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In this lesson students explore what life was like for Aboriginal people before the arrival of Europeans. With focus on the Sydney region. Students investigate what the natural environment was like and how Aboriginal people made use of the resources around them, managing them sustainability.

Topics Covered: Linking the nation, History and Geography.
History K-10; HT2-4; HT2-5; Geography K-10; GE2-1; GE2-2; 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University.

Topics covered: English, History and Geography

English, EN2-1A; EN2-2A; EN2-10C; EN2-12E; Human Society and its Environment; HT2-2; HT2-5; GE2-1; GE2-4; 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University.

Topics covered: Creative Arts, History and Geography

Creative and Practical Arts, Human Society and its Environment; GE2-2; GE2-3; 

Teacher resource - lesson quiz for Stage 1 - how do we travel? (Word document)

Science and Technology K-6; ST1-1WS-S; ACTDIP004; ST1-2DPT-T; Values and Attitudes; Geography K-10; GE1-1; GE1-3; 

This document is a notebook file. It includes lesson 1 quiz sheets on: How do we travel by land, sea and air? (Notebook file)

Science and Technology K-6; ST1-1WS-S; ACTDIP004; ST1-2DPT-T; Values and Attitudes; Geography K-10; GE1-1; GE1-3; 

In this lesson students explore places in their local environment through imagines of memorials, museum exhibits, older houses and other structures that remind us of the past. The focus of the lesson is the Bidjigal Reserve as a significant place in the local community, what it reveals about the past, and how people interact with and care for the place today.

Topics covered: A railway for Sydney's Northwest Region, History and Geography. 
History K-10; HT1-2; HT1-4; Geography K-10; GE1-1; GE1-2; 

Students compare locomotive steam trains of the past and the future Sydney Metro Northwest trains using the Powerhouse Museum website and Sydney Metro Northwest publications. They use their knowledge of past, present and future trains to design and label an effective interior plan for a metro train.

Topics covered: Planning, designing and building a railway, History, Science and Creative Arts.
Science and Technology K-6; ST1-2DP-T; ACTDEP007; ACTDEP008; History K-10; HT1-1; HT1-3; HT1-4; Creative Arts K-6; VAS1.1; 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University.

Topics covered: English, History, Geography and Mathematics

English; EN1-7B; , Human Society and its Environment; GE1-1; GE1-3; HT2-3; Mathematics; MA1-17SP; ACMSP049; 

In this lesson sequence for Early Stage 1 and Stage 1, students explore their built environment focusing on public transport, the planned Sydney Metro Northwest and their local community. Students create a ‘Changes’ diagram and a ‘Sydney Metro Northwest Environmental’ diagram, and work as a team to create a time capsule to be opened at the launch of Sydney Metro Northwest.

Topics covered: A railway for Sydney's North West region, History and Geography.
History K-10; HTe-1; HTe-2; HT1-2; HT1-4; HT1-3; Geography K-10; GE-e1; GE-e2; GE1-1; GE1-2; GE1-3; 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University.

Topics covered: History and Geography

Human Society and its Environment; GEe-1; GEe-2;