International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Students will:

• Identify and describe how diverse individuals (including women) have influenced the development of events, changes, technology, medicine, and Australian society throughout history (AC9HS4K03, AC9HS5K03, AC9HS6K01).
• Navigate digital resources like Britannica School to locate, collect, organise, evaluate, and use historical information about scientific contributions (AC9HS5S02, AC9HS6S02).
• Understand that progress in science and society is a collaborative, ongoing effort involving people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives (AC9HS4S04, AC9HS5S04, AC9HS6S04).

Students can:

• Create a “Scientist Superpower” card with a unique avatar and a punchy bio (AC9HS4S06, AC9HS5S06, AC9HS6S06).
• Sequence their scientist accurately on a classroom timeline (AC9HS5S03).
• Critically assess the impact of a discovery by assigning a “Power Rating” (AC9HS6S05).

Students will:

• Learn about the role and contributions of significant individuals and groups, including people from diverse backgrounds, to changes in the community and society (VC2HH4K02, VC2HH6K05, VC2HH6K10)
• Learn about the experiences and perspectives of individuals and groups in the past and how these differ (VC2HH4K08, VC2HH6K09)
•  Learn about significant events, ideas and developments that have contributed to continuity and change in Australia (VC2HH4K03, VC2HH6K07, VC2HH6K10)

Students can:

• Identify and explain the features, content and context of historical sources to locate and evaluate information (VC2HH4S03, VC2HH6S03)
• Sequence significant events and the lives of individuals chronologically to describe continuity and change (VC2HH4S02, VC2HH6S02)
• Construct historical interpretations and explain the significance of individuals and discoveries using historical terms and evidence (VC2HH4S08, VC2HH4S09, VC2HH6S09, VC2HH6S10)

Students will:

• Examine and describe the development of Australian colonies and Australia as a nation, using sources as evidence (HS3-HIS-01)
• Examine global citizenship and how people organise, protect and sustainably use the environment, using geographical information (HS3-GEO-01)
• Create written texts to communicate ideas and understanding about people, places and events of the past and the present (HS3-CWT-01)

Students can:

• Combine personal and objective arguments when discussing significant events and people in the past (HS3-CWT-01)
• Describe and represent the establishment of British colonies in Australia from 1825 to 1868 on a timeline (HS3-HIS-01)
• Describe a significant global contribution made by an Australian individual or group in the humanities, sciences, sport or wellbeing fields (HS3-GEO-01)