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** Part A and B: Big Ideas and CoRes  **  1. What are the ‘Big Ideas’ in Biology? What makes something a ‘Big Idea’?  2. You will be working in small groups for this task. Decide on an Area of Study for which you would like to create a set of teaching materials. You might like to choose an Area you are less familiar with, to give you a chance to enhance your content knowledge!  3. As a group, decide on the Big Ideas (at least 3) in your Area of Study.  4. Each individual in the group needs to choose a Big Idea to expand on in the CoRe.  5. Fill in the CoRe boxes for your Big Idea.  6. Go back to your group and discuss your CoRe. What did you find easy about this task? What was difficult? Are there any squares that you have not filled in? If so, this could be an area that you choose to focus on as you develop your teaching practice.  7. Refine your CoRe after discussion with the group. Submit this for Part A of the assessment task. ** Please note: A ‘good’ CoRe does not necessarily have all boxes filled! ** Your CoRe will change over time, as you learn more about teaching and learning Biology.  8. As a group, combine the Big Ideas into one CoRe. This will for the basis of your Wiki teaching resource. The output of this small-group assessment task will be a collection of resources for teaching an Area of Study in VCE Biology, in the form of a wiki (website). Once complete, all wikis can be viewed by the class, meaning everyone will have access to detailed, relevant teaching materials for Biology Units 1 to 4! // N.B. If you have materials from an Area of Study other than the one you are focusing on for this assignment, please share them with the relevant group! Everyone will have access to all materials at the completion of the task. // What is a wiki? A wiki is an editable webpage. If you have used Wikipedia then you have accessed a wiki, although you may not have used its edit function. We are using wikis here so that you can construct a group website without necessarily having to meet or send files to each other. The wiki allows you to discuss each page and gives a history of edits. These functions are used to assess the contributions of individuals. An individual who is deemed not to have contributed sufficiently to the group wiki will not receive a pass for this assessment task (worth 50% of the unit’s assessment). This task might be something you would use in your own teaching of Biology. It is therefore important to consider the usefulness of wikis in teaching and learning. It is also a good chance for you to practice using web-based materials to generate learning resources. The presentation style of the wiki is up to you as a group. The host of the wikis, Wikispaces, has an excellent help section, including a tutorial on basic use. Their helpdesk staff are also very helpful and responsive. ** Big Ideas in Biology: starting a CoRe (individual task) ** || Identification of a Big Idea for an Area of Study from the VCAA VCE Biology Study Design. ||   ||    ||  Completion of a CoRe for 1 Big Idea. ||   ||    || ** Developing a wiki teaching resource for one Area of Study (small group task) **  || Links to VCE Biology Study Design || ||   ||  A schedule (in weeks) for teaching the Area of Study  || ||   ||  A detailed plan for 8-10 learning activities  || ||   ||  Learning activities include assessment that focuses on student understanding  || ||   ||  An annotated list of resources for teaching this Area of Study   || ||   ||  Evidence of thoughtful contribution of individual to the Wiki  || ||   ||  Other comments:
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