Week One Lesson One

Problem Analysis

"What is sedimentation and how does it affect the coastal marine ecosystems?" Queensland Curriculum (Senior Science)

Earth Science (2000)

Core areas of study Forms of human impact on the environment Environmental monitoring Rehabilitation of environments affected by human

impact.

Student Activities Students will be introduced to the project through the council

website and the online request for community consultation relating to identifying key areas to be rehabilitated.

The teacher will facilitate a 5 min group discussion with open questions such as why is planting trees important? What are the environmental issues the council are trying to manage? This is a short brainstorming session to get the students to start thinking about the council project.

The students will be given the option of watching a short movie of sedimentation in Australia to ensure they have a clear understanding of the various environmental issues.

Movie and digital information

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

Student Activities Cont..

Using this knowledge the students will be allocated into their groups of 3-4 for this assignment and will be asked to investigate these issues further using online research and suggested case studies to build their understanding of the processes.

The students will be asked to find out about the erosion process, sedimentation and their effects to the local near coastal marine ecosystem.

The students will be handed a case study on sedimentation and resources from NSW DPI, Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority 2008.

Students will be required to choose groups and present a proposed central workstation for their group, they can choose from a weebly, blog or approved website.

Students will focus on safely legally and ethically behaviour and will have to develop a set of rules for their group that align with the class rules and responsibilities to be present at the start of their site. This will be review and used as part of the assessment standards.

This will also be presented at the home page of their wiki page of school approved website to be a reminder of codes of conduct.

ICT Resources

Local Council website Flick –use of digital images of erosion Movie on sedimentation showing processes involved

in clearing and erosion Environmental learning games developing proposals Case study and digital research Student created weeblys or wiki page

Assessments

Students develop a set of rules for their group that align with the class rules and responsibilities 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

Dimensions of learning DoL 1 Attitudes and perceptions - Setting

class room climate DoL 2 Acquire and Integrate Knowledge -

construct meaning and organize this knowledge

Teacher notes

Aid the students to identify the minimum key terms such as erosion and sedimentation.

This list of resources will be constructed to consider that the learner learn 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 scientist 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 safely legally and ethically behaviour and will have to develop a set of rules for their group that align with the class rules and responsibilities to be present at the start of their 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