Finley High School Year 9 Geography Assessment Task
Interactive Australia Quizzes
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Date Given:
Due Date:
In groups of four you are to create interactive quizzes which are designed to teach students about
the physical characteristics that make Australia unique.
Each member of the group will choose an “area of expertise” from below. You will research this area
covering the questions outlined and select appropriate Smart Tool quizzes. Each area of expertise
must have a minimum of 3 different types of quizzes and minimum of 20 questions. When selecting
the type of quiz used you must consider how the students are going to learn when playing the quiz.
Some Smart Tool quizzes that can be used are Category Sort, Hot Spots, Image Arrange, Key Word
Match, Multiple Choice, Vortex and Word Guess etc.
How to access Smart Notebook and quizzes: Smart Notebook-landscape picture (leftside)- lesson
activity toolkit 2.0-activities-interactive and multimedia- double click on one selected- click edit.
Each new quiz you need to click a new page, if you don’t do this the new quiz will override old one.
The areas of expertise and the information to be covered by the four group members include:
Major landforms and drainage basins:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Location of a variety of Australia’s major landforms
Describe the geographical processes that have formed and transformed these landforms
Locate of Australia’s drainage basins
Describe the processes important to drainage basins
Weather and Climate:
a) The difference between weather and climate.
b) Describe the seasonal variations of the climate across Australia
c) Explain the processes that cause variations in the weather (include fronts, pressure systems,
el Nino, la Nina etc).
d) How does the weather impact on the natural landforms?
Natural Resources:
a) Identify Australia’s main natural resources.
b) Identify where these resources are found.
c) For at least 5 of these resources identified outline the processes that lead to their formation.
Flora and Fauna:
a) Identify some of Australia’s unique flora and fauna.
b) Where can they be found?
c) How have they adapted to Australia’s changing terrain and climate?
Marking Criteria
Peer Assessment
Each group will present their quizzes to the class on the Smartboard. Selected class members from
each group will play the quizzes. Each group will then mark your quizzes based on the following:
Marks
Excellent
(5)
High
(4)
Substantial
(3)
Satisfactory
(2)
Elementary
(1)
Not Met
(0)
Content
Range of
quizzes and
instructions
Teacher Assessment
Excellent
(15-13)
High
(12-10)
Substantial
(9-7)
Satisfactory
(4-6)
Elementary
(3-1)
Not Met
(0)
Major
landforms
and
drainage
basins
Weather
and climate
Natural
resources
Flora and
fauna
Total:
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I will also observe and allocate a score (0-10) to each individual based on their contribution to the
overall completion of the quizzes.
Name
Score (0-10)
Group Assessment
Each group member will allocate a score (0-10) of each team member’s contribution to the overall
completion of the quizzes.
Name
Score (0-10)
Total Mark:
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