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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
UNITS OF INQUIRY
WHO ARE WE?
In this first unit we will examine what a typical year 7 student is like. There will be a focus on generating good questions and using statistics to analyse the results. Students will use measures of central tendency and graphs to display their results.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding: Unit test
Criterion B Investigating Patterns: Not assessed
Criterion C Communicating: What is a typical Year 7 student infographic.
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts: What is a typical Year 7 student infographic.
In this first unit we will examine what a typical year 7 student is like. There will be a focus on generating good questions and using statistics to analyse the results. Students will use measures of central tendency and graphs to display their results.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding: Unit test
Criterion B Investigating Patterns: Not assessed
Criterion C Communicating: What is a typical Year 7 student infographic.
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts: What is a typical Year 7 student infographic.
GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT
In this unit students explore form, space and quantities of two dimensional shapes including polygons and circles.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding:
Criterion B Investigating Patterns: Investigating patterns in Perimeter and Area
Criterion C Communicating: Designing the Rooftop Garden
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts: Designing the Rooftop Garden
In this unit students explore form, space and quantities of two dimensional shapes including polygons and circles.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding:
Criterion B Investigating Patterns: Investigating patterns in Perimeter and Area
Criterion C Communicating: Designing the Rooftop Garden
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts: Designing the Rooftop Garden
NUMBER
This unit is based on an exploration of number systems and operations with integers and parts of a whole.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding: Test
Criterion B Investigating Patterns: Factors and multiples investigation
Criterion C Communicating: Factors and multiples investigation
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts: Not assessed
This unit is based on an exploration of number systems and operations with integers and parts of a whole.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding: Test
Criterion B Investigating Patterns: Factors and multiples investigation
Criterion C Communicating: Factors and multiples investigation
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts: Not assessed
ALGEBRA
The unit involves finding and describing number patterns, creating rules using pronumerals and drawing graphs of patterns. Students learn to write in index notation, use grouping symbols, simplify simple algebraic expressions, and substitute numerical values to evaluate algebraic expressions. Students investigate real life problems and look at the usefulness of using formulae and how variables can help solve simple problems.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding:
Criterion B Investigating Patterns:
Criterion C Communicating:
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts:
The unit involves finding and describing number patterns, creating rules using pronumerals and drawing graphs of patterns. Students learn to write in index notation, use grouping symbols, simplify simple algebraic expressions, and substitute numerical values to evaluate algebraic expressions. Students investigate real life problems and look at the usefulness of using formulae and how variables can help solve simple problems.
Assessment Tasks:
Criterion A Knowing and Understanding:
Criterion B Investigating Patterns:
Criterion C Communicating:
Criterion D Applying mathematics in real life contexts:
APPROACHES TO LEARNING
During the year we will be developing the following Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills:
· Organization—Time management
· Communication—using a range of terminology
· Information Literacy — accessing information; referencing sources of information
· Thinking — Generating ideas, identifying problems and planning
· Transfer—making connections to solve familiar problems
During the year we will be developing the following Approaches to Learning (ATL) skills:
· Organization—Time management
· Communication—using a range of terminology
· Information Literacy — accessing information; referencing sources of information
· Thinking — Generating ideas, identifying problems and planning
· Transfer—making connections to solve familiar problems