Pulling Strings - Level 3 Sample Unit
Unit resources
Design brief guide
The Design
brief guide (Doc - 141KB) is designed to be modified by teachers and
extended to suit class requirements and the needs of students. It is a
template and is not intended to be used in its current form.
References
Macaulay, David 1998 The New Way Things Work, Dorling Kindersley
Limited, London
Carratello, J. & R 1991, Simple machines, Hawker Brownlow
Education Pty Ltd, Vic, Australia
Lee, R. & Aldridge, J. 1989 Design Briefs: A Complete Introduction to
Craft Design and Technology, Cambridge University press, pp.13-15
Video production
Traditional
Performing Arts of Asia
(http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/arts/perform/index.htm), Department
of Education and Training, 2000
This resource is available in VHS video format and includes comprehensive
coverage of performances using traditional Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian
puppets. It can be ordered through SofWeb.
Websites
At the time of publication the URLs (website addresses) cited were checked for
accuracy and appropriateness of content. However, due to the transient nature
of material placed on the Internet, their continuing accuracy cannot be
verified. Teachers are strongly advised to prepare their own indexes of sites
that are suitable and applicable to this unit of work, and to check these
addresses prior to allowing student access.
Institution of Engineers Australia, 2000. Science in Schools website.
Enchanted
Learning.
(http://www.enchantedlearning.com/physics/machines/Levers.shtml)
Website of Enchanted Learning Software 1996–2004. This site contains some
simple animations that demonstrate levers.
Edheads.
(http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/)
Website that includes information on simple machines.
The
Puppetry Homepage
(http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/definitions/index.html)
(containing ‘Puppetry Traditions Around the World’) provides information about
the history of puppets and how they are used in different cultures.
Puppets
with a Purpose - Using puppetry for social change.
(http://www.unicef.org/puppets/)
This is a UNICEF site on the use of puppetry for social change which details
uses of puppetry to communicate new ideas in Third World countries.
Teacher materials
Teaching and learning resource
This
document provides information about teaching and learning strategies referred
to in the unit.
Assessment resource
This
document provides information about assessment strategies referred to in the
unit.
Student materials
Design
brief guide (Doc - 69KB)
Planning
your puppet show (Doc - 188KB)
Performance
self-assessment guide (Doc - 193KB)
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