School Of EducationScience and Technology 1 (AREP)Western Sydney University Unit Code: 101488.2
Discipline: EDUCATION NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
100733 - Curriculum Studies 3: Science and Technology (AREP)
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Prior to enrolling in this unit students must have: 1) successfully completed an approved Child Protection Workshop 2) submitted a Prohibited Employment Declaration prior to 1 June 2010 or a Working with Children Check Student Declaration after 1 June 2010.
About this Unit
In 2015 this unit replaced by 102123 Science and Technology, This unit is designed to introduce the NSW Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus and approaches to teaching. The significance of children's views is emphasised in the selection, design and sequencing of activities for primary students in the development of science and technology experiences. Scientific concepts are considered in the context of distinct but related science and technology areas of built environments, information and communications, living things, natural phenomena, products and services, and Earth and its surroundings. Relevant science and technology content, together with strategies useful in developing primary science and technology knowledge, understandings, skills, processes, values and attitudes will be explored.