YEAR 5 & 6 STEM

Flooding Design Challenge

Give your students a chance to get their hands wet & dirty with our 5/6 Design Challenge.

In this 90-minute session, students work in groups to:

familiarise themselves with our tabletop hydraulic flumes
explore how engineers control water flow using sluices, weirs and culverts
create and investigate river erosion, transportation and deposition, and
work collaboratively to apply their learning to a design challenge to save a town from flooding.

This engaging and active session truly integrates STEM skills with geography and environmental studies.

Pre-incursion class learning material is provided to maximise learning outcomes from our visit.

Australian Curriculum v9 Links

HASS Geography 5 - The management of Australian environments, including managing severe weather events such as bushfires, floods, droughts or cyclones, and their consequences

Science 5 - Describe how weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition cause slow or rapid change to Earth’s surface

HASS Skills 5/6 - Evaluate information and data in a range of formats to identify and describe patterns and trends, or to infer relationships.

Science Inquiry 5/6:

Planning and Conducting AC9S6I02

Planning and Conducting AC9S6I03

Processing, Modelling, Analysing AC9S6I04

Evaluating AC9S6I05

Communicating AC9S6I06

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 Links

Science 5/6 - Sudden geological changes or extreme weather conditions can affect Earth’s surface and atmosphere; the impacts of natural hazards, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, wildfires and floods, can be reduced by human actions and technological innovations

Science 5/6 - Geological processes including weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition can cause slow or rapid changes to Earth’s surface

Humanities/Geography 5/6 - How places and environments are changed and managed by people

Science Inquiry 5/6:

Planning and Conducting VC2S6I02

Planning and Conducting VC2S6I03

Processing, Modelling, Analysing VC2S6I04

Evaluating VC2S6I05

Communicating VC2S6I06