Lesson Plans
MEGAFAUNA DIG PIT DESIGN
By: Kate Tyrwhitt
Grade/s: 5, 6
Subject/s: Art & Music, Geography
Format: Printable unit plan
Students learn about prehistoric life of South Australia. Some students can enter artworks into the Mary Anning Art Prize. “To explore and illustrate our own past is to better know who we are as South Australians.
MARKET DAY
By: Mandi
Grade/s: 4, 5, 6
Subject/s: Technologies
Format: Printable unit plan
This project guides students through the design of a product to sell as part of a school fundraising activity or community market.
MARMADUKE'S EPIC FLIGHT
By: Carly Osborn
Grade/s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, K
Subject/s: Art & Music, English, Geography, History, Technologies
Format: Printable single lesson
100 years ago, the first-ever aeroplane flew from England to Australia. Marmaduke the mascot hitched a ride and now he wants to do it again. Students will learn about the historical flight and create their own Marmaduke mascot.
GAME ON!
By: Mandi Dimitriadis
Grade/s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, K
Subject/s: Art & Music, Technologies
Format: Printable single lesson
Every year on November 19th, people around the world celebrate one of the most famous board games on International Play Monopoly Day.
AUSTRALIA'S "BIG THINGS"
By: Myf Spencer-Smith
Grade/s: 2, 3
Subject/s: Art & Music, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Technologies
Format: Printable unit plan
As we explore Australia, we see many 'Big Things' that are landmarks for tourists. In this unit, students use an understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture to design a 'Big Thing' for a location based on a dreamtime story.
SOLUTIONS FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE
By: Tina Nesbitt & Kelly Blandford
Grade/s: 6, 7
Subject/s: English, Science, Technologies
Format: Printable unit plan
Students will design a 3D printed unique and personalised solution to a problem for an elderly person.
FEATURED
WHAT DOES MY PET NEED?
By: Mandi Dimitriadis
Grade/s: K
Subject/s: Science
Format: Printable single lesson
In this lesson students will investigate the needs that different living things have. They will learn about the pets that their classmates have and design a name badge for their favourite pet.
EMOTIONS MONITOR
By: Mandi Dimitriadis Dip T
Grade/s: 3, 4
Subject/s: Health & PE, Technologies
Format: Printable single lesson
There are many different human emotions that we feel in our daily lives and the experiences we have in life impact on the emotions we feel. It is important to our wellbeing to understand and communicate our emotions. In this lesson, students will explore different emotions and the language used to describe our emotions. They will make personal connections to different emotions and recall times where they have experienced particular emotions. They will design and 3D print an emotions monitor to help them reflect on and communicate their emotions.
ROTATIONS, REFLECTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS
By: Mandi Dimitriadis
Grade/s: 7
Subject/s: Mathematics
Format: Printable single lesson
Students use Makers Empire's Blocker Module to experiment with the concept of transformations in multiple of 90 degrees. They create and recreate 3D shapes using rotations, reflections, and translations.