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Houses & Buildings - AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION MECHANIC 

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What is this job about?

 MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

LiteracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

 

 

1. Look at the following video

Skills One TV - Alex Hall - Video Video

Skills One TV

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

MiddleMiddle  High SchoolSecondary

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority

NumeracyAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Ethical Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Ethical Understanding

Intercultural UnderstandingAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding

CriticalAustralian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Personal and social capability
Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

 

 

1. Read the following article in The Conversation 25 July 2016 - based on the experiences of the Reading USA.

The Conversation

2. Compare and contrast the previous article with the following article also in The Conversation 2 January 2014Reading

The Conversation

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. Discussion

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

  • Number of air conditioners in each household

  • If a household doesn't have an air conditioner, what do they do to cool down in summer?

  • The type of air conditioner

  • The cost of the summer electricity bill compared to the spring, autumn and winter bills.

Graph your results.

4. What strategies would you put in place to help those vulnerable people who need air conditioning?

Discussion

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: Reading

 

The Conversation

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

PrimaryPrimary

Australian Curriculum Cross Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability Priority

ICT Capability Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

1. Go to the following website, ABC Splash - Energy efficient house and play the game.

Energy efficient house 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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