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        Wilderquest

        • TLF-IDM020507

        This is a multi-faceted resource exploring six types of New South Wales environments – desert, alpine, woodlands, rainforest, coast and town – and their plants, animals and people. Intended for children in the lower and mid-primary years and their teachers, the major part of resource consists of four open access elements. ...

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        MoneySmart: Advertising detectives

        • TLF-IDM020852

        In ASIC's MoneySmart Teaching Advertising detectives students will become detectives in a bid to help solve an alarming case of advertisements influencing children to buy or want a product. Students will investigate the different gimmicks/tricks used in advertising, how they target children and how their effect can be minimised. ...

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        Biodiversity – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

        • TLF-IDM020880

        This biodiversity learning resource guides students through an extended school based investigation. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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        Thermal comfort – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

        • TLF-IDM020885

        This thermal comfort learning resource will guide students through an extended school based investigation. Students will develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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        Waste and materials – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

        • TLF-IDM020971

        This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on waste and materials using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate ...

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        Thermal comfort – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

        • TLF-IDM020973

        This thermal comfort learning resource will guide students through an extended school based investigation. Students will develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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        Makey Makey boards

        • TLF-IDM021016

        In this sequence of lessons students explore how electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits, using Makey Makey boards as the basis for experimentation and recoding of data.

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        Planting fruit and vegetables

        • TLF-IDM021026

        In this sequence of lessons students grow a plant from seed, capturing each step and decision as an algorithmic process and recording data for future learning.

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        Computer chatter 1: Networks and data transmission

        • TLF-IDM021030

        In this lesson sequence students relate the concept of transportation systems to help them develop an understanding of the properties of networked systems and the underlying techniques used to transmit and validate data.

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        Kitchen gardens – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

        • TLF-IDM020972

        This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on kitchen gardens using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and ...

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        Waste and materials – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

        • TLF-IDM020974

        This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on waste and materials using the five-step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate ...

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        Refugees welcome here

        • TLF-IDM021183

        This resource embeds the use of online collaboration tools and 21st century learning skills in a student-centered hands-on project designed to welcome refugees into their community. The syllabus outcomes are aligned to NSW Stage 4 English, Geography or Visual Arts but this could be used with older or younger students by ...

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        experiMENTALS: Straw propeller

        • TLF-IDM016243

        This resource contains a materials and instruction list and brief explanation for students about the process of creating a propeller using two bendy straws and a pair of scissors. A simple demonstration of one of Newton's Laws.

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        Water use and efficiency – sustainability action process (Years 7–10)

        • TLF-IDM020886

        This resource guides students through an extended school-based or local investigation focussed on water use and efficiency using the five step sustainability action process. The resource supports the investigation of a real-world issue or problem. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate ...

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        Computer chatter 2: Network performance

        • TLF-IDM021031

        In this lesson sequence students build on and extend their knowledge of networks and discuss an inquiry question about Wi-Fi speeds and handling bulk of data transfer needs.

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        MoneySmart: Light up the globe!

        • TLF-IDM021039

        This unit of work will help students make an informed choice on which light globe to use from the wide range of light globes now available. Their choice will be based on cost, value for money, life span of globe, light output and energy used. Students will also gain an understanding of how light output and electricity (energy) ...

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        Celebrations and Commemorations

        • TLF-IDM021620

        This teaching and learning sequence has a focus on Australian celebrations and commemorations to coincide with the actual dates of the various significant celebrations and commemorations in Australia, culminating in a student-led inquiry on global celebrations.

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        Migration to Australia in the 1800s

        • TLF-IDM021642

        This sequence of five activities examines the reasons why people, especially women migrated to Australia. Using the historical inquiry process and primary sources including posters, diary transcripts, a water colour painting and sketches, explore the challenges passengers faced during their voyage to Australia.

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        Sampling Technique

        • TLF-IDM016333

        Students use this resource consisting of four slides with diagrams, written explanation and voice-over to understand some different methods of collecting animals in the wild. There is a two-question quiz and a summary slide.

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        Biodiversity – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

        • TLF-IDM020872

        This biodiversity learning resource guides students through an extended school based investigation. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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