Resources

  • An excellent DET resource simulates an investigation into an ant problem and then provides support for the process of explaining and publishing the investigation report is Backyard survival: an ant investigation.1

  • An example of a lesson plan for a unit on living things in which students produce a poster and prepare for a science fair2.

  • Support for how to put images for publication3 is found at the Australian Government Quality Teaching Project. (DET only)

  • A detailed tutorial4 shows you how to use Marvin to support students to develop a structured multimedia presentation. The case demonstrated is in the context of a COGs unit of work called ‘Being Australian.’ (DET only)

  • Weeds Attack- Spread the News provides advice for the use of digital storytelling5 to report the results of an investigation.

  • Examples of students’ multimedia productions for the activities Macrobiotica- Multimedia link).6

  • TaLe Student Research Project7 has a scaffold for investigation reports.

Links

  1. http://lrr.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/legacy/Science/BackyardSurvival/index.htm
  2. http://seplessons.ucsf.edu/node/777
  3. https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/profcurr/integrating_ict/modules/primary/preparing_images_picture_maker/intro.htm
  4. https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/profcurr/integrating_ict/modules/primary/being_australian/intro.htm
  5. http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Cli/Download.aspx?resID=7282&v=1&preview=true&target=PUBLIC
  6. http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Sites/Web/macrobiotica_v2/publishing/index.htm?Signature=(dedfea46-812a-4e5b-87b4-7c6cc78be48b)
  7. http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Cli/Download.aspx?resID=3788&v=1&preview=true&target=PUBLIC