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(Re)Making Paper - Teacher Sheet
F 1 2 6 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets STEAM The Arts Science Chemical Sciences Language for Expressing & Developing Ideas Examining Literature Engaging With & Responding to Literature Interacting with Others Technologies Language for Interacting With Others 2 Pages

(Re)Making Paper - Teacher Sheet

This teacher sheet outline the instructions for a recycling activity where students turn scrap paper into beautiful, handmade paper bookmarks. Students are involved in every part of the process, form the tearing and processing of the old paper into pulp, to the screen, pressing and drying of the new paper. This sheet outlines the materials, preparation, and procedure necessary for you to
pull this activity off without a hitch.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to understand that spoken, written and visual forms of language are all different modes of communication and their features and use varies.
  • We are learning to understand new and familiar vocabulary and to make suitable vocabulary choices to suit the audience and purpose.
  • We are learning to understand new and familiar vocabulary and to make suitable vocabulary choices to suit the audience and purpose.
  • We are learning to identify features, such as characters and settings, of different literary texts and give reasons for personal preferences.
  • We are learning to identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain and give reasons for personal preferences.
  • We are learning to compare characters and settings in different texts and identify the verb groups used to convey actions, emotions and dialogue.
  • We are learning to discuss characters and settings in different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways.
  • We are learning to use interaction skills, use positive statements to engage and appropriate language to disagree in group and class settings.
  • We are learning to listen for key information and instructions and build upon ideas in discussions.
  • We are learning to use interaction skills, use positive statements to engage and appropriate language to disagree in group and class settings.
  • We are learning to explore how familiar products, services and environments are designed by people.
  • We are learning to identify how familiar products, services and environments are designed and produced.
  • We are learning to identify how people design and produce familiar products, services and environments to meet personal and community needs.
  • We are learning to explore how technologies including materials affect movement in products.
  • We are learning to explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components used to produce designed solutions.
  • We are learning to evaluate the success of design ideas and solutions.
  • We are learning to explore needs or opportunities for designing and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions.
  • We are learning to generate, communicate and evaluate design ideas.
  • We are learning to generate and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing, or modelling.
  • We are learning to generate, develop and record design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling.
  • We are learning to use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions.
  • We are learning to understand that different materials can be combined for a particular purpose.
  • We are learning that changes to materials can be reversible or irreversible.

Curriculum alignment

AC9TDEFP01 9

Generate, communicate and evaluate design ideas, and use materials, equipment and steps to safely make a solution for a purpose

 AC9TDE2P02 9

Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions

 AC9TDE2P01 9

Generate and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing or modelling, including using digital tools

 AC9S2H01 9 Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions AC9S2I01 9 Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences AC9S2I02 9 Suggest and follow safe procedures to investigate questions and test predictions AC9S2I03 9 Make and record observations, including informal measurements, using digital tools as appropriate AC9S2I04 9 Sort and order data and information and represent patterns, including with provided tables and visual or physical models AC9S2I05 9 Compare observations with predictions and others’ observations, consider if investigations are fair and identify further questions with guidance AC9S2I06 9 Write and create texts to communicate observations, findings and ideas, using everyday and scientific vocabulary AC9S6U04 9 Compare reversible changes, including dissolving and changes of state, and irreversible changes, including cooking and rusting that produce new substances AC9E2LE03 9 Discuss the characters and settings of a range of texts and identify how language is used to present these features in different ways AC9TDEFK01 9

Explore how familiar products, services and environments are designed by people

 AC9TDE2P03 9

Evaluate the success of design ideas and solutions based on personal preferences and including sustainability

 AC9E2LY02 9 Use interaction skills when engaging with topics, actively listening to others, receiving instructions and extending own ideas, speaking appropriately, expressing and responding to opinions, making statements, and giving instructions AC9TDE2K01 9

Identify how familiar products, services and environments are designed and produced by people to meet personal or local community needs and sustainability

 AC9E2LE02 9 Identify features of literary texts, such as characters and settings, and give reasons for personal preferences AC9TDE2K02 9

Explore how technologies including materials affect movement in products

 AC9E2LA09 9 Experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit the topic ACSIS040 8.4 Use a range of methods to sort information, including drawings and provided tables and through discussion, compare observations with predictions ACELT1590 8.4 Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences ACELY1666 8.4 Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students’ own and others' ideas in discussions ACSIS039 8.4 Use informal measurements to collect and record observations, using digital technologies as appropriate ACELA1470 8.4 Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purpose ACSIS038 8.4 Participate in guided investigations to explore and answer questions ACELT1591 8.4 Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways ACSIS041 8.4 Compare observations with those of others ACSIS037 8.4 Pose and respond to questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events ACSIS042 8.4 Represent and communicate observations and ideas in a variety of ways ACELY1789 8.4 Use interaction skills including initiating topics, making positive statements and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately ACTDEP007 8.4

Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to safely make designed solutions

 ACELA1460 8.4 Understand that spoken, visual and written forms of language are different modes of communication with different features and their use varies according to the audience, purpose, context and cultural background ACTDEP006 8.4

Generate, develop and record design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling

 ACSHE034 8.4 Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events ACTDEK001 8.4

Identify how people design and produce familiar products, services and environments and consider sustainability to meet personal and local community needs

 ACTDEK004 8.4

Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to produce designed solutions

 ACAVAM106 8.4 Explore ideas, experiences, observations and imagination to create visual artworks and design, including considering ideas in artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists ACAVAM107 8.4 Use and experiment with different materials, techniques, technologies and processes to make artworks ACAVAR109 8.4 Respond to visual artworks and consider where and why people make visual artworks, starting with visual artworks from Australia, including visual artworks of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ACSSU031 8.4 Different materials can be combined for a particular purpose ACTDEP005 8.4

Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions
ST1-8PW-S old Describes common forms of energy and explores some characteristics of sound energy STe-1WS-S old Observes, questions and collects data to communicate ideas ST1-10ES-S old Recognises observable changes occurring in the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources STe-2DP-T old Develops solutions to an identified need ST1-6MW-S old Identifies that materials can be changed or combined ST1-1WS-S old Observes, questions and collects data to communicate and compare ideas EN1-1A old Communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations ST1-4LW-S old Describes observable features of living things and their environments ST1-5LW-T old Identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products ST1-7MW-T old Describes how the properties of materials determine their use ST1-3DP-T old Describes, follows and represents algorithms to solve problems EN1-11D old Responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences ST1-11DI-T old Identifies the components of digital systems and explores how data is represented ST1-9PW-ST old Investigates how forces and energy are used in products ST1-2DP-T old Uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity EN1-7B old Identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience and subject matter EN1-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature by creating texts using similar structures, intentional language choices and features appropriate to audience and purpose EN1-VOCAB-01 new Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
VCELA237 Understand the use of vocabulary about familiar and new topics and experiment with and begin to make conscious choices of vocabulary to suit audience and purpose VCDSCD020 Use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions safely VCSIS055 Represent and communicate observations and ideas about changes in objects and events in a variety of ways VCSIS054 Compare observations and predictions with those of others VCDSCD019 Visualise, generate, and communicate design ideas through describing, drawing and modelling VCDSTC017 Explore the characteristics and properties of materials and components that are used to create designed solutions VCDSCD018 Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and the technologies needed to realise designed solutions VCELT241 Identify aspects of different types of literary texts that entertain, and give reasons for personal preferences VCSIS053 Use a range of methods, including drawings and provided tables, to sort information VCSIS052 Use informal measurements in the collection and recording of observations VCELT219 Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways VCSIS051 Participate in guided investigations, including making observations using the senses, to explore and answer questions VCELY244 Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students’ own and others' ideas in discussions through initiating topics, making positive statements, and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner VCSIS050 Respond to and pose questions, and make predictions about familiar objects and events VCDSTS013 Identify how people create familiar designed solutions and consider sustainability to meet personal and local community needs

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Differentiation

Modifications

You may want to be conscious of group composition, ensuring that there is a good mix of students to complete every role, including leaders, in each group.

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