Lesson Purpose
- To gain an understanding that Planet Earth is in trouble and needs immediate care.
- To encourage personal action to reduce the impact on this planet.
- To help the earth's passengers to survive through a focus on the Greenhouse effect, global warming, alternative energy sources and preservation of our natural environment
Time Needed
1 hr
Year Levels
Year 5 - 7
Instructor
TEEC Staff Member
General Comments
A quiet discussion type lesson. Involves a short DVD.
Australian Curriculum
During the course of this activity it may be possible to target a number of the "Content Descriptions" across year levels five to seven.
Year 5
| Science Understanding |
Earth and space sciences- The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun).
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| Science as a Human Endeavour |
Use and influence of science- Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions.
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Unit 2 : Managing Australian communities- The influence of people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, on the environmental characteristics of Australian places.
- The environment and human influences on the location and characteristics of a place and the management of spaces within them.
Unit 5 : Australian communities of the future - The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used.
- Types of resources (natural, human, capital) and the ways societies use them to satisfy the needs and wants of present and future generations.
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Year 6
| Science Understanding |
Biological sciences- The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment.
Earth and space sciences - Sudden geological changes and extreme weather events can affect Earth’s surface.
Physical sciences - Electrical energy can be transferred and transformed in electrical circuits and can be generated from a variety of sources.
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| Science as a Human Endeavour |
Use and influence of science- Scientific knowledge is used to solve problems and inform personal and community decisions.
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Unit 5 : Making decisions to benefit my community- How the concept of opportunity cost involves choices about the alternative use of resources and the need to consider trade-offs.
- The effect that consumer and financial decisions can have on the individual, the broader community and the environment.
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Year 7
| Science Understanding |
Biological sciences- Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities, can be represented by food chains and food webs.
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Science as a Human Endeavour |
Nature and development of science- Scientific knowledge has changed peoples'understanding of the world and is refined as new evidence becomes available.
- Science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines of science.
Use and influence of science - Solutions to contemporary issues that are found using science and technology, may impact on other areas of society and may involve ethical considerations.
- People use science understanding and skills in their occupations and these have influenced the development of practices in areas of human activity.
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| Geographical Knowledge and Understanding |
Unit 1 : Water in the world- The classification of environmental resources and the forms that water takes as a resource.
- The ways that flows of water connects places as it moves through the environment and the way this affects places.
- The quantity and variability of Australia's water resources compared with other continents.
- The nature of water scarcity and ways of overcoming it, including studies drawn from Australia and West Asia and/or North Africa.
- The causes, impacts and responses to an atmospheric or hydrological hazard.
Unit 2 : Place and liveability - The factors that influence the decisions people make about where to live and their perceptions of the liveability of places.
- The influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places.
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