Maths Secondary Lessons
Sustainable Schools
Incorporate Sustainability Cross Curricular Priority with your maths lessons. Conduct an energy, water and/or waste audit of your school. Plan and implement ways to reduce energy and water consumption and reduce waste. CoolAustralia website (free teacher registration) has lesson plans available on all these. http://coolaustralia.org/
Incorporate Sustainability Cross Curricular Priority with your maths lessons. Conduct an energy, water and/or waste audit of your school. Plan and implement ways to reduce energy and water consumption and reduce waste. CoolAustralia website (free teacher registration) has lesson plans available on all these. http://coolaustralia.org/
Bureau of Meteorology
Use the Macleay river heights at Georges Junction, Bellbrook, Toorooka, Turner's Flat, Aldavilla, Kempsey, Belmore, and South West Rocks, during the next period of rain to watch a fresh/flood travel down the Macleay river. How long after the river peaks at Georges Junction does it peak at Bellbrook? How long after the river peaks at Bellbrook does it peak at Kempsey? How fast is the water travelling? What approximations have you made? What height does the CBD of Kempsey flood? Why does the graph change between Turner's Flat and Aldavilla? Why is this information useful?
The Climate Data Online section enables you to get meteorological data on any part of Australia (including the Macleay valley). Use this for an authentic graphing task in maths.
Use the Macleay river heights at Georges Junction, Bellbrook, Toorooka, Turner's Flat, Aldavilla, Kempsey, Belmore, and South West Rocks, during the next period of rain to watch a fresh/flood travel down the Macleay river. How long after the river peaks at Georges Junction does it peak at Bellbrook? How long after the river peaks at Bellbrook does it peak at Kempsey? How fast is the water travelling? What approximations have you made? What height does the CBD of Kempsey flood? Why does the graph change between Turner's Flat and Aldavilla? Why is this information useful?
The Climate Data Online section enables you to get meteorological data on any part of Australia (including the Macleay valley). Use this for an authentic graphing task in maths.
Money Smart
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Money Smart website has units of work integrating the Australian Curriculum and financial literacy for years 7-12.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Money Smart website has units of work integrating the Australian Curriculum and financial literacy for years 7-12.
The Water Research Laboratory at School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW has put out a guide for high school teachers on Coastal Management. This integrated unit has links to Science, Geography and Mathematics. While the examples are Narrabeen and Collaroy beaches it would be easy to use Macleay valley beaches.
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