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This set of resources provides opportunities for students to solve problems involving percentages, rates and proportions using technology (spreadsheets) in the context of GST and income tax.  List of activities Percentages and income tax Percentages and GST Select those activities that best suit your students, what they are currently learning and their levels of readiness. Alternatively, engage your students in the full suite of…

This set of resources provides opportunities for students to solve problems involving percentages, rates and proportions using technology (spreadsheets) in the context of the goods and services tax GST). 

This set of resources provides opportunities for students to solve problems involving percentages, rates and proportions using technology (spreadsheets) in the context of superannuation. Students use the simple interest formula to work out how much interest a super account can earn over time. This learning will lay the foundation for students connecting the compound interest formula to repeated applications of simple interest in Year 10.  

In this activity, students consider different career options and shortlist suitable courses for a number of individuals, including themselves. Having selected a course, they learn about the HELP scheme, how it supports Australians to further their study or training and the obligations of HELP debtors.

This set of resources provides opportunities for students to use technology to solve problems involving compound interest in the context of superannuation. Students connect the compound interest formula to repeated applications of simple interest and use the simple interest formula to explore how super grows.

During these learning experiences students engage with traditional tales that expose powerful messages. They build on their understanding of how stories create meaning and demonstrate their learning by creating a twist on a traditional folktale for modern readers. By critically engaging students with traditional stories that have clear lessons, these learning experiences support students to develop financial literacy and ethical understanding.…

In this set of interconnected learning experiences students investigate what health is and how taxes support the health and wellbeing of adolescents. Students: engage with the interconnected nature of health and wellbeing examine how connecting to the environment can enhance health and wellbeing investigate health spending in Australia.

In this set of interconnected learning experiences students investigate and evaluate some of the ways the Australian Government uses tax to fund health, safety and wellbeing and how this can support adolescents who are going through change and transition. Students propose messaging that will engage young people in healthy behaviours.