Future earth energy solutions

Year 6
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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

Australian Curriculum Links

Science

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
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.