose from a weebly, Wiki space or approved website.

• Develop a set of rules for online safety legally and ethically behavior for the group to be presented and assessed on the group page.

ICT RESOURCES

• Local council website

• Flick – use of digital images of erosion, sedimentation and environmental processes

• Movie showing processes involved in clearing, erosion and sedimentation of rivers

• Environmental learning games developing proposals

• Case study and digital research

• Student created weeblys or wiki page

ASSESSMENTS

• Develop a set of group rules that align with the class rules and responsibilities for safely, legally and ethical behavior online, this to be present at the start of their site.

• This will be review and used as part of the assessment standards.

DOL – DIMENSIONS OF LEARNING

• DOL 1 – Attitudes and perceptions (setting class room climate)

• DOL 2 - Acquire and integrate knowledge (construct meaning and organise this knowledge)

TEACHER NOTES• Aid the students to identify key terms such as erosion and sedimentation.

• This list of resources will be constructed to consider that the learner learns better through interactive ICT programs and that various groups defined within this class will need visual and kinetic learning aids to develop their knowledge.

• The case study will be provided so the students have a clear understanding of the style and terminology that scientists and Councils use when they discuss projects and proposals. This will aid their ongoing development of their persuasive writing skills as outlined the profiling section of this assignment.

TEACHER NOTES CONT..

• Students will focus on understanding online safely legally and ethically behaviour and will have to develop a set of rules for their group that align with the class and school rules and responsibilities. This is to be presented at the start of their group site. This will be facilitated to ensure that all students have developed an awareness of their roles and responsibilities within using ICTs.

• These student created roles and responsibilities will be present at the start of their central group wiki page or school approved website and will be used for assessment standards to show declarative understanding and procedural knowledge.