Oil spill unit plan

Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting FrameworkUnit planner template

School Name: Helensvale State High School

Unit title: Oil Spill Disaster

KLA(s): SOSE

Year level(s): 9 Duration of unit: 2 Weeks

Identify curriculum Ways of working Knowledge and understanding

• plan investigations, using discipline-specific inquiry models and processes

• research and analyse data, information and evidence from primary and secondary sources

• respond to local and global issues by taking action in planned and enterprising ways

• apply strategies for making group decisions and for taking informed social and environmental action

Place and Space Interrelationships between human activity and environments result in particular patterns of landand resource use, and can cause environmental problems

e.g. overgrazing and erosion; overuse of fossil fuels and carbon dioxide emissions.

• Governments and communities need to balance economic, social, political and environmentalfactors through sustainable development, consumption and productione.g. resource use and environmental impacts; logging and the survival of small communities dependent on

that industry.

Context for learning School prioritiesStudents have seen the devastation that the BP oil spill has inflicted on the Gulf Coast via the news coverage of the event. Using the inquiry model students will be investigating the effects and repercutions of the environmental disaster.

There has been an environmental push in Helensvale, making students thoughtful citizens.

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Develop assessment Make judgmentsType of

assessmentWhat will be

assessedWhen it will be

assessedPurpose of assessment Assessable elements

Reflective Blog

Animal Research Poster

Blog

Research abilities

End of unit.

Mid unit

Because the unit is about student driven inquiry, they will be completing a reflective blog to allow them to share their views on the disaster.

The research project is to assess students ability to investigate a topic and use primary and secondary sources.

Sequence learning




Learning experiences and teaching strategiesAdjustments for needs of

learnersResources

Week 1

Lesson 1Students will be introduced to the Oil Spill disaster of the American Gulf. Teacher will ask the students using the think pair share method;What do we know about the oil spill disaster?What is oil and how do we use it? How will the disaster affect people and animals?Students will be introduced to the idea of reflective blogs and will be allowed class time to create their own blog. The blog for this lesson will be used for students to write about three things that they have learnt about the disaster.

Lesson 2Class will brainstorm what animals will be killed or affected by the oil disaster. In pairs or groups of three, students will research the animals and create a profile of the animal and why they should be saved.Lesson 3Students will brainstorm, how can we help? They will be asked to go off in their groups and think of three ways that students could help the oil spill.

Blog instructions for students who struggle

with ICT.

Mixed ability grouping.

Mixed ability grouping.

Computers and wordpress website.

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Computer access.



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Class will come back together and share their ideas.Groups will work in their groups and create awareness campaign posters to put up around the school, telling peers of the plight that some animals and people face with the disaster.

Lesson 4Students will continue work on their posters. Class will discuss where they will put up the posters around the school.

Lesson 5Students will watch documentary on the oil spill. Students will participate in a class discussion about what they have learnt and what should be learnt from this valuable lesson.

Ensure that everyone is able to see the image

clearly and that the sound is at a reasonable level.

Poster card, colour pens and pencils.

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Oil spill unit plan