Out of this World - Level 4 Sample Unit

Physical, Personal and Social Learning

Interpersonal Development

Working in teams

… work effectively in different teams and take on a variety of roles …

… work cooperatively to allocate tasks and develop timelines.

… accept responsibility for their role and tasks.

Personal Learning

Managing personal learning

… describe task progress and achievements …

… develop and implement plans to complete short-term and long-term tasks within timeframes …

… develop individual learning preferences …

Discipline-based Learning

Science

Science knowledge and understanding

… apply the terms relationships, models and systems appropriately as ways of representing complex structures.

… explain how the Earth and the Moon operate as a simple system within the larger solar system.

Interdisciplinary Learning

Communication

Listening, viewing and responding

… ask clarifying questions about ideas and information they listen to and view.

Presenting

… summarise and organise ideas and information, logically and clearly in a range of presentations.

… identify the features of an effective presentation and adapt elements of their own presentations to reflect them.

Design, Creativity and Technology

Investigating and designing

… use a range of methods to research and collect data in response to design briefs.

… generate and communicate alternative design ideas in response to a design brief …

Information and Communications Technology

ICT for creating

… produce accurate and suitably formatted products to suit different purposes and audiences …

Thinking Processes

Reasoning, processing and inquiry

… develop their own questions for investigation …

… collect relevant information from a range of sources and make judgments about its worth.

… distinguish between fact and opinion.