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Spacial Genie – Geospatial analysis tool

Subject: Spacial Genie as a Geospatial analysis tool

Link to resource: http://www.spatialgenie.edu.au/spatialgenie/

Year level: F-10

Strand: Design and Technologies processes and production skills

Sub- strand: Planning, producing and evaluating designed solutions

Content descriptors:

Years F-2

  • 2.7 Use design ideas, materials, components, tools and equipment to play, plan, safely produce and evaluate designed solutions based on personal criteria for technologies contexts

Years 3-4

  • 4.7 Select materials, components, tools and equipment using safe and sustainable work practices to produce and evaluate designed solutions based on identified criteria for success for technologies contexts

Years 4-5

  • 6.8 Develop project plans, manage production processes and procedures when safely using a variety of technologies, materials, systems, tools, equipment and techniques when producing and evaluating designed solutions for technologies contexts

Years 5-6

  • 6.8 Develop project plans, manage production processes and procedures when safely using a variety of technologies, materials, systems, tools, equipment and techniques when producing and evaluating designed solutions for technologies contexts

Years 7-8

  • 8.9 Competently and safely use a broad range of materials, components,  tools and techniques when designing, and project managing production of sustainable designed solutions for technologies contexts and evaluating using identified criteria for success

Years 9-10

  • 10.6 Work flexibly to safely test, select, justify and use appropriate technologies to design, produce and evaluate designed solutions using identified criteria for success and suggesting improvements to design processes

General capabilities:

  • Geography
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Ethnic Understanding
  • Personal and social capability

Cross- Curriculum

  • Asia and Australia’s engagement in Asia
  • Sustainability
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Elaboration to using the technology:

SpatialGenie is a resource that can be used to geospatial analysis related tasks. Using the tool, the teacher and students are able to view, manipulate and research data related to geological information, history, statistics and other such related information. The website allows the teacher to select what information/ format of data that is to be looked at and/or depicted on the world map. The toolbar option contains links and toggles to select between views and screens which allows for layers and additional facts/ statistics about the World including national cities, landmass, population/ vegetation density, hazard data, and history of natural disasters. Using live data from surveys the resource remains up to date and relevant. The resource is a free tool and only requires one to register as a log in.

 

 

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Asia Education Technologies

Subject: Asia Education Technologies

Link to resource: http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/curriculum/technologies

Year Level: F-10

Strand: Design and Technologies knowledge and understanding

Sub-strand: Food and fibre production  and Food technologies

Content descriptors:
F-2 :

  • 2.3 Investigate sustainable systems of care for plants and animals that are grown, raised and processed for food, clothing and shelter for an identified purpose

Years 3-4:

  • 4.3 Recognise the contribution food and fibre production and food technologies make to modern and traditional societies

Years 5-6:

  • 6.3 Recognise that sustainable resource management is essential in food and fibre production
  • 6.5 Investigate how food preparation techniques can be selected and used to design and produce nutritious food

Years 7- 8:

  • 8.4 Explain how food and fibre is produced in dynamic and interactive systems
  • 8.6 Incorporate principles of food processing, preparation and presentation in designing solutions for healthy eating

General capabilities:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Information and communication technology capability
  • Personal and social capability
  • Ethnic understanding
  • Intercultural understanding

Cross curriculum proprieties:

  • Asia and Australia’s engagement with Asia
  • Sustainability

Links to other learning areas:

  • English
  • Science
  • Mathematics
  • Geography
  • Health and Physical Education
  • The Arts

Elaboration to using technology:

The use of the Asia Education Foundation (AEF) Website is to provide technologies resources aligned with the Australian Curriculum in relation to Asia and Australia’s involvement with Asia. This website is organised in a way that the individual is able to search and filter topics/ information through the search engine tool on the main homepage. Individuals can filter based on subject area, year level and country to find specific topic. Once search has been conducted, the page shows links to external websites and resources based on given subject. Links include videos (i.e. YouTube), recordings, statistic websites, voice recordings and other interactive websites such as Scootle, ABC Splash, The Australian Curriculum and a range of other related websites pertaining related information, resources and tools.

 

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