Digital Technologies Project 1 Our School Recycling Tracker: 9 Lesson Plans + Marking Rubric + Worksheet Suggestions (Year 7)

Digital Technologies Project 1 Our School Recycling Tracker: 9 Lesson Plans + Marking Rubric + Worksheet Suggestions (Year 7)

Have you ever wondered how much recycling our school actually does? Where does all that paper, plastic, and cans go? This project will give us a chance to find out! We're going to become "recycling detectives" and investigate our school's recycling habits. Just like scientists, we'll use the Design Thinking process to explore this challenge. We'll start by understanding how recycling currently works in our school. Then, we'll design a system to track our recycling efforts, collect data, and analyse the results.

Finally, we'll share our findings with the school community and hopefully inspire everyone to recycle even more! This project will not only help us understand our school's recycling habits but also teach us valuable skills in data collection, analysis, and presentation. We'll learn how to use spreadsheets, create graphs, and communicate our findings effectively. So, let's get started and make a real difference in our school!

Covering:
AC9TDI8P01 - acquire, store and validate data from a range of sources using software, including spreadsheets and databases.
AC9TDI8P02 - analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends.
AC9TDI8P03 - model and query the attributes of objects and events using structured data.
AC9TDI8P04 - define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories.
AC9TDI8P05 - design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode.
AC9TDI8P06 - trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors.
AC9TDI8P07 - design the user experience of a digital system.
AC9TDI8P08 - generate, modify, communicate and evaluate alternative designs.
AC9TDI8P09 - implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language.
AC9TDI8P10 - evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria, user stories and possible future impact.
AC9TDI8P11 - select and use a range of digital tools efficiently, including unfamiliar features, to create, locate and communicate content, consistently applying common conventions
AC9TDI8P12 - select and use a range of digital tools efficiently and responsibly to share content online, and plan and manage individual and collaborative agile projects.
AC9TDI8P13 - explain how multi-factor authentication protects an account when the password is compromised and identify phishing and other cyber security threats.
AC9TDI8P14 - investigate and manage the digital footprint existing systems and student solutions collect and assess if the data is essential to their purpose.

Each Lesson Plan includes: Cross Curriculum Opportunities, Explicit Teaching Content, Hands-On Learning Tasks, Assessment Suggestions, Differentiation Strategies, Extension Tasks, Career Education Suggestions, Materials Needed.

Also included: 1 Marking Rubric for the Recycling Project + Worksheet Suggestions for each lesson.

(67 pages)