Learning objects Biodiversity – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

TLF ID M020872

This biodiversity learning resource guides students through an extended school based investigation. Students develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.





Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource uses the five-step sustainability action process to engage students in an authentic hands-on investigation within their school context. The investigation process addresses the Australian cross-curriculum priority of sustainability.
Year level

3; 4; 5; 6

Topics Land custodianship Safety Active citizenship Adaptation (Evolution) Animal behaviour Creating texts Growth (Animals) Decision making Beliefs Storms Environmental management Plant structure and function Environmental influences Environmental sustainability Sustainable development Animal structure and function Right angles Habitats Food chains Animal reproduction Artefacts Word meanings Living things Maps (Geographic location) Scientists Attitudes Australia Decomposition (Living things) Ecosystems Biodiversity Plant reproduction Climate Data analysis Water resources Data representation Breeding cycles Forest fires Risk management Data collection Human settlements Countries Graphs (Data representation) Reasoning Cooperation Problem solving Community development Communication skills Report writing Experiments Consumers (Food chains) Conversations Discussions (Texts) Curiosity Evidence Scientific inquiry Judgement Design briefs Instrumentation (Technology) Droughts Vegetation Environmental stewardship Environmental impact Human impact Evaluation Independent variables Scientific control Text types Floods Plant growth Predictions (Science) Information retrieval Information literacy Inquiry-based learning Instructions Vocabularies Lifestyles SI units Oral presentations Patterns Similarity (Classification) Scaffolding (Teaching methods) Chronological order Timelines Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Error analysis Historical inquiry Historical sources Explanations (Scientific inquiry) Interdisciplinary research Research questions Sense of place Action projects Modelling Opportunity costs
Learning area
  • Geography
  • Science
  • Design and technologies
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.