digital technologies in farming & sustainability
Task Outline:
Over the next 4 weeks, you will be learning about different types of sustainable energy through an independent inquiry. Each lesson will give you the information you will need to complete your assessment at the end of the unit. You will complete 2 lessons each week in your Technology class, and you will be given 3 lessons to complete your final assessment.
Lesson Overview (45 Minutes Each):
Week 1: Lesson 1 & 2 - Sustainable Energy
Week 2: Lesson 3 & 4 - Energy in Agriculture
Week 3: Lesson 5 - Sustainable Energy in Agriculture
Week 3 & 4: Lesson 6, 7 & 8 - Assessment Task
Assessment:
Your assessment task requires you to choose a piece of Agricultural Machinery and modify it to create a more sustainable piece of equipment. You will use your knowledge of sustainable energy systems to make these changes and describe how these changes will create a more sustainable machine overall.
This project aligns with the Digital Technologies curriculum ACTDIP021 “Explain how developed solutions and existing information systems are sustainable and meet local community needs, considering opportunities and consequences for future applications” (ACARA, 2014). The project requires students to cover two additional curriculum areas, one from the Digital Technologies sector whereby students, plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols ACTDIP022 (ACARA, 2014). The second curriculum descriptor covers the year 6 science curriculum whereby students are asked to Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks ACSIS103 (ACARA, 2014). Both areas of the curriculum compliment the initial curriculum link, and allow students to gain further knowledge in both areas of Earth and Environmental science, and Digital Technologies while also covering cross curriculum needs and thinking about the sustainability of Australian Agriculture.
Over the next 4 weeks, you will be learning about different types of sustainable energy through an independent inquiry. Each lesson will give you the information you will need to complete your assessment at the end of the unit. You will complete 2 lessons each week in your Technology class, and you will be given 3 lessons to complete your final assessment.
Lesson Overview (45 Minutes Each):
Week 1: Lesson 1 & 2 - Sustainable Energy
Week 2: Lesson 3 & 4 - Energy in Agriculture
Week 3: Lesson 5 - Sustainable Energy in Agriculture
Week 3 & 4: Lesson 6, 7 & 8 - Assessment Task
Assessment:
Your assessment task requires you to choose a piece of Agricultural Machinery and modify it to create a more sustainable piece of equipment. You will use your knowledge of sustainable energy systems to make these changes and describe how these changes will create a more sustainable machine overall.
This project aligns with the Digital Technologies curriculum ACTDIP021 “Explain how developed solutions and existing information systems are sustainable and meet local community needs, considering opportunities and consequences for future applications” (ACARA, 2014). The project requires students to cover two additional curriculum areas, one from the Digital Technologies sector whereby students, plan, create and communicate ideas and information, including collaboratively online, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols ACTDIP022 (ACARA, 2014). The second curriculum descriptor covers the year 6 science curriculum whereby students are asked to Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks ACSIS103 (ACARA, 2014). Both areas of the curriculum compliment the initial curriculum link, and allow students to gain further knowledge in both areas of Earth and Environmental science, and Digital Technologies while also covering cross curriculum needs and thinking about the sustainability of Australian Agriculture.