Week 7-8

Week / Lesson	Knowledge & Questions	Context	Stimulus Materials / Activities	Learning Experiences
7, 1, 45 min	Reflexes; stimulus/response Positive/negative feedback systems Interaction between the nervous system and other body systems to enable a coordinated response to stimuli Structure of nerve cells and neural pathways. Receptors and sense organs Hand-eye coordination Stimuli e.g. temperature, touch Reaction time Convert the reading on positive/negative feedback into a flow chart.	Recreational Driver fatigue	Experiment / Journal	Test hypothesis Spreadsheet – graphing Controlling experiment Measure accurately
7, 2&3, 45 min	Write a description based on the data collected by the class to explain Newton’s three Laws.	Recreational Driving / cycling / Collisions / texting on the move	Experiment / Journal	Modelling Formulate hypothesis
7, 3, 45 min
7, 4, 1 hour	Levers; skeleton; centre of gravity How is posture related to back injury?	Work / Recreational Back injury	Demo	Spreadsheets – tables; Analysis
7, 5, 15 min	Wiki; Staying safe checklist	Recreational (extension) Travel	Communication / wiki Participate in decision-making process
8, 6, 45 min	Diagnosis Physiology	Recreational Concussion	Demo/prac ??	Observation
8, 7&8, 45 min	Physics Forces – mechanics; equilibrium; Centre of gravity – male versus female; child vs adult; Write a definition for centre of gravity citing an example. Why is the centre of gravity of children and females lover than that for men?	Recreational – sport (canoeing) Toppling & rolling	Demo/prac / Journal Experiment Balancing parrot; pegs on nose	Estimating Measuring
8, 8, 45 min
8, 9, 1 hour		Task – discuss requirements
8, 10, 15 min	Procedures before/during and after a disaster	Environment -Geographical Features Extension Natural and man-made disasters	Checklist / discussion board or wiki / Journal	Classification Predicting Participating in decision-making process