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Year Level: 7 Learning Area Discipline / Topic: HaSS: Geography- Water in the World
General Capabilities:

Personal and Social

Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Creative Thinking Ethical Behaviour Intercultural Understanding
Competence

Cross-curriculum priorities:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
 Week/ Knowledge & Concepts & Specific Skills Teaching & Learning Experiences (include Resources and
Lesson Understandings Specific Lesson Focus/Key questions) Assessments (type &
Objectives weighting)
Lesson One The classification 1.Argue why Understanding of Introduction (5 minutes) Answer Garden
of environmental water is a how the water cycle Show students how to use answer https://answergarden.ch/c
resources (renew renewable and works garden and Primary Pad reate/
able and non- continuous
renewable) resource Body (40 minutes) Water Cycle
(ACHGK037) 1.Students each answer the question: https://water.usgs.gov/ed
2.Express in What are the different places water u/watercycle-kids.html
written form comes from? Link is provided to record
that water is a answers in Answer Garden Primary Pad
potential 2. In groups of 3, students are to explain https://primarypad.com
resource when in sentence form, a single step of the
stored as ice, water cycle (Primary Pad) Summative assessment
salt water or Assess answers provided
water vapor Conclusion (5 minutes) by students in the answer
Review the different places water comes garden
3.Explain the from and why it is a renewable
different places continuous source. Assess explanation of
water comes Provide overview of next lesson. each step of the water
from Answer questions students have. cycle

Questions for ICT:

Are there better applications to use for
online group work where answers are
long?

Did you come across any words that you

did not know the meaning of in the water
cycle?

Was there too much time allocated to

each activity?
Lesson Two describing how 1. Explain the Evaluate data Introduction: https://www.spiderscribe.n
water is an causes of water Introduce lesson topic and explain the et/
available shortage in concept of student based learning.
resource when it Perth / Australia Body: http://quest.eb.com/
is groundwater, Group activity of students using
soil moisture 2. Describe the spidescribe to narrow down the different
(green water), effects of water ways water is available around the Summative
and surface water shortage in world. Peer support and peer tutoring Assessment:
in dams, rivers Perth / Australia would cater for students who are at an Students print off
and lakes (blue educational risk, as students would be spiderscribe and teacher
water), and a 3. Discuss the capable of helping other students. assesses content which is
potential resource advantages and Students would use their own electronic written by the students.
when it exists as disadvantages devices to gather their information. Teacher also assesses the
salt water, ice or of strategies to Students also find relevant images to images which are used
water vapour overcome water produce with spiderscribe. with spiderscribe in
(ACHGK037) scarcity Conclusion: regards to their relevance.
Students print spiderscribe in a poster
form to hang up in classroom.

Questions for ICT:

1. Was there too much student
based learning.
2. Was there too much time
allocated with the activity?
3. Are there any alternative
resources that could have been
utilised more effectively for this
topic?
 The quantity and 1. Compare and Evaluating Introduction (5 minutes) Introductory Video:
Contrast water differences and - Video of Water Scarcity https://youtu.be/JyzvcrZIuf0
variability of
resources and impact of water - Show students where to find the source they
LESSON Australia's water scarcity in scarcity PrimaryPad
will be using and to get PrimaryPad set up
resources compared Australia and https://primarypad.com
THREE through the use of QR Codes.
with those in other West Asia. Body (35-40mins)
continents 2. Demonstrate QR Code Creator:
through online
- Through PrimaryPad Students are to list http://www.qr-code-
(ACHGK039) collaboration
three key points on Water Scarcity in West
generator.com
Asia
the differences
The nature of water of water - Also to describe 2-3 differences on how QR Code Reader: QR Code
scarcity and water availability and scarcity is different in
scarcity and ways of Australia and West Asia.
ways to Assessment:
overcoming it, overcome it - 4-5 Students are to share their findings in Assess their understanding
including studies 1. Through class front of the class through PrimaryPad
drawn from Australia discussion Conclusion (5mins)
and West Asia suggest ways - Review issues of water scarcity in West
water scarcity Asia.
and/or North Africa can be - Suggest a way this can be overcome and
(ACHGK040) overcome. ask if there are any other ways
- Inform students of what the next lesson will
be on

Questions For ICT:

Was the video useful and easy to follow?
Was the time allocated appropriate for these
activities?
LESSON Water scarcity an 1. Explain the evaluating strategies Introduction (5 minutes) Impact of water on human
FOUR d what causes it, causes of water of overcoming water Show video of impact of water on well-being
why it is a shortage in shortages humans all over the world https://www.worldvision.c
problem and Perth / Australia om.au/get-
ways of Body (40 minutes) involved/school-
overcoming 2. Describe the 1. Create a online poster on the causes resources/detail/water-
water scarcity (e. effects of water and effects of water shortage in Perth and-human-wellbeing-
g. recycling, shortage in 2. Class discussion and brainstorm using (years-7-10)
stormwater Perth / Australia provided resources on the pros and cons
harvesting and of strategies to overcome water shortage Poster
reuse, 3. Discuss the in Perth / Australia https://piktochart.com
desalination, inter advantages and (Resources accessed by QR codes)
-regional transfer disadvantages Primary pad
of water, reducing of strategies to Conclusion (5 minutes) https://primarypad.com
water overcome water Kahoot quiz on cause and effect of water
consumption) scarcity shortage in Perth Resources
including studies http://splash.abc.net.au/h
drawn from Questions for ICT: ome#!/digibook/618210/
Australia, Were the quiz questions relevant enough water-scarcity
and one from to the lesson objective? http://www.bbc.com/news/
West Asia or world-asia-27225396
North Africa Was the time allocated to each task https://www.theguardian.c
(ACHGK040) appropriate? om/sustainable-
business/2015/oct/06/pert
Was it engaging? Are there any h-western-australia-
resources that could have been drought-climate-change-
appropriate for the content in this water
lesson? Summative Assessment
Informal assessment in
the form of quiz and
poster