Victorian Curriculum / Capabilities / Critical and Creative Thinking / Meta-Cognition

Investigate a range of problem-solving strategies, including brainstorming, identifying, comparing and selecting options, and developing and testing hypotheses (VCCCTM020)

Forces and Functions Discovery Preview Unit

Experimenting with Friction · Learning Opportunities
Your students will use a tennis ball, a shoe and a slide to experiment with friction.

First Contact Community Preview Unit

Creation Stories and Reflections · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in pairs to use a Y Chart to analyse a creation story.
Habit of Mind: Thinking and Communicating With Clarity and Precision · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn about the habit of 'Thinking & Communicating with Clarity & Precision'.

Someone Else's Shoes Social Justice Preview Unit

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.
Habit of Mind: Thinking Flexibly · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn about the Habit of Mind 'Thinking Flexibly'.

We Are Australian 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.

Get Active 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.

Join the Club 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.