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NESA / Geography / The Earth's environment / Significance of environments

investigate the importance of natural vegetation and natural resources to the environment, animals and people

The Blue Marble Sustainability Preview Unit
Ecosystems · Learning Opportunities Your students are going to learn about ecosystems as they complete a CLOZE activity and conduct an ecosystem scavenger hunt in the schoolyard.
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.
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.
National Park Excursion · Learning Opportunities Your students will go on an excursion to a national park.
Sharing Our 3:2:1 R:I:Q · Learning Opportunities Your students will reflect on their excursion and share their insights or questions with the class
Conservation Campaign: Researching An Endangered Animal · Learning Opportunities Your students will research an endangered animal in preparation for designing a campaign to raise awareness of the challenges that the endangered animal faces.
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.
Conservation Campaign: Sharing Our Campaigns · Demonstration of Understanding Your students will answer questions about the animal that they researched.

Our Island Home Connections Preview Unit
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.
Our Island Home: Mapping an Island · Learning Opportunities Your students will create a map and a model of their island.
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
Assessment · Synthesis Phase You will conduct a conference with each student to assess their understanding of the content they have learnt during their research.