A Day at the Movies - Assessment
This Year 6 assessment task helps students interpret and use timetables by planning a day trip to the movies, involving bus and train journeys. Students calculate travel times, choose return options, and justify decisions, developing skills in elapsed time and itinerary planning. Includes detailed timetables and a planning template.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to interpret and use timetables and itineraries to plan activities and calculate the duration of events and journeys.
- We are learning to interpret and use timetables, e.g. developing a timetable of daily activities or planning a trip involving public transport.
Curriculum alignment
MA3-1WM
old
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
MA3-2WM
old
Selects and applies appropriate problem- solving strategies, including the use of digital technologies, in undertaking investigations
MA3-13MG
old
Uses 24-hour time and am and pm notation in real-life situations, and constructs timelines
MA3-NSM-02
new
Measures and compares duration, using 12- and 24-hour time and am and pm notation
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.