2. "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.
3. 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.
4. Movie and digital information
Soil - there is plenty of it isn't there? Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv5VNV31xtg
5. 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.
6. 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
7. 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.
8. 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
9. 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.
10. 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
