Earth Science 2000
Work program review checklist — Revised July 2014
Panel code:
A07
Subject code:
43
School:
School code:
District:
Reviewer name:
Date:
9/02/2016
Compiled by the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority
This form is used by panellists when reviewing work programs. It can also be useful for schools to use as
a checklist to ensure that all work program requirements have been met.
Instructions: Indicate Yes or No to the following statements. If your answer is No, please give specific
examples of the problem in the Comments section.
Course organisation
The course organisation shows:
Yes
No
Comments
 Units to be studied in each semester
 Time allocation
 minimum 55 hours per semester is indicated
 220 hours across 2-year course of study.
Balance of major topics and introduction
(Section 6.3)
 coverage of introduction and all major topics and
core areas of study
 introduction
 our Earth and its systems
▪ major earth systems
▪ the theory of plate tectonics
▪ common earth cycles
▪ common minerals and rocks
▪ processes and landforms on the earth’s
surface
▪ the interior structure of the earth
 hazardous earth processes and materials
▪ mass wasting
▪ earthquakes
▪ volcanic eruptions
▪ tsunamis
▪ floods
▪ adverse weather
▪ hazardous materials
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The information you provide on this form will be used for reviewing work programs for quality assurance purposes as part of
legislative functions described in Education (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority) Act 2014 (s.14). Personal
information will be accessed by authorised QCAA staff, including panel staff, and handled in accordance with the Information
Privacy Act 2009.
 Earth resources and human impact on the
environment
▪ Earth resources
▪ exploration, extraction, processing and
management of earth resources
▪ forms of human impact on the environment
▪ environmental monitoring
▪ rehabilitation of environments affected by
human impact
 our Earth in space and time
▪ exploration of space
▪ the universe and its formation
▪ the solar system and its formation
▪ life forms from the past
▪ geologic time
▪ stratigraphy
 core time minimum 145 hours; 35 hours for each
major topic
 electives and time allocation shown.
 A balance of the general objectives across the
course (Table 9.3)
Outline of intended student learning
The scope and depth of the student learning
experiences in two sample units of work is
demonstrated in:
Yes
No
Comments
 A variety of learning experiences
 The subject matter from the selected major topic
 Appropriate coverage of the relevant general
objectives
 Information regarding field and practical work
Assessment plan
The assessment plan indicates:
Yes
No
Comments
 Assessment techniques from the syllabus
(Section 8.4)
 General objectives in which student achievement
is assessed
 Assessment conditions appropriate to the
selected technique
 Formative, summative assessment:
 students have opportunities to become familiar
with assessment techniques used to make
summative judgments.
 Principles of exit assessment (Section 8.1) are
evident
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 Verification folio requirements are met:
 minimum of six and a maximum of ten
assessment tasks
 one task undertaken in Year 12 from each of
the four assessment categories
 short laboratory-based or field-based
investigations
 extended laboratory-based or field-based
investigations
 extended investigations other than those
based in the laboratory or field
 written tests.
 Assessment takes place after verification
 The student profile:
 is consistent with the assessment plan
 allows for the recording of:
▪ judgments of student achievement in each
general objective for each instrument
▪ interim level of achievement at monitoring
and verification
▪ exit level of achievement.
Additional comments
Recommendation for approval
Approved
Not approved
Action to be taken:
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Work program review checklist —
̶ Revised July 2014
Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority
July 2014
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