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Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways (ACSSU032)

Uses of Earth's Resources Subject Based Preview Unit
Sharing What I Know About Earth's Resources · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will share what they know about Earth's Resources; water, energy and soil and how they are used.
Earth's Resources Glossary · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students are going to become familiar with words that they will use during this learning sequence.
Water Use in Our School · Learning Opportunities Your students will explore the different places and ways water is used in your school buildings and grounds.
Our Water Supply · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about different sources of water, how water is treated, and conduct a class water filtration experiment.
Saving Water · Learning Opportunities Your students will consider different water-saving strategies and create a poster to promote one way to save water at home or at school.
Saving Energy · Learning Opportunities Your students will role-play ways to conserve energy using an everyday object and make a pledge for saving energy.
Soil Detectives · Learning Opportunities Your students will becoming 'soil detectives' examining different soil samples in the schoolyard.
Showing What I Learnt About Earth's Resources · Demonstration of Understanding Your students will share what they have learnt during this learning sequence by adding, removing or changing what they wrote or drew on their 'What I Know' sheet.

Tip Toe Through Our World Sustainability Preview Unit
Describing Water · Learning Opportunities Your students will use adjectives to describe water.
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.
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.
Future Action · Demonstration of Understanding Your students will set a sustainable action goal.
Immersion · Pretesting and Familiarisation Your students will consider the importance of leaving a light footprint on the environment.
Recycling Rubbish · Learning Opportunities Your students will learn about recycling different materials.

Stimulating Science Change Preview Unit
Earth And Space: Celery Experiment · Learning Opportunities Your students will consider what might happen if there was no freshwater as they conduct an experiment to see how plants absorb water.

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.