Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Humanities and Social Sciences / HASS / Inquiry and skills / Researching

Locate and collect information and data from different sources, including observations (ACHASSI053)

Our Island Home Connections Preview Unit

Scientific Connections: Places and Climates · Learning Opportunities
Your students will use computers to lookup climate information about places around the world.

First Contact Community Preview Unit

Cultures of The First Peoples of Australia · Learning Opportunities
Your students will be immersed into the cultures and traditional lifestyles of the First Peoples of Australia.
A Convict's Life: Reasons for the Journey · Learning Opportunities
Your students will research stories of convicts who were on the First Fleet.
Researching an Artefact: Europeans · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in pairs to design an artefact that a convict or marine would have used in their day-to-day life and write a journal entry from the perspective of this person.
Future Action · Future Action and Independent Inquiry
Your students will develop a plan to research a community group.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will complete a pretest about being a historian and what we know about what life was like in the past.

The Blue Marble Sustainability Preview Unit

The Rainforest · Learning Opportunities
Your students will watch a video about the Amazon rainforest and draw the area of the Amazon rainforest on a map of South America.
National Park Excursion · Learning Opportunities
Your students will go on an excursion to a national park.
Conservation Campaign: Researching An Endangered Animal · Learning Opportunities
Your students will research an endangered animal in preparation for designing a campaign to raise awareness of the challenges that the endangered animal faces.
Planning An Independent Inquiry · Future Action and Independent Inquiry
Your students will plan an inquiry into an aspect of this unit that they would like to learn more about.
Conducting An Independent Inquiry · Future Action and Independent Inquiry
Your students will practise the skills of questioning, research and working independently as they conduct an inquiry into a topic that they have learnt about during this unit.

The Buzz About Bees 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.

Australia's Neighbours 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.

Into the Unknown Change Preview Unit

Habit of Mind: Gathering Data Through All Senses · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will be introduced to the habit of 'Gathering Data Through All Senses'.
Changes In Our Community · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn to identify and describe continuity and change as they study historic buildings in their local area.