Year+7+Program+Ideas

=YR 7 Programs for Australian Curriculum=
 * Year 7 Science **

MIXTURES and SOLUTIONS This is a term long detailed program designed to meet the Australian Curriculum yr 7 Chemistry requirements. It was developed by the SA sceince team and follows the 5E model of teaching.

FORCED TO This is a term long detailed program designed to meet the Australian Curriculum yr 7 Physics requirements. It was developed by the SA sceince team and follows the 5E model of teaching.

// By the end of Year 7, students formulate questions and predictions to be investigated. They can select, with guidance, an appropriate method to investigate their questions, such as designing a fair test and/or survey. They conduct investigations safely in groups or individually. They record accurate observations, including some use of repeat trials, show results in tables or simple graphs and make conclusions which are largely consistent with their results. They can apply the idea of fair testing in relation to controlling, changing and measuring variables, and reflect on their own investigations. They summarise data from investigations and attempt to communicate their findings using appropriate language and representations. //
 * __ Science Inquiry Skills: Investigating (C Grade Descriptor) __**

Design experiments to investigate:
 * __ Investigation suggestions (Yr 7 Inquiry Skills) __**
 * Which material is safest in a fire: wool, nylon, cotton etc?
 * Students build and test catapults. Go here to find a catapult design.
 * What makes water rockets go the furthest?
 * Create a class set of specifications for self propelled vehicles. Invent and build vehicles within the specifications and then design a contest to find out who has made the ‘best’.
 * Creating soda snakes
 * 21st Century Learning - 4 online activities that help apply physics in real world applications such as global warming etc

// Students make generalisations and connections to explain their observations and experiences of their everyday world. //
 * __ Science Understandings __****__ (Yr 7 C Grade Descriptors in italics) __**

To find out more about, or to order, Primary Connections click [|here] or on a title below.
// They describe and compare observable and measurable properties and uses of substances. //
 * Natural and Processed Materials **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Package it better**]
 * [|**Change detectives**]

// They describe ways in which different energy types can be transferred. They compare the use of renewable and non-renewable energy sources and relate to their own use of energy. They recognise that forces may act in the same or different directions on objects. //
 * Energy and Change **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**It’s electrifying**]

// They describe the processes that affect the surface of the Earth. They are aware of the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun in terms of position and movements. //
 * Earth and Beyond **


 * __ Available Primary Connections Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Earthquake explorers**]

// They describe the relationships and interactions that // // affect balance in environmental systems such as food chains and webs. They examine the characteristics of living things and why they are suited to their environment. They compare growth and reproductive processes in living organisms. //
 * Life and Living **


 * __ Available Primarys Connection Resource(s): __**
 * [|**Marvellous micro-organisms**]