A large amount of work was undertaken to complete an Integrated Unit of Work involving SOSE, English and ICT.
The chosen topic for this Integrated Unit of Work was "Water Conservation". Our topic choice was based around the importance of water conservation given todays current climactic conditions. We felt that it was necessary that a unit on such a topic was completed, given the conditions mentioned.
Below is a copy of the Inquiry Unit Planner for the SOSE component of this unit.
Participation within this unit will require students to use a large variety of skills including:
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ICT has been used within the SOSE component in many aspects. For example, students are required to discover information regarding a number of water conservation topics. It is suggested with the unit that the internet is one excellent source of obtaining information.
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It is also used in lesson #3 where students are required to access the weather radar and example weather patterns, temperatures, rainfall etc.
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