Key Competency

Participating and contributing.

Inquiry Taster

You can download the document above for the comprehensive inquiry and context but below is a taster of what it offers.

Investigate a context to develop ideas for feasible outcomes. For example, the context of the challenge “encouraging exploration through walking” is to make walking an attractive option. It has a focus on transforming walkways.

Develop an issue or subset of the context that will help identify needs and opportunities. For example, the issue in “encouraging exploration through walking” is designing walkways/ walking surfaces that invite exploration.

The following tasks will help to further develop the context and issue:

• Photograph, video, sketch different colours visible from the different walking surfaces in your local area.
• Record the soundscape that walkers hear when on different walking surfaces in your local area.
• Describe the odourscape that walkers smell when on different walking surfaces in your local area.
• Describe the physical composition, colours, textures, length, width, visibility from the road, straight or winding path taken, materials used, incline, visible features, connectedness to other walkways, proximity to traffic, seating available, street art, planting and vegetation, presence of steps etc of local walkways.