Transport and Travel - CRANE OPERATOR    

Three charts on: crane-spotting, a way to tell which Australian cities are growing and where

Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, read the following article from The Conversation 2 May 2017 and note how the information within is recorded in graphs.

2. Investigate and analyse, the RLB information about cranes from the third quarter in 2019 [PDF]

3. Create similar graphs to those in the article from The Conversation.

4.

Compare and contrast the two sets of figures and discuss as a group. What conclusions can you draw as a group.

Can you reach agreement?

5. Scenario.

You are an investor.

Based on the figures, which city would you invest monies into cranes?
Explain your reasoning!

Websites, Games & Apps

The Junkyard Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability Running a junkyard can be dangerous business. Your objective in this game is to work as a crane operator and move trashed cars, trucks and buses to the compactor. The trick is stacking the cars so that they don't fall over! During each level you are given a weight quota of vehicles to stack and a limited time to do it in.	Cargo Master Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability Teacher Caution: 2 lots of Ads to go through to get to this game
Carrier Truck Game Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability	Coal Express Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability
Rubble Trouble Tokyo Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability	Shipping Yard Primary Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

The Case of the Would-be Widget Thief 

Middle

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Teacher

This WebQuest is a copy of the original using Prezi and is about the Metric System. More difficult to navigate than a normal WebQuest website but all the content is available.