Future earth energy solutions
Year 6
Stem Unit Preview
Problem / Challenge
Australia is in the grip of an energy crisis. South Australia lost power for a day completely in 2016. Tasmania’s water levels in dams were at an all-time low in 2015.
Brief
Design, make and market a working prototype of an installation to be used in our school garden which uses renewable energy.
Resources
- Unit Preview (PDF, 308KB)
- Planning Template (Word, 2.3MB)
Australian Curriculum Links
Science
- Electrical energy (ACSSU097)
Science as a Human Endeavour
- Science involves testing predictions to explain historical phenomenon and cultural contributions (ACSHE098)
- Science is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions (ACSHE100)
Science Inquiry Skills
- Questions and predictions (ACSIS232)
- Plan an investigation (ACSIS103)
- Variables, fair tests, measuring and recording data (ACSIS104)
- Data representation (ACSIS107)
- Comparing data with predictions (ACSIS2221)
- Reflecting on the investigation (ACSIS108)
- Communicate scientific ideas and information (ACSIS110)
Design and Technologies
Technologies and society
- Design and technologies occupations and sustainability considerations (ACTDEK019)
Engineering principles and systems
- Electrical energy in controlling, movement, light and sound (ACTDEK020)
Materials and technologies specialisations
- Characteristics and properties of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment (ACTDEK023)
Design Process
Mathematics
Number and Algebra
- Problem solving using whole numbers (ACMNA123)
- Fractions – comparing, addition, subtraction, factions of quantities (ACMNA125), (ACMNA126), (ACMNA127)
- Decimals – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (ACMNA128)
- (ACMNA129), (ACMNA130)
- Connections between fractions, decimals and percentages (ACMNA131)
- Percentage discounts (ACMNA132)
Measurement and Geometry
- Connect decimal representations to the metric system (ACMMG135)
- Convert between common metric units of length , mass and capacity (ACMMG136)
- Solve measurement problems of length and area (ACMMG137)
- Connect volume and capacity and their units of measurement (ACMMG139)
- Translations, reflections and rotations (ACMMG142)
- Angles in a straight line, angles at a point, and vertically opposite angles (ACMMG141)
School Overview
Lansdowne Crescent Primary School is a government school catering for over 400 students. It is situated in the suburb of West Hobart, in Tasmania’s capital city. The school enjoys a view over the city to the Derwent estuary and eastern shores of Hobart.