A Week-by-Week Description of the Year 11 Course 

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Week

Formative Work/ Classroom Activities

Aims/
Essential Learning

Summative Tasks for Group 1

Summative Tasks for Group 2

Guest Presenters (Actual dates to be determined)

1

Introduction, timelines, course requirements

Understand the workload, time management

Timeline & journal - ongoing

Timeline & Journal - ongoing

 

2

SKID Module 1
(www.survivordriver.com)

"The big picture" - macro mode, basic toolkit

 

 

 

3

SKID Module 2

Learn basic maintenance, preparing to drive

Buying your first car

 

Buying your first car

 

 

4

SKID Module 3

Know controls, lights, mirrors, "knowing your car"

Buying your first car

 

Buying your first car

 

Warren Meissner - don't drive a lemon

5

SKID Module 4

Understand freeway driving and other hazards

Buying your first car

DUE FRIDAY

Buying your first car

DUE FRIDAY

 

6

SKID Module 5

Avoid crashes, road rage, understand car control

 

 

 

7

SKID Module 6

Understand specific hazards of country driving

Communication assignment - issues focus

Communication assignment - science focus

Chris Cotton - SA Ambulance

8

Catchup week to complete modules

 

Communication assignment - issues focus

Communication assignment - science focus

 

9

Road Crash Facts Worksheet

Understand crash rates, likely victims, strategies

Communication assignment - issues focus DUE FRIDAY.

Communication assignment - science focus DUE FRIDAY

 

10

"A Different Breed" - response to newspaper article

Differentiate between road and track behaviour

 

 

Roadsafe theory component - Peter Pabst

11

Collision Course Video

(ABC Australian Story)

Understand consequences of causing a crash, alcohol

Interaction assignment

Car maintenance assignment

 

12

Birdwood Mill Visit

Look at car design through the ages - safety by design

Interaction assignment

Car maintenance assignment

 

13

Shemboy website & response - check that site is still active!
(www.shemboy.com)

Understand time and pain involved in rehabilitation

Interaction assignment - DUE FRIDAY

Car maintenance assignment - DUE FRIDAY

Para & quad Association

14

Survey - community attitudes

Learn community attitudes to burnouts, etc

 

 

 

15

Research Australian Design rules & Safety

Learn legal requirements for safe design

 

 

 

16

Course evaluation

Reflect on experience, make suggestions for change

Complete evaluation, journal - DUE FRIDAY

Complete evaluation, journal - DUE FRIDAY

 

 Footnote: - Recently, I have been unable to find the "Shemboy" website. It may be necessary to substitute another activity here. "Shemboy" was the diary of a crash victim during convalescence, and was a great insight into consequences, costs and pain caused by road trauma.