Assessment 1: Multimedia folio of science teaching approaches
Education & Teaching
25th May 2025
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Assessment 1: Multimedia folio of science teaching approaches
Assessment type: Folio of learning and teaching activities
Individual/group assessment: Individual
Word count/time limit: 2,500 words
Weighting: 50%
Practices covered so far: Asking questions; Developing hypothesis; Developing a method; Selecting reliable video sources; Evaluating evidence.
Assessment description
Develop an evidence-based folio of four science teaching and learning activities. Each activity will:
Emphasise a different science-relevant pedagogy, with the requirement that one of the activities makes connections with Indigenous science.
Demonstrate the importance of science education for the wellbeing of individuals, society, and the environment (cross-curricular priority: sustainability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures).
Provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate the different capabilities including critical and creative thinking, ethical understanding, and intercultural understanding.
Involve one of more elements of science inquiry (questioning and predicting, planning and conducting, processing, modelling, and analysing, evaluating, or communicating), which are also called the skills for working scientifically.
For this assessment you need to:
Research and develop four learning activities.
Before you begin, carefully read through the rubric of this assessment task to familiarise yourself with the assessment criteria. Once you have completed this, refer to the following sections for guidance on how to complete this assessment.
Research and develop four learning activities
When collecting your four activities for your folio, ensure you:
Research the literature and appropriate online resource websites for activity ideas.
The activities can be short and fit within a sequence of activities for a whole lesson (such as analysing the validity of YouTube videos) or they can be full lesson/multiple lesson length activities (such as a guided science inquiry on wind turbines).
Select and/or design a range of activities to include in your folio. Each activity must:
Emphasise a different science-relevant pedagogy, with the requirement that one of the activities makes connections with Indigenous science.
Demonstrate the importance of science education for the wellbeing of individuals, society, and the environment (cross-curricular priority: sustainability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures).
Provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate the different capabilities including critical and creative thinking, ethical understanding, and intercultural understanding.
Involve one of more elements of science inquiry (questioning and predicting, planning and conducting, processing, modelling, and analysing, evaluating, or communicating), which are also called the skills for working scientifically.
Build your portfolio
You can present your portfolio in a Word document (using our template) or on another platform of your choosing, such as Microsoft Sway, Canva or Miro.
As this is a multimedia folio, it is important to include media such as images, videos, podcasts, etc. These could be examples of resources students use for the activity to show what the activity involves. Ensure you properly cite the source of any media that you did not create yourself.
The following table provides guidance on what to include for each activity (max. 700 words each). This is also detailed in the template. Note: Ensure you support your design choices with references to suitable literature and include a reference list (not part of the word count).
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Criteria |
How to address these |
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Brief description of the activity with curriculum links (~50 words) |
Provide a brief description of the activity and link to curriculum documents in all areas that need to be included (e.g. cross-curricular priorities such as sustainability). You can provide the codes for these, with hyperlinks. You can use visuals if needed. |
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Pedagogical approach (~250 words) |
Explain the pedagogical approach you have identified and taken for the activity. Make use of research to show your understanding of the pedagogical approach and how it can enhance instruction and learning in science education. For example, emphasise how the pedagogical approach embedded in the learning activity advances students’ understanding in science (knowledge and skills). |
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Importance of science education for the wellbeing of individuals, society, and the environment (~150) |
Provide a thorough explanation of how your activity promotes the wellbeing of individuals, society and the environment. For example, you may address ethical values or environmental awareness. Your activity may be one that takes place outside. |
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Critical and creative thinking (~250 words) |
Each activity needs to provide an opportunity to students to develop critical and creative thinking. Provide a critical analysis of how this will be achieved. Make use of research to support your analysis. For example, support your analysis by research that relates to your activity and the approach taken to develop these. |
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Communication |
Use in-text references and list all sources in your reference list (APA 7th style). Ensure that your work is checked for grammar and spelling, and your ideas are clearly communicated throughout. |
Word count guidelines: Excluded items
Please exclude the following elements when calculating your final word count:
Curriculum codes or descriptors (when pasted or referenced).
Headings and subheadings.
Reference list.
In-text citations.
Any tables or diagrams (as long as they are used for illustration, not explanation).
Appendices (if used and clearly
labeled
as such).
Annotations or mapping of curriculum outcomes.
Rubric:
Total points: 100