Links to the Curriculum

Science

Level 2:

• investigate and describe everyday changes to common substances
• use simple technology to demonstrate and explain methods which prevent or promote change in materials

Level 3:

• investigate and report on temporary and more permanent changes that familiar materials undergo,
• research the use and purpose of technology in the disposal, or recycling, of some common materials, e.g., waste oil, paper, plastics, glass.
  

SLO: Students will:  

• investigate and describe the changes that objects undergo in the decomposing process.
• identify the changes an object goes through in the recycling process and the technology used.

Social Studies

Level 2:

• demonstrate knowledge and understandings of how people participate in the production process.

Level 3:  

• demonstrate knowledge and understandings of how and why different systems of exchange operate.
  

SLO: Students will:  

• identify the processes involved in the manufacture, use, distribution, collection, recycling and consequent stages in the life of an item.

English

Level 2:  

• write instructions and explanations, state facts and opinions, and recount events in a range of authentic contexts.
• use verbal and visual features to communicate ideas or stories using layout, drama, video, or still photography

Level 3:  

• write instructions, explanations, and factual accounts, and express personal viewpoints, in a range of authentic contexts, sequencing ideas logically
• use verbal and visual features to communicate information, ideas, or narrative through layout, drama, video, or still photography
  

SLO: Students will: 

• write a persuasive letter to a local business, clearly expressing their viewpoint.
  create an advertisement for a newspaper or the radio.

Technology

Within a range of technological areas and contexts, students should:

Level 2: 

• explore and discuss the use and operation of technologies in everyday use.
  

Level 3: 

• investigate and describe the use and operation of technologies in an everyday setting

SLO: Students will:  

• identify and describe the processes involved in the manufacture, use, distribution, collection, recycling and consequent stages in the life of an item.

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