NESA / Science and Technology / Earth and Space / Earth's resources

plan and implement strategies considering conservation of resources to address sustainability and to meet personal and/or community needs

Tip Toe Through Our World Sustainability Preview Unit

Reducing Water Usage · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about the effects of drought and the importance of saving water.
Reusing Rubbish · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn the value of reusing items to make new things as they reuse a container to make a pot for a plant.
Making A Gift: Reusing Resources · Learning Opportunities
Your students will reuse objects from home to make a gift.
Ethics Of Sustainability · Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider what is right and wrong in relation to sustainable actions.
Our Environmental Footprint: Preparation · Learning Opportunities
Your students will work in pairs to prepare a presentation about ways to leave a light footprint on the environment.
Pretest · Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will complete a pretest about reducing, reusing and recycling.
Our Environmental Footprint: Presentation · Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will deliver their presentation to pairs of older students.
Recycling Rubbish · Learning Opportunities
Your students will learn about recycling different materials.

Playing in the Park Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit

Assessment · Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit

Assessment · Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.