Australian Curriculum / Learning Areas / Humanities and Social Sciences / HASS / Knowledge and Understanding / Geography
The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people (ACHASSK088)
The Blue Marble Sustainability Preview Unit |
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The Concept Of Sustainability
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn about the concept of sustainability through the lens of environmental sustainability. |
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Deforestation
· Learning Opportunities
Your students are going to learn about the impact of deforestation and consider the ethical choices of someone who owns land with forest on it. |
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The Rainforest
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will watch a video about the Amazon rainforest and draw the area of the Amazon rainforest on a map of South America. |
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National Park Excursion
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will go on an excursion to a national park. |
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Immersion
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students are going to be immersed into the idea that Earth is one environment and the only one that we know which supports life. |
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Conservation Campaign: Sharing Our Campaigns
· Demonstration of Understanding
Your students will answer questions about the animal that they researched. |
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Measuring Our Footprint While Flying Around
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will consider the rights of children to protest for change. |
Our Island Home Connections Preview Unit |
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Natural Vegetation
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will identify main types of natural vegetation and consider what it would be like to live as an animal in that vegetation. |
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Our Island Home: Mapping an Island
· Learning Opportunities
Your students will create a map and a model of their island. |
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Habit of Mind: Finding Humour
· Pretesting and Familiarisation
Your students will learn about the habit of 'Finding Humour' as they draw a comic strip depicting an animal in an environment to which they are not suited. |
The Buzz About Bees Question-Based Investigations Preview Unit |
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Assessment
· Synthesis Phase
You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research. |