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Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to produce designed solutions (ACTDEK004)

The Bridge and Beyond Discovery Preview Unit

Building with Aluminium Foil · Learning Opportunities
Your students will discover the properties of aluminium foil as they build a boat for their billy goats.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will share what they already know about the materials that they will learn about during this learning sequence.
Introducing the Unit · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will find out what they will be doing during this learning sequence.
Glossary of Discovery · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will consider the properties of a range of materials.

Topsy Turvy Tales Creativity Preview Unit

Exploring Materials · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider what everyday objects are made of.
Designing a Puppet Theatre · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in groups to design a puppet theatre.
Making My Puppet · Learning Opportunities
Your students will design and construct a puppet of their fairy tale character.
Introducing the Unit · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn about this unit as they make a puppet depicting themselves.

A Place to Call Home Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit

Assessment · Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.