Year 7 Units

Unit Title	Play time ( PD)	Junior Publications (DD)	Smart cells (DD)
Duration in Weeks	13	13	13
Global Context	Personal and cultural expression	Personal and cultural expression	Scientific and technical innovation
Key Concept	Communities	Communication	Relationships
Subject Related Concept(s)	Innovation	perspectives	functions
AK Strand(s)	pluralism	ethics	Global economics
Statement of Inquiry	All-inclusiveness requires innovation of existing products and cultural practices	Well packaged information using appropriate techniques informs decision making	Well analysis data and calculation can lead to easy effective decision making. Trends are effect of measurable dynamic input variables
Inquiry Questions	Debatable: how beneficial is it to design for a limited demography?	Debatable: Is communication static or dynamic, is future communication predictable.	Factual: what formulas are appropriate for different scenario?
Subject Objectives	A,B,C,D	A,B,C,D	A,B,C,D
Assessment Criteria	A,B,C,D	A,B,C,D	A,B,C,D
Summative Assessment	Design challenge: Board game	Design challenge: Magazine/brochure	Budget review/analysis
ATL Skills	Self-management skills and Thinking skills	Self-management skills and Thinking skills	Self-management skills and Thinking skills
Content	Materials properties	Digital publishing	Spreadsheet