This will be linked to our previous learning about civics and citizenship and the important role we play in our own society.
welcome back everyone,
This week our focus is moving onto geography, in particular, we will be focusing on the importance of sustainability ."Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments"(National Geographic Society, 2019)
Curriculum Links:
In the curriculum year six students, "Identify why businesses exist -eg to produce goods and services. and investigating the different ways that goods and services are provided to people such as through shopping centers, local markets, online, small and independent stores. (Acara, 2019). This activity has the cross-curriculum link of sustainability as well as also addressing the general capabilities of literacy, where students will use literacy skills to write their recounts, students will also be critical and creative in the making of their sustainable bins.
what we will be doing:
We will be doing many things during our learning the main ones being
- An excursion to the local shopping center
- having people from local small businesses come in and talk to students about their businesses.
- making a sustainable bin
(Yelp, 2019)
The excursion will show students how the local shopping center works, eg how the food gets to the shelves, where it comes from, how they keep it fresh? students will also be looking to see how the supermarket is sustainable. When we get back to school for the following lessons students will be preparing recounts of our guest speaker visits and the supermarket, students will then be asked to say how the supermarket is sustainable?
Sustainability
Sustainability is an important topic for students to learn because it empowers students to want to protect their planet an important part of civics and citizenship is to be engaged in your society. Students are able to take responsibility for their actions eg putting their own rubbish into the bin, this will help students in the future to lead sustainable lives. (Education for sustainability project, 2016)
A hands-on activity
To get students to complete is that we will be each making our own bins, only using sustainable materials. By giving students a hands-on an active approach to the task it will increase engagement, motivation and students will be able to build stronger neural connections. Learning is also more likely to be converted to long term storage as the learning has relevance to students own lives. (Briggs, 2014)
Assessment:
From the various recounts from our small business talks, the excursion, their final bin and reasoning for their choices on their bin.
How can you assist your child throughout this unit?
Parents I want you to be aware that students are going to have questions, however, I want each parent to be conscious of sustainability in daily life at home. I will also need you to keep some rubbish for your students to bring in to complete their designing of their own bin project.
References:
Australian Assesment And Reporting Authority (2019) Year Six Humanities and social sciences. Retrieved from. https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/humanities-and-social-sciences/hass/?
Briggs, S (2014) How To Make Learning Relevant To Your Students (And Why It’s Crucial To Their Success). Retrieved from. https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/how-to-make-learning-relevant/
Education for Sustainability Project (2016) Why should I teach sustainability?. Retrieved from. https://sustainabilityinschools.edu.au/why-teach-sustainability
National Geographic Society (2019) WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?. Retrieved from. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/what-is-geography/
Images
Yelp (2019) Woolworth's shopping center. Retrieved from.
https://www.yelp.com.au/biz/woolworths-perth-6
Hey Nicole,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your blog. I can see you have put a lot of effort into it and the lesson. I really like the way you will be teaching students it sounds very engaging and also full of learning potential. I think just proof read through again as there are a few letters that should be capitals etc but otherwise a really great job, well done!
Emily.
Hi Nicole,
ReplyDeleteThe geography/sustainability year 6 link is coherent. Under the heading what we will be doing, it is straight forward and clear as to the direction and outcome for this topic. Including an excursion, involving parents and getting students to be actively involved in sustainability by creating their bins out of recyclable materials is all positive. The photos are all relevant and logical. Some points you may like to think about; in the curriculum links include what you decide is the relevant year 6 Civics link. It looks like ACHASSK148 the sustainability part of it, plus the elaboration, concern for the environment and sustainability. The connection you could establish between the geography/sustainability and Civics appears to be something like; what are businesses in my community doing to promote sustainability and how can we promote sustainability as a Civics action as part of our community: we create a sustainable bin. (Maybe the Civics thread, could be developed further by the bins having a purpose or place beyond the students themselves eg. they could be donated to community organisations to promote recycling, etc). Gilbert and Hoepper p. 435 link sustainability and the community. On pg. 439, they also talk about sustainability needing an action process of five steps. This process if included in your task for the students would directly link geographic sustainability to Civics curriculum action.
Hope this helps you refine a positive blog into an awesome one!
Paige