Course overview 2 Term Project description Assessment Semester 1 Planning a grandparent’s surprise birthday party relatives from and ; Poster display (party details); budget; transport and accommodation — Two weeks arrangements for at least 1 relative from and 1 relative from Term 1 Year 11 DollarSmart: A financial toolkit for teenagers (complete unit supplied by Teacher observation on students’ preparedness to be involved, participation Financial Planning Association); Three weeks in class and completeness of activity folder Four-week expository teaching on topics: Classroom test students can access textbook and anything they have — written down during or for homework Location and Time • Finance (basic calculations associated with financial mathematics). • Term 2 Computer games; Three weeks Check sheet for students to record progress. Year 11 Mathematics Circus 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 and Verified by teacher through use of logs or some other method. Hot Dog Outnumbered — You and your money ; Six weeks Work portfolio of worksheets completed in class that relates to selected topics. Mini projects: giving change • advantages and disadvantages of buying second-hand • modelling the average legal return from Golden Casket • modelling the average legal return from poker machines • the mathematics behind the chain letter; • what do mathematics and alcohol have to do with each other? •
Course overview 2 Term Project description Assessment Semester 1 Term 1 Year 11 Planning a grandparent’s surprise birthday party — relatives from and ; Two weeks Poster display (party details); budget; transport and accommodation arrangements for at least 1 relative from and 1 relative from DollarSmart: A financial toolkit for teenagers (complete unit supplied by Financial Planning Association); Three weeks Teacher observation on students’ preparedness to be involved, participation in class and completeness of activity folder Four-week expository teaching on topics: • Location and Time • Finance (basic calculations associated with financial mathematics). Classroom test — students can access textbook and anything they have written down during or for homework Term 2 Year 11 Computer games; Three weeks Mathematics Circus 1 and/or 2 and/or 3 and Hot Dog — Outnumbered Check sheet for students to record progress. Verified by teacher through use of logs or some other method. You and your money ; Six weeks Mini projects: • giving change • advantages and disadvantages of buying second-hand • modelling the average legal return from Golden Casket • modelling the average legal return from poker machines • the mathematics behind the chain letter; • what do mathematics and alcohol have to do with each other? Work portfolio of worksheets completed in class that relates to selected topics.
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