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This sample assessment is based on previous versions of the Australian Curriculum.
Prep: Germinate
Description
Children investigate the germination of seeds and develop understanding of the basic needs of plants in the germination process.
Children:
- plan the investigation with their teacher
- use their senses to make observations
- organise their data in an observation diary
- make a presentation of their findings.
Multimodal: Experimental investigation and observation record
Contents:
- Teacher guidelines
- Task-specific standards: Continua
- Task-specific standards: Matrix
- Assessment resource: PowerPoint slides
- Assessment resource: Subject-specific words
- Assessment resource: Photo story sample
- Assessment resource: Investigation set-up
- Assessment resource: Investigation method
- Assessment resource: Individual observation record
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Sample student response