Year 7-8 Curriculum Links

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Aquatics, Archery & Gym Time

After safety instruction students are introduced to a variety of new personal and group activities, skills and games.

Year 7-8

PE & Health

Select strategies to promote safety ACPPS073Use feedback to improves skills ACPMP080 Practice and apply movement strategies ACPMP082 Participate in skill-related fitness activities ACPMP083 Demonstrate how effort, space and equipment can enhance skills ACPMP083 Participate in a range of physical activities ACPMP085 Use personal and social skills in physical activities ACPMP085 Modify rules and scoring systems for fair play ACPMP088

Caving

Using appropriate safety equipment, students explore a cave system, learn of its historical importance to local Aboriginal people and fossick for rocks and fossils.

	Year 7	Year 8
Geography	The way water moves through an environment ACHASSK183Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188	Distinctive landform features ACHGK048Geomorphic causes of landscapes ACHGK050
History	The migration of early people to Australia ACHASSK164The evidence for ancient societies ACHASSK165 Conserving the remains of the ancient past ACHASSK171
Science	Classification of organisms ACSSU111	Different types of rocks and the processes by which they form ACSSU153

Murray River Ecology

Students are introduced to the Murray River ecology through a boat trip and landings. They observe bird and marine life, visit an Aboriginal midden and see the effect of human and environmental changes to the Murray River landscape.

	Year 7	Year 8
Geography	The way water moves through an environment ACHASSK183The variability of Australia’s water ACHASSK184 The scarcity of water ACHASSK185 The value of water for people ACHASSK186 Responding to drought and flood ACHASSK187 Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188 The influence of environmental quality on living places ACHASSK190	Distinctive landform features ACHGK048The spiritual value of landscapes ACHGK049 Geomorphic causes of landscapes ACHGK050 Human-caused degradation of landscapes ACHGK051 Ways of protecting landscapes ACHGK052
History	HistoryThe evidence for ancient societies ACHASSK165Conserving the remains of the ancient past ACHASSK171
Science	Classification of organisms ACSSU111Food chains & food webs ACSSU112 The water cycle ACSSU116	Different types of rocks and the processes by which they form ACSSU153

Murray Mallee Ecology

Students explore an area of Murray Mallee, observing the environment and wildlife, visiting an abandoned homestead, hiking through a section of scrub and observing relics of pioneer settlement.

	Year 7	Year 8
Geography	The scarcity of water ACHASSK185Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188 Enhancing the liveability of places ACHASSK192	Human-caused degradation of landscapes ACHGK051
Science	Classification of organisms ACSSU111Food chains & food webs ACSSU112 The water cycle ACSSU116

Sunnydale Farm Adventures

Students travel to Sunnydale Farm by bus where they observe sheep-shearing and wool-sorting. They have the opportunity to observe and sometimes hold Australian wild-life and participate in a variety of old colonial pastimes.

	Year 7	Year 8
Geography	Factors that influence where people live ACHASSK188
Science

Yabbies

Students visit a yabbie farm where they are introduced to its life-cycle, farming and place in the local ecology. Students participate in a catch and release activity.

	Year 7	Year 8
Geography	The scarcity of water ACHASSK185The value of water for people ACHASSK186 Responding to drought and flood ACHASSK187
Science	Classification of organisms ACSSU111Food chains & food webs ACSSU112	Organs and systems in animals ACSSU150