NSW Country Areas Program
OnLine Research Module
Module:The Hungry Lighthouse Keeper

 

Stage 2:KLA: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Syllabus Outcomes

UNIT OF WORK: THE HUNGRY LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

Built Environments BE S2.1:
Creates models and evaluates built environments reflecting consideration of functional and aesthetic factors.

  • test different structures, makes predictions and draws conclusions about the stronger shape for supporting an object or load.

Investigating INV S2.7:
Conducts investigations by observing, questioning, predicting, testing, recording and analysing data and drawing conclusions.

  • test different structures, makes predictions and draws conclusions about the stronger shape for supporting an object or load;
  • predicts and tests the efficiency of a range of methods of packaging in relation to the product and the environment.

Design and Making DM S2.8:
Develops, implements and evaluates ideas using drawings, models and prototypes at appropriate stages of the design process.

  • designs and makes a model suited to a particular environment