Serious about Sustainability
This worksheet has been created as part of Lesson 6 within the Importance of Environments Geography Year 4- unit plan. Students are encouraged to choose a ‘Green Day’ listed on the worksheet and conduct further research about this special day and the awareness it promotes for a more sustainable future.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to understand the importance of environments, including natural vegetation and water sources to animals and people.
- We are learning to understand the use and management of renewable and non-renewable resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably.
- We are learning to understand the importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people.
- We are learning to understand the main characteristics of the continents of Africa and South America and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia.
- We are learning to understand the use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably.
- We are learning to understand the custodial responsibility Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have for Country/Place, and how this influences views about sustainability.
Curriculum alignment
AC9HS4K06
9
Sustainable use and management of renewable and non-renewable resources, including the custodial responsibility First Nations Australians have for Country/Place
AC9HS4K05
9
The importance of environments, including natural vegetation and water sources, to people and animals in Australia and on another continent
ACHASSK087
8.4
The main characteristics of the continents of Africa and South America and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia
ACHASSK089
8.4
The custodial responsibility Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have for Country/Place, and how this influences views about sustainability
ACHASSK090
8.4
The use and management of natural resources and waste, and the different views on how to do this sustainably
ACHASSK088
8.4
The importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people
GE2-3
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Examines differing perceptions about the management of places and environments
GE2-2
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Describes the ways people, places and environments interact
GE2-1
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Examines features and characteristics of places and environments
GE2-4
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Acquires and communicates geographical information using geographical tools for inquiry
VCGGK077
Location of major countries of Africa and South America in relation to Australia and their major characteristics including the types of vegetation and native animals in at least two countries for both continents
VCGGC073
Identify and explain the interconnections within places and between places
VCGGC072
Identify and describe locations and spatial distributions and patterns
VCGGC071
Identify and describe the characteristics of places in different locations at a range of scales
VCGGK082
Types of natural vegetation and the significance of vegetation to the environment, the importance of environments to animals and people, and different views on how they can be protected; the use and management of natural resources and waste, and different views on how to do this sustainably
VCGGK083
Similarities and differences in individuals’ and groups’ feelings and perceptions about places, and how they influence views about the protection of these places
VCGGK080
The many Countries/Places of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia, and the custodial responsibility they have for Country/Place, and how this influences views about sustainability
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.