Resources

  • An excellent DET resource simulates an investigation into an ant problem and then provides support for the process of explaining and publishing the investigation report is Backyard survival: an ant investigation.

  • An example of a lesson plan for a unit on living things in which students produce a poster and prepare for a science fair.

  • Support for how to put images for publication is found at the Australian Government Quality Teaching Project. (DET only)

  • A detailed tutorial shows you how to use Marvin to support students to develop a structured multimedia presentation. The case demonstrated is in the context of a COGs unit of work called ‘Being Australian.’ (DET only)

  • Weeds Attack- Spread the News provides advice for the use of digital storytelling to report the results of an investigation.

  • Examples of students’ multimedia productions for the activities Macrobiotica- Multimedia link).

  • TaLe Student Research Project has a scaffold for investigation reports.