B Barber
Science Coordinator

Partner Primary & Secondary Schools
John Paul, Nazareth, Padua, St John's Reg. Colleges & Partner Primary

Science

Middle Years Science Program - Course Development

Middle Years Science Program

 

"On the High Seas" Concept Map

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Captain Cook
- Discovery of Australia
Pirates!
- History of pirates and their lifestyle.
- Peter Pan & Other pirate stories..
Surfing, Wind Surfers & Jet Skiis
- Fun in the sun
Pulleys
- Use of shackles and pulleys in sailing.

- Advantages of pulleys.
Travel by Sea
- The history of Ocean travel;s

- Why air travel became the dominant form of travel in the 20th century?
- Life abort a ship in the olden days
How do they stay afloat?
- bouyancy
- design of boats

- salt water Vs fresh water travel 
Types of boat travel
- Forms on transport;
Making a living: Whaling, fishing, transport etc
 Holidays
- With my family

- My favourite holiday 
- Travelled overseas by boat?

- What would you take on holiday?

- Why go? Going to relax ..

  Boating disaster?
- Titanic: Why did it sink on its first voyage?
- Oil pollution

"On the High Seas"
Places in the world
- How long does it take  get to..

- How do I get to by boat?
Safety in the water
- Beach and pool safety

- Swimming and sea life
Protection of our marine environment
- Ways we can protect sea life 
 Foreign Cultures
- Boat people

- How do other cultures use boats?

- How do they make them?
Places in the world
- Do you come from overseas?

- Where do people travel in the world?

- World traditions & cultures
 Boat building
- How are they made?

- How can metal boats float?

- Our Australian Navy
 Sea life
- Breathing underwater;
- sea life and habitat;

- prehistoric sea life;
 Properties of Water
- Surface tension
- What does water do for us?

- ice, water and steam
 Weather Conditions
- The water cycle

- Clouds and storms at sea