Environmental Sustainability education program
It has been noted that 'Sustainability' is a cross curriculum priority of the new Australian Curriculum, and in the draft of the Australian Geography Curriculum (2010) for Years 7 – 10, it states:
"Much of the content and approach are based on the 'Living Geography' concept developed as a way of engaging students in geographical thinking that relates to their own lives and experiences."
With the above in mind, savewater!® developed the Living Geography education program incorporating a series of worksheets and projects to assist teachers to incorporate environmental sustainability into their classes.
In addition to the worksheets available below a complete set of Teacher's Guides are available providing answers to questions, suggesting classroom strategies and highlighting when additional resources such as local area maps are required.
Like the worksheets, the Teacher's Guides are available FREE OF CHARGE. The guides are available to teachers by registering at the link below. For a limited time you could win your school $1,000 by simply registering to receive the Teacher's Guides*.
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Water Savers: Years 6 to 8
Saving water in and around the home, consisting of a project along with a set of worksheets related to the rooms in the Wilson household as featured in the Mission H2O online game for years 6 – 8.
In this unit of work students are required to use the internet and in so doing will develop their computer skills. This study offers three approaches such that teachers can choose the one which is most likely to achieve the desired learning outcomes for their particular class.
Worksheets
- Project Prime MinisterAdobe Acrobat (532.4KB)
- Introduction – Why save water?Adobe Acrobat (273.3KB)
- Worksheet 1 – BathroomAdobe Acrobat (834.8KB)
- Worksheet 2 – KitchenAdobe Acrobat (840.0KB)
- Worksheet 3 – LaundryAdobe Acrobat (1.0MB)
- Worksheet 4 – The GarageAdobe Acrobat (878.9KB)
- Worksheet 5 – RainwaterAdobe Acrobat (935.3KB)
- Worksheet 6 – GardenAdobe Acrobat (859.3KB)
- Worksheet 7 – GreywaterAdobe Acrobat (871.6KB)
- Worksheet 8 – Pool & PatioAdobe Acrobat (753.5KB)
Carbon Tradies: Years 7 to 9
A study in which students are engaged in observation and analysis of environmental sustainability within their homes and the local area. There are seven worksheets, one for each of the characters in the Mission CO2 online game for years 7 – 9.
While this unit addresses geographical concepts and requires students to use geographical skills, it also engages various other disciplines such as science and especially environmental science.
When undertaking the Carbon Tradies study your students will be engaged in observation and analysis of environmental sustainability within their homes and the local area.
Worksheets
- Worksheet 1 – Erika the ArchitectAdobe Acrobat (149.5KB)
- Worksheet 2 – Pete the PlumberAdobe Acrobat (150.3KB)
- Worksheet 3 – Barry the BuilderAdobe Acrobat (156.0KB)
- Worksheet 4 – Gary the GardenerAdobe Acrobat (158.2KB)
- Worksheet 5 – Charlotte the ChefAdobe Acrobat (215.6KB)
- Worksheet 6 – Molly the MechanicAdobe Acrobat (140.9KB)
- Worksheet 7 – Alec the ElectricianAdobe Acrobat (144.4KB)
Climate Change – The cold hard facts: Years 9 to 10
A detailed worksheet for a structured lesson based on the factual (rather than emotive) information provided in the accompanying resource for years 9 – 10.
Climate Change is a much debated topic with opinions varying widely. 'Climate Change – The cold hard facts' provides comprehensive and extremely well substantiated information rather than emotive argument.
It is suggested that the documentary will need to be broken into 3 parts and hence the questions are divided accordingly.
Worksheets
- Climate Change Worksheet – Parts 1 to 3Adobe Acrobat (76.6KB)