EES | Stage 2 | Planning to Teach | Subject Operational Information | 2020
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Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science
These web pages connect schools and teachers to information on procedures relating to final moderation and external assessment requirements. Key dates, including dates for the submission of results, are also provided.
Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science is a 20-credit subject.
The learning and assessment requirements for this subject are set out in the subject outline [DOC 4MB].
Refer to Learning and assessment plans for information on developing and approving Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science LAPs.
Online moderation and marking
School assessment materials for Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science will be submitted for online moderation using school assessment results sheets in Schools Online.
External assessment materials for Stage 2 Earth and Environmental Science will be submitted for online marking using investigation results sheets in Schools Online.
Key dates
For a simplified list of key operational dates, see the Earth and Environmental Science calendar.
School assessment component
Teachers assess the evidence of student learning for:
- Assessment Type 1: Investigations Folio
- Assessment Type 2: Skills and Applications Tasks.
The SACE Board quality assures the school assessment results through final moderation.
Refer to SACE Assessment and Reporting Guidelines [PDF 290KB] and SACE Stage 2 Moderation Overview [DOC 33KB] for information about the policy context and procedures.
Moderation sample selection
Teachers select the moderation sample of school-assessed materials to submit to the SACE Board.
Refer to Moderation sample selection, which includes FAQs and an instructional video.
Submitting school assessment materials for final moderation
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Supervision and verification
Refer to the information in Supervision and Verification of Students' Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB] on the use of the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student's work. If used, these sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period.
A teacher who is unable to verify that the work is the student's own must initiate a breach of rules action through the school's SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
- Results sheets and online submission — Stage 2 final moderation (Information sheet 50)
- Moderation sample selection
- How to prepare and package Stage 1 and Stage 2 materials
External assessment component
Students individually undertake one Earth systems study, which consists of a proposal and a report. The combined word count for the proposal and the report should be a maximum of 2000 words if written, or the equivalent in multimodal form.
Refer to the subject outline for details of the Earth systems study requirements.
Submitting materials for external assessment
For more information see Online submission of materials.
Assessment Type 3: Earth Systems Study
This assessment type is categorised as an investigation for operational purposes.
Investigation materials for Earth and Environmental Science are submitted online.
The teacher assesses each student's Earth systems study and then submits all Earth systems studies for the class to the SACE Board for external assessment.
Supervision and verification
Refer to Supervision and Verification of Students' Work: Policy and Procedures [DOC 90KB]. Teachers must must use the record sheet [DOC 164KB] to record and authenticate each student's work. These sheets are to be kept in the school until the end of the clerical check period.
A teacher who is unable to verify that an issues analysis, or part of an issues analysis, is the student's own work must submit a completed report of potential breach of rules [DOC 108KB] to the SACE Board, through the school's SACE/NTCET coordinator.
Information
- Results sheets and online submission — Stage 2 investigations (Information sheet 51)
- external assessment cover sheet - (optional use) [DOC 24KB]