Year 10 Maths

The Australian Curriculum: Classroom Approaches mathematics units were originally designed to align with Version 3 of the Australian Curriculum (2012) but have recently been updated to align with Version 9 (2024). The four units provide adaptable and scalable learning pathways that can be shaped for use in diverse classroom contexts, and hopefully provide inspiration for locally developed units of work for other depth studies and areas of the curriculum. Click the "Download Year 10 Units" button to get a PDF of the units outlined below.

Year 10 Units Overview

UNIT ONE: SUPER SPREADSHEETS

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematical models can be used to describe phenomena and enable predictions.

    • Algebra and technology are important tools for mathematical modeling.

  • Performance Task: Individual use of spreadsheets to solve real-life problems

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M10N01, AC9M10A01, AC9M10A02, AC9M10A03, AC9M10A04, AC9M10A05

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Behaviour, Personal and Social Competence

UNIT TWO: DIRECT PROOF

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematical ideas have developed over time and across cultures.

    • Direct proof is a powerful method of reasoning.

  • Performance Task: Group-History of proof timeline. Individual-proof & reasoning problems.

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M10M01, AC9M10M02, AC9M10M03, AC9M10M04, AC9M10M05, AC9M10SP01, AC9M10SP02, AC9M10SP03

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Behaviour, Personal and Social Competence

UNIT THREE: BEYOND STRAIGHT LINES

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematical models can be used to describe phenomena and enable predictions.

    • Mathematics plays an important role in other disciplines.

    • There is an identifiable connection between algebraic and graphical representations of relations.

  • Performance Task: Individual project

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M10N01, AC9M10A01, AC9M10A02, AC9M10A03, AC9M10A04, AC9M10A05

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Competence, Ethical Behaviour

UNIT FOUR: A BETTER BET

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematics plays an important role in other disciplines.

    • Gambling games are designed to return profits to the ‘house’ not to the players.

    • Claims made in reports can be evaluated by examining displays, statistics, and representative data.

  • Performance Task: Team presentation of argument and evidence related to young male and female drivers

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M10P01, AC9M10P02, AC9M10ST01, AC9M10ST02, AC9M10ST03, AC9M10ST04, AC9M10ST05

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, Ethical Behaviour, Personal and Social Competence, Intercultural Understanding

Alternatively, if you prefer to create your own unit of work, please click the 'DIY Design Template' button below to download an attached Word document template.