The Curriculum Through ICT Program

Ideas Bank

Science

AN ONLINE QUIZ: THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Task:

Students created an email-based quiz to demonstrate their learning about the Solar System.

How:

Students learned how to organise their time, create a quiz with questions appropriate to their audience, advertise it to the school and email. They worked in groups to create their quizzes, evaluate responses and select the winners.

ICT used:

Word processor, Internet, email.

HOT AIR BALLOONS: DEMONSTRATING LEARNING WITH ICT

Task:

Students used multimedia presentation software to demonstrate their understandings about how hot air balloons fly.

How:

The students took digital photos of their models before and during testing. These photos were imported into slide presentation software. Students recorded audio to explain their understandings about how hot air balloons work. Some also added text and/or graphics.

ICT used:

Digital cameras, recorded oral speaking, presentation software.

PROTECTING AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL

Task:

Students created an educational resource to raise community awareness about an endangered Australian animal. The resource could take the form of radio jingle, TV advertisement, poster, audio-visual presentation or other form selected by the group.

How:

Students decided what information was needed, then collected and organised it. Groups initially presented their findings to enable peers to assess what was missing. They refined their information before creating their educational resource. Draft products were reviewed by peers, the teacher and a local CALM Ranger, then improved and published.

ICT used:

World Wide Web, email, school intranet, word processor, presentation software.

ZOO ANIMAL REPORT QUEST

Task:

Students collaborated to create a series of eBooks (electronic book) about zoo animals for use as a learning resource by Early Childhood students.

How:

Students conducted research about a zoo animal of their choosing, paying particular attention to features of that class of animals and adaptations of the individual species. They summarised their findings in reports which were storyboarded and turned into eBooks.

ICT used:

World Wide Web, digital images, concept mapping software, presentation software.

SWAN RIVER INQUIRY

Task:

This learning program provided an opportunity for students to investigate the local Swan River in a range of different ways. It offered students tasks spanning four learning areas and across a range of learning styles.

How:

The program was presented online as a 16 task matrix that directed students to select tasks from each of the English, Mathematics, Society and Environment and Science learning areas. Students completed at least one task in each learning area.

ICT used:

Online learning activity using World Wide Web, email, message boards, digital video, digital cameras, word processor, presentation software.

WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS

Task:

This learning program engaged students in investigating our universe: from the unimaginably small to the unbelievably large. It offered students tasks spanning four learning areas and across a range of learning styles.

How:

The program was presented online as a 16 task matrix that directed students to select tasks from each of the English, Mathematics, Society and Environment and Science learning areas. Students completed at least one task in each learning area.

ICT used:

Online learning activity using World Wide Web, email, message boards, digital video, digital cameras, word processor, presentation software.