Marine and Maritime Studies – General Year 11 Unit 1 It is recognised that the order in which the syllabus is delivered may vary to suit the weather constraints required to undertake some of the water activities. Semester 1 – Sailing context Week Key teaching points Structure of the syllabus course outline assessment outline Marine: Oceanography 1–2 definition of oceanography properties of seawater and methods of testing water wind formation Science inquiry Properties of seawater Task 1: – Marine: Oceanography ocean tides, waves and currents 3–5 features of Western Australian ocean currents methods used to measure surface current speed and direction and tides Task 2: Test Oceanography – Marine: Environmental and resource management 6–7 issues related to Western Australian fisheries Task 3: Extended response Marine fisheries management – Maritime: Design basic design process marine construction materials properties, purpose and uses – 8–10 effects of sunlight, water, salt, oxygen and living organisms on construction materials Task 4: Investigation Compare properties, purposes and uses of marine construction materials – Task 5: Science inquiry Factors affecting corrosion – Maritime: Small craft nautical terminology factors affecting buoyancy and stability 11–12 design, construction and use of pulley systems Task 6: Practical Design and construction of pulley systems – Task 7: Test Maritime design and small craft – Concepts and skills: Sailing the history of sail and its significance types of sailing craft parts of a sailing dinghy 13–16 sail design machines in sail boats and forces acting on a sail boat principle and sails Bernoulli’s Task 8: Test Sailing theory test – Task 9: Practical Design and construction of model sail craft – Unit 2 Semester 2 – Sailing context
Marine and Maritime Studies – General Year 11 Unit 1 It is recognised that the order in which the syllabus is delivered may vary to suit the weather constraints required to undertake some of the water activities. Semester 1 – Sailing context Week Key teaching points 1–2 Structure of the syllabus course outline assessment outline Marine: Oceanography definition of oceanography properties of seawater and methods of testing water wind formation Task 1: Science inquiry – Properties of seawater 3–5 Marine: Oceanography ocean tides, waves and currents features of Western Australian ocean currents methods used to measure surface current speed and direction and tides Task 2: Test – Oceanography 6–7 Marine: Environmental and resource management issues related to Western Australian fisheries Task 3: Extended response – Marine fisheries management 8–10 Maritime: Design basic design process marine construction materials – properties, purpose and uses effects of sunlight, water, salt, oxygen and living organisms on construction materials Task 4: Investigation – Compare properties, purposes and uses of marine construction materials Task 5: Science inquiry – Factors affecting corrosion 11–12 Maritime: Small craft nautical terminology factors affecting buoyancy and stability design, construction and use of pulley systems Task 6: Practical – Design and construction of pulley systems Task 7: Test – Maritime design and small craft 13–16 Concepts and skills: Sailing the history of sail and its significance types of sailing craft parts of a sailing dinghy sail design machines in sail boats and forces acting on a sail boat Bernoulli’s principle and sails Task 8: Test – Sailing theory test Task 9: Practical – Design and construction of model sail craft Unit 2 Semester 2 – Sailing context