Stage 3 Science-sational Symposium ~ Term 3 ~ 2009

Project Aim: Principle idea is to pose a hypothesis and then test it. We want to look into all the amazing features of God’s amazing world.

The purpose of the task for students is to develop their understanding of the SATE syllabus areas.

The BoS outcomes to be achieved as a result of this unit of work:

English:
TS3.4 Evaluates the organisational patterns of some more challenging spoken texts and some characteristic language features.
RS3.5 Reads independently an extensive range of texts with increasing content demands and responds to themes and issues.
RS3.6 Uses a comprehensive range of skills and strategies appropriate to the type of text being read.
RS3.7 Critically analyses techniques used by writers to create certain effects, to use language creatively, to position the reader in various ways and to construct different interpretations of experience.
RS3.8 Identifies the text structure of a wider range of more complex text types and discusses how the characteristic grammatical features work to influence readers’ and viewers’ understanding of texts.
WS3.9 Produces a wide range of well-structured and well-presented literary and factual texts for a wide variety of purposes and audiences using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and written language features.
WS3.12 Produces texts in a fluent and legible style and uses computer technology to present these effectively in a variety of ways.

Mathematics
WMS3.2 Selects and applies appropriate problem-solving strategies, including technological applications, in undertaking investigations.
WMS3.4 Gives a valid reason for supporting one possible solution over another.

Science
BES3.1 Creates and evaluates built environments, demonstrating consideration of sustainability and aesthetic, cultural, safety and functional issues.
ICS3.2 Creates and evaluates information products and processes, demonstrating consideration of the type of media, form, audience and ethical issues.
LTS3.3 Identifies, describes and evaluates the interactions between living things and their effects on the environment.
PPS3.4 Identifies and applies processes involved in manipulating, using and changing the form of energy.
PSS3.5 Creates and evaluates products and services, demonstrating consideration of sustainability, aesthetic, cultural, safety and functional issues.
ESS3.6 Recognises that the earth is the source of most materials and resources, and describes phenomena and processes, both natural and human, that form and change the earth over time.
INVS3.7 Conducts their own investigations and makes judgements based on the results of observing, questioning, planning, predicting, testing, collecting, recording and analysing data, and drawing conclusions.
DMS3.8 Develops and resolves a design task by planning, implementing managing and evaluating design processes.
UTS3.9 Evaluates, selects and uses a range of equipment, computer-based technology, materials and other resources to meet the requirements and constraints of investigation and design tasks.

Creative Arts
VAS3.2 Makes artworks for different audiences, assembling materials in a variety of ways.