Week

Australian Curriculum
Standards
EAL Companion
Standards
Key Knowledge to be
Covered
Resources and ICT
Cross
Curriculum
Standards
Work Requirements
and Assessment
Tasks
1 Recognizing the
differences between
pure substances and
mixtures and
identifying examples
of each

Identifying the
solvent and solute
in solutions
Supported by
visuals, objects and
actions, students
learn the basic
vocabulary and
grammatical
features needed to
interact with others,
and to begin
learning in the
domain
Define element,
pure substance,
compound, mixture
Compare and
contrast element,
pure substance,
compound and
mixture
Define solution,
solute, solvent,
soluble and
insoluble
Understanding of
the terms
concentration,
saturated and
dilution

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L3198/
mixtures/index.html

Text book - Science Quest 7 ; Chapter 5.1
Separating mixtures


Sustainability Activity of mix and
match with scientific
terms

Formative assessment
- Students create their
own bubble map using
the scientific terms
2
Considering issues
relating to the use
and management
of water within a
community
Considering
decisions made in
relation to the
recycling of
greywater and
blackwater
Considering how
human activity in
the community can
have positive and
negative effects on
The development of
reading in English,
including
understanding,
interpreting,
reflecting upon, and
responding to
written and visual
texts
They read for
authentic purposes,
and begin to learn
to use titles,
headings and
illustrations to make
Key terms suspension,
sediment, filtration,
centrifuging,
evaporation and
distillation
Text book - Science Quest 7 ; Chapter 5.6 Fit to
drink

http://www.jacplus.com.au/secure/Searchlight
?searchbox=eles-0059

http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L3198/
water_treatment/index.html
Sustainability Experiment Inquiry
investigation 5.8
Treating your own
dirty water collected
from Maribyrnong
river
the sustainability
of ecosystems

simple predictions
about content
before reading.


3
considering how
human activity in
the community can
have positive and
negative effects on
the sustainability
of ecosystems

Using appropriate
language for
particular purposes
or occasions to
represent and
reflect on ideas,
issues, arguments,
events, and
information

Key terms recycling,
landfill, reduce, reuse
and reinvent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=629clJ5VZ
Fc

https://www.teachervision.com/tv/printables/
EPA_Recycling-Unit.pdf

Text book - Science Quest 7 ; Chapter 5.8
Essential recycling

Sustainability Recycling activity from
teacher vision


4
presenting the
outcomes of
research using
effective forms of
representation of
data or ideas and
scientific language
that is appropriate
for the target
audience
using digital
technologies to
access information
and to
communicate and
collaborate with
others on and off
site
In a controlled,
inclusive and
supportive
environment
students learn,
experiment with
and use their
emerging English in
a range of activities
including choral
repetition,
communication gap,
role-plays, chants,
songs and short,
supported
presentations
Key terms sewage,
waste management,
powerpoint



















http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchoo
l/TheCost.html Cost of the Toss


Asia and
Australias
engagement
with Asia
Activity Investigate
waste management in
Asian countries

Summative assessment
ICT activity Diamond
flush; Text book
science quest page 210

Prepared by : Shani Gamage and Bethany Untied 2014