Primary Middle 

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Teacher - this activity can be found at Try Engineering.org

"In a digital world we take colour for granted. Through off-computer activities, students learn the difference between additive and subtractive colour, and how images are generated on screen and transferred to physical print.

• How colour is created on video screens using additive colour.
• How colour is created in printers using subtractive colour.
• The difference between additive and subtractive colour.
• How and why additive colour is represented as a single number.

Local Copy: Lesson Plan

Local Copy: Student Handouts

A Day in the Life (Quantity Surveyor)

Middle 

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Teacher - this activity can be found at Go Construct

This session sees students take measurements from a 2D floor plan of a new school wing. They will work out the surface areas of the classroom walls and calculate how much the rooms will cost to paint.

Ideally an industry professional could be available to help - a confident Quantity Surveyor or another professional who has site experience – the session sees students step into the shoes of a Quantity Surveyor.

Lesson Time: 2 - 3 x50 mins

Local Copy of Lesson Plan, A3 Floorplan, Answer Booklet, Colour chart & Price List, PPT, Student Worksheet. All PDFs except the PPT that takes 50mins to view.

You will need to look at all the resources to conduct this lesson.

Another activity that could be used for the Quantity Surveyor is A Fencing Job - under the Fencer