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Government & Defence - URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNERWhere Things Are From Near to Far - A Review! Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
1. You are to read the following book Where Things Are From Near to Far after reading the following review: "While playing in the city park, little Hugo wonders, Who put
these buildings here? Hugo's mother leads him on a whirlwind trip
through the city, the country, and everything in-between to explain
the answer. 2. You are to review this book keeping in mind the role of the Urban & Regional Planner. How different is your review from the one above? 3. Share your review with a partner. How are they different? How are they the same? 4. Create a Venn Diagram showing the similarities and the differences in each of the three reviews.
What makes a city tick? Designing the 'urban DMA' Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy
1. Read the following article from The Conversation 2 November 2016 2. List 10 facts or points of interest from this article. Share with a partner. Did you have the same facts or POI? Why? Why not? 3. Create a list of 8 facts or points of interest that you both agree on. 4. To clarify the concept of Density, read the following article from The Conversation 20 May 2016 by the same authors 5. Add to your notes by researching the following article from The Conversation 29 January 2015 6. Discuss with a partner: Look at the city or town you live in or near. How is it's DMA? What is needed to improve it's DMA?
Trigonometric Trajectories & Glider Poles Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy Cooperative Learning Activity
This lesson is taken from the website ReSolve - developed by the Academy of Science and the Australian Mathematics Teachers Association. It was developed for Year 10 Mathematics.
1. In pairs, you are to read the following article from The Conversation 18 January 2013 2. Make a dot point list of what this research shows. 3. Discuss with another pair. 4. You are now going to use your mathematics to design a pair of glider poles appropriate for the animals and roads in your region. Individually, you are to complete this exercise. Instructions are here. PPT is here. Look at both instructions before commencing with your glider pole. 5. Confer with a partner. Did you both get the same answer?
RMIT: Centre for Urban Research [CUR] - A Research Project Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Intercultural Understanding Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy 1. You are to select ONE project to research. You can select one of either current or past projects. 2. Go to the website and select a project. You are to use the Retrieval Chart Strategy to obtain as much relevant and interesting data as you can. Make sure you gather as much information about the cost of your project and its ramifications to government. 3. With another student who has also researched your project, add to each other's retrieval chart strategy. 4. Together, create a presentation about the implications of this project on Urban and Regional Planning.
Airport Planning and Turtles! Primary Middle Secondary Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy
1. In pairs, read the following article from The Conversation 4 July 2023 2. List all the challenges that the Airport Planner has to overcome from this article knowing that the new airport is only years away from opening [2026]. 3. What would you suggest as the best way to help the turtles survive?
Websites, Games & Apps Make
a Town 1. Go to the Owl & Mouse.
2. Work with a partner to decide which buildings you want in your town. Print them off. 3. Together create your own town and explain your decisions.
Primary Middle Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Information and Communication Technology Capability
A range of games and activities to be found here.
Global Warming (Web Archive Only) Middle Secondary
Australian
Curriculum General Capability:
Information and Communication Technology Capability
Well worth a look but will need to have newer resources. Most other websites refer to this WebQuest.
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