YEAR 4S TECHNOLOGY PAGE

The Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies empowers students to shape change by influencing how contemporary and emerging information systems and practices are applied to meet current and future needs. A deep knowledge and understanding of information systems enables students to be creative and discerning decision-makers when they select, use and manage data, information, processes and digital systems to meet needs and shape preferred futures. (ACARA 2016)

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Australian Curriculum Descriptors

ALLOCATED

Digital Technologies Knowledge and Understanding

Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented in different ways (ACTDIK008)

 

COMPLEMENTARY

Digital Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Collect, access and present different types of data using simple software to create information and solve problems (ACTDIP009)

CROSS-CURRICULAR PRIORITIES

Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia

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The Task

We have been looking at the varying ways data can be represented.  Digitally the most interesting way has been via the infographic.   Through our investigations each student will create an infographic that makes a comparison of an Asian country and Australia.

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Your infographic should compare at least four of the following

• Population density

• Per Capita income (Gross Domestic Product GDP)

• Education Rates

• Life Expectancy

• Country area

• Birth Rate

• Unemployment rate

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Countries that you can use:

• Bahran

• Bangladesh

• Bhutan

• Myanmar

• Cambodia

• China

• India

• Indone

• Japan

• North Korea

• South Korea

• Malaysia

• Mongolia

• Nepal

• Philippines

• Singapore

• Sri Lanka

• Thailand

• Timor - Leste

• Vietnam

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Your infographic will be informative as well as being creative and engaging. 

The Due Date is 1st July 2016.

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Your infographic will be presented digitally via a USB stick

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Differentiation:

Challenge:  You may challenge yourself and compare two Asian countries with Australia in one infographic.

Teacher's note:   Students who are unable to achieve this level are encouraged to complete an infographic with two comparisons.

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