Year 7 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 7 Units" button to get a PDF of the units outlined below.

Year 7 Units Overview

UNIT ONE: SACRED GEOMETRY

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematics has its own value and beauty.

    • Geometry is used to decorate objects of cultural significance.

    • Symmetry is integral to both natural and human designs.

  • Performance Task: Individual report

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M7SP03, AC9M7SP02, AC9M7M04, AC9M7M05, AC9M7N07, AC9M7A05

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

UNIT TWO: SHOPPING FOR BARGAINS

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematics helps us to make informed decisions.

    • Fractions, decimals, and percentages can be different ways of expressing the same number.

    • There’s more to determining ‘best buys’ than just price.

  • Performance Task: Pair shopping investigation and oral presentation

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M7N09, AC9M7N07, AC9M7N04, AC9M7N05, AC9M7N06, AC9M7N08, AC9M8A01

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

UNIT THREE: MATHS WITHOUT NUMBERS

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematics has its own value and beauty.

    • The laws and properties of numbers apply to variables used in place of numbers.

    • Area measures flat surfaces; volume is for 3D spaces.

  • Performance Task: Individual discussion paper

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M7N02, AC9M7N01, AC9M8A01, AC9M7N07, AC9M7A01, AC9M7A02, AC9M7A05, AC9M7A03, AC9M7A04

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

UNIT FOUR: HOW LIKELY?

  • Enduring Understandings:

    • Mathematics helps us to make informed decisions.

    • Data can be organised in a variety of ways to make it easier to manage.

    • Statistics can be used to summarise and make sense of data.

  • Performance Task: Group game of chance and survey

  • Australian Curriculum Codes: AC9M7P01, AC9M7P02, AC9M7ST03, AC9M7ST02, AC9M7ST01, AC9M7N07, AC9M7N02, AC9M7N01, AC9M7N06, AC9M7A01, AC9M7A02, AC9M7A05, AC9M7A03, AC9M7A04

  • General Capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, ICT, Critical and Creative Thinking, 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.