Aim to sustain: A world of difference

Primary KLAs:
English, Human Society and its Environment, Science and Technology
Secondary KLAs:
English, Human Society and its Environment, Science
Educational levels:
Year 5, Year 6, Year 7, Year 8

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Students explore what is happening at an individual, community and global level and plan actions they will take. These may range from taking a quiz to sharing knowledge about being 'green' at home, through to planning a conference session to deliver to other students. The resource includes videos, SMART notebooks, worksheets and links to further interactive resources.

NSW syllabus outcomes

(SC4-8WS) selects and uses appropriate strategies, understanding and skills to produce creative and plausible solutions to identified problems

(SC4-9WS) presents science ideas, findings and information to a given audience using appropriate scientific language, text types and representations

(ST3-1WS-S) plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions

Australian curriculum content descriptions

(ACSIS091) Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem

(ACSIS093) Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts

(ACSIS108) Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem

(ACSIS110) Communicate ideas, explanations and processes in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts

(ACSIS132) Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims

(ACSIS133) Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate

(ACSIS234) Use scientific knowledge and findings from investigations to evaluate claims

(ACSIS148) Communicate ideas, findings and solutions to problems using scientific language and representations using digital technologies as appropriate

More information

Resource type:
Interactive Resource
ScOT topics:
Green, Communities, Climate change
File type:
text/html
Language/s:
en-AU
Author:
Centre for Learning Innovation
Publisher:
State of NSW, Department of Education
Date created:
Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Resource ID: 59bec58e-09c1-4049-8b16-60174e27fc1d