Examples of SOLO Curriculum Resources

Teaching units, lesson plans and NZQA quality assured assessment material developed for Sinclair, Knight and Merz (SKM), New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), The Auckland Council, and TrackSAFE (Aus).

ACC Safety Detectives Programme (Trial). SOLO designed learning activities for children aged 7 to 11 so that they may become fall risk management advocates for parents, family and friends. Developed by ACC in response to a family in Taupo’s entry into the ACC Falls Innovation Competition.

Auckland Council: The new old Mangere Bridge School Consultation Project. Finalist for the IPANZ Public Sector Awards in the Integrity and Trust Category for the public engagement for old Mangere Bridge. Featured in Finger Print Projects

NZ Transport Agency: Secondary Science Resources This series of lessons uses SOLO Taxonomy to help students meet achievement objectives at Level 5 of Science – Physical World in The New Zealand Curriculum. Problem solving, experiments and activities help students develop conceptual understanding of force and motion through the context of technologies used for road safety and safe stopping.

NZ Transport Agency: FEET FIRST Walk to School Initiative These materials have been written using the Hooked on Thinking Differentiated Planning Template, the New Zealand Curriculum and SOLO Taxonomy as a model of learning outcomes. Check out the curriculum materials, teacher directed inquiry units and student inquiry scenarios. NZC Levels 1 to 5

NZ Transport Agency: The BIG Event Curriculum Resources Curriculum content developed for the NZ Transport Agency exploring safe travel to a big event. As with the Feet First initiative these materials have been written using the Hooked on Thinking Differentiated Planning Template, the New Zealand Curriculum and SOLO Taxonomy as a model of learning outcomes. NZC Levels 1 to 5

SKM Learning Today – Sustaining Tomorrow Teaching Resources A collaboration with Sinclair Knight and Merz and Epsom Normal Primary School to produce a draft unit on teaching sustainability. The draft teaching resource materials exploring environmental, social and economic sustainability was developed using the Hooked on Thinking Differentiated Planning Template, the New Zealand Curriculum and SOLO Taxonomy as a model of learning outcomes. NZC Levels 1 to 4