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Thermal comfort – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

Learning objects Thermal comfort – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

TLF ID M020973

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

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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 Graphic arts Land custodianship Technologies Motion Safety Occupations (Work) Sound Active citizenship Creating texts Engineering Decision making Beliefs Tools Storms Environmental management Electric currents Metals Temperature Environmental influences Environmental sustainability Sustainable development Right angles Artefacts Word meanings Technical drawing Design Maps (Geographic location) Scientists Attitudes Data analysis Properties of matter Data representation Materials Forest fires Risk management Planning Thermometers Data collection Glass Human settlements Electric circuits Countries Properties Graphs (Data representation) Computer graphics Reasoning Problem solving Community development Communication skills Report writing Electrical conductivity Experiments Heat flow Sharing (Cooperation) Conversations Discussions (Texts) Fibres (Materials) Evidence Observations (Data) Judgement Design briefs Designers Instrumentation (Technology) Procedures Droughts Environmental stewardship Environmental impact Work health and safety Energy resources Electricity Power generation Human impact Self-evaluation Evaluation Independent variables Scientific control Text types Floods Heat Mechanical energy Predictions (Science) Information retrieval Information literacy Instructions Vocabularies SI units Oral presentations Patterns Scaffolding (Teaching methods) Chronological order Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Historical sources Explanations (Scientific inquiry) Research questions Sense of place Action projects Modelling Opportunity costs
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • Geography
  • Science
  • Design and technologies
  • Technologies

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.