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Houses & Buildings - AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION MECHANICWhat is this job about? Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
1. Look at the following video
Skills One TV - Alex Hall - Video
2. List the different pathways. What is this job about? What are the streams? Discuss with a partner which stream you would like to do and why. 3. Write up Alex's career - providing a timeline. 4. What are the requirements that Alex thinks is needed for this job? 5. What are the advances in technology since Alex started in this job? What efficiencies does Alex talk about for the future? 6. From this video, make a Prezi about the job of Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic.
The Global Impact of Air Conditioning: big and getting bigger Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding
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Curriculum General Capability:
Critical and creative thinking
1. Read the following article in The Conversation 25 July 2016 - based on the experiences of the USA. 2. Compare and contrast the previous article with the following article also in The Conversation 2 January 2014: a. What is the focus of each article? Expense, environment, social justice, responsibility? What else? b. What are the statistics from both articles? Can you compare Australia and the US? What about China and India? c. List the things that you are not sure about - discuss with a partner. See if you can clarify each other's queries. If not, talk with your teacher. 3. Conduct a survey of your class to see the
Graph your results. 4. What strategies would you put in place to help those vulnerable people who need air conditioning?
Discuss with a partner. 5. As an Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic, you have a vested interest in this following article! Summarise the following article from The Conversation January 2016 into 7 key points:
6. With a partner, reduce both your key points to the same 5 key points. Share with the class.
Websites, Games & Apps Energy Efficient House - Game Primary Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability 1. Go to the following website, ABC Splash - Energy efficient house and play the game. 2. What did you learn from this game? Can you apply it to your house? How? Share with a partner.
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